We are in a truth emergency

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  1. Lee Atwater

    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I realize how difficult it is for you to admit she was right, for a variety of reasons, but she was.

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  2. dgrichards

    dgrichards Well-Known Member

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    Everyone has a bias. Not everyone has an agenda. Reputable reporters try always to be objective, but inevitably, their own personal bias creeps in. An agenda, however, is a very different animal entirely. Look it up if you don't believe.
     
  3. Lee Atwater

    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I don't know how any honest, fair minded person could examine Trump's positions and those of 1/2 of his most ardent supporters and not conclude........................“You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right,” Clinton said, drawing laughter and applause as she addressed about 1,000 donors at an LGBT for Hillary fundraising gala in New York City, “The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic—you name it.” Adding that Trump had “given voice” to many of those elements through his campaign rhetoric and retweets, she continued that, “some of those folks—they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America.”..................that comment is accurate.
     
  4. garyd

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    That is what I have at the very least implied. And please a bias can very well drive an agenda.
     
  5. dgrichards

    dgrichards Well-Known Member

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    Wow! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
     
  6. gabmux

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    Yes I remember...you were always making witty remarks..or at least you thought so.
    I didn't take a knee at colors sorry to say. But I recently saw a preview of the movie "Greyhound" with Tom Hanks.
    The scenes on the bridge brought back memories. I thought they did a good job with it.
    It also reminded me that the stewards were all people of color. In the time period the "Greyhound" movie
    is portraying, the stewards were all black men. When I was on board, the stewards were all Filipinos.
     
  7. dgrichards

    dgrichards Well-Known Member

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    But they are not the same thing which was the thrust of your post.
     
  8. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

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    Well not exactly no. Things can be better or worse without being different it helps if you'll go back and read the entire context of the conversation.
     
  9. gabmux

    gabmux Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Didn't move at all. Still think you're wrong...and you think you're right.
    Why waste anymore words?
     
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    ^^
    An example of why we are in a "truth emergency".
     
  11. gabmux

    gabmux Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You may be right about that. But I find myself feeling sorry for the white people.
    I heard this quote by an American Indian...
    "The whites always want something"..."We don't know what they want."...."We think they are mad".
     
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    gabmux Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Lol.. I thought you Trumpians prefer "alternative facts".
    Now you're moving the goal post?
     
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    I'm sorry you don't like the fact you were caught moving the goalpost, but I can't do anything about it.
     
  14. Pycckia

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    Of course an illiterate Indian couldn't fathom White culture. It is not as if there aren't a zillion books he might have studied.

    Black people have it worse. They get admitted to university under AA and are offered the best and most advanced in the arts and sciences. But all that stuff is "too white" for them so they either drop out or try to tear down the foundations of Western Civilization.
     
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    Goal hasn't been moved. You're just the only one on the field.
    Don't give up...there are plenty more fish
     
  16. Lee Atwater

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    Given enough opportunities, the deplorable side of Trumpleheads as defined by Hillary usually leaks out. Or in your case, pours out.
     
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    We both know you know better.
     
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    We've been in a "truth emergency" for quite some time now.

    Casey, head of CIA in 1981, observed that when everything the American people believe is false, we will know the success of our misinformation efforts.
     
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    There were three Black men in my division and a couple next door in R division. Lots in serviceI didn't spend any time on the Bridge, was a snipe. You always laughed at my jokes as I recall but I understand you can't do that anymore. Peer pressure being what it is. I haven't seen Greyhound yet, it's good?
     
  20. Pycckia

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    And I am proud of it. At least I have something to love and defend. All you want to do is tear down and destroy.
     
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    Of course. I agree with your statement. But perhaps an Indian sees it all another way....
    "I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile--like chasing the wind!"
    Doesn't mean he is wrong or stupid.

    I don't disagree with that statement either. But Black people excel at other things sometimes better than whites.
    Accusing them of tearing down "the foundations of Western Civilization" might be a bit much
     
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    Lol...good one! See I still laugh, Haven't seen Greyhound yet either...just previews.
    Trying to convince wife to watch with me...get her away from her romance novel for a bit.
     
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    Still not biting....maybe try another lure
     
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    Biting on what? The fact you know you tried moved a goalpost?
    No need - the truth is already out there.
     
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    Lol. Yep....right along with all the "alternative truth".
     

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