# Elizabeth Warren is running for the Senate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-is-running-for-the-senate/596250>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-is-running-for-the-senate/596250 "2011-09-14T03:59:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-is-running-for-the-senate/596250/201 "2012-06-16T17:44:30Z")

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> [@Really Not All That Bright](#):
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> I notice that you left out the part of the quoted post that makes the second paragraph of yours superfluous, by the way.

Males have environmental advantages that skew their representation at Harvard. The fact that these may be countered in part by affirmative action is irrelevant. If only two females applied to Harvard, that would not be evidence that males were discriminated against, it’d be powerful evidence to the contrary.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-is-running-for-the-senate/596250/202 "2012-06-16T20:49:47Z")

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Hence the part of my post you’re still ignoring: _whether discrimination in admissions is justified is a separate issue_.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-is-running-for-the-senate/596250/203 "2012-06-17T07:16:23Z")

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> [@magellan01](#):
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> True. But the similarity of fabricating a persona struck me and I thought it interesting that they were both from MA. It’s not really anything to make a big deal about. I mean it’s not like she drove a car off a bridge with someone in the passenger seat and didn’t immediately notify the police. THAT would be an even odder coincidence.

As an online discussion about a Democrat grows longer, the probability of a comparison to something completely irrelevant approaches 1.

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