yeah well a good many of Trump's minions seem to think otherwise. Of course they also think and Ex-President can assert Executive Privilege . . . . The interesting part for me will be what role Rudy asserts he was playing in the war room . . . .
do you agree that Jewish people deserve to be free from worry about threats of or the enaction of violence based on them simply being Jewish?
Because that's why they were attacked. Because they are Jewish. I believe that being free of threat for being Jewish (or Black, or a Woman) is not just reasonable, its critical. Its foundational. Its a moral foundation.
And trying to see if the actions of a crazed British Muslim might be REASONABLE in this context suggest you don't agree.
You seem to have trouble identifying trees and forests here, so let me help you out:
Chip was mocking you for asking a question, that, frankly, doesn't need to be asked if you actually care. OT - and many other sources - are brimming with the how of this. You've even suggested some of those ideas over the years (like decriminalizing marijuana). SO if you honestly, legitimatley don't know how, then we can't really help you at this point.
And if you are asking the WHY of this - I made it clear in my response. Humans deserve to exist without threat of violence because they are human. The "easiest" way for you to ensure they exist that way is to choose to not meet them with violence because they aren't you. Then you choose to fight back - in all the ways shown in the many, many HOWS - against anyone and everyone who would do other humans violence for their human characteristics.
That's as clear as any of us can make it. And frankly I'm disappointed that it has to be made that clear to you, because doing so requires me to lower my assessment of you as a person. I should you wouldn't want that outcome, but I've been wrong around here before.
As if we really need any more reminders of WHY this is so critical:
In Lincoln County -- a GOP stronghold where Donald Trump received more than 68% of the vote in 2020 and where 29% of its residents are Black -- the all-Republican county commission now appoints three out of five election board members. Officials there say closing six of seven polling places will eliminate the need to send equipment and staff around the county. It also will help mothball cramped and outdated polling sites that don't allow for social distancing, county leaders say.
All voting would happen at a central location in Lincolnton, the county seat, under the consolidation plan the elections board is set to consider.
But in a community with little reliable public transportation, "the poor and marginalized people won't be able to vote because, bottom line, they won't be able to get to the polls," said the Rev. Christopher Johnson, the head of the Greater Augusta's Interfaith Coalition -- one of the groups fighting the change.
My 7th grade life science teacher used to intone regularly that "nature is gradational - man classifies." Seems a pertinent add to your astute observations.
Agreed - its all about making people stop doing because they don't know what to do. Things like:
7. An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or
72 any other form of psychological distress on account of his or
73 her race, color, sex, or national origin.
Are all about shutting down dissent and truth - because dissent and the truth will make people uncomfortable.
Richard Spencer and home grown white supremacy are a threat to a larger swath of Americans, but no less pernicious. That homegrown white supremacy has also and always carried a healthy dose of anti-Semitism with it.
You are doing way better then a lot of Southern mothers. As a kid growing up in Louisiana my textbooks still called it the War of Northern Aggression, and we were fed a diet of drival about how slaves were only mistreated when they were "uppity" as if slavery wasn't mistreatment. We almost elected David Duke governor once - my dad still has a bumper sticker that reads "Vote for the Crook - its important." And when federal courts desegregated our city schools in 1980 roughly half my class went to private schools the next year. The White half.
3. An individual’s moral character or status as either
58 privileged or oppressed is necessarily determined by his or her
59 race, color, sex, or national origin.
That section means we can't discuss systemic racism, no matter what the facts on the ground are - and there are many.
5. An individual, by virtue of his or her race, color, sex,
64 or national origin, bears responsibility for, or should be
65 discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of,
66 actions committed in the past by other members of the same race,
67 color, sex, or national origin.
That means we can't discuss making past wrong right as a moral foundation for fighting racism, and it means we can't discuss, much less act on reparations.
6. An individual, by virtue of his or her race, color, sex,
69 or national origin, should be discriminated against or receive
70 adverse treatment to achieve diversity, equity, or inclusion.
That means no more affirmative action hires, diversity expanding recruiting or minority set-asides in government contracting.
All of those are swipes at CRT indirectly, and all of them require diluting, whitewashing or dumbing down actual history.
Sinema is the one currently taking the heat. I suspect that there are other western Democrats who are uncomfortable with what the bill will do to their states.
If that's the case then they are as cowardly as she is and as Republicans are. Whatever the issues are, they pale in comparison to the havoc that will be unleashed later this year if this is passed.
What gets me is we aren't even voting on passage - we're just voting to talk about it. Republicans don't even want to do that. Sinema and Manchin don't even want to do that. And I don't have any faith in any plan McConnel might be talking about for the ECA - especially since he's not offering to allow debate on these measures in exchange for that one.
Republicans in 5 states now stand credibly accused - and under investigation - for forging documents with bogus "alternate" slates of Presidential electors. And not just forging, but forging from the same template with the same words and arguments. They did so because their guy didn't win a free and fair election. And had they succeeded they would, in fact, have significantly infringed the voting rights of a great many Americans. On Purpose. To retain political power.
Most people are not trained in making those kind of judgements, and even the ones who are don't have access to the information needed to make them effectively. even well meaning libertarians can't do this effectively in most cases.
Its running up the Hill for Twitter. There's been no legislation introduced to do this, and frankly the Republicans won't back it because it would prevent them from sending a mob to Capitol Hill - or forged slates of electors - when their candidates looses. After they believe they have secured permanent rule then they may take it up.
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yeah well a good many of Trump's minions seem to think otherwise. Of course they also think and Ex-President can assert Executive Privilege . . . . The interesting part for me will be what role Rudy asserts he was playing in the war room . . . .
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It was meant literally as a mother who resides in the South.
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do you agree that Jewish people deserve to be free from worry about threats of or the enaction of violence based on them simply being Jewish?
Because that's why they were attacked. Because they are Jewish. I believe that being free of threat for being Jewish (or Black, or a Woman) is not just reasonable, its critical. Its foundational. Its a moral foundation.
And trying to see if the actions of a crazed British Muslim might be REASONABLE in this context suggest you don't agree.
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As I keep being reminded - sometimes daily - you gain little by asking for clarity in Jaybird's thinking.
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You seem to have trouble identifying trees and forests here, so let me help you out:
Chip was mocking you for asking a question, that, frankly, doesn't need to be asked if you actually care. OT - and many other sources - are brimming with the how of this. You've even suggested some of those ideas over the years (like decriminalizing marijuana). SO if you honestly, legitimatley don't know how, then we can't really help you at this point.
And if you are asking the WHY of this - I made it clear in my response. Humans deserve to exist without threat of violence because they are human. The "easiest" way for you to ensure they exist that way is to choose to not meet them with violence because they aren't you. Then you choose to fight back - in all the ways shown in the many, many HOWS - against anyone and everyone who would do other humans violence for their human characteristics.
That's as clear as any of us can make it. And frankly I'm disappointed that it has to be made that clear to you, because doing so requires me to lower my assessment of you as a person. I should you wouldn't want that outcome, but I've been wrong around here before.
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That obligation is to defend the rights of your fellow humans to exist as and where they are, free from threat of violence (including death).
Will that be hard? Yes. Might you be exposed to threat of violence for doing it? Yes. Are you willing to do it?
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As if we really need any more reminders of WHY this is so critical:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/poll-closures-rural-lincoln-county-georgia/index.html
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My 7th grade life science teacher used to intone regularly that "nature is gradational - man classifies." Seems a pertinent add to your astute observations.
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Exactly.
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Fair point.
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Agreed - its all about making people stop doing because they don't know what to do. Things like:
Are all about shutting down dissent and truth - because dissent and the truth will make people uncomfortable.
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Richard Spencer and home grown white supremacy are a threat to a larger swath of Americans, but no less pernicious. That homegrown white supremacy has also and always carried a healthy dose of anti-Semitism with it.
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You are doing way better then a lot of Southern mothers. As a kid growing up in Louisiana my textbooks still called it the War of Northern Aggression, and we were fed a diet of drival about how slaves were only mistreated when they were "uppity" as if slavery wasn't mistreatment. We almost elected David Duke governor once - my dad still has a bumper sticker that reads "Vote for the Crook - its important." And when federal courts desegregated our city schools in 1980 roughly half my class went to private schools the next year. The White half.
The bad guys are way easier to find n the South.
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Someone should - and sue the airlines for tickets etc. Southwest would put the hammer on Greg Abbott quickly if they did.
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Exactly. Republicans have done it for 40 years with Roe V Wade, which makes the Texas law all the more stunning.
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You sure do like to fish with big nets I guess.
That section means we can't discuss systemic racism, no matter what the facts on the ground are - and there are many.
That means we can't discuss making past wrong right as a moral foundation for fighting racism, and it means we can't discuss, much less act on reparations.
That means no more affirmative action hires, diversity expanding recruiting or minority set-asides in government contracting.
All of those are swipes at CRT indirectly, and all of them require diluting, whitewashing or dumbing down actual history.
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Suppressing voting rights makes creating that sort of white washed past easier.
Yeash
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They don't have Manchin and Sinema for that one either, and absolutely no room for a filibuster carve out since its a reconciliation bill.
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If that's the case then they are as cowardly as she is and as Republicans are. Whatever the issues are, they pale in comparison to the havoc that will be unleashed later this year if this is passed.
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What gets me is we aren't even voting on passage - we're just voting to talk about it. Republicans don't even want to do that. Sinema and Manchin don't even want to do that. And I don't have any faith in any plan McConnel might be talking about for the ECA - especially since he's not offering to allow debate on these measures in exchange for that one.
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Fun fact - Mississippi and Alabama still celebrate Robert E. Lee's Birthday on MLK day.
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Republicans in 5 states now stand credibly accused - and under investigation - for forging documents with bogus "alternate" slates of Presidential electors. And not just forging, but forging from the same template with the same words and arguments. They did so because their guy didn't win a free and fair election. And had they succeeded they would, in fact, have significantly infringed the voting rights of a great many Americans. On Purpose. To retain political power.
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The kind of legislation aimed squarely at using the threat of voter fraud to institutionalize election fraud.
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Most people are not trained in making those kind of judgements, and even the ones who are don't have access to the information needed to make them effectively. even well meaning libertarians can't do this effectively in most cases.
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Its running up the Hill for Twitter. There's been no legislation introduced to do this, and frankly the Republicans won't back it because it would prevent them from sending a mob to Capitol Hill - or forged slates of electors - when their candidates looses. After they believe they have secured permanent rule then they may take it up.