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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I am going to make a Nazi comparison |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 6:46 am
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| I know, I have railed against this here for years. I even started a thread about it . Here it goes. The anti-trans backlash does remind me of Germany in 1933. While not the Nuremberg Laws the anti trans laws are trying to separate transgender people from society. The continuing intense incitement is... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 5:53 am
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Replies: 125
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| Read my responses to Mona, these sentiments are familiar to me. That does not mean I have to agree "Wokeness" is the right solution. Adding another form of racism to the existing racism compounds problems, not solves them. It's a matter of opinion I guess. There's an old song called "... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Songs about the joy of listining to music on the radio |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 5:40 am
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| I would like to bring to your attention what is going on rewoundradio.com this holiday weekend. They are playing 1960s and 1970s airchecks from New York's Top 40 radio station WABC. They are playing them pretty much just the way they aired originally. The DJs, the commercials(beware there were a lot... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 5:21 am
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Replies: 125
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| Watch the video I posted. Local residents (one Czech, one italian and one Irish) talking about black people like they were animals. They ask their children not to talk to black kids. They are part of a residents group that harass white neighbors who sell to black families and they form a coop whom ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 5:12 am
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| Why can not the video be an attack on those creating the theory for political purposes and those that believe the theories? Do you think the average American has a strong enough belief in the "Cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory to feel insulted by a video debunking it? Is the average Ame... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 4:29 am
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| P.S.: Here is the video Cyberdad mentioned, about the Rosedale riot , and here is the original Bill Moyers documentary and more info about both videos . It's worth watching the nice middle aged white ladies and children shouting slurs at people protesting the attempted killing of the Spencer family... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 27 May 2023, 4:13 am
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| The North has been more segregated than the south for decades. In my high school if a white guy and a black guy had a few words the whole school tense up and sometimes there would be a mass brawl. One day my dad invited a black colleague home for lunch. I was really worried somebody would firebomb ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Berlin Police investigate Roger Waters for incitement |
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Posted: 26 May 2023, 10:14 pm
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| Berlin police investigate Roger Waters for possible incitement over concert outfit Police in Berlin said Friday that they have opened an investigation of Roger Waters on suspicion of incitement over a costume the Pink Floyd co-founder wore when he performed in the German capital last week. Images o... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Donald Trump has been indicted. |
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Posted: 26 May 2023, 9:40 pm
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Replies: 284
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| Prosecutors say they have a recording of Trump and a witness in Manhattan DA case Prosecutors in New York have informed attorneys for Donald Trump that the evidence in their hush money case against the former president includes an audio recording of him and a witness, a court filing made public Fri... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 26 May 2023, 7:25 pm
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Replies: 125
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| Is the average American even watching videos debunking "Cultural Marxism"? Probably not. But "right-leaning" people are watching and reading plenty of progressives if not saying directly "conservatives" are dumb sheep, implying it as I feel the youtuber is doing. The A... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: MAGA's speculate about DeSantis's "Autism" |
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Posted: 26 May 2023, 6:47 pm
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| Steve Bannon Says DeSantis Is 'a Little on the Spectrum Former White House adviser Steve Bannon described Ron DeSantis as "a little on the spectrum," as the Florida governor entered the 2024 presidential race. Bannon, who worked for Donald Trump when he was president, made the remarks ahe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 26 May 2023, 6:26 pm
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Replies: 125
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| Why can not the video be an attack on those creating the theory for political purposes and those that believe the theories? Do you think the average American has a strong enough belief in the "Cultural Marxism" conspiracy theory to feel insulted by a video debunking it? Is the average Ame... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Autism studies/research thread |
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Posted: 26 May 2023, 5:56 pm
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Replies: 46
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| Researchers Have Flipped the Script on Autism Genetics Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have recently revised the commonly held genetic assumptions about autism spectrum disorder (ASD). For many years, scientists believed that siblings diagnosed with ASD tended to inherit more ... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Bawdy Songs |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 11:40 pm
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Replies: 27
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Put this woman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame already. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why is woke a dirty word now? |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 11:03 pm
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Replies: 125
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| That is what "and other things" meant in part. Whether it is "Cultural Marxism" or the censorship element he was basically saying "There is nothing to see there, you are being used, you are a sheep, you are a fool". My original rejoinder was people are scared because t... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: US Could Default On Its Debt by June 1st, Janet Yellen Warns |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 9:59 pm
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Replies: 50
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| Debt ceiling negotiators 'making progress,' Biden says even as deal remains elusive Seeking to strike a reassuring tone despite days of negotiations, President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon that he's had several "productive conversations" with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and their te... |
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