SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
Planned Parenthood pledges to triple election spending in 2020 over 2016. (Because for some, eliminating black lives matters.)
Planned Parenthood Action Fund announced that it is promising to triple the amount of dollars it spends on the 2020 presidential election.
https://disrn.com/news/planned-parenthood-pledges-to-triple-election-spending-in-2020-over-2016
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Exam question: Statues of 19th and 18th (even 15th) century figures are being removed, toppled, or vandalized. Yet a bust of the notorious 20th century racist eugenicist Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger sits in a place of honor in the National Protrait Gallery. Explain. https://twitter.com/McCormickProf/status/1273065969452306432
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Three things I learned from the #BLM protests:- No one can point to an example of systemic racism (except against whites and asian-Americans)- Resisting arrest is the only thing that gets you killed by cops- Reparations would be negative if you calculated them correctly https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1272873831430942720 #Asia #Killed
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is in favor of taking down a statue of Abraham Lincoln standing with a freed slave.
https://bongino.com/boston-may-remove-abraham-lincoln-statue
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- 54 scientists have resigned or been fired as a result of an ongoing investigation by the NIH into the failure of NIH grantees to disclose financial ties to foreign governments.- In 93% of those cases, the hidden funding came from a Chinese institution. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/fifty-four-scientists-have-lost-their-jobs-result-nih-probe-foreign-ties https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1272625483570503680
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Harvard professor’s research: ‘Defunding the police could cost thousands of black lives’ | The College Fix
Journalists show an ‘absolute refusal to grapple with the data,’ Roland Fryer says.
Can one believe that every individual black life matters without supporting the formal BLM organization?
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What if the biggest economic disparity in our country is the disparity between those who were taught that they can achieve whatever they set their mind to and those who are taught that the deck is stacked against them? https://twitter.com/IanFelipeSays/status/1272320338085343232
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1/ Hey, wonder why @cnn and the rest of Team Apocalypse are screaming so hard about new “cases” (aka positive tests, which are actually falling nationally, btw)? It might because daily US Covid deaths have fallen two-thirds in six weeks. True story, not that you’ve heard it... https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1271541186982002691
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KLAVAN: The Racial Matrix
For those of us who truly believe black lives matter, Black Lives Matter is a criminally wicked movement. BLM’s attacks on the police have resulted and will continue to result in more of the felonious violence that claims so many black victims – in L.A. alone, homicides are up 250 percent since the recent riots. […]
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@realcaseyrollins I'm interested in the development of small communities similar to how the internet was in the early aughts. Breaking things up while still having interoperability is the best method forward.
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I wonder how that compares to the weeks prior. Is the housing market just booming so every week nearly 20% of listings are new? Might make a stronger point to have the data to compare.
My local dps school is only a few miles from Columbine High. Yet #DPS is banning armed security. Will this makes students safer?
From the actual board resolution : " ensuring that we do not replace school resource officers with or staff our schools with the consistent presence of security armed with guns or any other law enforcement personnel."
Systemic racism is defined therein as black and Hispanic students being ticketed or arrested.
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#Denver school board votes unanimously to pull police out of schools, citing "systemic racism"
The Denver school board voted unanimously this week to remove police officers from all public schools by this time next year to "fulfill its responsibility for undoing the systemic racism that Black children and children of color face."
https://disrn.com/news/denver-school-board-unanimously-votes-to-withdraw-police-from-public-schools
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John Solomon: Nine of 11 statues of Confederate leaders Pelosi wants removed from Capitol were Democrats | Just The News https://justthenews.com/government/congress/9-out-11-statues-confederate-leaders-pelosi-wants-removed-capitol-were https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1271584800554401792 #Congress #Democrats #Pelosi
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Opinion: A humble request for those of us who believe that black lives matter
If you asked me to pinpoint the greatest problem facing America today, my all-encompassing answer to that would unequivocally be our people's inability and unwillingness to think. For whatever reason, and there are many, we no longer appear capable of thinking beneath the surface of any issue. Instead, we rage with emotion, hurling accusations and launching Twitter bombs. And it's killing us.
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@SecondJon Biden isnt even ready to president on day one, how can we expect his VP to be, lol
#Biden: I want a VP who is "ready to be president on day one"
Joe Biden has told CBS Evening News that he wants a vice president who is ''ready to be president on day one.''
https://disrn.com/news/biden-i-want-a-vp-who-is-ready-to-be-president-on-day-one
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
