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    Welp, Trump has no chance of winning now

    Maybe. If you observe that happening I would welcome a link or some notification. Because that behavior is not something I have observed him doing well, and its a necessary skill to be a good politician.
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    Welp, Trump has no chance of winning now

    Absolutely. And his brazen stance on one of THE MOST divisive issues is just plain stupid, there is no other way to frame it. On the one hand I am gratified that we have someone seeking power who speaks forthrightly, but then again I also wish he would just STFU too
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    [** Official President Joe Biden Thread **]

    Will they acknowledge their mistake.....not likely...and in fact i would anticipate they simply call normal people more names....lash out at THEM instead of self-reflecting....
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    Welp, Trump has no chance of winning now

    It's congruent with his failures as a politician. His inability to lie and spin is perhaps his greatest weakness.....as a politician. A good politician would avoid the topic entirely, and when cornered that politician would skirt it, avoid, not answer directly etc.... I think it foolish to celebrate the move, not just because I support abortion, but because the people who DO support it will already be voting for him, and the people on the fence might use it later in their choice. The real question is whether or not people will elevate abortion, which is now set and is not likely to be changed, above the well-being of themselves and their family in day-to-day living....
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    Good news - DOUBLE THE FUN!

    Jesus......
  6. Sadly......this is all too late to save Gigantopithecus blacki of whom we have lost forever. If only these folks were around hundreds of thousands of years ago when climate change put their favorite fruits out of reach during dry seasons.
  7. House holds hearing on impeaching Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over US border By any rational assessment the management of the border has not been handled well. Let's accept that the border is a challenging issue to handle and that it could be true that no one could perhaps deal with it effectively. But....Mayorkas should have said as much, and not lied....and told us it was being handled....and blamed congress.... Our problem here is that this man was a stooge for the radicals in the WH who appear to have governance over border-related actions. If we dump him, wont the people actually running things at the WH just put in another moron who just lets people in?
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    Liberalism Explained

    Your strawman aside, I am fine with ANY leader being questioned actually. And the notion that the color of your skin might absolve you from criticism is perhaps something we can simple agree to disagree on.
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    Liberalism Explained

    Not hateful nor racist.......and challenging it should be done, and it needs to be done. We should no more accept the way DEI operates than the way Jim Crow operated. Pretending that something wrong is "good" because your intentions are good is a failed approach from the start.
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    Liberalism Explained

    How you use it vs the wider usage may vary. There are priviledged people of course. We talk about them every day. But the assumption that white people are in a better place because of priviledge is no different than claiming AA's are because of DEI. In truth if your parents are not sh!tty dirtbags, you have a fair chance in this society.....more so than in most others, and certainly more than anything in history. Sadly, there will be kids born to just deplorable people....and they will suffer a less-happy life as a result.
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    Liberalism Explained

    My reasoning is that when we extend your position out, it tends to work poorly. So I submit that treating people differently based on skin color is wrong. Its divisive. Its not a solution. Calling out things that are wrong is not racism. I know that tends to be a common tactic, but I do not accept it. I maintain that we can call out things that are wrong, regardless of the immutable characteristics of those involved.
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    Liberalism Explained

    If it is wrong to do this to minorities and DEI and hiring....then it is also wrong to suggest that white people are privileged.... if you are to remain philosophically honest. Alternatively, you can allow it to happen.....to both.... and we can agree to oppose actions that grant preference based on skin color.
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    Liberalism Explained

    Not talking in circles. It is simple. If we are to believe that white people enjoy "privilege" by grace of their appearance, then we can do the same for all segments of society. If you find the notion that applying the label of "DEI hire" is hatred then you have to hold that same position when the notion of "white privilege" is raised. I have an alternative way though. What if we instead are honest with ourselves. What if we acknowledge that it can be true that people can be hired under the auspices of DEI and a similar argument could be made for some hiring of other segments of society. There was a time when we recognized that treating people differently based on their skin color was not how we should live. But here we are, embracing that vile mentality....but some of us hide being the faux veil of morality to defend it. So no....it is not wrong to point out when someone, anyone....irrespective of who or what they look like....are hired due to anything other than merit. We should all challenge this together.
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    Liberalism Explained

    I concede this point, I notice as well.....
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    Liberalism Explained

    Thank you for pointing that out, I missed them. Also, just a note that condescension lowers the quality of your position, it does not enhance it. Now, back to your position. If they choose to view those hires as being based on DEI instead of merit, then I might encourage you to offer a counter point that might refute that position. It is not hate. People who disagree with you do not hate you, it is an odd position to hold to think that is true.
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    Liberalism Explained

    Can you link to the posts you reference? I rolled up but I did not notice them. I would welcome the opportunity to learn something new. I am disinclined to equivocate, as the university presidents did, when a simple topic arises. So before reading posts, I will say that even though hateful rhetoric is something to disdain, I support the rights of people to do it.....so as with these vile Palestidiot supporters....I think they should be able to march and support their agenda, and where it crosses the line they can then be held accountable. Pretty simple really. So if you mean to suggest that calling non-whites in positions of power DEI hires is hateful....no, it is not. In fact, when it arises that someone tells us this is exactly what they did, I think we should be in lock step to oppose it. It has been wrong to do this all along, pretending its now good is just not something I can get behind.
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    Liberalism Explained

    I need not visit any bored to observe hate, I need only turn on the news....and listen to Democrats and their puppets in the media....if I were inclined to such nonsense. Hate is not exclusive to any specific group or area.....though it is allowed for those on the left, which tends to encourage its practice. I think you are cross-pollenating to some extent with your examples. Pretending there is not hate emanating from the left makes you seem somewhat disingenuous.
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    Liberalism Explained

    I am disinclined to frequent a place such as you have mentioned, but perhaps those sites are simply filled with some of the folks we see out there every day in the streets; the fringe of the left and right seem to agree about jews, but only one is getting away with espousing that mentality....thankfully. I do not discount that there are those, even among us on this forearm, who perhaps do not care for people based on attributes. I see it all too often. From white people to jews to christians...there is little restraint when attacking these groups. Rather than pretend there is no problem, I might encourage you to ensure you stand in solidarity against this radicalization. I need not visit any board to see hate, i can turn on CNN or MSNBC or perhaps just walk through Harvard.....
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    Marjory Taylor Greene

    Say what you will about him, this move was rather crafty.....I give his legal team credit, they are pretty good...
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    Liberalism Explained

    At first I thought you might be referencing Takashi Yoshida, and too often I miss the subtext, but in this instance I see your strawman so lets nip that and avoid such mewling. Instead, I prefer to suggest that the similarities which exist between pre-war Japan and modern liberals remains a little too tight; but just as important is the solid link between modern liberalism and Maoism. Watching history repeat itself, notably the leftist movement against Jews.....should be troubling in and of itself, but when taken in context with the rest of the doctrine, we should be rather concerned.
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    Liberalism Explained

    In reading history, the parallels between modern Liberalism and the extremes prior to WWII are remarkable. For example, consider reading War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War by John Dower.....the behaviors of pre-WWII Japanese are rather similar to modern liberals....and as we observe their behaviors toward Jews we can see that there is an element of them that also shares some of the per-war German values too
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    Liberalism Explained

    I think your vision of it is nice. I only wish the application was congruent. But your depiction is less true today than it has ever been
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    War in Israel

    BeBe : Herzi..... SF City council just demanded we halt our actions.....pull them out now... Halevi : Holt fock.....when the hell did THAT happen, sh!t man....I had no idea it was at this level.....I am standing down all forces immediately.... BeBe : I don't know how it got to this point my friend, we really need to check ourselves and rethink everything.... Halevi : Totally agree......this was the check we really needed I think
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