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
Thomas Sowell says concept of systemic racism 'has no meaning,' warns US could reach 'point of no return'
Economist says left's use of phrase recalls 'propaganda tactics of Joseph Goebbels'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/thomas-sowell-systemic-racism-has-no-meaning
Looking forward to your interview, I enjoy Sowell and his writings.
Texas A&M student who reported racist notes on vehicle placed them there himself: police
Texas A&M police on Thursday said that a student who reported finding racist notes on the windshield of his car last month, may have placed the papers there himself.
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Watching #AgeOfUltron with some friends. Key takeaways:
1. Police states are never good
2. Don't train an AI model on source data you haven't studied and know nothing about
#fakenews
CNN's Don Lemon: "Jesus Christ admittedly was not perfect when he was here on this earth"
CNN host Don Lemon claimed Wednesday that Jesus Christ admitted to not being perfect while he was on the earth in human form.
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Governors Reinstate Lockdowns To Combat Recovering Economy
Worried that the increase in jobs, prosperity, and happiness would hurt them in November, they reacted to the economic upturn quickly.
https://babylonbee.com/news/governors-reinstate-lockdowns-to-combat-recovering-economy?utm_content=bufferc85da&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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@nostradamust @ParkerTechGuy Real life is a parody of the Babylon Bee
From the New York Times (see image for their choice of headline)
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UP) --The Washington Redskins added ,a real Indian to their roster today with the signing of a Clemson halfback.
https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/30/archives/redskin-joins-redskins.html
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US sees lowest daily coronavirus death total in months: @ScottAdamsSays http://w-j.co/s/gzNjE https://twitter.com/WestJournalism/status/1280645309912276998 #coronavirus
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Statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass toppled in NY on anniversary of famous 1852 anti-slavery speech
A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was toppled in Rochester, New York on Sunday, dragged 50 feet, and left on the brink of the Genesee River gorge, according to police.
https://disrn.com/news/statue-of-abolitionist-frederick-douglass-toppled-in-ny
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Democrats being irate and mad at blacks voting GOP to the point of screaming is nothing new.
Historically, Democrats have always been mad when their slaves went off the plantation.
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White supremacist Bernie Sanders admires likenesses of bigots on stolen Indian land: https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1279931298304294913 #Bernie #India #Sanders
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What I wanna know is where were the All Countries Matter crowd during Canada Day
#BLM is costing a lot of black lives. It's almost as if it's cynically using black lives as currency to spend toward its political purposes.
Shootings soar 205 percent after NYPD disbands anti-crime unit
Gunshot injuries skyrocketed to 157 from 47 in 2019, a 238 percent increase.
With a total of 205 shootings during the month, it was the bloodiest June in 24 years — going back to 1996, when the NYPD logged 236 incidents, the department said.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/shootings-soar-205-percent-after-nypd-disbands-anti-crime-unit/
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This is well done and very Republican. Joe Biden: Our nation was founded on a simple idea: We're all created equal. We've never lived up to it — but we've never stopped trying. This Independence Day, let's not just celebrate those words, let's commit to finally fulfill them. Happy #FourthOfJuly! https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1279468678199734272 #Biden #Independence #Republican
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Biden Campaign Refuses To Release Cognitive Test Results
Joe #Biden told reporters that he’s been “tested and am constantly tested” for cognitive decline... Biden never actually said what any of the results were.
I'm old enough to remember a press conference a few weeks ago when Trump said he'd been tested for COVID-19, and reporters shouted demands to know the results. Not the same if you're Biden
https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/03/biden-campaign-refuses-to-release-cognitive-test-results/
Was just told by mall security that sitting and reading my book (any book) while I wait for my son is not allowed. Sitting and waiting is allowed. But not reading a book. Covid rules make so much sense. So now I'm standing next to the only seating in the mall reading my book standing up. That's fine, apparently.
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The biggest difference between the Affluent and non-affluent is MINDSETThe paradigm of the value of time, value of work, what it means to create value that can be leveraged, short term vs long term thinkingWealth is manifest of mentality Two Books to reprogram your brain... https://twitter.com/AJA_Cortes/status/1278938938258780160
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When you consider what an enormous windfall gain it is to be born in America, it is painful to hear some people complain bitterly that someone else got a bigger windfall gain than they did. https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1279039290656395264 #Mises #America
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Thousands of free blacks owned slaves in the antebellum South. And, years after the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, whites as well as blacks were still being bought and sold as slaves in North Africa and the Middle East. https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1278727162967863297 #Mises #Africa #MiddleEast #UnitedStates
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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
