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screenthis said:
I've seen a lot of people hide real racism behind the 'anti-woke' movement. As almost all things, goes way too far. Apparently, now, Cracker Barrel is Woke because they redesigned their logo. Some act like we've gotten past the whole 'racism' thing and thus, we can just ignore it's existence. For me, yes, screaming 'racist' when anything happens was an issue. And now, the reaction is to scream 'WOKE' if you ever scream 'racism'. Final point though is that a lot of this is mere distraction. It's way down the list of important things that really impact my life. My top issues include things like 'health care' and 'wages'.
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What really annoys me is the blurring between racism and prejudice or discrimination. Cause the vast majority of folks are prejudice and discriminate. It doesn't take a huge act of violence or harassment to be a **** person because people are different.


Like the "I'm not racist because I haven't done..." crowd. Avoiding a store because the owner is Indian, bitching about a roofing crew or construction crew because the laborers don't speak English...all things I'd rather be labelled "woke" for not doing.
 
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screenthis said:
I've seen a lot of people hide real racism behind the 'anti-woke' movement. As almost all things, goes way too far. Apparently, now, Cracker Barrel is Woke because they redesigned their logo. Some act like we've gotten past the whole 'racism' thing and thus, we can just ignore it's existence. For me, yes, screaming 'racist' when anything happens was an issue. And now, the reaction is to scream 'WOKE' if you ever scream 'racism'. Final point though is that a lot of this is mere distraction. It's way down the list of important things that really impact my life. My top issues include things like 'health care' and 'wages'.
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I've seen a lot of people hide real racism behind the woke movement as well. That does not equate to "woke==racist" any more than the other side equates to "non-woke==racist". Either argument would be a hasty generalization fallacy (which, by the way is the seed of prejudiced stereotypes).

The major point here is that your logic seems to be smuggling in some hidden broad-brush prejudice in the name of inclusion, whether you realize it or not. Again... If you're not racist, it doesn't mean you're "woke" in that area. It just means that you're not suffering from ****ty thinking in that area. It's not some monopoly in either the "woke" or "non-woke" movement. You'll find people who suffer from it in both camps, and people who detest it in both camps.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
I've seen a lot of people hide real racism behind the woke movement as well. That does not equate to "woke==racist" any more than the other side equates to "non-woke==racist". Either argument would be a hasty generalization fallacy (which, by the way is the seed of prejudiced stereotypes).

The major point here is that your logic seems to be smuggling in some hidden broad-brush prejudice in the name of inclusion, whether you realize it or not. Again... If you're not racist, it doesn't mean you're "woke" in that area. It just means that you're not suffering from ****ty thinking in that area. It's not some monopoly in either the "woke" or "non-woke" movement. You'll find people who suffer from it in both camps, and people who detest it in both camps.
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Yep. There are few absolutes in my political belief system. Not many truly black & white discussions when you add in the eliminate of government involvement.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Yep. There are few absolutes in my political belief system. Not many truly black & white discussions when you add in the eliminate of government involvement.
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Racist IYAM.

I detest the fact that so many on each side have reduced their thinking to "I'm right because I'm in this group. You are wrong because you are in that group. And there's no use having a discussion because even if you were to make a salient point, I wouldn't trust/believe it because it's coming from an evil person who isn't in my pure group, so it couldn't be true even if it were true". (Not saying at all that this is what @screenthis was doing or ever does. Just pointing out that there is a destructive mind virus out there, and it's common as ****.)
 
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Orange_Crush said:
I've seen a lot of people hide real racism behind the woke movement as well. That does not equate to "woke==racist" any more than the other side equates to "non-woke==racist". Either argument would be a hasty generalization fallacy (which, by the way is the seed of prejudiced stereotypes).

The major point here is that your logic seems to be smuggling in some hidden broad-brush prejudice in the name of inclusion, whether you realize it or not. Again... If you're not racist, it doesn't mean you're "woke" in that area. It just means that you're not suffering from ****ty thinking in that area. It's not some monopoly in either the "woke" or "non-woke" movement. You'll find people who suffer from it in both camps, and people who detest it in both camps.
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I don't disagree. Fortunately, I believe both you and I live more in the 'gray' area. It's not just Woke/Non-Woke. Just as, for me, it's not just Team Red or Team Blue. It's about the actual policies and impacts.
 
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DD4ME said:
Shared only under topic of TIX prices.

Someone posted in FB the other day about how minimum wage ($7.xx) is less than the cost of a panera sub and I was thinking like - who you know hiring or working for less than 12 these days? Truly..Unless it is under the table....

I was also thinking no one would have wanted to hire my HS butt at 15 an hour back then. Low wage jobs were for job training and gas money not buying a house.

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Not sure when you were in high school but $30 per hour today is what $15 per hour was in 2000. whew. And yes everyone complaining about the UT ticket prices should take up their complaints with the Federal Reserve and the laws of Supply and Demand. Danny White has no power over them lol
 
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VolsDoc81TX said:
The goal for statins to to reduce to normal levels.

I have a high family history of early heart issues. If statins prevent that, then I will risk the dementia at an otherwise unreachable older age.

Hell, I have had 6-7 concussions. I have a higher risk of getting dementia from my concussion history than from the statins that have only brought my cholesterol and triglycerides to normal.

The problem that I have with published “medical research “ is that you have to weed through the published article that was produced for prolonging the researchers careers versus published for true scientific merit. Think about the media pushing for clicks and all the BS they do. Well there are similar people in medical articles as well.

Medical research in socialized medicine countries are very skewed towards doing nothing is the best treatment (government cost containment). Whereas research in the for profit healthcare world are often pushed by other agendas. You would be amazed at how much research is funded by insurance companies to mimic socialized medicine of nothing works, big business (pharmaceutical) pushing for their borderline dangerous drugs to be released. It’s a huge racket. 😡
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Is it? I see people very excited about levels well below those that reduce heart disease risk, seemingly unaware that they are increasing their risk of strokes, cancers, anemia, DM. Cholesterol is also significant in absorption of fat soluble vitamins, some of which are important preventatives for ApoE4 genotypes and are generally low for them. Given it's role in other things I'd be happier at 200 than 100. Now if you have a risk of heart disease and you're rocking a 300, then sure.

My cardiologist used to be a straight line "take your statin" guy. He has completely switched his beliefs on that and largely doesn't use them except in the most extreme cases. I didn't start going to him because of that, but it was refreshing to see a 60+ year-old doc who's thinking for himself rather than parroting what the rep tells him.

I am not anti-drug at all...I take several...but understanding the bias of those pushing them is critical. Socialized medicine does put a premium on prevention, while the private HC bias will always be on treatment. That has to inform your views. And I'm sure you know this, but lifespans in socialized medicine countries are beating the US significantly.
 
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SSVol said:
Socialized medicine does put a premium on prevention, while the private HC bias will always be on treatment. That has to inform your views. And I'm sure you know this, but lifespans in socialized medicine countries are beating the US significantly.
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Socialized medicine does put a premium on waiting for years and dying at the house alone of treatable illnesses.
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SSVol said:
Is it? I see people very excited about levels well below those that reduce heart disease risk, seemingly unaware that they are increasing their risk of strokes, cancers, anemia, DM. Cholesterol is also significant in absorption of fat soluble vitamins, some of which are important preventatives for ApoE4 genotypes and are generally low for them. Given it's role in other things I'd be happier at 200 than 100. Now if you have a risk of heart disease and you're rocking a 300, then sure.

My cardiologist used to be a straight line "take your statin" guy. He has completely switched his beliefs on that and largely doesn't use them except in the most extreme cases. I didn't start going to him because of that, but it was refreshing to see a 60+ year-old doc who's thinking for himself rather than parroting what the rep tells him.

I am not anti-drug at all...I take several...but understanding the bias of those pushing them is critical. Socialized medicine does put a premium on prevention, while the private HC bias will always be on treatment. That has to inform your views. And I'm sure you know this, but lifespans in socialized medicine countries are beating the US significantly.
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I don't know how one can say that our current system (which is not wholly private; it's semi-private) is biased towards treatment rather then prevention when my doctor is always getting on me to lose weight and quit smoking and cut back on drinking. If the bias were towards treatment, wouldn't he tell me I'm doing great?
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Yeah $15 back then was livable. Hell I lived off of $10 per hour in 2007, 8. Plus tips. People out there need help, but, also need to want to help themselves. There's always a middle ground.
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People need to get a real job and go to work. And marrying a rich girl doesn't hurt, I highly recommend it.
 
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GoBigOrange86 said:
I don't know how one can say that our current system (which is not wholly private; it's semi-private) is biased towards treatment rather then prevention when my doctor is always getting on me to lose weight and quit smoking and cut back on drinking. If the bias were towards treatment, wouldn't he tell me I'm doing great?
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It depends which type of doc you are referring to. PCPs are much better about that than some. It's simple economics though. If a drug company could give you a single pill that would cure every problem you have, or put you on a daily pill to treat your problems, which do they choose? Pretty obvious which one makes the shareholders more money.
 
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itsme said:
My daughter and SIL have 3 kids bought a home last year that is 2 doors down valued at around $220k for $140k He makes $25/hr. and she is a stay at home mom. It is tight. The only reason they got the home at that price is because I would mow and do repairs for them and they would pay if they had the money. The lady said she wanted to treat me how I treated her for all these years. It was the only way they could buy a home.

So much is out of whack in this economy. Unfortunately, it seems to me to be a similar situation that we experienced in the early 2000's. The value of many jobs in in the tank while the value of homes is through the roof. IMO, the root cause is Private Equity companies, They should be treated as monopolies and busted up.
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Citizen's United was the worst thing that ever happened in America outside of slavery. Giving corporations the rights of citizens and removing all restrictions for how they can spend money on elections was the beginning of the end. That decision gave corporations all of the first amendment rights that are supposed to be reserved for citizens and it opened the floodgates for campaign interference. Most of the politicians in power now have no reason to do right by their constituents when there's Pfizer and BlackRock putting millions in their pocket under the guise of "campaign financing". The politicians who are propped up are the ones who can be bought the easiest.

Unless some grass roots workers movement happens, we will continue to get squeezed for every penny so that their stocks can continue to soar. You know when this country was great? When the good of the people was more important than exponential profits. My grandfather got yearly bonuses, paid vacations, free legal counsel, and a pension. I've yet to have any of those and I work 15-20 more hours a week than he did. Something's gotta give.
 
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MarcoVol said:
You have been sold propaganda your entire life regarding socialized medicine.

Private insurers thank you for your cooperation!
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Socialization doesnt work well with Capitalism.

there are good things about the European model. Healthcare for citizens. Access to better quality hospitals, and medicines. The FDA is what it is, but, Big Pharma has too much leeway. That said, id much rather be here, with our health care, esp with specialists in America versus other Countries.
 
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