illuminists? I have to say this was an unexpected twist from where I thought you were going with it.
Told ya!
illuminists? I have to say this was an unexpected twist from where I thought you were going with it.
Alright, I'll bite.
Why should BLM care about nuclear families when absenteeism of fathers is so prevalent and accepted in black communities?
Was Mr. Floyd married to his baby-mama? Does it matter?
This very morning I was discussing with a black friend of mine the acceptance of criminality in black culture. Now there is a sticky subject.
He has chosen his life as he saw best. No judgement. Statement of fact: Six kids, five baby-mama, never married. It was just the way things worked out.
I accept that it does not follow my upbringing. He thinks I missed out on life.
I am just left confused that since it is not a choice that I would make that it automatically means that I am guilty of something.
What am I guilty of? I might answer, "Making better choices involving personal responsibility". But that is not acceptable as it implies (if not directly points out) that I believe the other person made a mistake.
How are we ever to be a positive example if we can never claim to make good choices?
Crazy world
Well, that's closer. (And hey, my college degree finally comes in useful!) The "Bolsheviks" started much earlier than the October (or November, depending on your calendar) Revolution. That moniker was related to which group would decide policy for the larger Socialist movement in Russia. (And this is where my memory fades....) or are we talking about the failed revolution that was earlier in the 1900s, after Russia lost the Russo-Japanese war? (I think that was 1905.)
The Kerensky government was provisional and didn't have anything near a mandate. It basically filled the vacuum after the abdication.
Either way, what we're in doesn't appear to have any relation to that. At least not to me.
No, we're talking about the October revolution.
Not trying to get anyone to "bite".... just highlighting what Black Lives Matters is about.
What will we do in order to keep our country from going to Hell?
South Africa was a very sparsley populated open plain country. A few dutchmen landed there and started farming. They introduced irrigation and modern farming methods and they built cities. They did not close the country to immigration. The country was flooded with impoverished immigrants who came for jobs and a better life than they had in their homelands.
Sound familiar?
You didn’t need to get that far. I think only one person said “literally”. And don’t think he literally meant “literally”. It seems he figuratively meant “literally”. Except these days, “literally doesn’t even mean figuratively. It means with serious emphasis. If I “literally” say something that means I really really mean it.Ah, ok.
So, at the risk of an own-goal, I guess if one thinks that the GOP and the Dems are all on the same "side" of socialism, but just different factions, then the Dems might be the Bolsheviks, with the GOP playing the role of the Mensheviks, at least at the party level. Since Trump really isn't part of either party, he'd be in the Kerensky role, after the "abdication" of both parties in the 2016 cycle by not putting up a decent candidate.
I don't know... that's about as far as I can get with the analogy. Which still isn't literal.
Are you literally bailing?Hmmmm... I'm bailing from this distraction at this point. G'luck.
Are you literally bailing?
Also I HATE the term "African American"
It's really unintelligent.
You didn’t need to get that far. I think only one person said “literally”. And don’t think he literally meant “literally”. It seems he figuratively meant “literally”. Except these days, “literally doesn’t even mean figuratively. It means with serious emphasis. If I “literally” say something that means I really really mean it.
Rather than special rules for each individual....why don't you just try to stick with the OED definitions?
Millions of people get by with it,
ps. I notice a dearth of "woke" lately.
That's good.
I only know two African Americans. One is a friend of my daughter's. She was born in Ethiopia, adopted by a Hoosier when she was 3 and became an American. The other is a friend of my sisters. She was became an American citizen when she was 25. She was born in South Africa. She happens to be caucasian.
Hey, I'm just talking about how language is used. I'd be happy if the Millennials at work would stop using "ask" as a noun.