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  2. Irani
    For me, Emami yes, Javan no.
  3. JimmySpeaks
    I was wondering when you were going to get to the “all” dilemma.
  4. uncle bernard
    Here's some data for you. Took 30 seconds to find. https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/how-racist-are-republicans-very/ PRRI also asked respondents whether they believed that, “It always makes the country better when all Americans speak up and protest unfair treatment by government.” Then, it asked the same question, but substituted “Black Americans” for “all Americans.” Democrats made no distinction between the two questions: 71 percent answered Yes to both. Among Republicans, however, 49 percent believed it made the country better when all Americans spoke up and protested unfair governmental treatment, but just 24 percent believed it when Black Americans spoke up and protested.
  5. Offthemat
    Watch out, you sound like Charlie Kirk.
  6. uncle bernard
    Going back to the original statement, you asked "how can a leftist like wrestling?" If you actually understood why stereotypes are illogical - the problematic use of "all" you allude to here - you would never ask such a question. You would know that not all leftists dislike hard work and personal responsibility, and therefore individual leftists liking wrestling is perfectly logical (setting aside the fact that your stereotype is inaccurate from the beginning). Using your example here, the equivalent question would be "how can a programmer be an extrovert?" Do I need to explain how that's a dumb question or do you see it yet?
  7. InterMat Staff
    More information about "2025 Senior World Championships Preview: Women's Freestyle (Part One: 50 kg - 59kg)"
    We’re less than a week away from the 2025 Senior World Championships. The World Championships are where wrestlers can immortalize themselves in USA Wrestling lore. The Olympics are more prestigious from a general sports fan's perspective; however, the World Championship brackets are much bigger and feature many more threats, and most are wrestling at their ideal weights. Typically, the year after an Olympic Games is a transition year for the World Championships. Wrestlers might highlight the Olympics as a retirement date, win or lose. With ten weights, opposed to six at the Olympics, we might see wrestlers move up or down in weight to compete at a non-Olympic weight that suits their bodies more appropriately. Some are beaten down by the pursuit of the Olympics and take a year off. All of these situations open the door for new faces to shine. New faces are common on the US women’s freestyle team. Five of the ten world teamers have not competed at a Senior World Championship event. That isn’t to say it will be a down year. We just have a lot of wrestlers that haven’t gotten the opportunity to shine yet at the Senior World level. Most have earned international medals at the age-group level. Now, it’s their time to take the next step. In our preview, we feature the eight seeded wrestlers at each weight, along with past world/Olympic medalists, as well as other notable threats at the weight. Along with some analysis about our representatives, the medal prospects, and potential hazards. For our men’s freestyle previews: Part One and Part Two 50 kg - Audrey Jimenez Seeds #1 Oksana Livach (UKR) #2 Evin Demirhan (TUR) #3 Gabija Dilyte (LTU) #4 Madison Parks (CAN) #5 Svetlana Ankicheva (KAZ) #6 Munkhnar Byambasuren (MGL) #7 Audrey Jimenez (USA) #8 Remina Yoshimoto (JPN) Past Senior World/Olympic medalists: Demirhan: 2017 World bronze Livach: 2018 World bronze Yoshimoto: 2021 World champion Others Ankush (IND): 2x Asian U20 champion Natalya Varakina (UWW - Belarus): 2025 European bronze Myong-Gyong Won (PRK): 2025 Asian bronze Yu Zhang (CHN): 2025 Asian Silver, 2024 U20 World champion We’ll have a changing of the guard at 50 kg as Audrey Jimenez makes her first Senior World Team appearance. Previously, Sarah Hildebrandt had made every world/Olympic team at this weight since 2021. Jimenez should be up for the task. She is a three-time U20 world silver medalist and a one-time U23 silver medalist. During three of the four times that Jimenez made the world finals, it was an opponent from Japan who defeated her in the finals. Japan’s Remina Yoshimoto should be one of the key contenders here. With the 2021 world champion as the eighth seed, Jimenez wouldn’t see her until the finals. It seems like the bulk of the other contenders at this weight will be coming in unseeded. Yu Zhang is a young star who made the Asian finals earlier this year. North Korean lightweights are always tough so, I’d keep an eye on Myong-Gyong Won. 53 kg - Felicity Taylor Seeds #1 Lucia Yepez Guzman (ECU) #2 Hyogyong Choe (PRK) #3 Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) #4 Antim Panghal (IND) #5 Natalia Malysheva (UWW - Russia) #6 Annika Wendle (GER) #7 Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) #8 Jonna Malmgren (SWE) Past Senior World/Olympic medalists: Choe: 2024 Olympic bronze, 2025 Asian champion Haruna Okuno (JPN): 3x World champion Panghal: 2023 World bronze Prevolaraki: 3x World bronze Yepez Guzman: 2024 Olympic silver, 2023 World bronze Roksana Zasina (POL): 2017 World bronze Jin Zhang: 2024 World silver Others Liliia Malanchuk (UKR): 2023 U23 World bronze Malmgren: 2024 U23 World champion Malysheva: 2025 European bronze As we go up in weights, we have another first-time Senior world team member, Felicity Taylor. Taylor previously advanced to Final X, but broke through this year with her win over former Iowa teammate Brianna Gonzales. In 2024, Taylor defeated Gonzales in the NCWWC national finals to capture her second collegiate national title. Though this is her first Senior World Championship tournament, Taylor does have plenty of experience internationally. She made a pair of U23 world teams and wrestled in a bronze medal match back in 2022. 53 kg is shaping up to be one of the deepest women’s weights in 2025. Like many weights, the Japanese representative has to be the favorite. Haruna Okuno fits that bill as a three-time world champion. There are also two 2024 Olympic medalists in the bracket (Choe, Yepez Guzman). Altogether, there are seven women with past world/Olympic medals. And that doesn’t include the reigning U23 world champion (Malmgren). Bracketing could be weird here. Okuno, like Taylor, is not seeded. At this point, I don’t know that one side of the bracket is much different than the other, but we’ll re-evaluate after they are drawn. 55 kg - Cristelle Rodriguez Seeds #1 Tatiana Debien (FRA) #2 Oleksandra Khomenets (UKR) #3 Karla Godinez-Gonzalez (CAN) #4 Ekaterina Verbina (UWW - Russia) #5 Elvira Kamaloglu (TUR) #6 Kyong Ryong Oh (PRK) #7 Amory Andrich (GER) #8 Cristelle Rodriguez (USA) Past Senior World/Olympic medalists: Debien: 2024 World bronze Godinez-Gonzalez: 2022 World bronze Khomenets: 2x World medalist Others Khulan Batkhuyag (MGL): 2022 World silver Xuejing Liang (CHN): 2023 U20 World bronze Oh: 2025 Asian champion Rodriguez: 2024 U20 World champion Sowaka Uchida (JPN): 2024 U20 World champion Verbina: 2025 European champion, 2021 U23 World silver Of our first five weights, this is the last one with a first-time world team member. Like the two before her, Cristelle Rodriguez is making her Senior World debut; however, she has plenty of age group experience. Rodriguez is a two-time U20 world team member and claimed a gold medal in her second trip (2024). She also earned a silver medal in 2019 at the Cadet World Championships. To secure her spot on the 2025 squad, Rodriguez held off phenom and future U20 world champion Everest Leydecker in two straight bouts at Final X. This will be one of the smaller brackets on the women’s freestyle side. At first glance, seeing Cristelle Rodriguez as the eighth see - it might give you some pause. I actually like it. Though top seeded Tatiana Debien is a returning world medalist, I think she’s beatable. The fourth (Verbina) and fifth (Kamaloglu) are high quality, but also not out of Rodriguez’s league. We’ll have to pay attention to where U20 world champion Uchida (Japan), Batkhuyag (Mongolia), and Liang (China) are drawn in. They will be tough. The other half of the bracket is probably deeper with Khomenets, Godinez-Gonzalez, and Oh. 57 kg - Helen Maroulis Seeds #1 Helen Maroulis (USA) #2 Kexin Hong (CHN) #3 Luisa Valverde (ECU) #4 Olga Khoroshavtseva (UWW - Russia) #5 Tamara Dollak (HUN) #6 Bolortuya Khurelkhuu (MGL) #7 Youngjin Kwon (KOR) #8 Zhala Aliyeva (AZE) Past Senior World/Olympic medalists: Hong: 2024 Olympic bronze Iryna Kurachkina (UWW - Belarus): 2021 Olympic silver, 3x World medalist Maroulis: 3x Olympic medalist (Gold, Bronze x2), 3x World champion Samantha Stewart: 2021 World bronze Others Laura Almaganbetova (KAZ): 2024 Asian bronze Khoroshavtseva: 3x European champion Il-Sim Son (PRK): 2025 Asian silver Tapsya (IND): 2025 U20 World champion Himeka Tokuhara (JPN): 2x U23 World medalist Solomiia Vynnyk (UKR): 2024 U23 World champion The queen is back at the World Championships again and holds the top seed. Helen Maroulis will wrestle at the World Championships for the 12th time(!) in 2025. Her first Senior world appearance came in 2008. Maroulis is now the only American woman with three Olympic medals and the first to win gold. In Croatia, she’ll seek her eighth world medal and the fourth of a golden variety. Maroulis locked up her latest world team spot by pinning Amanda Martinez twice at Final X. She was the only wrestler (male or female) at the event to win via fall and she did it twice. Maroulis’ bronze medal from the 2024 Olympic Games, coupled with a win at the Hungarian Ranking Series event, helped her receive the #1 seed. For the last three World/Olympic events, Maroulis has been in the same weight class as Japan’s Sakurai. They have a new representative this year - Tokuhara, a U23 world champion in 2022 and a U23 bronze medalist in 2024. Just looking at seeds alone, you have to like Maroulis’ draw. None of the past World/Olympic medalists are on her side. That could change depending on where Kurachkina (Belarus) is placed. Aside from Tokuhara and Kurchkina, perhaps Son (North Korea) and Tapsya (India) represent the most significant challenges for Maroulis in Zagreb. 59 kg - Jacarra Winchester Seeds #1 Elena Brugger (GER) #2 Erika Bognar (HUN) #3 Laurence Beauregard (CAN) #4 Anastasiia Sidelnikova (UWW - Russia) #5 Sakura Onishi (JPN) #6 Bediha Gun (TUR) #7 Jumoke Adekoye (NGR) #8 Altjin Togtokh (MGL) Past Senior World/Olympic medalists: Brugger: 2024 World bronze Winchester: 2019 World champion, 2x World medalist Others Pyol Hong (PRK): 2025 Asian silver Hong Liang (CHN): 2024 U23 bronze Sakura Onishi (JPN): 2x U20 World champion We’ll marvel at Maroulis’ longevity, and it’s true; however, don’t sleep on Jacarra Winchester’s career. Winchester will compete at the World Championships for a sixth time, and that doesn’t include her 2021 Olympic appearance. Back in 2019, Winchester captured a world title at 55 kg. She earned a second world medal in 2023, when she made the 55 kg world finals. We’ll see if Winchester can add to her medal haul in Croatia. Winchester took quite the unusual route to her latest world team. She made the finals of the US Open at 57 kg, but did not wrestle. At the World Team Trials, Winchester bumped up to 59 kg and got the win. That set up a clash with former world team member, Abby Nette. Nette took the first match of the series, 6-4, but Winchester stormed back with two consecutive wins - the first was 9-7 and then 11-0 in the clincher. 59 kg looks to be a relatively wide open weight. Looking at the Japanese entry, we’ll have a new face to watch on the Senior level, as Onishi gets the call. She is a two-time U20 champion. Her most recent title came a few months ago and she downed American Aubre Krazer on her path to the gold medal. She’s the next big thing at this weight, but is she there right now? Top-seeded Elena Brugger is a returning world medalist and will be in the hunt for gold. Other contenders include Hong (North Korea) and Liang (China). Since Winchester will be unseeded, we’ll have to weight to see what her exact path looks like.
  8. Ohio Elite
    We need armed veterans at every school. Unfortunately...
  9. uncle bernard
    What do you think the point of the video is?
  10. jross
    Actually yea... you could say 'programmers are introverts' and largely be correct. It is the use of 'all' that makes it a problem. You didn't see me use the word 'all' anywhere did you?
  11. jross
    No, use data if you want to get consensus with others! I'll wait for the data indicating a high amount of conservatives are racist... it does not exist! But also yes, for your survival.
  12. Caveira
    Not sure if true. Just reposting.
  13. ionel
    How can you possibly know what people care more about?
  14. Caveira
    You didn’t watch the video did you?
  15. ionel
    Don't forget about the dollar and the tanking stock market.
  16. uncle bernard
    @jross "illusion of knowing" might be the perfect description of the way your mind works. Do stereotypes help us understand the world? ChatGPT said: Stereotypes can appear to help us understand the world by simplifying complex social realities—but that simplicity comes at a cost. Why Stereotypes Seem Helpful: Cognitive shortcuts: Our brains constantly try to conserve energy. Stereotypes act like mental shortcuts that help us make quick judgments without deep analysis. For example, assuming a firefighter is brave might help you quickly assess a situation. Pattern recognition: Some stereotypes stem from perceived patterns in behavior, culture, or appearance. They can feel like "rules of thumb" that help predict behavior. Social organization: In-group/out-group thinking (us vs. them) is part of human social evolution. Stereotypes can strengthen group identity by simplifying how we view others. Why Stereotypes Are Problematic: They oversimplify: People are complex. Stereotypes reduce individuals to one-dimensional traits, ignoring their unique identities, histories, and experiences. They often reinforce bias: Once we adopt a stereotype, we tend to notice only evidence that supports it (confirmation bias) and ignore what contradicts it. They can be harmful or oppressive: Stereotypes can justify discrimination, exclusion, or violence. For example, racial, gender, or cultural stereotypes often underpin systemic inequality. They hinder true understanding: Instead of encouraging curiosity or open-mindedness, stereotypes shut down nuanced thinking and create false certainty. So, do they really help us understand the world? Only superficially. Stereotypes give us quick impressions, but not accurate or ethical understanding. They might offer an illusion of knowing, but deeper understanding comes from engaging with individuals, context, and complexity—not relying on generalized assumptions.
  17. jross
    I've done the research into gun violence using Federal data and was surprised. The analysis and conclusion is my own in the first link below: https://intermatwrestle.com/forums/topic/3143-actual-conservative-policies-or-stances/#comment-100986 https://intermatwrestle.com/forums/topic/147-seriously-michigan/page/12/#comment-21698 The one finding that makes me scratch my head some is that most gun violence is through stolen hand guns. They guys committing the crimes don't have legal ownership. They are getting their guns from legal owners. So banning or heavily restricting legal hand guns reduces the guns available to be stolen. You are not going to ban hand guns so how to make it safer? Biometric smart gun technology becomes interesting because a thief cannot use the gun. You need the ability to have multiple bio people linkages (e.g. 10 cops can all fire the same gun). Except currently smart guns are easily hackable. At least a smart gun prevents a toddler from accidental use. The other problem with smart guns is that bio tech fails. Like the face recognition and fingerprint reader on my devices sometimes fail. If that was to fail when I needed it for defense, its a non starter. So we need better smarter guns and then I'd support hand gun regulations involving smart gun tech.
  18. Caveira
    Some callous dudes out there I dunno obviously if the guy knew where the shooter was or not
  19. uncle bernard
    @jross I know you love AI, so I thought this might be helpful for you: Are stereotypes logical? ChatGPT said: Stereotypes can appear superficially logical, but they're not truly logical when examined critically. Here's a breakdown of why: Why They Might Seem Logical: Based on Patterns: Stereotypes often stem from observed patterns in behavior, culture, or demographics. For example, if a group statistically tends to do X more than another group, it can lead to a generalization. Cognitive Shortcuts: Our brains use heuristics (mental shortcuts) to make quick judgments in complex situations. Stereotyping is one such shortcut — a fast way to predict behavior when we lack detailed information. Why They’re Not Truly Logical: Overgeneralization: Stereotypes assume that all or most members of a group share the same traits, which is statistically and logically false. Groups contain vast individual variation. Confirmation Bias: People tend to notice evidence that supports a stereotype and ignore or discount evidence that contradicts it. Lack of Causal Understanding: Stereotypes often confuse correlation with causation. Just because something is more common in a group doesn’t mean it’s inherent or caused by group identity. Self-fulfilling Prophecies: Acting on a stereotype can influence behavior in a way that reinforces the stereotype, creating a feedback loop rather than an objective truth. Moral and Logical Fallacy: Judging an individual based on group characteristics commits the fallacy of division (assuming what’s true of the group is true of each member). Example: Stereotype: "All programmers are introverts." Flawed logic: Some programmers are introverts, but that doesn’t logically imply that all are. Nor does it mean being introverted is caused by programming or vice versa.
  20. JimmySpeaks
    By the students, sure I agree
  21. Caveira
    TMZ stay classy
  22. uncle bernard
    Lol, you can't just decide which stereotypes you want to believe and which you don't. The idea that liberal-minded people don't care about self-accountability and respect is also a wrong and harmful stereotype. Here is your essential worldview: Stereotypes about people I don't like are true. Stereotypes about people like me aren't true. If I know a few details about a person (skin color, politics, location, etc...) I can neatly apply my pre-conceived stereotype and know exactly what kind of person they are.
  23. jross
    What discussion led you to believe one cannot push back? Unlike the accurate stereotypes, to say that conservatives are racist is a wrong and harmful one. If it was most conservatives, then you would be fine. But it is by far a minority of conservatives that are racist... so you are wrong.
  24. uncle bernard
    That's how you see it, sure. That's also still a provocation.
  25. jross
    Because "words are violent" to whomever finds it offensive.
  26. Caveira
    Why so much jk Rowling hate? Or Rogan hate for that matter
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