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
An Underappreciated American Scholar
Dr. Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he will have completed his 90th year of life, and
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2020/06/27/draft-n2571440
“We’re always the f------ help! And I’m tired of being the help!” she cried. “Don’t wait until it’s an election year, until you’re in trouble, to come to us and ask for help saving your a--. They always say it will be different after the next election. But it never is. And we’re sick of it.”
Opinion piece from USA Today :
When Black lives matter to Democrats, and when they don't
Who could have expected more black lives would be lost by defunding the police so that only the wealthy could afford security?
‘Defund The Police’: NYC Shootings EXPLODE Amid Disbanding Of Anti-Crime Units, Reassignment Of Hundreds Of Officers
As calls from the Left intensify to abolish the police, and New York City takes action to remove officers and dismantle vital anti-crime units, the city that never sleeps surged in gun violence by a stunning 358% since this time last year. “It has been nearly a quarter century since New York City experienced as […]
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When you defund the police, only the people with money get the police.Bet they didn't see that one coming. Cernovich: Minneapolis Council members get private security after threats https://www.fox9.com/news/minneapolis-council-members-get-private-security-after-threats https://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/1276960650871345153 #Minneapolis
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If Black Lives mattered to Planned Parenthood, why would they position 70% of their abortion clinics in predominantly African-American communities?🤔 https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1277018747652337664 #Turning_Point_USA #Africa
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Trump signs executive order to improve U.S. foster care system, strengthen faith-based partnerships
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to improve America's foster care system, calling for officials to strengthen its partnerships with faith-based organizations to place more children in permanent homes.
Because what's good for Manhattan must be good for rural Idaho.
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Biden says he would mandate face masks nationwide if elected president
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday said he would impose a federal mandate requiring people nationwide to wear masks when in public to curb the spread of COVID-19 if he's elected to the White House in November.
https://disrn.com/news/biden-says-he-would-mandate-face-masks-if-elected-president
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Guy Who Reverse-Engineered TikTok Reveals The Scary Things He Learned, Advises People To Stay Away From It https://www.boredpanda.com/tik-tok-reverse-engineered-data-information-collecting/ https://twitter.com/geoffpilkington/status/1276320822378942464 #Cary
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3 Projects (one very large) live last week, just wrapped up major the hypercare issues. There's a slim chance that on my day off tomorrow I really won't need to work much. Phew!
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Where is #BlackLivesMatter on the issue of abortion?@RealCandaceO https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1275976002817187841 #Prager
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This is really all you need to watch today. It can happen here too. https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1275951005276844032
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The internet "turns us into lab rats constantly pressing levers to get tiny pellets of social or intellectual nourishment."
Nicholas Carr, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains
I think that being raised in a single parent home is a stronger predictor of future jail time than race.
Today over 70% are born into a single parent home.
So what changed from 1960 when only 22% of black children were raised with only one parent to 1985 when 67% were?
Pointing to slavery doesn't fit, as slavery ended long before 1960.
Re In 1960, before this expansion of the welfare state, 22 percent of black children were raised with only one parent. By 1985, 67 percent of black...
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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
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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
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
