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
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A vastly expanded welfare state in the 1960s destroyed the black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and generations of racial oppression. https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1274791320155041795 #Mises
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👍 Chloé S. Valdary 📚: One day the *take down the Grant statute because he oppressed Native Americans* folks will discover the *Many native Americans also owned slaves* folks. At some point we’ll see that the history of the world is all of us oppressing one another & maybe then we will discover grace. https://twitter.com/andrewklavan/status/1274798929150832640
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Black Lives Do Matter.
Black Lives All Matter.
But Black Lives Matter is an organization, not a slogan, and was founded by and is directed by those who say they are "trained Marxists."
https://mobile.twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1273739801464725504
Oh. Brilliant. That's not available in the app that I use for this. Maybe time for a new app. 😀
@SecondJon actually it may be the "quote" button
@realcaseyrollins
I think Chesterton defined religion as one's basic understanding of everything. Worldview basically.
Everyone can say they don't have a religion. Evangelicals may say they have a relationship, not a religion. Yet others define what they have as religion. Others say they have a lifestyle or an unbelief system or some other descriptor. At some point it's all religion.
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Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to retoot with comments, which would be helpful. I think blind retoot, if you mean reposting without comment, is the only option on mastodon.
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You don't need to believe in God or a god or multiple gods even to be religious
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Here's #California's plan to repeal anti-discrimination law, which many presume would be to be so they could do more overtly discriminatory affirmative action policies
@coldwave
The intent of the original post seems to me to be the bias in the media, that declare actions good or bad, not based on the actions themselves, but on whether they are done by those who align with the ideology of the media corporations of whom the newscasters often seem nothing more than corporate spokespeople, rather than media or reporters.
@coldwave
Is you need to unfollow so you don't see differing perspectives, I understand. A lot of people need to have their ideas reinforced, not questioned. On #qoto I've had a lot of productive real conversations about topics that most just want an echo chamber for.
I'm troubled by the dismissal of diversity in ideas, with the declaration that ideas that aren't one's own have no place in a conversation.
Differing ideas are required to have any decent conversation. I think we could have one if it didn't start with an intent to unfollow our block if I say the wrong word or share someone else's toot that has a keyword you don't like.
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Democrats are literally trying to repeal California Civil Rights law that prevents discrimination based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin https://ballotpedia.org/California_Repeal_Proposition_209_Affirmative_Action_Amendment_(2020) https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1273944890251100161 #Tim_Pool #California #Democrats
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You can't open your business yetThe left can hold massive ralliesYou can't go to churchThe left can destroy statues of the founding fathersYou can't watch your child be born or mourn the loss of loved onesThe media says you're the bad guy https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1274318829993238529 #Tim_Pool
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Thoughts? ( Image attached correlating the breakdown of the black family in America with welfare.)
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Many thought that by weakening the church, people en masse would become more rational, more tolerant, more forgiving, less 'religious', and more 'scientific'.The exact opposite is happening lol...People are always gonna worship something.P.S. I'm not joining your cult https://twitter.com/ZubyMusic/status/1273920666748805121 #Zuby
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One of the biggest myths in Western society is currently unraveling...That myth is 'everyone wants equality'. It's simply not true.Some people want EQUALITY Some people want EQUITYSome people want REVENGEAnd they're mutually exclusive goals. Real talk. https://twitter.com/ZubyMusic/status/1273942312599588865 #Zuby
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Two approaches to unity :
Our Totalitarian Moment, by Ben Shapiro
America feels like it's falling apart. That's because it is.
https://www.creators.com/read/ben-shapiro/06/20/our-totalitarian-moment
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If you want to see the poor remain poor, generation after generation, just keep the standards low in their schools and make excuses for their academic shortcomings and personal misbehavior. But please don't congratulate yourself on your compassion. https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1273393613205102592 #Mises
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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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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
