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04 Aug 2017, 9:22 am

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Libraries to Extend Loan Periods, Eliminate Standard Late Fees - Harvard Crimson

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Harvard libraries will no longer charge 50 cent per day fees on overdue books.

The change, one of several detailed in a post on the Harvard Library system’s website, went into effect on April 1. Though standard fees have been eliminated, fees for overdue recalled material have been raised from two dollars a day to three dollars a day, with a 45 dollar maximum.

“The goals of these changes are to improve the student experience and embrace a ‘One Harvard’ approach for borrowing material across Harvard Library,” wrote Steven Beardsley, Harvard's associate director for access services administrative operations and special projects, in an email.

We have witnessed firsthand the stress that overdue fines can cause for students,” Beardsley continued. “Eliminating standard overdue fines and standardizing loan periods across Harvard’s libraries should help students focus on their scholarship, rather than worrying about renewing library books every 28 days in order to avoid fines.”


When these Harvard Grads become CEO's there is going to be a lot more stress and consequences involved if their company misses a payment to the bank or if they miss their $10,000 monthly rent in thier apartment then the now eliminated 50 cent day late book fee.

The students ought to stress the Harvard Administration by suing them for dereliction of duty.

This actually seems like a good improved policy to me. It doesn't matter if you're holding on to the book over the return date if no one wants to read it. But if someone does, then you'd better get that book back to the library immediately, or every day you hold on to it will cost you six times what a day over would cost you normally. This seems much better to me at making sure books are in the hands of those who need them.



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04 Aug 2017, 6:39 pm

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White women's burrito shop [in Oregon] is forced to close after being hounded with accusations it was 'culturally appropriating Mexican food and jobs'

Two white women have been forced to close their pop-up burrito shop after they were accused of cultural appropriation.

Kali Wilgus and Liz 'LC' Connelly opened Kooks Burritos in Portland, Oregon, after taking a trip to Puerto Nuevo, Mexico, last December.

For the first few months, the weekend pop-up shop housed in a taco truck was a smash hit. It gained so much popularity, a local weekly newspaper decided to profile the entrepreneurial duo.

But that's when the trouble started for Wilgus and Connelly, after quotes they gave to the Williamette Week led to them being accused of stealing their success.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... lture.html

I would love to eat something "problematic".



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04 Aug 2017, 10:07 pm

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When they assume because you are born white you are privilged

Well, I'm a white male and I was born and spent a huge chunk of my life in a s**thole country. I lived in worse poverty than these dawdlers can even imagine. And now these "oh-I'm-so-oppressed" people are calling me a privileged fat cat only because I'm white and male.
To the hell this damned insane world.


You've actually touched on an extremely important issue.

The modern left has abandoned the concept of class antagonism due to corporate manipulation. Thus, many working class white males feel abandoned.

I don't think that feminism and civil rights are bad things. I just think that we need to keep an eye on class conflict too.


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07 Aug 2017, 10:42 am

SJW idea is not just a campus phenomenon anymore. It is becoming mainstream cooperate America.

‘You are not going to let that word hurt you’: Procter & Gamble ad taking on racism is met with praise — and outrage

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A new ad to be released next week by one of America’s biggest household products companies has drawn outrage — and praise — for addressing racial bias.

“The Talk,” a two-minute video by Procter & Gamble, depicts black mothers of different generations, talking to their children about racism.

“It’s an ugly, nasty word, and you are going to hear it, nothing I can do about that,” a mother tells her young son in an apparent reference to a racial slur. “But you are not going to let that word hurt you, you hear me?”

“Now, when you get pulled over …” another mother tells her teenage daughter.

“Ma, I’m a good driver don’t worry, okay?” the daughter answers.

“Baby, this is not about you getting a ticket. This is about you not coming home.”

The new ad builds on the company’s 10-year-old “My Black is Beautiful” campaign, which has produced audio interviews about bias. The company, which makes a wide array of products from laundry detergent to tampons to cough drops, says the stories they tell are meant to reflect the real-world experiences of many of their customers. It has also produced videos about gender bias, such as the Always #LikeAGirl and Ariel #ShareTheLoad ads.

“The Talk,” which appeared online two weeks ago, sparked a heated public reaction on social media, with some commending the company for addressing a difficult topic, and others accusing it of race-baiting and vowing to stop buying their products.


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07 Aug 2017, 10:47 am

This is not a made up thing. The Talk is real, and needs to happen. That's the regrettable part.


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07 Aug 2017, 12:05 pm

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SJW idea is not just a campus phenomenon anymore. It is becoming mainstream cooperate America.

‘You are not going to let that word hurt you’: Procter & Gamble ad taking on racism is met with praise — and outrage

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A new ad to be released next week by one of America’s biggest household products companies has drawn outrage — and praise — for addressing racial bias.

“The Talk,” a two-minute video by Procter & Gamble, depicts black mothers of different generations, talking to their children about racism.

“It’s an ugly, nasty word, and you are going to hear it, nothing I can do about that,” a mother tells her young son in an apparent reference to a racial slur. “But you are not going to let that word hurt you, you hear me?”

“Now, when you get pulled over …” another mother tells her teenage daughter.

“Ma, I’m a good driver don’t worry, okay?” the daughter answers.

“Baby, this is not about you getting a ticket. This is about you not coming home.”

The new ad builds on the company’s 10-year-old “My Black is Beautiful” campaign, which has produced audio interviews about bias. The company, which makes a wide array of products from laundry detergent to tampons to cough drops, says the stories they tell are meant to reflect the real-world experiences of many of their customers. It has also produced videos about gender bias, such as the Always #LikeAGirl and Ariel #ShareTheLoad ads.

“The Talk,” which appeared online two weeks ago, sparked a heated public reaction on social media, with some commending the company for addressing a difficult topic, and others accusing it of race-baiting and vowing to stop buying their products.


I'm not sure this is a new development, Dove and other brands that sell toiletries and beauty products have been incorporating being socially conscious into their marketing for over a decade. Oh well, maybe this will just inspire the reactionaries who feel triggered to start their own brands - Aryan Pure facial cream - Because White Is Right is the perfect gift for the little Ann or Tomi on your Christmas list.


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17 Oct 2017, 12:22 pm

'Anne Frank' children's costume sparks controversy

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Online retailers are removing a children's costume from websites after facing a backlash over its portrayal of teenage Holocaust victim Anne Frank.

Several sites have ceased selling the outfit, while others continue to market it as a "World War Two evacuee girl".
The costume - a green beret, blue dress and brown satchel - has been criticised on social media for being insensitive.
Anne Frank's famous diary tells of her life as a German Jew in hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam in World War Two.
Its account of the two years her family spent living in a secret annexe of her father's business premises have made her a household name around the world, and she has come to symbolise courage, optimism and determination.
The Franks were eventually betrayed, arrested and transported to the Auschwitz camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Anne and her sister Margot were later taken by train to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany in early 1945. They died just months later.

Images shared on social media show the costume was initially advertised on sites such as HalloweenCostumes.com - which uses the Twitter handle @funcostumes - as a "WW2 Anne Frank Girls Costume".
"Now your child can play the role of a World War Two hero," the original description reads. "It comes with a blue button-up dress, reminiscent of the kind of clothing that might be worn by a young girl" at the time, it adds.
Carlos Galindo-Elvira, Arizona regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted that there were better ways to commemorate Anne Frank.

Halloweencostumes.com later removed the outfit and a spokesman for the retailer, Ross Walker Smith, apologised for "any offence it may have caused".

"We sell costumes... for many uses outside of the Halloween season," Mr Walker Smith wrote, adding that user feedback had been "passed along".

The product has also disappeared from the Walmart website.
However the costume is still available on sites such as Amazon, where it is described by the seller as "perfect for carnivals, theme parties and Halloween".


Education is not the reason this costume was thought of money was, but a positive by-product could have been educating young girls about a person who could be a role model for them. Instead, they are taught again to "shut down" anything that offends them.

I posted about this on my Facebook page and it has by far created the largest and most intense reaction of any Facebook post of mine.


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17 Oct 2017, 6:43 pm

The thing about it: is that Anne Frank WAS a hero/heroine.



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18 Oct 2017, 1:13 am

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The thing about it: is that Anne Frank WAS a hero/heroine.


Dressing up or admiring Anne Frank would have been an improvement over what we have now which dressing up like and admiring the Miley Cyrus's and Kim Kardashian's of this world.


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16 Nov 2017, 7:34 pm

Dartmouth professor: Antifa makes free speech more 'fair'

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According to a Dartmouth history professor, America needs antifa to level out the playing field of free speech.

Mark Bray, author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," addressed a standing room only crowd of University of California, Berkeley, students on Monday about the virtues of antifa and its importance to modern society. The former Occupy Wall Street organizer and antifa apologist defended the group’s violent tactics and shamed the media for portraying them as renegades set on destruction.

“Anti-fascism is a very informed historical tradition,” he said, suggesting that the longevity of the movement somehow justifies the violent behavior of its protesters.

According to Bray, antifa demonstrators see violence as a tool to stop the spread of totalitarian and racist ideas, and defend potential victims.

Bray contended that anti-fascists “seek to make free speech more fundamentally fair” by fostering a situation where all individuals “feel comfortable participating equally in the public discourse.” Anti-fascists believe that the “liberal state” is restricted by capitalism.

In other words, by punching “fascists” and destroying property, antifa is helping the victims of fascism speak their mind in a society where the First Amendment is unable to function on its own. Violence is the only solution.

Bray believes so strongly in the movement that he plans to donate half of the proceeds from his book to an unnamed fund that helps support the legal, medical, and personal expenses of antifa activists.


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16 Nov 2017, 7:54 pm

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Dartmouth professor: Antifa makes free speech more 'fair'

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According to a Dartmouth history professor, America needs antifa to level out the playing field of free speech.

Mark Bray, author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," addressed a standing room only crowd of University of California, Berkeley, students on Monday about the virtues of antifa and its importance to modern society. The former Occupy Wall Street organizer and antifa apologist defended the group’s violent tactics and shamed the media for portraying them as renegades set on destruction.

“Anti-fascism is a very informed historical tradition,” he said, suggesting that the longevity of the movement somehow justifies the violent behavior of its protesters.

According to Bray, antifa demonstrators see violence as a tool to stop the spread of totalitarian and racist ideas, and defend potential victims.

Bray contended that anti-fascists “seek to make free speech more fundamentally fair” by fostering a situation where all individuals “feel comfortable participating equally in the public discourse.” Anti-fascists believe that the “liberal state” is restricted by capitalism.

In other words, by punching “fascists” and destroying property, antifa is helping the victims of fascism speak their mind in a society where the First Amendment is unable to function on its own. Violence is the only solution.

Bray believes so strongly in the movement that he plans to donate half of the proceeds from his book to an unnamed fund that helps support the legal, medical, and personal expenses of antifa activists.


That's guy's been making the rounds for a while now.

It's perhaps good to remind people at this point that Josef Goebbels had a Ph.D., too. :-)


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16 Nov 2017, 10:25 pm

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Dartmouth professor: Antifa makes free speech more 'fair'

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According to a Dartmouth history professor, America needs antifa to level out the playing field of free speech.

Mark Bray, author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," addressed a standing room only crowd of University of California, Berkeley, students on Monday about the virtues of antifa and its importance to modern society. The former Occupy Wall Street organizer and antifa apologist defended the group’s violent tactics and shamed the media for portraying them as renegades set on destruction.

“Anti-fascism is a very informed historical tradition,” he said, suggesting that the longevity of the movement somehow justifies the violent behavior of its protesters.

According to Bray, antifa demonstrators see violence as a tool to stop the spread of totalitarian and racist ideas, and defend potential victims.

Bray contended that anti-fascists “seek to make free speech more fundamentally fair” by fostering a situation where all individuals “feel comfortable participating equally in the public discourse.” Anti-fascists believe that the “liberal state” is restricted by capitalism.

In other words, by punching “fascists” and destroying property, antifa is helping the victims of fascism speak their mind in a society where the First Amendment is unable to function on its own. Violence is the only solution.

Bray believes so strongly in the movement that he plans to donate half of the proceeds from his book to an unnamed fund that helps support the legal, medical, and personal expenses of antifa activists.


I think he makes a mistake in conflating the fascist - punching wing and the property - destroying wing.


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20 Nov 2017, 12:31 pm

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Dartmouth professor: Antifa makes free speech more 'fair'

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According to a Dartmouth history professor, America needs antifa to level out the playing field of free speech.

Mark Bray, author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," addressed a standing room only crowd of University of California, Berkeley, students on Monday about the virtues of antifa and its importance to modern society. The former Occupy Wall Street organizer and antifa apologist defended the group’s violent tactics and shamed the media for portraying them as renegades set on destruction.

“Anti-fascism is a very informed historical tradition,” he said, suggesting that the longevity of the movement somehow justifies the violent behavior of its protesters.

According to Bray, antifa demonstrators see violence as a tool to stop the spread of totalitarian and racist ideas, and defend potential victims.

Bray contended that anti-fascists “seek to make free speech more fundamentally fair” by fostering a situation where all individuals “feel comfortable participating equally in the public discourse.” Anti-fascists believe that the “liberal state” is restricted by capitalism.

In other words, by punching “fascists” and destroying property, antifa is helping the victims of fascism speak their mind in a society where the First Amendment is unable to function on its own. Violence is the only solution.

Bray believes so strongly in the movement that he plans to donate half of the proceeds from his book to an unnamed fund that helps support the legal, medical, and personal expenses of antifa activists.


It's scary how many of these morons who advocate violence hold teaching positions. To think that this man has been tasked with educating and shaping young minds... Christ.

Antifa violence hasn't stopped anything. All they've done is generate publicity and sympathy for those they've struck out against.



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14 Dec 2017, 3:16 pm

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Anti-fascists believe that the “liberal state” is restricted by capitalism.

And here it comes. We'd better remember very well that ultra-leftists murdered much more people than even Nazis did.



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14 Dec 2017, 7:46 pm

It doesn't matter if the "ultra leftists" killed more people than the Nazis. Both killed many millions of people.



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14 Dec 2017, 8:29 pm

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It doesn't matter if the "ultra leftists" killed more people than the Nazis. Both killed many millions of people.

Oh wow. How can it not matter?