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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd July 2021, 01:46 AM
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Posted By Mumbles
…funny thing about Space Traders. advanced alien...

…funny thing about Space Traders. advanced alien promises to end all earth’s problems, and in exchange blacks people are swept away to entirely unknown fate - it’ll be good though, the aliens...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd July 2021, 01:37 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
…They only fool themselves. Pelosi has named...

…They only fool themselves. Pelosi has named enough people for her investigation to have a quorum, so if the republican pert whines, and refuses to participate, it’s on them. And e Rey every read...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2021, 12:58 PM
Replies: 3,502
Views: 259,600
Posted By Mumbles
Here's one example from a state that shouldn't be...

Here's one example from a state that shouldn't be all that competitive for the near future, New Hampshire...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2021, 01:40 AM
Replies: 3,502
Views: 259,600
Posted By Mumbles
Expected but unhelpful - as I said, state courts...

Expected but unhelpful - as I said, state courts will be more in play here. Note that the CRA blocks effect because this is the exact - precise - reasoning used to implement literacy tests, poll...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st July 2021, 11:45 AM
Replies: 190
Views: 10,829
Posted By Mumbles
Y’all really have to stop bringing out this...

Y’all really have to stop bringing out this “uargh, the social workers!” Line in areas where any old yokel would do better than what the police demonstrate.

“Uargh, think a social worker will find...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th June 2021, 01:29 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Brings up an interesting point - when these guys...

Brings up an interesting point - when these guys (especially Rufo and Lindsay) discuss jews at all, it's "Frankfurt School" this and "Woke jews cause anti-semitism" that - typical neo-nazi talking...
Forum: USA Politics 29th June 2021, 03:55 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 4,621
Posted By Mumbles
Simply put, NYC’s elections board…well, they...

Simply put, NYC’s elections board…well, they suck. They’ve sucked for a long time.

I wasn’t going to speak on this election, since NYC usually picks some goofball anyway, but there’s your answer.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th June 2021, 10:59 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Well, actually, environmental racism would be a...

Well, actually, environmental racism would be a good, and extremely well-backed, field of discussion in, say, civics, "our city's history" classes, or any class that goes into environmental issues.
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th June 2021, 06:13 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
All you posted was a version of...

All you posted was a version of intersectionality...or something...so wrong as to border on gibberish.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th June 2021, 04:38 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
That’s the argument, and again, given both the...

That’s the argument, and again, given both the vagueness of these laws in many cases, and the overt and long-standing hostility towards nonwhite US history, and nonwhite Americans in general,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th June 2021, 07:20 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Frankly, I'm still waiting for a shred of...

Frankly, I'm still waiting for a shred of evidence that school teachers across the country are conducting a massive secret operation to...make white kids feel bad.

However, I suspect it's vastly...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th June 2021, 11:25 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
This is, in fact, *invariably* how real life...

This is, in fact, *invariably* how real life works. And here's a more in-depth article on it. (https://www.arcdigital.media/p/laws-aimed-at-banning-critical-race)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th June 2021, 05:41 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
In my experience - and I’ll limit it to here -...

In my experience - and I’ll limit it to here - this sort of approach leaves a disproportionate number of white people completely unable to hold even the most basic conversations about racism, instead...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th June 2021, 03:46 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
1: Well, I doubt they like the santa-clausified,...

1: Well, I doubt they like the santa-clausified, "colorblind" MLK. But that's because it's a wild lie that the leader who repeatedly said that white people were letting the movement down, and that...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th June 2021, 01:26 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
That's because, unlike the empty sneer term...

That's because, unlike the empty sneer term "SJW", "CRT" has come to mean "accurate history and social studies regarding nonwhite, and particularly black, Americans". Meaning we get bans on the 1619...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th June 2021, 05:48 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Turning to this, one of the most common ideas...

Turning to this, one of the most common ideas that enrage white supremacists in the US is black success - wealth, business ownership, political, or scholarly. It not only threatens their view of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th June 2021, 06:59 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
…cali still uses prison labor, at disgustingly...

…cali still uses prison labor, at disgustingly low pay, as front-line firefighters - although I think they can become firefighters after release now, not sure. States still farm out prison labor to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th June 2021, 03:43 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 3,513
Posted By Mumbles
…huh. I ignored this thread for a bit based on...

…huh. I ignored this thread for a bit based on the OP’ constant racist vomiting, but did not expect the white supremacist squad to already project their “N words are violent subhumans” beliefs onto...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th June 2021, 09:59 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
The main problem with "Cancel Culture", and...

The main problem with "Cancel Culture", and apparently with this screaming about CRT, is that most people don't pay much attention to Tucker Carlson's White Power Hour or weirdos on Youtube, and so...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th June 2021, 08:49 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
It was starting to get out - most of the people...

It was starting to get out - most of the people involved who were covering it up were dead by then - but historians and the like have done some serious research into the massacre in the past couple...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 07:32 PM
Replies: 2,479
Views: 198,357
Posted By Mumbles
Personally, I expect disrespect, racism, and...

Personally, I expect disrespect, racism, and violence from police, based on prior experiences. I’ll call them under specific situations, but I’d never be shocked if they made things worse. I have...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 06:16 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
One quick note on this, though it's a bit off...

One quick note on this, though it's a bit off topic: the Tulsa massacre was intentionally covered up, like many other massacres that occurred in the same time period and after (surprisingly few...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 06:10 PM
Replies: 1,378
Views: 138,107
Posted By Mumbles
Likely, for those that didn't destroy anything or...

Likely, for those that didn't destroy anything or attempt to harm anyone.

...and honestly, that's fine with me. I don't see any need to jail people that just wandered over because "Trump told me...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 11:29 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Really? SO what's with all the people screaming...

Really? SO what's with all the people screaming bout "CRT being taught in schools" then? Are right wingers just incredibly bad a t public speaking?



Well, no - although many historical and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 10:14 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
I tend not to discuss DiAngelo directly, since I...

I tend not to discuss DiAngelo directly, since I haven't seen much of her work, but what I've heard of her from pretty much everyone is that her book is crap. And yeah, I'd like to see actual data...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 10:03 AM
Replies: 2,479
Views: 198,357
Posted By Mumbles
Comes up every time a protestor gets their car...

Comes up every time a protestor gets their car stolen . "Oh, will a social worker find your car?" Well, since the social worker would recognize that the stolen car is a significant problem, and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 09:57 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
The problem here is that we actually do have...

The problem here is that we actually do have issues in public schools. Putting aside the need for current events to cover the BLM movement, and civics to cover the GOP's Jim Crow advocacy, there's...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd June 2021, 09:34 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
And the only data they had was garbage. Thus,...

And the only data they had was garbage. Thus, either come up with their own research, and conduct it, or answer "We can draw no conclusion".

Or, if they instead wanted to advance pseudoscientific...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st June 2021, 07:51 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Hmmm...his usual snotty attitude towards black...

Hmmm...his usual snotty attitude towards black people (Charles Blow, Imani Gandy/AngryBlackLady [a lawyer with some actual knowledge in the matter], and Marc Lamont Hill [i have some issues with him,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st June 2021, 12:01 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Also, to discuss something that actually falls...

Also, to discuss something that actually falls under CRT...if you want to see solid proof of white Americans selling out nonwhite American in exchange for vague platitudes...see the 2016 presidential...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th June 2021, 08:55 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
We're discussing law professors her. As always,...

We're discussing law professors her. As always, there's no point whining about jargon.

Especially when we've done this with"Political Co\rectness" "Identity Politics", "Intersectionality" and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2021, 04:49 PM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
As ST said, CRT (which isn't being taught to...

As ST said, CRT (which isn't being taught to grade schoolers), the 1619 project, and so forth have nothing to do with "teaching white kids to feel bad" about anything at all. Doing so intentionally...
Forum: USA Politics 18th June 2021, 11:31 AM
Replies: 1,441
Views: 132,146
Posted By Mumbles
Like I said, you don't like it. Falls well into...

Like I said, you don't like it. Falls well into black American verbal tradition to me. "Juneteenth" carries everything I wrote about, to me, in two syllables.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2021, 11:26 AM
Replies: 1,378
Views: 138,107
Posted By Mumbles
Agreed - the Oath Keepers, as I recall, already...

Agreed - the Oath Keepers, as I recall, already have a bunch of spinoffs that are highly questionable, but didn't think a direct attack on Congress was a smart idea (which, I mean...). I'm mostly...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2021, 11:20 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
Not playing your childish games.

Not playing your childish games.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2021, 11:12 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
That's largely because they clearly and loudly,...

That's largely because they clearly and loudly, and often violently "hated the sinner". Cheering AIDS deaths, beating the crap out of people in the street, and so forth.

CRT very clearly states...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2021, 09:41 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
No. ...Well, rather, the GOP which has gone...

No.

...Well, rather, the GOP which has gone full-tilt into white supremacism and legalized racial oppression over the past 12 year have nothing positive to add. And neither do the panicking...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th June 2021, 09:38 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
"Therefore, we should continue to deprive black...

"Therefore, we should continue to deprive black American children of educational opportunities, continuing the exact same pattern we have done for literally centuries." Pure white supremacist trash.
Forum: USA Politics 18th June 2021, 09:22 AM
Replies: 1,441
Views: 132,146
Posted By Mumbles
To you, maybe. Far as I care, it’s a compact,...

To you, maybe. Far as I care, it’s a compact, unique identifier of the nd of the struggle against chattel slavery, of the lengths white southerners went to to expand slavery, to the point of moving...
Forum: USA Politics 18th June 2021, 05:38 AM
Replies: 3,509
Views: 280,326
Posted By Mumbles
Turns out the civil rights lawyer that the goons...

Turns out the civil rights lawyer that the goons in Michigan went to to overturn election results may be in a bit of trouble. Every lawyer who signed pretty much any related document should probably...
Forum: USA Politics 17th June 2021, 08:58 PM
Replies: 1,441
Views: 132,146
Posted By Mumbles
Same people yammering about CRT and the horrors...

Same people yammering about CRT and the horrors of “the 1619 Project”, despite understanding neither.

And the same people demanding respect for treasonous slavers.

Making Juneteenth a federal...
Forum: USA Politics 17th June 2021, 08:45 PM
Replies: 3,502
Views: 259,600
Posted By Mumbles
Oscow Mitch would nominate someone wildly unfit,...

Oscow Mitch would nominate someone wildly unfit, and then denounce “Obama’s socialist/child molesting/whatever pick”.

This is the same guy that denounced his own bill as soon as Obama said it was...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th June 2021, 09:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 794
Posted By Mumbles
Funny thing - according to one study, the two...

Funny thing - according to one study, the two neighborhoods where the Interrupters operate saw a 31% decrease in homicides...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th June 2021, 10:19 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,577
Posted By Mumbles
It's been a relatively small number that get...

It's been a relatively small number that get outright and overt about it (seen that to, and was inexplicably blamed by these people when they, say, fell off a stool they were standing on top of - at...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th June 2021, 09:23 AM
Replies: 148
Views: 9,244
Posted By Mumbles
Even funnier when that muppet Abbot spent his...

Even funnier when that muppet Abbot spent his time banning teaching, banning abortions, and declaring the utility-unstable state the place to go for bitcoins.

Abbot: "Utility contracts and all...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th June 2021, 01:23 AM
Replies: 1,378
Views: 138,107
Posted By Mumbles
Soo...a bunch of local chapters, like when other...

Soo...a bunch of local chapters, like when other serious street gangs collapse? Or will the muppets realize the problem and stay home?
Forum: USA Politics 15th June 2021, 08:09 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 13,037
Posted By Mumbles
<SNIP>Rule 0/12 Won't be joining you. ...

<SNIP>Rule 0/12

Won't be joining you.

As for the IG's deal, that's for him to explain, but his report is absurd regardless.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th June 2021, 07:16 PM
Replies: 2,479
Views: 198,357
Posted By Mumbles
Yup. That's the less violent video - one of...

Yup.

That's the less violent video - one of his friends was kneed repeatedly *after* he was face-down and handcuffed. I'd find it but I'm so, so sick of these police brutality videos...

I have...
Forum: USA Politics 14th June 2021, 07:05 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 13,037
Posted By Mumbles
And here's the thing: when a pathological liar...

And here's the thing: when a pathological liar and depraved man like Barr shows up, and then minute later things go south in a way he could and would easily cause...sorry, he becomes suspect 1. I...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th June 2021, 07:21 AM
Replies: 2,479
Views: 198,357
Posted By Mumbles
THere are other issues here. For those who...

THere are other issues here.

For those who don't know, Ocean City is a bit summer getaway weekend spot locally. THe sort of place people go when they want to be on the boardwalk, and don't mind...
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