@StillIRise1963 how often can we point out that the killer is another young white conservative male before we stop stating the obvious, and switch to dunbass shit?
@JonKramer @StillIRise1963 The people who need to hear you are going to stuff their fingers in their ears and scream 'Coventant Presbyterian' for the next 30 years.
@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 , true. I hope they try to answer when I ask for a 2nd example, after i respond with 30 other school, business, and public places names. That list is long, and pretty self explanatory.
@JonKramer @StillIRise1963 30 other shootings would only be the past 20 days. Still greater than the right's attention span. they can only remember the case that fits their agenda.
@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 I think the desire to cherry pick data to fit an agenda is universal. I even expect it of myself, and I know my personal motivation/objective is to not do exactly that. We delude ourselves... not sure why.
@JonKramer @StillIRise1963 Of course. Admitting we're wrong is painful. It acknowledges that the universe isn't shaped by our desires. However we all make mistakes. Adults own their mistakes and learn from them. They don't keep doubling down.
@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 then the world is populated by children. Because most of us, any of us that have an opinion at least, double down on really bad opinions.
@JonKramer @StillIRise1963
IDK. I worked for NASA for a while and it was always stressed there that it was OK to not know stuff (and almost always a passionate expert around happy to talk your ear off if you wanted to learn) and to NEVER speak outside your field of expertise because it could damage the credibility of the science. (Speaking of: I was ground data, not science team)
I try to carry that into my private life and I'm sure I'm not unique.
@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 , Ya, but I think places like NASA are the exception, and not the rule. And even there they play stupid games...
@JonKramer @StillIRise1963
I'll say they learned from that. Was working for them (robotic mission) when Columbia exploded and we spent a bunch of time doing extra training encouraging see something, say something.
@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 no doubt. And a mars mission that catered in the early 90s. I think NASA is a model of improvement. And atmosphere that fosters integrity. But never perfect... because humans still run the setup. And we all have egos.
@JonKramer @StillIRise1963 And insecurities. Heh. Our spacecraft safemoded and my software sent out a page to the entire science/vehicle teams at 2AM just a couple months into the mission and the whole time I was sitting in the ARB I was terrified, not that the half-billion dollar craft was in trouble, but that my software had glitched and woke all these people up for nothing.
But of course we're imperfect. It's how we deal with those imperfections that matter.