spanky?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

So when was the last time you were verbally taunted in public ? Must happen all the time

#Truth

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

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well, i didn't say above that i was verbally taunted. the other stuff? happens all the time. i hear it from students and and colleagues all the time.

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It's hard for me to accept that the people--some, maybe even most--who are saying that they feel threatened are lying about it. Actually, it is easy for me to think they are lying until I talk to them and see that they are a little freaked--if not for themselves, for their relatives (in the case of undocumented people).

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Should we have safe spaces? Do we not have immigration issues we should be addressing? Should we allow the subjugation of women in our society?

I think the safety pin thing is stupid, and here's why. I don't believe they wear it to say they are safe and about love. I think their motivation is to show the world how great, understanding, and tolerant they are...until somebody won't put on a pin or has a differing viewpoint. I don't think they care about any of they people they are wearing the pin for as much as they like the idea championing the side they feel is weak and typically in a shallow not well thought out way. They adopt "correct" thinking and attempt to wipe out independent thought.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I choose decency over racism, xenophobia, misogyny and bigotry. That will always be my choice and I'll call people out who don't. You and others can call that being a SJW. I think it's just being a decent human being.

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I'd choose that too. You realize you are saying no discussions on immigration, or problems our country faces real or exaggerated should ever be discussed? All opposing viewpoints come from a place of hatred? When Julie has struggled to keep a job for more than 2 years at a time and was forced out of lawyering was misogyny?

It's not either-or. SJWs and Tea Partiers try to make everything either-or. You can be plenty compassionate and still call people on their bullshit.

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In my opinion wearing a safety pin is the equivalent of telling people that you crossfit. I feel like you are going out of your way to make a statement about yourself over making others feel comfortable. Just be a decent person....nothing more nothing less. Another thing you are doing is you are indirectly labeling everyone not wearing your pin as someone who is not a decent person. That is some bullshit and that is my main beef with this entire SJW movement.

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What are you talking about? Who says you can't discuss problems that we have? Of course you can. There isn't an issue real or otherwise that can't be discussed respectfully. Who said all opposing viewpoints come from a place of hate? I've never said it once in my life. I know nothing about Julie and I'm not sure why you're asking me about here. My statement was very clear.

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I read it as you trying to force your radical views down the throats of MANY.

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MANY people are saying that I'm always right and I agree.

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We all have a responsibility to treat everyone outside a narrowly defined scope the best we can, because the government sure as shit won't. If people want to put pins on themselves in the process, so be it, but the idea itself is a good one.

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For as insignificant as the safety pin thing was made out to be earlier today, there sure are a lot of people getting really fucking worked up about the idea of being mistreated by not wearing one. So, apparently it has no power in making anyone feel better but it is the equivalent of a "fuck you, asshole" sign to anyone who chooses not to wear one.

If an African American is posting what another person considers textbook white male priceless, is it still white male privilege? Zen!

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I don't think people are lying about how they feel. But that's what it is, feelings. It's not based on anything that is actually occurring or going to occur. Making up these phony incidents is as bad as if they actually happened. (Which one of you guys runs the Keyana Jones account? spmack? ) Trump won't be reinstating slavery and he won't be rounding up Jews. And it's a shame that people are instilling these fears into their children.

Now, with regard to undocumented people, that's another story. I'm sure many of them are very nervous, and rightfully so. Reasonable people can argue about how that issue should be addressed. Deporting every undocumented Mexican in the U.S. is simply untenable. It's idiotic. And many of these people have minor children who are U.S. citizens. Are you really going to break up families even if it was logistically possible? But the fact is these people have broken the law. I hesitate to call them criminals. I have MANY friends who are in the U.S. illegally. Most of them love the U.S. in a way that those of us who are born here don't- or can't. Still, it's pretty brazen for people who have broken the law to act as if they are the victims when someone is elected president on a platform of addressing their law breaking.

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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Yes! #Indoctrination

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What are you talking about? This was your response to me.

What about that response made you ask those questions?

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Every time a woman doesn't succeed it's not automatically misogyny. Immigration laws should be discussed and reasons against don't always have to do xenophobia. SJW have nothing to do with being a decent. They use force and name calling to push thru whatever they want many times not thinking or outright ignoring possible consequences.

I think wearing a safety pin is an empty, shallow, and derisive gesture. I don't believe it's an attempt at reaching out, I think it's quite the opposite. It's been said this opinion is right out of the white male privilege textbook, not supportive, and ignoring problems. I guess the conversation is now over. Maybe I'll put a pin on my winter coat which will solve no problems at all and help no one. At least I can then say Look at ME!!! I'm safe!!!!

The reason that Trump won't be reinstated slavery might be because he can't. There are systems in place which will prevent it even if he tried. He has made it clear about he feels about blacks though. I do think that people should be concerned however. If nothing else he has fanned the racial flames in this country. He ran a campaign largely based on race baiting and people aren't nor should they forget that.

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The problem with that is Trump didn't relegate his statements about Hispanics to immigration. He stereotyped. That is where the xenophobia portion comes in. He did the exact same when discussing blacks. He paints with broad brushes and people that support him provide excuses for it.

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I woke up to see on the FB someone got a tattoo of a safety pin....WTF

Who said that? I have no idea what you are arguing or who you are arguing with. Clearly it isn't me. Enjoy your weekend.

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I think white privilege is obviously real. As a white man, I understand that just through that identity I have a head start in American society. However, there have been MANY mechanisms put in place to counteract that. And the concept of "privilege-checking" has gone far beyond any reasonable conversation on equality and is now nothing more than a method to shout down and discount the opinions of others based on nothing more than what they look like.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don