tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post7220910854759270639..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: How to Be a DemagogueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-39267294280643133522017-10-27T00:55:08.394-04:002017-10-27T00:55:08.394-04:00Here's the real issue:
https://www.theguardia...Here's the real issue:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/09/the-counted-police-killings-us-vs-other-countries<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/11/police-killings-counted-harvard-study<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/08/the-counted-police-killings-2016-young-black-men<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database#<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/us/racial-disparity-traffic-stops-driving-black.html<br /><br />http://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/news/congressional-testimony-and-reports/booker-reports/2012-booker/Part_E.pdf#page=1<br /><br />https://www.amnestyusa.org/files/aiusa_deadlyforcereportjune2015.pdf<br />CDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817680759277860662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-84716231366632324702017-10-10T15:57:26.534-04:002017-10-10T15:57:26.534-04:00Found it:
"Those make peaceful revolution im...Found it:<br /><br /><i>"Those make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable</i>"<br />JFKWilliam Spearshakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354659259971103985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-46630924343149250212017-10-09T15:50:06.644-04:002017-10-09T15:50:06.644-04:00The flag and anthem are supposed to represent the ...The flag and anthem are supposed to represent the homeless, the drug addicts and the immigrants every bit as much as it does the soldiers. It offends me that the arguments used against this protest is that it is disrespectful of the soldiers. Nonsense. If blacks feel that they are not being treated fairly by government authorities, and I think they have a valid point, then there is nothing wrong with peaceful protest. It sure beats violent protest. <br /><br />I read this somewhere and I apologize for not remembering the author. <br /><br /><i>If you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable</i>William Spearshakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354659259971103985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-78605160968661605292017-10-02T15:32:53.261-04:002017-10-02T15:32:53.261-04:00"If you don’t want to stand for the national ..."If you don’t want to stand for the national anthem you can line up over there by the fence and let our military personnel take a few shots at you."<br />Once again we can see christian love in full action.MNbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427385535099104405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-4513908016803260132017-09-29T09:02:40.426-04:002017-09-29T09:02:40.426-04:00Yes, he did lose a job and is still out. Even with...Yes, he did lose a job and is still out. Even with the "support" of the owners for these protests there is no way any of them will risk hiring him in this climate.<br /><br />I have a friend who was at last night's Packers game. He said there were some very nasty comments tossed out.deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279929296814513986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-75962126967439984722017-09-28T23:22:24.629-04:002017-09-28T23:22:24.629-04:00Lee Witt, further to your point, Colin Kaepernik h...Lee Witt, further to your point, Colin Kaepernik has also lost his job, for a protest which was neither illegal nor against NFL rules. (All the American-football analysts I have heard agree that he is better than most of the backup QB's in the NFL and some of the starters, and several backup QB's who have worse records and worse statistics have been hired by various teams while CK has been available.)<br /><br />His sin of course was against the religion that worships the American flag, anthem, and military. Like most if not all, it is not a religion based on reason and evidence. (Tonight Green Bay packers fans chanted "USA, USA" with angry faces while the Packers stood with arms interlocked, just before the singing of the anthem.) JimVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198704789965278981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-85569931197303378152017-09-28T18:19:10.575-04:002017-09-28T18:19:10.575-04:00Yes, you would think he would be able to see the p...Yes, you would think he would be able to see the problem -- but you know as well as I that some people don't consider some things problems, they consider them "the way things should be".<br /><br />There are a good number of messages going around here that complain about "those people in the NFL getting away with" their protests (and not respecting the flag, the country, soldiers, etc.) and then comparing the lack of punishment for them with what happened with the court clerk in TN who refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples because of her "faith" -- she lost her job, eventually. <br /><br />Pointing out that she broke the law while players haven't doesn't matter. She deserved to be able to protest, they don't: that's the message much (not all, we have some very vocal Republicans who are outraged at the President's comments and the hatred aimed at the athletes) local Republicans party and associated further right-leaning people are spreading.deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279929296814513986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-4559920556310249872017-09-28T10:16:00.531-04:002017-09-28T10:16:00.531-04:00Thanks for this post.
Trump might argue that he w...Thanks for this post.<br /><br />Trump might argue that he was not, to quote the law, "Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions ... solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation ..." - that is he might claim he did it on the basis of some sort of personal moral outrage rather than political affiliation - but it's worth a try. One might be able to show a pattern from past actions to support the application of the law.<br /><br />My own, less specific, reaction is that disrespect to the USA flag (e.g., flag burning) is constitutional; Trump took an oath to uphold the USA constitution; therefore he has committed an impeachable offense. (Not that I expect the USA Congress to act on this.)JimVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198704789965278981noreply@blogger.com