The sad thing in all this, that I haven't seen mentioned is that these protests, as we know are largely motivated by racial inequality.
Another Democratic creation!PhDhawk wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:36 amThe sad thing in all this, that I haven't seen mentioned is that these protests, as we know are largely motivated by racial inequality.
But they're likely going to set off a wave of Covid19 cases, a viral infection that has disproportionately negative impacts on people of color.
i would argue that many of the looters are just there to loot...protest messaging be damnedPhDhawk wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:51 amI think he makes a good point in that it's important to understand WHY that's happening. Empathy is a big part of the path forward.DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:39 amThere's much that he says that is worth hearing, but this stuck out:
"Yeah, but what do you get from NOT looting Target?"
That's...uh...nuts. A moral code is a moral code whether "the leaders" are moral or not. If you allow your moral behavior to be defined by the behavior of the ruling class, then you will never, ever have anything approaching civil society -- because you'll never, ever have a non-corrupt ruling class.
Also, he misunderstands the American interpretation of the social contract.
But, I agree with you in that what Noah is missing, is that he thinks NOT looting Target won't get anything done. I think that what made the acts of people like Gandhi, MLK, Nelson Mandella, Jackie Robinson, etc. so inspirational and so great and so lasting was that they stood up to injustice without letting their anger turn destructive. They didn't stoop to the level of the people that they were fighting against.
I will be digging into it in greater details later today. I need to read more and figure out what is going on locally that I. An put my frustrated energy into.
Well, he doesn't want Fop, dammit. He's a Dapper Dan man!
-putting greenousdahl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:58 am I wonder what Trump's bunker stash looks like?
- plenty of filet-o-fish and hamberders
- crayons in case he gets bored
- signed copy of The Art Of The Deal
- Dapper Dan pomade for the wig (but he insists on calling it Dapper Don)
- closed circuit direct phone line to Sean Hannity's office
- crayons in case he gets bored
Actually, if you believe, as Psych does, in encouraging herd immunity for the frontline and backend workers by limiting testing and access to health care, so that he and his students and their parents can social distance now, while the frontline retail and cleaning and food service and health care kinds of folks are developing herd immunity through exposure to the virus--it makes sense. Then, by fall, the parents of his students will be willing to pay high tuition and feel safe because all those low income and brown skinned folks will have been exposed, infected and recovered, or died, and they can feel safe to send their kids back to college.Feral wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:31 amsnowflakeHouseDivided wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:21 amThey will not be able to pull off another lockdown without military intervention. People have been pushed past their limits economically, emotionally, and psychologically. If you want to see rioting in the streets, go ahead and tell people to go home for round two of this idiocy.
If I understand, you're saying that Psych is playing 4-dimensional chess, and we're playing checkers.seahawk wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:47 pmActually, if you believe, as Psych does, in encouraging herd immunity for the frontline and backend workers by limiting testing and access to health care, so that he and his students and their parents can social distance now, while the frontline retail and cleaning and food service and health care kinds of folks are developing herd immunity through exposure to the virus--it makes sense. Then, by fall, the parents of his students will be willing to pay high tuition and feel safe because all those low income and brown skinned folks will have been exposed, infected and recovered, or died, and they can feel safe to send their kids back to college.Feral wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:31 amsnowflakeHouseDivided wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:21 am
They will not be able to pull off another lockdown without military intervention. People have been pushed past their limits economically, emotionally, and psychologically. If you want to see rioting in the streets, go ahead and tell people to go home for round two of this idiocy.
