jerryskids

To clarify: do you think the purpose of the Free Beacon article is total racism? Or CDub's posting it? Or both?

Article about how he keeps his hands off women in photos: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/people-have-noticed-that-keanu-reeves-respectfully-does-not-touch-women-in-photos/

Not in the matrix you live in, anyway.

You also used it to claim "the purpose of such articles is blatant racism." I'm sure your DEI op ed woman thinks so, but I think that is disingenuous from you.

True. I'd say a few things though. One, there were so many quotes, it's hard to believe they were all made up. Two, it is completely understandable why the people being quoted would want to remain anonymous, particularly given the alleged aggressive behavior of Lucero and the lack to date of the school to do anything about the situation, despite multiple reports. My concern with the article, and I mentioned it before, is that you have to get to the very end to see "oh BTW, they also significantly wokified the curriculum at the same time." That leaves me wondering how much of the issue to attribute to each factor.

Fair enough. Some schools will struggle with this model though, and "demand" is a dangerous word in negotiation. If they could have "demanded" more they would have already.

You are the person who drives by and gives summaries like a tween from Tumblr. I thought about this this morning: I'm trying to provide content for discussion, sometimes complex and challenging. What is the last thread you started here to contribute to this place?

The last point is silly; it was clearly malicious. Otherwise the doxxer would just say he didn't live in KC. I figured you might go with the "it's public" defense. I think that that is technically true of a lot of doxxing info. But when a fanatic sees that info, it gives them an idea. After all, how many Harrison Butkers do you think there are in a city of 100,000?

My concern is that we may see the slippery slope of diminishing standards like we have in areas like emergency responders.

There is nothing "scientific" about Scientific American anymore. It has become a woke political activist magazine, as your article corroborates. In fact that op-ed would make the most progressive Leftie publication proud. Here is the bio on the article you linked, from the bottom of the article: ABBY L. FERBER is Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She also directs the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion and the annual Knapsack Institute Knapsack Institute: Transforming Teaching and Learning. Here is discussion on Scientific American becoming woke, from a long-time writer there: https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-goes-woke It's long, but interesting.

Again I'll ask if you read the article.

dox /däks/ verb INFORMAL search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the internet, typically with malicious intent. Do you not consider it doxxing because he had the info and didn't need to search for it? Because everything but the first 3 words is certainly true.

https://www.kaptest.com/study/mcat/whats-a-good-mcat-score/#:~:text=There is no set passing,help you set realistic goals.

How is the story bogus? I just told you what the story is. Did you read the link?

A lot of ripple effects here. The revenue from football and basketball helps to pay for all of the other sports, and all of the women's sports. How will those get funded now? Either some will get dropped, and/or tuition will go up.

What about the source do you not trust? Do you think they made up the quotes? The test results data? Also the article doesn't say they are becoming doctors; the point is that they aren't passing, and in some cases not even taking, tests necessary to do so. I hope that you are correct and that the standards to ultimately become a doctor are not compromised in the name of DEI.

That is a frightening article. I would be shocked if UCLA is not sued over this. That being said, at the end of the article they discussed a second problem: changing to a woke curriculum: It seems that it is a combo of these two (admissions, curriculum) causing the "colossal failure."

6/10. Would be better if I were young. But hey, it isn't "hur dur you hates kids$%@!" So you got that going for you.

You used to add at least a little value. Did I fock your mom or something? If so, I'm sorry.

I've heard Najee has slimmed down with a much healthier diet. Probably good, but hard to say. I wonder what the Soilost thinks?

Excellent input, thanks. I know you are young, so maybe you are taking it personally? Care to elaborate?

FYI, a link in your link: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/05/16/congressional-black-caucus-biden-pardon-mosby/

A lot of truth there. Some, notsomuch. But the basic message of hard-working blue collar people feeling disenfranchised by the political power elite is definitely true. Where I disagree is this "Trump comes from a silver spoon so he doesn't empathize with the people" thing. Back in 2016 I'd have bet a lot of money that Trump knew the name and life story of his driver or doorman better than Hillary. Hillary IMO was the epitome of an elite who held common people with disdain. I'd make the same bet about Biden, but it wouldn't be fair, because he has limited mental capacity these days, so he doesn't remember a lot of things.

People like MTG running with the "assassination" message is part of what I was alluding to with "unintended consequences." I don't think that is good. I will say though that at 1:27 Steve Bannon claimed they had a medic, trauma center, and a hospital lined up 18 miles away. If so, that seems a little more than "boilerplate language." Anyway, these are the things that made me wish there was a better option for POTUS this year.