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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

« on: May 25, 2018, 08:39:26 PM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on May 25, 2018, 07:07:10 PM

Looks like Donald didn't score high marx according to one SJW...

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it really racism...

« on: May 25, 2018, 08:36:03 PM »

Mcwhorter makes a lot of good points despite having an unfortunate name. I will just say that I think the attitude propagated in our institutions of higher learning and filtered throughout society has a negative chilling effect on the discussion of important issues in this country.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: #1Thread

« on: May 25, 2018, 04:20:28 PM »

TBT

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Millennials (now with correct spelling)

« on: May 25, 2018, 04:18:25 PM »

Is that a Georgia O'Keefe painting?

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it really racism...

« on: May 25, 2018, 03:30:38 AM »

Quote from: Kat Kid on May 23, 2018, 06:35:25 PM

Quote from: Dlew12 on May 23, 2018, 06:28:25 PM
Quote from: michigancat on May 23, 2018, 06:10:42 PM
Quote from: Dlew12 on May 23, 2018, 05:44:44 PM
For example, I don't see any compelling difference between (1) a black parent telling their daughter they wouldn't attend her wedding if she married a white person and (2) a white person telling their daughter the wouldn't attend her wedding if she married a black person. Nor do I see a compelling difference between (a) a baptist family telling their son they would disown him if he married a non-baptist and (b) a muslim family telling their son they would disown him if he married a non-baptist.

The context and history matter. What if the black parent had a child shot and killed by a white police officer? What if she grew up in a dangerous housing situation because of racist white landlords? What if a relative was falsely convicted of a crime by an all-white jury? There's plenty of reasons for blacks to distrust whites that aren't necessarily reciprocal because of the history (and presence) of American racism.

And I'd give the muslim family a full pass for disowning a child for marrying a non-baptist. They're just oddly focused.
I think that people regardless of race can always find reasons to distrust groups of other people. Would you feel differently about the judge's trust condition if you learned that his cousin got mugged by a black person when he was young?

In other words, I understand that there are explanations for black people to distrust white people in general, but I don't think black people are justified in distrusting white people in general. I think the reciprocal is also true. I don't think it's justifiable to distrust someone based on their race.

I think the entire weight of our nation’s systemic white American racism against blacks should play more of a role in providing context to black distrust of whites in individuals than white people’s long history of racial discrimination and prejudice against blacks should be excused just because we want some sort of equivalence for everything. If you acknowledge the history, why do you think blacks need to get over it and be held to the same standard as whites who never faced that systemic discrimination and have always had a much higher social standing in our society?

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Many (Black) intellectuals find this offensive, fwiw. The idea that thoughts emanating from the minds of Black people should be debated with less rigor is itself a form of white supremacy. The idea that we should treat people differently based upon their race is inherently suspect. The idea that people should be judged based on the historical actions of people who have a similar skin color is a fallacy of division and also inherently suspect. The fact that this even needs to be pointed out is inherently sad. Race as a proxy for ability is arbitrary and should never justify any official policy. Let's just all agree to be vigilant and to never let it happen again, yeah?

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it really racism...

« on: May 25, 2018, 03:14:56 AM »

*Dunno if sys is an attorney, but I feel comfy generally agreeing with him too. Smart guy, that sys.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Is it really racism...

« on: May 25, 2018, 03:13:11 AM »

I agree with the attorneys posting ITT. Most everyone else has undisciplined thought patterns that frustrate me.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Dlew's World of Muffins

« on: May 25, 2018, 01:27:52 AM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on May 24, 2018, 10:56:04 PM

Guys what is your fave muffin you’ve ever had

Ur mom's

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Another school shooting

« on: May 24, 2018, 09:27:09 PM »

Quote from: sys on May 24, 2018, 02:32:56 PM

his impulse is correct, but it shouldn't be legislated.

Agreed. But it won't happen, because we have voracious appetites.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Death of Free Speech: Uber PC'ism-A further look

« on: May 22, 2018, 02:37:51 AM »

https://misruleoflaw.com/2018/05/18/the-snowflakes-take-charge-at-ut-law-school-political-correctness-trumps-pedagogy-in-constitutional-law-i/

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Death of Free Speech: Uber PC'ism-A further look

« on: May 21, 2018, 11:33:00 PM »

I do not think it was a ridiculous question, fyi.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Death of Free Speech: Uber PC'ism-A further look

« on: May 21, 2018, 11:31:51 PM »

Also, the Professor is African American. Also, see Derrick Bell's hypothetical dissent to Brown.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Death of Free Speech: Uber PC'ism-A further look

« on: May 21, 2018, 10:42:40 PM »

@Dlew12

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/05/this-is-one-of-the-dumbest-law-school-exams-ever-but-at-least-its-also-racist/

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Perfect Songs

« on: May 20, 2018, 01:57:49 PM »

What makes a song perfect?

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: #1Thread

« on: May 19, 2018, 12:20:12 AM »

One would be so lucky to have one's absence missed.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Good Old Fashion Conservative Television

« on: May 17, 2018, 01:19:14 AM »

Remindmebot remind me in 2 days

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Kansas State Football / Re: Random Ron Prince era players

« on: May 16, 2018, 06:59:49 PM »

Makes sense that a former 'cat is the help for a Jayhawks guy.

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Kansas State Football / Re: GE blog names my dog

« on: May 16, 2018, 04:13:04 PM »

Oscar Myers

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: So this blue and black dress thing...

« on: May 16, 2018, 01:54:54 PM »

Quote from: WackyCat08 on May 16, 2018, 01:53:14 PM

I feel like all the yanny'ers are the same ones who understood the whole [ you ] you thing first and they're all hiding behind some rough ridin' sick troll joke and it's not real.

Another victim of Low-S (spectrum)

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: So this blue and black dress thing...

« on: May 16, 2018, 01:52:11 PM »

It's sad that some good people are handicapped by their ability to only hear a teeny tiny spectrum of frequencies.

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