Liberal Protests

[Westside]

4 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Over a year and a half ago..........................so we can ignore it.

 

EVERY LEFTIST’S GOAL: Criminalizing Dissent.

Louis Shenker, a 21-year-old junior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, just wanted his MAGA hat back from the graduate student who ripped it off his head on campus. He wore the hat to a December 6, 2018 protest organized by the university’s graduate student union against Trump and local police. Video shows that when Louis, who is 5’6’’ and 140 pounds, arrived wearing the MAGA hat and holding a large sign, he was immediately surrounded by a hostile mob of older grad students cursing at him and calling him a white supremacist. A woman lunged from the mob and snatched Louis’s MAGA hat. Careful not to get caught on camera hitting Louis with their hands, they instead mobbed him like a colony of enraged penguins, using their bodies to push him from all sides, occasionally pecking at his head with their cardboard signs, and chanting in unison: “THE PEOPLE, UNITED, WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED.”

 

“Get the f**k out of here, you shouldn’t be in an anti-racist march!” screamed the hat thief. A soft-spoken professor in the crowd warned Louis: “It’s actually dangerous for you to come by yourself like that.” As the protesters began to march and Louis tried to keep up while pleading for his hat, many of them, including several graduate student union members dressed in United Auto Workers gear, elbowed Louis into walls, lampposts, and other obstacles. “You act like a Nazi, you’re going to get treated like a Nazi,” a female protester yelled at the Jewish grandson of Holocaust victims. Louis left without his hat.

 

A month later, Louis was horrified to recognize the woman who stole his MAGA hat as Beth Peller, a 36-year-old grad student who would be teaching his mandatory freshman writing class.

 

 

 

 

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I wonder how that worked out? 

[Deranged Rhino]

Not sure the best thread for this, but this seems apt. Reason 1,009,895 why socialized medicine is a dangerously stupid idea: 

 

[Hedge]

 

 

 

 

[Koko78]

3 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Not sure the best thread for this, but this seems apt. Reason 1,009,895 why socialized medicine is a dangerously stupid idea: 

 

 

'Bloody hell, I'm not racist, my best mate knows guy who is friends with a black guy! Now, will you please treat this assault knife wound before I bleed out?!?'

 

Bollocks!

Edited February 18, 2020 by Koko78

[IDBillzFan]

7 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Not sure the best thread for this, but this seems apt. Reason 1,009,895 why socialized medicine is a dangerously stupid idea: 

 

That would never work here. Imagine if the US national health service said it would no longer help homophobes, racists and sexists?

 

Who would keep the Democrats healthy?

[B-Man]

 

 

Reminder from 2017:

 

Jon Gabriel: People seem to think that if something offends them, their arguments become more compelling. They don't.

 

Outrage is the currency of modern America. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “An extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation.”

 

Every day, another statement, joke or action provokes anger, shock and indignation against the hapless offender.

 

A dentist hunts a lion in Africa. Outrage! A woman tweets a joke before boarding a plane bound for Africa. Outrage!! A white cisgendered male op-ed writer mentions Africa in three different outrage examples. OUTRAGE!!!

 

It’s exhausting just to read about the outrage, so it must be debilitating to those peddling it.

 

I’ve never understood why people get offended by, well, anything. Even if someone attempts an insult, it’s up to you to choose whether to accept it as such. Just as you shouldn’t give others the power over your emotional state, you can’t be offended without your consent.

Or as some fancy-pants old white cisgendered male said, “Remember that it is not he who gives abuse or blows who affronts, but the view we take of these things as insulting.

 

When, therefore, any one provokes you, be assured that it is your own opinion which provokes you.”

 

Epictetus wrote that in The Enchiridion, Greek for “the handbook,” which means I have appropriated Greco-Phrygian culture. And if you’re offended on behalf of that extinct ethnicity, you need to keep reading.

 

Let’s reinterpret this 2,000-year-old dead white male for modern audiences. When a thin-skinned audience member shouts “I’m offended!” at a stand-up comic, it only reveals the heckler’s fragile psyche and low self-worth.

 

If you’re insulted when a co-worker holds the door for his female associate, you are projecting your hang-ups on what is most likely a simple act of politeness. If a Swedish bongo player sports blonde dreadlocks and you’re offended instead of amused, you have more baggage than a deposed Haitian dictator fleeing to Paris.

 

Perhaps I’m an outlier, but if someone tries to insult me, I don’t feel badly about myself — I just conclude that they’re an idiot. Some might find this attitude arrogant and they’re probably right. But if some humorless scold attacks me for being a white cisgendered male, that’s their problem, not mine. In fact, I pity them for not appreciating the single-malt, double-barreled awesome that I’m bringing.

 

Here’s an interaction I had on Twitter, the Algonquin Round Table of the digital age. One interlocutor noted that vaccinations might cause autism. (They don’t.) Another wondered if a government can mandate immunization. (Sure.) But shouldn’t parents have the right to say no? (Not if they put the community at risk; at least that’s how I see it.)

 

All fair questions and a fine debate to have. And on it went until one person replied with what he felt was the trump card: “That really offends me!”

To which I said, “So what?”

 

A brusque response, but the anonymous stranger’s taking of offense is not my or anyone else’s concern; public health is. Harrumphing “that offends me!” has no bearing on any argument, pro or con. It’s a non sequitur revealing naught but a delicate constitution.

 

I don’t intend to argue the pros and cons of vaccination; that specific debate isn’t the point. As our culture has slid to the so-called “social justice warriors” of the left and the trolls of the “alt-right,” activists on all sides believe that their being offended carries some sort of moral authority as a victim. Does their sense of grievance make their arguments more compelling? It does no such thing.

 

British comedian Stephen Fry said it best:

It’s now very common to hear people say, “I’m rather offended by that,” as if that gives them certain rights. It’s no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase.

 

“I’m offended by that.”

 

Well, so [bleeping] what?

 

Jon Gabriel, a Mesa resident, is editor-in-chief of Ricochet.com and a contributor to The Republic and azcentral.com. Follow him on Twitter at @exjon.

 

[Gavin in Va Beach]

12 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Reminder from 2017:

 

Jon Gabriel: People seem to think that if something offends them, their arguments become more compelling. They don't.

 

Outrage is the currency of modern America. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “An extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation.”

 

Every day, another statement, joke or action provokes anger, shock and indignation against the hapless offender.

 

A dentist hunts a lion in Africa. Outrage! A woman tweets a joke before boarding a plane bound for Africa. Outrage!! A white cisgendered male op-ed writer mentions Africa in three different outrage examples. OUTRAGE!!!

 

It’s exhausting just to read about the outrage, so it must be debilitating to those peddling it.

 

I’ve never understood why people get offended by, well, anything. Even if someone attempts an insult, it’s up to you to choose whether to accept it as such. Just as you shouldn’t give others the power over your emotional state, you can’t be offended without your consent.

Or as some fancy-pants old white cisgendered male said, “Remember that it is not he who gives abuse or blows who affronts, but the view we take of these things as insulting.

 

When, therefore, any one provokes you, be assured that it is your own opinion which provokes you.”

 

Epictetus wrote that in The Enchiridion, Greek for “the handbook,” which means I have appropriated Greco-Phrygian culture. And if you’re offended on behalf of that extinct ethnicity, you need to keep reading.

 

Let’s reinterpret this 2,000-year-old dead white male for modern audiences. When a thin-skinned audience member shouts “I’m offended!” at a stand-up comic, it only reveals the heckler’s fragile psyche and low self-worth.

 

If you’re insulted when a co-worker holds the door for his female associate, you are projecting your hang-ups on what is most likely a simple act of politeness. If a Swedish bongo player sports blonde dreadlocks and you’re offended instead of amused, you have more baggage than a deposed Haitian dictator fleeing to Paris.

 

Perhaps I’m an outlier, but if someone tries to insult me, I don’t feel badly about myself — I just conclude that they’re an idiot. Some might find this attitude arrogant and they’re probably right. But if some humorless scold attacks me for being a white cisgendered male, that’s their problem, not mine. In fact, I pity them for not appreciating the single-malt, double-barreled awesome that I’m bringing.

 

Here’s an interaction I had on Twitter, the Algonquin Round Table of the digital age. One interlocutor noted that vaccinations might cause autism. (They don’t.) Another wondered if a government can mandate immunization. (Sure.) But shouldn’t parents have the right to say no? (Not if they put the community at risk; at least that’s how I see it.)

 

All fair questions and a fine debate to have. And on it went until one person replied with what he felt was the trump card: “That really offends me!”

To which I said, “So what?”

 

A brusque response, but the anonymous stranger’s taking of offense is not my or anyone else’s concern; public health is. Harrumphing “that offends me!” has no bearing on any argument, pro or con. It’s a non sequitur revealing naught but a delicate constitution.

 

I don’t intend to argue the pros and cons of vaccination; that specific debate isn’t the point. As our culture has slid to the so-called “social justice warriors” of the left and the trolls of the “alt-right,” activists on all sides believe that their being offended carries some sort of moral authority as a victim. Does their sense of grievance make their arguments more compelling? It does no such thing.

 

British comedian Stephen Fry said it best:

It’s now very common to hear people say, “I’m rather offended by that,” as if that gives them certain rights. It’s no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase.

 

“I’m offended by that.”

 

Well, so [bleeping] what?

 

Jon Gabriel, a Mesa resident, is editor-in-chief of Ricochet.com and a contributor to The Republic and azcentral.com. Follow him on Twitter at @exjon.

 

 

Wouldn't be such a problem if journalists, either being too lazy to craft a real, researched story or simply wanting to push some work narrative, would stop using tweets of relative unknown snowflakes and their 'outrage' as a basis for a content column.

[njbuff]

Huff should tell Giants management to go fvck themselves right to their faces.

[Deranged Rhino]

 

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evolving sign

[Prickly Pete]

21 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

Everyone must pay for this pathetic feminist woman's bitterness. Everyone, for eternity.

[Deranged Rhino]

 

 

 

Wait for the very end of the video.

[B-Man]

4 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

 

 

Wait for the very end of the video.

 

 

Serious question..............How can they NOT realize how childish they look ?

 

Doesn't anyone have a better idea on how they should address people who do not agree with them ?

 

 

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[B-Man]

 

[Uncle Joe]

2 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

Doesn't anyone have a better idea on how they should address people who do not agree with them ?

 

 

Repeat after me...

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[B-Man]

 

 

Why the Left Calls Good People Racist. 

 

It doesn’t work as well as it used to, but there are still no significant consequences.

 

 

 

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[GG]

On ‎2‎/‎25‎/‎2020 at 11:57 AM, B-Man said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Minor correction, the pipeline doesn't actually "cross" the Trail.  It goes well underneath it.

[B-Man]

Caught on video: Black-masked Syracuse protesters 'blocking traffic'

 

 

 

 

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14447

[RochesterRob]

32 minutes ago, B-Man said:

Caught on video: Black-masked Syracuse protesters 'blocking traffic'

 

 

 

 

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14447

  Still not convinced that these "episodes" are legit versus being staged for a false flag.

[Foxx]

the diseased in America right now.

https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1233945034241736705

 

[3rdnlng]

11 minutes ago, Foxx said:

the diseased in America right now.

https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1233945034241736705

 

The Left has emptied their gun and are now down to throwing it. 

[/dev/null]

24 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

The Left has emptied their gun and are now down to throwing it. 

 

they've already thrown their gun and both shoes.  at this point they're just pissing in the wind

[Koko78]

On 3/1/2020 at 10:14 AM, B-Man said:

Caught on video: Black-masked Syracuse protesters 'blocking traffic'

 

 

 

 

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14447

 

 

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Protesters chanted, some of whom wore black masks, chanted, “No justice! No peace! No racist police!” and “SU puts the ‘S’ in White Supremacy."

 

Seriously? That's their ***** chant?

 

Anyone else notice a whole lot of white people protesting on behalf of minorities?

[BuffaloHokie13]

40 minutes ago, Koko78 said:

Anyone else notice a whole lot of white people protesting on behalf of minorities?

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/284875/americas-white-saviors

 

Remarkably, white liberals were the only subgroup exhibiting a pro-outgroup bias—meaning white liberals were more favorable toward nonwhites and are the only group to show this preference for group other than their own. Indeed, on average, white liberals rated ethnic and racial minority groups 13 points (or half a standard deviation) warmer than whites. As is depicted in the graph below, this disparity in feelings of warmth toward ingroup vs. outgroup is even more pronounced among whites who consider themselves “very liberal” where it widens to just under 20 points. Notably, while white liberals have consistently evinced weaker pro-ingroup biases than conservatives across time, the emergence and growth of a pro-outgroup bias is actually a very recent, and unprecedented, phenomenon.

[Albwan]

On 2/23/2020 at 1:53 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

Serious question..............How can they NOT realize how childish they look ?

 

Doesn't anyone have a better idea on how they should address people who do not agree with them ?

 

 

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looks like cult behavior to me

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

13 minutes ago, BuffaloHokie13 said:

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/284875/americas-white-saviors

 

Remarkably, white liberals were the only subgroup exhibiting a pro-outgroup bias—meaning white liberals were more favorable toward nonwhites and are the only group to show this preference for group other than their own. Indeed, on average, white liberals rated ethnic and racial minority groups 13 points (or half a standard deviation) warmer than whites. As is depicted in the graph below, this disparity in feelings of warmth toward ingroup vs. outgroup is even more pronounced among whites who consider themselves “very liberal” where it widens to just under 20 points. Notably, while white liberals have consistently evinced weaker pro-ingroup biases than conservatives across time, the emergence and growth of a pro-outgroup bias is actually a very recent, and unprecedented, phenomenon.

 

Oikophobia in action.

 

[BuffaloHokie13]

19 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

Oikophobia in action.

 

It would seem to correlate to a certain ideology. 

[B-Man]

The Black Lives Matter Attack On Amy Klobuchar Was So Misguided

FTA:

Even worse, those were not just “peaceful demonstrators.” People were acting in a very aggressive manner in a spot where they shouldn’t have been. The event was canceled because the staff perceived a genuine physical threat to the candidate. If this had been a general election rally and Klobuchar had been there as the nominee with Secret Service protection, those people would have been in handcuffs and on the way to jail until everything was sorted out.

 

The only thing left to learn is how liberals will figure out a way to blame all of this on conservatives, the Tea Party or something similar. This was a liberal candidate for the Democratic nomination holding a rally for Democrats and being invaded by Black Lives Matter. And yet I can assure you, this will all turn out to be Trump’s fault because it’s 2020.

 

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/03/02/amy-klobuchar-backlash-continues/

 

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[OldTimeAFLGuy]

On 2/23/2020 at 1:53 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

Serious question..............How can they NOT realize how childish they look ?

 

Doesn't anyone have a better idea on how they should address people who do not agree with them ?

 

 

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...they're ALWAYS right.......ask my condescending, arrogant extended family relatives.....their common line is, "let me explain this for you"......

[Hedge]

 

 

[3rdnlng]

5 hours ago, Hedge said:

 

 

And if people die from her actions?

[Westside]

55 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

And if people die from her actions?

Typical leftist behavior. So full of hate.

[reddogblitz]

4 hours ago, 3rdnlng said:

And if people die from her actions?

 

Isn't this a form of biological warfare?

 

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Biological weapon, also called germ weapon, any of a number of disease-producing agents—such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, fungi, toxins, or other biological agents—that may be utilized as weapons against humans, animals, or plants.

 

https://www.britannica.com/technology/biological-weapon

[BuffaloHokie13]

 

 

[B-Man]

 

Anti-Israel AIPAC protester: “The Jews should be on their knees begging for forgiveness”

 

 

 

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[Deranged Rhino]

[Hedge]

 

 

[Koko78]

6 hours ago, Hedge said:

 

 

 

2009? That was entirely the failure of the previous administration. Barack Obama, praised be his glorious name, cannot accept any blame for the clearly incompetent actions of the Bush administration.

[B-Man]

 

Multiple left-leaning organizations have called for governments to respond to the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus by mass releasing prisoners, reducing arrests, and limiting immigration enforcement.

 

The proposals from major criminal justice reform groups, in particular, push preexisting policy goals as a solution to the impending epidemic. While prisons pose a unique challenge for public health, it is unclear that such drastic measures are necessary to curtail the risk of infection.

 

The Sentencing Project, a pro-reform advocacy organization, called on public officials on Wednesday to "also prioritize the health and well-being of incarcerated people" in their responses to the virus. Nazgol Ghandnoosh, a senior research analyst with the project, said specifically that state and local governments should "release individuals who do not pose a public safety risk," including elderly prisoners, "rehabilitated individuals in prison," and those in pretrial detention—this latter population accounting for almost 500,000 people on an average day.

 

The Prison Policy Initiative on Friday published recommendations for how to aid the "justice-involved population" during the outbreak. It also called for the release of "medically fragile and older adults," citing higher rates of chronic illness among prisoners.

 

In addition, PPI called for the implementation of several of its preferred policies to lower jail admissions and reduce "jail churn," including "reclassifying misdemeanor offenses that do not threaten public safety into non-jailable offenses; using citations instead of arrests for all low-level crimes; and diverting as many people as possible … to community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment." The group also called for the elimination of parole revocations for technical violations.

 

The Center for American Progress, a major liberal think tank, argued Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security should "suspend certain immigration enforcement practices during the coronavirus outbreak." Specifically, the group called on DHS to explicitly affirm that it would not conduct enforcement operations around hospitals, health care facilities, and other testing sites. CAP did not cite any examples of DHS engaging in such enforcement but objected to the absence of an explicit policy announcement from the department.

 

Prisons—which are densely packed and contain a large aging population—do pose a unique challenge in the face of a pandemic. But health experts have pointed to solutions besides mass release which may be worth trying first. Writing for Health Affairs, three medical experts suggested reducing arrests but also emphasized the need for better coordination and testing, which would help current prisoners without stopping the operation of the justice system altogether.

 

 

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