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dolomite wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:02 pm Racism, being a social construct shouldn’t be in a school curriculum. Rather broad studies re the “human race” would be more effective.

dolomite wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:02 pm Racism, being a social construct shouldn’t be in a school curriculum. Rather broad studies re the “human race” would be more effective.

Mjl wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:17 pm

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:04 pm

Mjl wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:50 am

No, that's my point, it's not Mancini and Synema, there are 50 other Senators with them. The country is more to the right than you think. Compromise, or get nothing and let the Republican crazies take over. It seems the Progressive caucus prefers the latter.

i guess i don’t follow

is it not those two that are holding up major legislation? there has already been much compromise just to get those two closer to support. no amount of compromise is going to bring republicans to the table.

i don’t think the country is more to the right, necessarily...i think it’s more independent/moderate than most realize. but, there is still overwhelming general support for the “build back better” plan. as of mid sept. 66% of the country, including 61% of independents supported it (only 39% of pubs).

manchin won’t support doing away with fossil fuel subsidies or other “incentives” designed to move us away from fossil fuels. he just won’t. and getting rid of that part of the legislation should be a non-starter...it’s key to starting down the path necessary to tackle both biodiversity loss and climate change.

so, i’m not sure what kind of compromising you think is worthwhile and justified

Correct, it is not just those two, to think of it in those terms is to just throw out representation of half the country.

I would say that the bipartisan infrastructure bill that the Progressive caucus is blocking is the compromise.

I think the detachment here is they are thinking of compromise in terms of compromising between the progressives and moderates. That's not how compromise works. When you have a 50/50 Senate and one of your 50 is from one of the reddest states, you don't have a majority. So yes, compromise needs to involve the other side of the aisle.

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:12 pm hey mich, how’s that clean and sparkling michigan water treating you?

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ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 10:26 am Was this where we were discussing critical race theory?

Cuz I saw an interesting question:

Where’s the line drawn between teaching critical race theory, and teaching to preserve yall’s heritage?”

dolomite2 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 4:02 pm So I guess teaching CRT will make a race feel guilty or bad about themselves. I know I feel bad about the native Americans. Is it too late to do anything about it, or slavery which still exists in some places?

The Global Slavery Index (2018) estimated that roughly 40.3 million individuals are currently caught in modern slavery, with 71% of those being female, and 1 in 4 being children. ... Its estimated a total of 40 million people are trapped within modern slavery, with 1 in 4 of them being children.

dolomite wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:37 pm I figure you’re pulling my leg. But any way, CRT (critical race theory). Illegal in Idaho, not sure about other states.