President Joe Biden - Kamala Harris Administration

[luthervol]

I was poking fun at Luther..

I caught it!

 

[McDad]

The only thing that will work is a reasonable and rational approach.

How those reasonable and rational approaches are applied and implemented are the key. We have a founding document which is amendable. But we don't follow that pathway when we want to integrate something reasonable and rational. Our reasonable and rational ideas are too important, too necessary, too sacrosanct to be exposed to the risk of stumbling and falling on the existing pathway. Therefore, in our hubris we find new and creative ways to circumvent the pathway which was created for a constantly evolving world.

 

[luthervol]

How many degrees are in a continuum?

Flexible, negotiable, somewhere between 3 and infinite.

 

[zeppelin128]

i know.

Well anyways, you won't have to worry about that. No where near the 60 votes needed for that.

 

[Weezer]

I have no idea who Lori Lightfoot is, but like all of us, she is somewhere on the continuum.

If the black mayor of a major city has a policy of only giving interviews to brown or black reporters and refuses to give interviews to white reporters, where does that fall on your racist continuum?

 

[Weezer]

Flexible, negotiable, somewhere between 3 and infinite.

So it's an inconsistent unit of measure....makes sense why you use it then.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

If the black mayor of a major city has a policy of only giving interviews to brown or black reporters and refuses to give interviews to white reporters, where does that fall on your racist continuum?

It's at the intersection of the ignore and deny lines.

 

[luthervol]

If the black mayor of a major city has a policy of only giving interviews to brown or black reporters and refuses to give interviews to white reporters, where does that fall on your racist continuum?

It falls sort of in the middle. Between the 37th and 63rd percentiles.

 

[Weezer]

It falls sort of in the middle. Between the 37th and 63rd percentiles.

So then it's okay for black people to discriminate?

 

[Weezer]

It's at the intersection of the ignore and deny lines.

When dealing with luther, it's best to leave names out of it so he can't say "I don't know who that is". That's his go to dodge. Instead, just lay out the scenario.

 

[midnight orange]

Agree. But let's make sure we are honest about who favors the fencing. Liberals love big government. So do republicans. I know we don't like to think that way. But if anyone wants proof start a thread about cutting the spending budget across the board. The sacred cows people are milking on the other side of the fence, belong to both parties.

The Republican Party has probably been worse than the Democratic Party but this a shiniest turd in the box comparison.

 

[luthervol]

So then it's okay for black people to discriminate?

Of course not. If that were the case, it would have fallen close to the 1st percentile on the continuum.

 

[Sandman 423]

So then it's okay for black people to discriminate?

I'm shocked he didn't in explain how it makes you racist.

 

[luthervol]

When dealing with luther, it's best to leave names out of it so he can't say "I don't know who that is". That's his go to dodge. Instead, just lay out the scenario.

I'm not sure if it's a dodge, but every time I've claimed it, it was the truth.

 

[Weezer]

Of course not. If that were the case, it would have fallen close to the 1st percentile on the continuum.

So you're saying a white mayor refusing to give interviews to black reporters would fall in the exact same spot on the continuum?

 

[Weezer]

I'm not sure if it's a dodge, but every time I've claimed it, it was the truth.

Your lack of being informed never stops you from having an opinion.

 

[luthervol]

So you're saying a white mayor refusing to give interviews to black reporters would fall in the exact same spot on the continuum?

Nope. That would have landed the white mayor somewhere between the 70th and 95th percentile.

 

[McDad]

The Republican Party has probably been worse than the Democratic Party but this a shiniest turd in the box comparison.

If there is a person at the state or federal level who legitimately represents me, my views, and the things i think are important, I have yet to find them. And hey, I get it. No candidate can represent one person at the exclusion of everyone else. Compromise under a big tent is part of the arrangement. But I gave up voting for the shiniest turd several elections ago.

 

[Weezer]

Nope. That would have landed the white mayor somewhere between the 70th and 95th percentile.

So then, you ARE saying it's okay for black people to discriminate, at least more so than white people. How does that benefit equality?

 

[luthervol]

Your lack of being informed never stops you from having an opinion.

And as you can once again see, my opinion was correct.
I said she would be on the continuum, and she was.

 

[McDad]

If the black mayor of a major city has a policy of only giving interviews to brown or black reporters and refuses to give interviews to white reporters, where does that fall on your racist continuum?

i don't agree with Lightfoot's racist policy. But, correct if i am wrong here, I think she is prioritizing interviews to pocs. I don't think she is only granting interviews to the more melaninated.

 

[TheDeeble]

I think you're kind of referencing something along these lines with "good times" being prosperous.

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I think an argument could be made that we're somewhere in phase 3 sliding towards 4.

I think it's somewhat accurate. It sometimes seems to me that the US thrives not because of decisions made today, but because of what previous generations did and we're slowly undoing everything that helped make the US so desirable.

"Grandpa built the business, dad grew it, and the son ruined it."

 

[KB5252]

I think you're kind of referencing something along these lines with "good times" being prosperous.

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I think an argument could be made that we're somewhere in phase 3 sliding towards 4.

I think that's correct, we are at the event horizon between 3 and 4.

 

[Weezer]

And as you can once again see, my opinion was correct.
I said she would be on the continuum, and she was.

Luther, your opinion is many things. I would not consider it correct. Most rational people would not consider it correct. I don't think I've ever accused you of rationality tho.

 

[luthervol]

So then, you ARE saying it's okay for black people to discriminate, at least more so than white people. How does that benefit equality?

It's not okay, but it's less not okay.
Equality isn't everyone getting the same, it's everyone getting what they deserve.