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Dec 17, 2023 8:32:26 GMT -5
Post by Cornflake on Dec 17, 2023 8:32:26 GMT -5
Well, just for starters:
"What I saw was a worldview that replaced basic ideas of good and evil with a new rubric: the powerless (good) and the powerful (bad). It replaced lots of things. Color blindness with race obsession. Ideas with identity. Debate with denunciation. Persuasion with public shaming. The rule of law with the fury of the mob.
"People were to be given authority in this new order not in recognition of their gifts, hard work, accomplishments, or contributions to society, but in inverse proportion to the disadvantages their group had suffered, as defined by radical ideologues."
"Over the past two decades I saw this inverted worldview swallow all of the crucial sense-making institutions of American life. It started with the universities. Then it moved on to cultural institutions—including some I knew well, like The New York Times—as well as every major museum, philanthropy, and media company. Then on to our medical schools and our law schools. It’s taken root at nearly every major corporation. It’s inside our high schools and even our elementary schools. The takeover is so comprehensive that it’s now almost hard to notice it—because it is everywhere."
When I look around, I don't see a country dominated by people who are poor, black, transgender and Muslim.
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Dec 17, 2023 9:14:16 GMT -5
Post by Cornflake on Dec 17, 2023 9:14:16 GMT -5
Speaking of Israel....I watched a very interesting interview of Jonathan Greenblatt the other night on PBS. He's head of the Anti-Defamation League, which is actively anti-antisemitic. I thought he was very impressive. Greenblatt said that there was evidence that many pro-Palestinian groups in the US were already coordinating plans for demonstrations a day after Hamas attacked Israel. That was well before any Israeli troops entered Gaza. The implication was that Hamas was behind the coordination among these groups and that it was choreographing how to play this whole thing in the public eye from the very start.
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Dec 17, 2023 10:24:12 GMT -5
Post by james on Dec 17, 2023 10:24:12 GMT -5
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Israel
Dec 17, 2023 12:04:52 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Dec 17, 2023 12:04:52 GMT -5
Speaking of Israel....I watched a very interesting interview of Jonathan Greenblatt the other night on PBS. He's head of the Anti-Defamation League, which is actively anti-antisemitic. I thought he was very impressive. Greenblatt said that there was evidence that many pro-Palestinian groups in the US were already coordinating plans for demonstrations a day after Hamas attacked Israel. That was well before any Israeli troops entered Gaza. The implication was that Hamas was behind the coordination among these groups and that it was choreographing how to play this whole thing in the public eye from the very start. Was it the one on "Firing Line" with Margerete Hoover? Yes, impressive, interesting, and worrisome, and important to hear. A side note, perhaps irrelevant to this discussion, but man alive, Margerete Hoover is incredibly hot. Her's is the one news/current event show I try never miss.
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Israel
Dec 17, 2023 12:19:32 GMT -5
Post by epaul on Dec 17, 2023 12:19:32 GMT -5
... When I look around, I don't see a country dominated by people who are poor, black, transgender and Muslim. Well, maybe not from your perspective, but they have completely taken over the Soybean Market. The Chicago Board of Trade has been turned on its head. Is Kansas City next?
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Dec 17, 2023 12:45:40 GMT -5
Post by billhammond on Dec 17, 2023 12:45:40 GMT -5
A side note, perhaps irrelevant to this discussion, but man alive, Margerete Hoover is incredibly hot. Her's is the one news/current event show I try never miss. < Margaret >< Hers >
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Dec 17, 2023 13:33:42 GMT -5
Post by Cornflake on Dec 17, 2023 13:33:42 GMT -5
"Was it the one on "Firing Line" with Margerete Hoover? Yes, impressive, interesting, and worrisome, and important to hear."
Yeah, that was it. We always watch Washington Week but we'd never watched that one.
"A side note, perhaps irrelevant to this discussion, but man alive, Margerete Hoover is incredibly hot. Her's is the one news/current event show I try never miss."
She looks nice but I thought she was weird.
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Israel
Dec 17, 2023 13:53:26 GMT -5
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Post by theevan on Dec 17, 2023 13:53:26 GMT -5
"When I look around, I don't see a country dominated by people who are poor, black, transgender and Muslim."
Unfair response. That's not at all what was being expressed.
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Dec 17, 2023 14:05:34 GMT -5
Post by Cornflake on Dec 17, 2023 14:05:34 GMT -5
I disagree, Evan. I don't think the problem is with my response but with her assertions.
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Dec 18, 2023 20:46:49 GMT -5
Post by Cosmic Wonder on Dec 18, 2023 20:46:49 GMT -5
Watching the news tonight. The video of mobs in Gaza storming the aid trucks is horrific. I don’t know of any solution.
Mike
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