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The pandemic feels lifted from a science fiction. When reality is stranger than fantasy, the opportunities for imaginative storytelling are endless.

Dreadlocks have many ties to spirituality. A variety of cultures have religious practices surrounding hair, such as Amish people and Hasidic Jewish people. Dreadlocks are just another manifestation of altering one's hair for religious purposes. Anyone who holds those spiritual beliefs surrounding dreadlocks ought to be able to wear them.

Research shows that emoji use between different populations reflects social, cultural and other contextual specificities unique to each group.

The marketplace of ideas is no longer relevant. The concept served its purpose; to raise the issue of government accountability.

The idea falsely assumes that making emotional arguments is enough to change people's minds on an issue. This is simply incorrect.

An unregulated market of ideas disproportionately benefits a select few. In this way it supports social hierarchy and prevents those at the bottom from changing their circumstances.