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LOL. Poor guy he thinks he's being clever and trying to prove something. :rofl2:

He deserves all the ridicule he gets. ;)
 
As an American, I support Free Expression.

(even though, one time, long ago, Mason called me a 'Poo Poo Head') :(
 
Winston Smith said:
Kill yourself.
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Go fuck yourself with a Saguaro.

iu
 
Dutch Uncle said:
If you ban all free speech, how will you know who the racists are?
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that's why they have critical theory. all white males are misogynist racists. any questions? questions are not allowed!

what's your opinion of critical theory, dutchie?
 
Damocles said:
15. No posting slurs of any kind in thread titles in the political or announcement area, it will result in the title being changed and may result in a ban for repeat offenders. (This is to ensure Twitter doesn't ban our account).
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Define slur?
 
AssHatZombie said:
that's why they have critical theory. all white males are misogynist racists. any questions? questions are not allowed!

what's your opinion of critical theory, dutchie?
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First I had to look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory

It's a sociological model with, like many models, many excellent points, but not the complete picture.

Example: "it argues that social problems are influenced and created more by societal structures and cultural assumptions than by individual and psychological factors."

While I agree social structures and culture have the most influence on people, let's not forget the power of the individual be it Trump, Lee Harvey Oswald, MLK or Jesus.

Corporations and military units fall under "societal structures". They each have distinct personalities that can only be slightly altered by a new CEO or Commanding Officer, but not totally changed since the structure itself is self-regenerating to a large extent.

This joke helps exemplify the point:

“Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it.

Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana.

As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result; all the monkeys are sprayed with cold water.

Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it. Now, turn off the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs.

To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.

After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted. Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.

Again, replace a third original monkey with a new one. The new one makes it to the stairs and is attacked as well.

Two of the four monkeys that beat him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing the fourth and fifth original monkeys, all the monkeys that have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs.

Why not?

Because as far as they know that’s the way it’s always been around here.

And that’s how company policy begins …”
 
JDAM said:
Freedom of speech seems to be his preference, I like that, if you don't go try ph or dp, those lw echo chambers seem more your speed.


I personally like how he allows them here, Easier to mock and evicerate them, it's fun!
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I like how you just openly and proudly admitted that racial slurs are exclusively the province of the right-wing.

You're REALLY really dumb.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
First I had to look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory

It's a sociological model with, like many models, many excellent points, but not the complete picture.

Example: "it argues that social problems are influenced and created more by societal structures and cultural assumptions than by individual and psychological factors."

While I agree social structures and culture have the most influence on people, let's not forget the power of the individual be it Trump, Lee Harvey Oswald, MLK or Jesus.

Corporations and military units fall under "societal structures". They each have distinct personalities that can only be slightly altered by a new CEO or Commanding Officer, but not totally changed since the structure itself is self-regenerating to a large extent.

This joke helps exemplify the point:

“Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it.

Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana.

As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result; all the monkeys are sprayed with cold water.

Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it. Now, turn off the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs.

To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.

After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted. Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.

Again, replace a third original monkey with a new one. The new one makes it to the stairs and is attacked as well.

Two of the four monkeys that beat him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing the fourth and fifth original monkeys, all the monkeys that have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs.

Why not?

Because as far as they know that’s the way it’s always been around here.

And that’s how company policy begins …”
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yeah. like raising the minimum wage is always wrong, wet monkey.
 
AssHatZombie said:
yeah. like raising the minimum wage is always wrong, wet monkey.
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It depends, wet monkey who got the shit beat out of him.

What is the problem and what is the solution. In the case of the story, it's avoiding a treat to avoid getting wet. If they were starving, then getting wet is just part of the hardship. In their case, it wasn't worth the effort.

Presently, in many parts of the country, Americans jobs have been reduced to service jobs and service jobs are not career jobs. Anyone who thinks they can retire with a college fund for their children working as a burger flipper is a fucking moron.

Notice too that the cost of living is not the same across the USA. Why apply a mandatory minimum wage across one of the world's largest nations and a population of over 328M people when all it does is kick the can down the road?

IMO, the problem isn't minimum wage,the problem low paying jobs. The Republican party has spent the last 50 years destroying unions AKA the freedom of assembly by American workers. The RWNJs will spin all the horror tales of Unions-gone-bad, but what they won't spin is what unions have done for American workers. In addition, American textile workers can't compete with Third World shithole workers. Americans need to train for future jobs like coders, computer techs and medical jobs.

FWIW, I think public sector unions need to be corralled better but private sector unions have been decimated and in serious need of reinvigoration.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/cost-of-living-index-by-state

https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator

https://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_bp143/

https://www.hrexchangenetwork.com/hr-compensation-benefits/articles/pros-and-cons-of-labor-unions
 
Dutch Uncle said:
It depends, wet monkey who got the shit beat out of him.

What is the problem and what is the solution. In the case of the story, it's avoiding a treat to avoid getting wet. If they were starving, then getting wet is just part of the hardship. In their case, it wasn't worth the effort.

Presently, in many parts of the country, Americans jobs have been reduced to service jobs and service jobs are not career jobs. Anyone who thinks they can retire with a college fund for their children working as a burger flipper is a fucking moron.

Notice too that the cost of living is not the same across the USA. Why apply a mandatory minimum wage across one of the world's largest nations and a population of over 328M people when all it does is kick the can down the road?

IMO, the problem isn't minimum wage,the problem low paying jobs. The Republican party has spent the last 50 years destroying unions AKA the freedom of assembly by American workers. The RWNJs will spin all the horror tales of Unions-gone-bad, but what they won't spin is what unions have done for American workers. In addition, American textile workers can't compete with Third World shithole workers. Americans need to train for future jobs like coders, computer techs and medical jobs.

FWIW, I think public sector unions need to be corralled better but private sector unions have been decimated and in serious need of reinvigoration.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/cost-of-living-index-by-state

https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator

https://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_bp143/

https://www.hrexchangenetwork.com/hr-compensation-benefits/articles/pros-and-cons-of-labor-unions
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who says service jobs aren't career jobs? why arent they? don't pay enough? you reek of entitlement.

and you're full of neocon horseshit. how'd you pull it off?
 
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