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Minstrel said:
What does this have to do with critical race theory?
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I wanted to endorse CRT as its important to teach real history.
I wasnt sure where to put the video and i looked for a more appropriate place but couldnt find one, and I didn't want to start a separate thread.
Im a almost 72 year old guy that has a multi race family. African American, Korean, Vietnamese, & Hispanic. Different religions and some with differing politics. We are very close and supportive of one another and we all despise blatant thuggery and I one of my kids sent me this video and it pissed me off.
 
RR7 said:
WTF? Tell me without telling me...

And where is he being deported to?
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Guys that beat women are don't deserve the privilege of freedom they have here. I was taken back by the video.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
Is that POS an immigrant? The video and the article didn't say anything about him being an immigrant.
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I dont know and to me it doesn't matter. Anyone that treats women or kids like that we don't need in our community.
 
Hoopguru said:
I wanted to endorse CRT as its important to teach real history.
I wasnt sure where to put the video and i looked for a more appropriate place but couldnt find one, and I didn't want to start a separate thread.
Im a almost 72 year old guy that has a multi race family. African American, Korean, Vietnamese, & Hispanic. Different religions and some with differing politics. We are very close and supportive of one another and we all despise blatant thuggery and I one of my kids sent me this video and it pissed me off.
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Couldn't find a more appropriate place? Jesus, I can't think of a lesser appropriate place. Damn.
 
I oppose violence of all kinds,
I support teaching history across the board, not fairy tales.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
As long as there are living humans, violence is needed and makes the world go. I oppose unnecessary/unjustified violence.
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Granted, depending on your definition of unnecessary/unjustified violence. I would venture yours is a bit different than mine.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
I wouldn't be so sure. I think most people have enough sense to differentiate what's necessary/unnecessary. Even the violent types know it, they just choose to be violent.
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OK, well I differentiate between violence for the sake of violence, and justified defense of one's assets/possessions/loved ones, etc. This might be where 2nd Amendment rights may come into play.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
I think most people would share this view.

What if unjustified violence is needed for one's survival? Say, a dude who has to rob to feed himself and his family?
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Biden/Harris might disagree. There are PLENTY of freebees out there!
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
Not where I grew up.
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When I grew up we were dirt poor. Some nights I had no dinner. Other nights I remember eating corn bread and milk for dinner. We had no government programs in those days and that's what the poor got, nothin'.
Do I like seeing the poor get treated anywhere near as bad todeay? Hell no! I've never minded paying my fair share in taxes plus contributions to United Way, the Red Cross and our church which supports meals on wheels plus clothing and school supplies for poor children. Not every neighborhood is wealthy enough to support their local poor so what do the poor have to help them? Zero, nothing but platitudes from wealthy Republicans who are too God Damned obsessed with adding more to their larder and block the poor out of their consciousness.
 
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Greg Abbott calls for investigation into 'pornography' in Texas school libraries after parents complained about 'obscene' book on gender identity called Gender Queer: A Memoir
  • Texas governor threatens to prosecute if 'pornography is provided to under 18s'
  • Comes amid growing campaign by parents to remove sexual books from schools
  • Gender Queer: A Memoir has already been removed from schools in other states
  • Parents branded it obscene as it discusses masturbation, sex and 'strap-ons'
  • The Texas Education Agency said it takes the governor's concerns 'seriously'
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...vestigation-pornography-school-libraries.html
 
Of the list of 850 books Texas wants banned, 100 are priority. 97 of the 100 were written by authors who are women, people of color, and/or LGBTQ. Which I am sure is coincidence, right?

In a Virginia county, two white parents went to school board irate over two books not assigned in any class but available in library. One deals with struggles of three homeless kids. School board agreed to remove books. One member stressed he is a Christian so schools must get rid of books that make white people uncomfortable.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
Aw, poor thing. The plight of white Christian Americans. Their continual unimaginable struggle to fend off immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ, and anyone who dares ask to be treated fairly and with respect is really heartbreaking.

Doubtful many of them have read any of the books that they claimed made them feel uncomfortable. This is just another instance for them to exert their perceived power to feel superior over other groups of people.
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You don't need to read those books to feel uncomfortable. The picture of the author on the jacket is frightening enough.

barfo
 
North Dakota banned critical race theory. They defined it as any teaching that racism is not individual bad thoughts but is systemic in US political and legal system.

So, a thought experiment.

Imagine a 17 year old Black teen boy illegally purchased an assault rifle because he thought it looked cool. Imagine he took the weapon across state lines. He then attended a Proud Boys rally openly brandishing the weapon. He provoked a confrontation and started shooting, killing two people, seriously wounding another.

Do you think he would live to tell the tale?

Do you think he would be acclaimed a hero? That we would hear him called a "little boy" who was "terrified" and defending himself? Do you think he would be judged by a jury with all but one Black jurors? That the judge would bend over backwards to try to ensure an acquittal?

If not ...


why not?
 
During World War I, teaching German in schools was banned. Symphonies could not play German music. And it was a crime to "utter any sentiment objected to by whatever patriotic ears might overhear the remark".
Let's do the time warp again.
 
crandc said:
During World War I, teaching German in schools was banned. Symphonies could not play German music. And it was a crime to "utter any sentiment objected to by whatever patriotic ears might overhear the remark".
Let's do the time warp again.
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It's just a step to the left.
Both me and my pretty socially conservative wife loved that movie, Rocky Horror Picture Show. One of my wife's several exceptions to her social conservatism is her complete acceptance to homosexuality whom she believes deserve the same the rights as the rest of us. Do I feel proud of my wife? Damn right I do!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
The first complaint filed under Tennessee's anti-critical race theory law was over a book teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.
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The first complaint filed under Tennessee's new anti-critical race theory law specifically targeted a book about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, calling it "anti-American."

The 11-page complaint — filed by the Williamson County branch of conservative parents group "Moms for Liberty" — alleged that the book "Martin Luther King Jr and the March on Washington" was among a set of lessons promoting "Anti-American, Anti-White, and Anti-Mexican" teaching at Williamson County Schools, a district south of Nashville.

The conservative group specifically protested a photo of segregated water fountains and images showing Black children being blasted with water by firefighters. The group claimed that an accompanying lesson plan showed a "slanted obsession with historical mistakes" and argued it shouldn't be taught.

The complaint also targeted of two books about Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to attend an all-white school in Louisiana in 1960, and "Separate is Never Equal," a story about segregation before the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case.

The parents group claimed that the books and teacher manuals "implies to second-grade children that people of color continue to be oppressed by an oppressive 'angry, vicious, scary, mean, loud, violent, [rude], and [hateful]' white population."

In a letter, the state's Department of Education said it won't investigate the allegations because the lessons happened during the 2020-21 school year, and it only has the authority to investigate this current school year, the Tennessean reported.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
In a letter, the state's Department of Education said it won't investigate the allegations because the lessons happened during the 2020-21 school year, and it only has the authority to investigate this current school year, the Tennessean reported.
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Oh, you poor Tennessee DoE--you can try to dodge this, but an "oppressive 'angry, vicious, scary, mean, loud, violent, [rude], and [hateful]' white population" is going to force you to make these uncomfortable rulings all school year, every school year.
 
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