What is woke about the lil mermaid?

Hmm, given the purposely revisionist and dodgy basis for your screed, I'll have to deconstruct it piece by piece so the reading audience can see your folly in no uncertain terms.

Your 1st paragraph: in trying to sound intelligent, you essentially demonstrate your inability (or unwillingness) to apply the basic reading comprehension skills we all learned in grade school and high school. In effect you attempt to portray you OPINION as a definitive explanation of the material presented, whereas all you actually do is just belch forth a myriad of generalities to avoid discussion of actual content. Let's see if you far better as we go.

Your 2nd paragraph: Your "belief" is not relevant nor apropos to the content of the material given. The material explains historical origin and usage with regards to a minority of society and the appropriation of such by a segment the larger population. What you do is basically take the "long road" that leads to a reiteration of your original misguided and erroneous "definition". In doing so, you demonstrate the innate prejudice of all who "think" as you do...given the historical review compared to your current personal revised "definition/explanation". When FACTS are compared to Beliefs, facts win out every time.

Your 3rd paragraph: This is just some absurd level of denial on your part to support your "belief" in a revisionist definition couched in prejudice. Again, what you "believe" is irrelevant when compared to valid, documented historical FACTS. One cannot have a logical, rational debate with a person who's convictions rest not on facts and the logic derived from said facts, but on a faith in their own belief system. In effect you're trying to pass off debating how many angels can dance on a pinhead as "logical". :palm:

Your 4th paragraph: Your "questions" are essentially just a regurgitation of the nonsense I've previously addressed here...questions based wholly on what you "believe" and what you deny. Essentially, just self serving blather on your part.

The remainder of your screed is just more of the SOS (same old silliness). Like any religious fanatic, you're deaf, dumb and blind to reason, facts and history. My previous assessment of your diatribes stands. Carry on.

Hmm, given the purposely revisionist and dodgy basis for your screed, I'll have to deconstruct it piece by piece so the reading audience can see your folly in no uncertain terms.

First of all, I'm happy to hear you think I sound intelligent. I like to think I tend to present a reasonably intelligent argument on most issues, and I think I did on this one a well.

But thank you again for the compliment.

All that aside, if you want to talk about a lack of comprehension skills, let's talk about yours.

You started out excoriating me for supposedly attempting to portray my OPINION as fact, when I clearly stated that I BELIEVE (think; consider; feel, assume, etc. = OPINION) what I was saying, and never presented anything as factual data. This is after all, an OPINION type of subject.

Then you belched forth a myriad of generalities to make your weak claim that I belched forth a myriad of generalities.

Next, you bleated and babbled some garbage about historical origin and usage of blah, blah, blah... when I never addressed nor do I give a shit about the "historical origin and usage" of the term. It is something I am not interested in.

My only interest lies in what it means to ME, and what it means TODAY.

Not what it meant to some writer who coined it sixty + years ago during a time when the complaints of minorities were legitimate and based on actual rampant discrimination, as opposed to the empty, self-serving, social/political agenda based whining of today.

Next came the point where you started in with the good old "pot calling the kettle black" logic. You hurled some half-baked horse shit about not being able to debate with someone who relies not on facts and logic, but in faith derived from a belief system.... all while YOU relied not on facts and logic, but in faith derived from your belief system.

Apparently, you swallow all the woke media's sympathetic sobbing and hand-wringing on behalf of black criminals who resist arrest and end up dead, or threaten public transit passengers with death, then end up dead themselves after some good Samaritan tried to protect others. Etc, etc, ad nauseum.

I'm sure in your mind all this adds up to evil white people preying on innocent black people while you, like the woke media you get your so-called "facts" from, ignores the daily litany of violence and murders committed by these same innocent, woke victims.

The remainder of your screed is just more of the SOS (same old silliness). Like any woke fanatic, you're deaf and blind to reason, facts and history. My previous assessment of your diatribe stands.

And BTW.... your own weak, half-baked attempt to sound intelligent.... didn't.

It flopped. Sounded forced. Labored and lumbering. Pointless, rambling, grandiloquent posing. Like you were trying to prove that you too can use fancy words, and be every bit as erudite and articulate as Nomad, dammit!!!

But it's obvious that you're really not very good at it.

I could go on further about how your need to resort to barbs and personal attacks further weakens your already weak argument, but I think enough is enough.

Carry on.
 
Thank you. We have real teachers in our family... one of my daughters, a daughter- and a son-in-law, two nieces. You are right. Every last one of them would be appalled at her toxic representation of the profession. She is not and never has been an educator.

I actually taught high school history for a year before I moved into real estate. I do my CE every year and keep my license active. There is a zero point zero percent chance that that mess was ever a licensed teacher. If she had tried, she would have been fired as soon as the school and district got sued for leaving her alone with children. That would qualify as child abuse.
 
I've responded to you appropriately. A self righteous, self victimized, bitter, old, black racist tranny who can't figure out which gender he/she/it is gets all the consideration he/she/it deserves from me.

Congratulations for getting the most things wrong in a two-sentence post. I'm beginning to think you're an actual idiot.
 
Hmm, given the purposely revisionist and dodgy basis for your screed, I'll have to deconstruct it piece by piece so the reading audience can see your folly in no uncertain terms.

First of all, I'm happy to hear you think I sound intelligent. I like to think I tend to present a reasonably intelligent argument on most issues, and I think I did on this one a well.

But thank you again for the compliment.

All that aside, if you want to talk about a lack of comprehension skills, let's talk about yours.

You started out excoriating me for supposedly attempting to portray my OPINION as fact, when I clearly stated that I BELIEVE (think; consider; feel, assume, etc. = OPINION) what I was saying, and never presented anything as factual data. This is after all, an OPINION type of subject.

Then you belched forth a myriad of generalities to make your weak claim that I belched forth a myriad of generalities.

Next, you bleated and babbled some garbage about historical origin and usage of blah, blah, blah... when I never addressed nor do I give a shit about the "historical origin and usage" of the term. It is something I am not interested in.

My only interest lies in what it means to ME, and what it means TODAY.

Not what it meant to some writer who coined it sixty + years ago during a time when the complaints of minorities were legitimate and based on actual rampant discrimination, as opposed to the empty, self-serving, social/political agenda based whining of today.

Next came the point where you started in with the good old "pot calling the kettle black" logic. You hurled some half-baked horse shit about not being able to debate with someone who relies not on facts and logic, but in faith derived from a belief system.... all while YOU relied not on facts and logic, but in faith derived from your belief system.

Apparently, you swallow all the woke media's sympathetic sobbing and hand-wringing on behalf of black criminals who resist arrest and end up dead, or threaten public transit passengers with death, then end up dead themselves after some good Samaritan tried to protect others. Etc, etc, ad nauseum.

I'm sure in your mind all this adds up to evil white people preying on innocent black people while you, like the woke media you get your so-called "facts" from, ignores the daily litany of violence and murders committed by these same innocent, woke victims.

The remainder of your screed is just more of the SOS (same old silliness). Like any woke fanatic, you're deaf and blind to reason, facts and history. My previous assessment of your diatribe stands.

And BTW.... your own weak, half-baked attempt to sound intelligent.... didn't.

It flopped. Sounded forced. Labored and lumbering. Pointless, rambling, grandiloquent posing. Like you were trying to prove that you too can use fancy words, and be every bit as erudite and articulate as Nomad, dammit!!!

But it's obvious that you're really not very good at it.

I could go on further about how your need to resort to barbs and personal attacks further weakens your already weak argument, but I think enough is enough.

Carry on.

:rolleyes: What made you think (if you're capable of such) that mocking my writing style in a previous paragraph and substituting your regurgitation of your previous bigoted bilge will give it some gravitas?

Hint: it doesn't.

All you've done is waste time and effort to solidify the nonsense that I've addressed and dismantled in posts #1221 and #1237 . The recurring theme of your screed is you don't care what anyone else says ... you're personal interpretation/revision or whatever you call it is all that matters...valid, documented historical facts be damned.

Again, a hint: it doesn't

But thanks for proving my point to the reading audience (twice now). An added bonus is watching you make a fool of yourself attempting to be "clever" and intellectual. Truly, a good laugh for all.

Now, run-a-long and tell the joker you see in the mirror of your "triumph". I'm sure they and the resident MAGA mooks here will have similar praise. :palm: So much more to pity.

Oh, and as to the OP subject directly, you might want to check my posts #13 and #656. Catch ya later.
 
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:rolleyes: What made you think (if you're capable of such) that mocking my writing style in a previous paragraph and substituting your regurgitation of your previous bigoted bilge will give it some gravitas?

Hint: it doesn't.

All you've done is waste time and effort to solidify the nonsense that I've addressed and dismantled in posts #1221 and #1237 . The recurring theme of your screed is you don't care what anyone else says ... you're personal interpretation/revision or whatever you call it is all that matters...valid, documented historical facts be damned.

Again, a hint: it doesn't

But thanks for proving my point to the reading audience (twice now). An added bonus is watching you make a fool of yourself attempting to be "clever" and intellectual. Truly, a good laugh for all.

Now, run-a-long and tell the joker you see in the mirror of your "triumph". I'm sure they and the resident MAGA mooks here will have similar praise. :palm: So much more to pity.

Oh, and as to the OP subject directly, you might want to check my posts #13 and #656. Catch ya later.

You've dismantled nothing, woke phony.

All you did was copy/paste some contrived, rambling bullshit definition that has nothing to do with the reality of American society in 2023. Then you bloviated about facts of which you provided none and hurled some snarky comments.

As usual, you did a lot of typing to basically say nothing.

If you don't like my take on the word woke, fine. Ignore it.

If it hurts your feelings and makes you feel all poopy and sad, go crawl in your safe space and suck your thumb.

Nitwit.
 
Why do you think so?

Woke is just a simple term that happens to get used a lot nowadays.

People who use it know what it means to them, which for most people as far as I can tell, is something along the lines of "political correctness that caters to the groups of people who claim victimhood a lot".

The way I see it, if one is woke, one tippy-toes very gingerly around any subject that might offend other woke types and elicit howls of racism or homophobia.

That's the way I interpret it. Others know what I'm talking about and that's all I care about.

Not some social studies or history textbook definition of what it meant in 1960.

Nothing extra interesting about that.
 
Woke is just a simple term that happens to get used a lot nowadays.

People who use it know what it means to them, which for most people as far as I can tell, is something along the lines of "political correctness that caters to the groups of people who claim victimhood a lot".

The way I see it, if one is woke, one tippy-toes very gingerly around any subject that might offend other woke types and elicit howls of racism or homophobia.

That's the way I interpret it. Others know what I'm talking about and that's all I care about.

Not some social studies or history textbook definition of what it meant in 1960.

Nothing extra interesting about that.
Interesting, albeit cynical, definition. I simply call it "civil rights awareness". No doubt you had a problem with all those uppity negroes in the 1960s whining about Jim Crow laws and lynchings.

It wasn't that long ago that several municipalities and states verged on bankruptcy because their politicians catered to public unions (mainly police and firefighters) promising pensions that were not presently paid for from taxes. The squeaky wheel getting the grease is normal human social behavior. I fail to see why some groups in America are allowed to squeak while others are denied the same privilege.
 
Interesting, albeit cynical, definition. I simply call it "civil rights awareness". No doubt you had a problem with all those uppity negroes in the 1960s whining about Jim Crow laws and lynchings .

Patently absurd.

1) I was a child in the 1960's and had very little idea what the civil rights movement was about or any of the issues surrounding it. I remember when MLK was assassinated when I was in the 5th grade and I knew that it was a sad and unjust thing committed by an evil person or people. So you should really just keep your uppity woke judgements about me when I wasn't even a teenager yet to yourself. Makes you look stupid(er).

2) This is the 2020's not the 1960's. Jim Crow laws and lynchings along with institutional racism and discrimination are ghosts of the long dead past. Unfortunately, woke nitwit drama queens (like some people we know - ahem) carry on about it as if it is still an ongoing daily issue. It's not. It's just a group of people who blame their inability to assimilate themselves into the rest of society for various reasons on everyone else.

It wasn't that long ago that several municipalities and states verged on bankruptcy because their politicians catered to public unions (mainly police and firefighters) promising pensions that were not presently paid for from taxes. The squeaky wheel getting the grease is normal human social behavior. I fail to see why some groups in America are allowed to squeak while others are denied the same privilege.

Normal does not = right or justifiable. And I fail to see how these groups of squeaky wheels are being denied the right to squeak as you suggest. It's because of their infernal non-stop squeaking that wheels like myself are squeaking back. Sounds like YOU are the one who advocates allowing some wheels to squeak while disallowing others. It's all the same thing.

The big difference right here, is that I'm not asking or demanding that you or the rest of your fellow woke squeakers agree with my anti-woke squeaking. Anyone who doesn't like what or how I squeak, is free to disagree or just ignore me.

Until then....
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"SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK!!!!!"

Deal with it.
 
Who says they're wrong, you?

BFD.

Who says I believe anything you say?

Yes, I say. I'm not a victim. I'm not old. I'm not Black. I'm not racist. And I'm not transgender.

Literally every stupid word that poured out of your brainless typing fingers was wrong. Congratulations. Also, if the only response you can muster is to copy and paste my post in a "I know you are, but what am I?" lazy, sloppy flail, then it's better to keep your mouth shut.
 
Patently absurd.
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Disagreed.

1. I was a year ahead of you but recognized the issues at work. A lot of that came later in college by studying the previous decade and the aftermath.

2. There are still problems. Some righteous, some exaggerated.
 
Yes, I say. I'm not a victim. I'm not old. I'm not Black. I'm not racist. And I'm not transgender.

Literally every stupid word that poured out of your brainless typing fingers was wrong. Congratulations. Also, if the only response you can muster is to copy and paste my post in a "I know you are, but what am I?" lazy, sloppy flail, then it's better to keep your mouth shut.

Oh, so then I can assume your husband or boyfriend is a black tranny?

Well, no wonder your precious little girly feelings are offended!!!! :(

What's it like to spend all day every day offended about one thing or another?

Is it fun? Does it make you feel good?

Does it make your black loverboy treat you better?
 
Disagreed.

1. I was a year ahead of you but recognized the issues at work. A lot of that came later in college by studying the previous decade and the aftermath.

Oh, so when you were 7 or 8 years old you were running around spreading the news about social justice issues to the rest of your second grade class?

Why don't I believe you?

2. There are still problems. Some righteous, some exaggerated.

No shit. There will always be problems, but institutionalized racism against blacks is nowhere near as commonplace or severe as the woke claim. If the cops were assaulting and killing blacks at 1/100th or even 1/1,000th as often as they are assaulting and killing each other, it would be a problem. But that is not the case.

It is past time for them to admit that they are responsible for much of their situation and at least try to improve it from within their own community rather than blame everyone else.
 
My daughter went to see it last night, came home singing the songs, said the theater was packed, she had to sit in the front row.

One of her friends (16 year old girl) was forbidden by her parents to go, so she missed out.
 
Oh, so when you were 7 or 8 years old you were running around spreading the news about social justice issues to the rest of your second grade class?

Why don't I believe you?



No shit. There will always be problems, but institutionalized racism against blacks is nowhere near as commonplace or severe as the woke claim. If the cops were assaulting and killing blacks at 1/100th or even 1/1,000th as often as they are assaulting and killing each other, it would be a problem. But that is not the case.

It is past time for them to admit that they are responsible for much of their situation and at least try to improve it from within their own community rather than blame everyone else.
Wow, Nomad. You said you were in fifth grade, I said I was a year ahead, but you think that's second grade? Are you okay?

Like you, it's exaggerated to some extent, righteously true in other ways. There's still problems, mostly in Big Blue Cities (BBCs) such as gang violence...the #1 killer of black males 15-34 and causing a spike in US "gun violence". Why you deny the problems exist and claim they are only squeaking from the negroes is interesting, but I disagree.
 
My daughter went to see it last night, came home singing the songs, said the theater was packed, she had to sit in the front row.

One of her friends (16 year old girl) was forbidden by her parents to go, so she missed out.

Wow that's Super harsh...wonder why she was forbidden?
 
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