Let Us Show Our Gratitude, They Cried Out In Unison
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At the gym today I’m in the shower and I hear a loud(ish) voice say, “Wemhfndrgjhggffghhjd”. Somehow, by the tone of the voice…and the signs I frequently see in the locker room, I realize that a woman has entered and is cleaning it. Actually in this case, turned out to be two women. How I could possibly know such a thing is simply amazing, according to the standards of our clown world society.
And most of their elected representatives also make those claims.
If American POC’s keep supporting evil “representatives” and keep electing evil legislators then it is only reasonable to conclude that they share those twisted values.
Even as a mere lurker, I’m glad to contribute.
POGM. Huh. Just the other day I learned about “historically minoritized communities”.
Both of these language twists seem intended to serve the same purpose: to prevent the advent of white minority rights, when whites become minorities in any locale.
trial balloons, in other words.
Brown-ness is not that great of a unifying force as they claim.
I know around SoCal that Central & South Americans can’t stand Chicano arrogance.
When Harry met Sally at the LA Philharmonic …
Keep up the good work. *donates to blog preservation fund*
So ‘structural racism’ made him run those red lights? How can anyone take these people seriously?
Well, nodding in agreement – which is what readers of the article are clearly expected to do – would be quite a feat of mental and moral gymnastics. The causes of the selfishness on display are framed as external and mysterious, always rather nebulous and tricky to pin down. The more obvious notions of agency and personal responsibility – of bad choices made, over and over again – somehow escape mention, even as possibilities, as things one might consider.
Instead, all parties play the well-practised game of Obligatory Excuse-Making. That way, no-one has to learn anything, or become a less shitty person.
Inevitably, we arrive at a farcical contradiction:
And this is what we. the readers, are supposed to nod along with. Again, wokeness is stupefying. It makes a person absurd.
Bless you, sirs. When visiting a website in which you’re barely interested, may you not immediately be greeted by four pop-up boxes, appearing all but simultaneously, asking you to subscribe, or to join a mailing list, or to perform some other task, before you’ve had a chance to read even a single sentence.
The above applies equally if you substitute “shooting” for “reckless driving” and “gun violence” for “traffic violence”. The “structural racism” is of course all-encompassing.
Any criticism of behaviours such as carrying guns as fashion accessories, over-reaction towards the mildest of perceived slights and actually aiming at the person you have a beef with rather than firing indiscriminately from a moving vehicle into a party, wedding or other gathering will be interpreted as further evidence of structural racism preventing young black men (or children as they are referred to whenever statistics are used to push a narrative) from doing what comes naturally.
The ProPublica site, which published the traffic camera “analysis” quoted above, hails itself as “Journalism that holds power to account.” Which, given its writers’ determination to avoid holding people to account for their serious and habitual criminal activity – activity that endangers lives – seems somewhat ironic.
And the writers of this “analysis” are supposedly professional journalists, the recipients of numerous awards. And their outpourings were apparently proof-read by a third, equally professional journalist. Yet none of them spotted, or were willing to acknowledge, the glaringly obvious problems, the endless begged questions, and the general, almost comical, air of contrivance.
It is, I think, fair to wonder why.
Perhaps they were busy stipulating their made-up pronouns.
It was structural racism that made this guy commit this heinous crime.
I think it was Steve Sailer who remarked that you can fairly reliably guess the race of the shooter from the number of victims: If there were more wounded than killed the shooter was almost certainly black.
Shocking result from bleeding edge research.
Given a sufficiently large research grant I’m confident I could prove that transgender men face zero risk of prostate cancer.
I’m confident I could prove that transgender men face zero risk of prostate cancer.
True
equalityequity will never be achieved until Potemkinwomen can have a uterus transplant, and Potemkinmen a prostate transplant.O/T
“A Just Stop Oil activist was seen falling to the ground after a car drove through groups of protesters.………….This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more information later”.
I hope the car is OK.
Pinged something for your trouble, barkeep.
Bless you, sir. May you never struggle to be interesting.
I’m assuming you mean this.
“Rammed.”
Or, Insufferable Narcissist Seeks Out Conflict, Attempts To Dominate Random Motorist, Gets Off Lightly.
Gets Off Lightly.
Pretends to fall down, mugs for cameras.
Learned to do that by watching European Football.
….or the NBA.
Safety videos:
A: If you see a man you are a transphpbe (natch) and making the world less safe.
B: People you probably shouldn’t piss off if you are a dweeb on a skateboard in a bike lane.
Or, mentally ill man is mentally ill.
Hard to know who to root for, frankly.
A pox on all their houses.
Hard to know who to root for, frankly.
True enough, however, over on the left is a DC (number 4 on this year’s murder list so far) Metro sign. Sometimes it pays to pick fights wisely, I think, given how quickly the parties of the second part got riled, this clown was lucky.
She ain’t happy.
Marvel Comix, The Thing vs. Wokeman.
If you see a man you are a transphpbe (natch)
And that’s the infuriating conceit of these simulacrums. They are implicitly (and sometimes explicitly) claiming that “womanhood” consists of makeup, manicures and frilly frocks. DNA? Uterus & ovaries? Skeletal differences? Lactation? Generally differences in skills and interests?
::::Pffft:::: That’s nothing compared to the feelz gained by wearing sparkly nail polish and a fabulous Kate Spade purse.
Can you guess how much this is chafing my ass?
If you see a man you are a transphpbe
Actually, no, I’m a transgelast (Greek γελαστ, one who laughs at something).
And in lesbian fashion news.
Definitely not a lady.
Defining ‘fine’ down. Way down.
Another arrow in the quiver.
Can you guess how much this is chafing my ass?
And yet I’ve done nothing to my profile pic AND it shows while composing a post. Weird.
[ Indistinct muttering, a door slams. ]
I tease, I tease.
Why should they if no one, no one of any consequence that is, holds them to account either?
That problem used to manifest on my profile, too, but not in a while. Shrug.
“Active-duty drag queen” is apparently a thing.
“Active-duty drag queen” is apparently a thing.
“You can support your country and still be yourself” … as he POSES as a woman.
[facepalm]
So they want to reinforce the stereotypes?
This.
It was structural racism that made this guy commit this heinous crime.
A story to trigger both the media muffling/obfuscation instinct and the media amplification instinct.
Crazy homeless black guy goes into a building and defecates on the floor: if this has to be reported at all, it would be irresponsible populist rabblerousing journalism to report on it in any detail (what kind of building did he go into?) or with any emotional color (what did the people feel who had to witness it, or clean it up).
But he did his business not on the floor but on a rainbow flag, the very symbol of Our Values. Maybe because it’s a piece of cloth that’s within arms length anywhere you go in Manhattan? Regardless, it’s the very essence of responsible speaking-truth-to-power journalism to note this as a hate crime, and juxtapose it with another hate crime where a crazy homeless black guy used racial slurs against Asians.
If this isn’t some kind of wind up, someone needs a canvas camisole with wrap around sleeves.
If this isn’t some kind of wind up
I will pause again to thank God I was born when being a tomboy was just an accepted part of a girl’s growing up.
it is a mainstream liberal attitude: your children are not yours—they belong to The State. Hillary said it with her “It takes a village” slogan. Obama said it. Biden said it. And so on.
Note that karen presents her argument in the context of the baby’s “freedom”. That guy was far too patient and reasonable. He should have told her in so uncertain terms to GTLF off of his doorstep and stop bothering people. She will continue to do this sort of crap and expect people to take her and her social experiment BS seriously unless told strongly and in no uncertain terms that her blatherings will not be tolerated.