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Hello everyone,Here is a list of thoughtful posts from 2022 that were nominated as quality contributions!(If you're new around here, you may have noticed that the "quality contribution" nomination is the only pre-described moderation report you can make. We have other rules, obviously, but if someone is breaking them then we prefer you to click "other" and describe the problem in your own words).Way back in January, u/Hailanathema wrote some legal analysis of a defamation case brought against Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network by two Georgia election workers. Since then, you may be interested to know that OAN Network settled their part of the case. Giuliani's part in this remains under litigation.u/TracingWoodgrains wrote a top level post On Transitions, Freedom of Form, and the Righteous Struggle Against Nature.I wrote about the existential terror of motherhood. Anyone wondering how my changes in religious perspective have altered the views stated here should know that I'm keeping the existential dread.u/thrownaway24e89172 and I were both nominated for this exchange about why people refer to "surplus men" but not "surplus women" when talking about people who are not in heterosexual partnerships.I was also nominated for this post on whether, or when, we ought to consider the connotations implied by choosing to debate someone on a given set of terms.u/gattsuru made a cogent point about the extent to which some types of scams are reliant on legal loopholes, pointing out that often the main part of a scam involving a legal claim is not whether it's technically legal but about exploiting people's fear and lack of knowledge.u/iprayiam3 outlined a distinction between different reasons why you might complain that an ideology is "a religion."u/UAnchovy analyses a passage from the Daodejing on "the role of manners or moral cultivation in the life of a state." (My post at the start of the given context was also nominated, so go ahead and read the entire thread, because u/professorgerm's comment in between is also well worth your time.)u/KayOfGrayWaters writes a post that is very much in line with u/iprayiam3's post above! The post discusses different aspects of the trans rights movement, in the context of a First Amendment that places a boundary between religion and the state, but not between all possible ideologies and the state.u/UAnchovy wrote another good post with some deep analysis of the proper relationship between Christianity and politics.AshLael has stepped back from the internet (unlike the rest of us time-wasters!), but before he went he was nominated for this comment about why the pro-life movement is sometimes still sympathetic towards women who have had abortions. And, though it was much earlier in the year, I think this is the point at which I want to say that it meant a lot to me that AshLael would nominate this post of mine about why, as a pro-choice person, I want to ascribe some value to the unborn.Returning to the topic of transgenderism, u/HoopyFreud writes a nuanced post on Kenneth Zucker and the best way to treat children who are gender-nonconforming and may be transgender.Towards the end of the year, u/solxyz supplies some expertise as a psychotherapist on the role of expressing emotion in taking care of your mental health.Before I go, I'd like to give a shout-out to u/DrManhattan's Let's Interview Fascism series. The final post is here and it has links to the earlier ones.Thank you, also, to the people who actually nominated these posts. I know u/professorgerm is responsible for some and I suspect him of having nominated several of the others! And to everyone here, including the people who wrote great posts that didn't show up on this list (because I know there are many), thanks for being here, and keeping this quiet corner of the internet ticking along. This subreddit remains one of the best places I know to have a discussion.
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