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cyberdad
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08 Oct 2022, 6:21 pm

Dox47 wrote:
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I'll translate my post

"where there is smoke...there is going to be fire"


Yeah, no.


Regardless, BYU's reputation has been put under the microscope. As I said before, shine a light on mould and it goes away (or in BYUs case swept under the carpet



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10 Oct 2022, 3:58 pm

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The left-wing came up with the term "woke" and were the first ones to use it.


It's more complex than that. Black people used 'woke' to describe being aware of racial prejudice and discrimination, then white liberals appropriated it to refer to any social justice so they could be included, and then it turned into a right-wing punchline.


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10 Oct 2022, 4:04 pm

Nekomonster wrote:
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The left-wing came up with the term "woke" and were the first ones to use it.


It's more complex than that. Black people used 'woke' to describe being aware of racial prejudice and discrimination, then white liberals appropriated it to refer to any social justice so they could be included, and then it turned into a right-wing punchline.


well....yeah, that makes sense too...



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10 Oct 2022, 8:07 pm

Nekomonster wrote:
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The left-wing came up with the term "woke" and were the first ones to use it.


It's more complex than that. Black people used 'woke' to describe being aware of racial prejudice and discrimination, then white liberals appropriated it to refer to any social justice so they could be included, and then it turned into a right-wing punchline.

Very well put. I've gone into greater detail in other posts.



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10 Oct 2022, 8:20 pm

Matrix Glitch wrote:
Nekomonster wrote:
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The left-wing came up with the term "woke" and were the first ones to use it.


It's more complex than that. Black people used 'woke' to describe being aware of racial prejudice and discrimination, then white liberals appropriated it to refer to any social justice so they could be included, and then it turned into a right-wing punchline.

Very well put. I've gone into greater detail in other posts.


All of which doesn't change that this isn't a sham...



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11 Oct 2022, 5:13 am

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All of which doesn't change that this isn't a sham...


Thinly reported story where all the details fall appart on further examination? Sounds like a sham to me.


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