Senator Tom Cotton Calls For 'Retaliatory Military Strike' Against Iran After Tanker Attacks

jwhitten comments on Jun 17, 2019:

The last time I checked, Senator Cotton is not the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 17, 2019:

[Trump to send 1,000 troops to Middle East as Iran tensions escalate] https://www.axios.com/us-to-send-more-troops-to-middle-east-iran-attacks-8a2bde56-1f41-4ad1-a8cb-52c00f25b932.html

Cop Pulls Gun on Pregnant Mom Over Her 4-Year-Old's Alleged Mistake| NowThis [youtube.com]

James comments on Jun 17, 2019:

What is the follow up on this story? Did the COP get reprimanded for this?!? That is some jack booted thug style police work.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 17, 2019:

-The events in question happened on May 27 -The police were responding to an anonymous report that a Barbie doll had been stolen from a dollar store (the store apparently did not call). Later the police alleged that a package of underwear was also taken, a claim that the store did not substantiate. -The police do not appear to have had body cameras and did not file a report -The doll was returned and the store did not press charges -The driver's car was impounded due to driving on a suspended license -On June 12, the couple sued over injuries suffered and other civil rights violations, and videos were released -On June 14, Phoenix PD disputed the couple's story but announced that an internal investigation had begun on June 11 after receiving copies of the videos -Pending the investigation, the officers have been placed on desk duty -On June 15 the Phoenix mayor apologized

Do you think it's bad if one is not patriotic?

chuckpo comments on Jun 14, 2019:

Yes, it's bad if one is not patriotic, IF that person wants to live in a society. All we have to do is look around at western societies to see what happens when people dump community values in favor of whoknowswhatthefuckanyonewantsISM. If individuals are going to live together, shared community ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 14, 2019:

@chuckpo Ah, the "natural order."

Do you think it's bad if one is not patriotic?

chuckpo comments on Jun 14, 2019:

Yes, it's bad if one is not patriotic, IF that person wants to live in a society. All we have to do is look around at western societies to see what happens when people dump community values in favor of whoknowswhatthefuckanyonewantsISM. If individuals are going to live together, shared community ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 14, 2019:

I wanna know how that "organizational hierarchy" is structured in your mind.

Is science-denialism the same on the Left as it is on the Right?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 12, 2019:

Science is not immune from the biases of its practitioners. At one time eugenics was at the forefront of scientific research (and it seems to be making a comeback in some corners of the scientific world). But with replication, debate, consensus-building, and examination of historical and social ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 14, 2019:

After all, science isn't automated and can't tell us much about value.

What am I supposed to worry about today, mass media do tell?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 13, 2019:

The same things we worry about every day, Ed: Muslims, Central American migrants, Iran, trans people, feminists, academics, "wilding" black youths, the "NWO," and the political left.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@Biosphere Yeah, I got it.

What am I supposed to worry about today, mass media do tell?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 13, 2019:

The same things we worry about every day, Ed: Muslims, Central American migrants, Iran, trans people, feminists, academics, "wilding" black youths, the "NWO," and the political left.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@Biosphere New World Order, it's an oldie.

What happened with KristinaDavis?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 13, 2019:

That appears to be Gerri's alternate account. She's claiming to have been hacked and had her main account suspended in some sense.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@cepstralspike it's Gerri4321

Heshmat Alavi Wrote Dozens of Articles for Right-Wing Outlets. But is he a Real Person?

EdNason comments on Jun 13, 2019:

people write under different names all of the time.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@chuckpo The MEK.

Heshmat Alavi Wrote Dozens of Articles for Right-Wing Outlets. But is he a Real Person?

EdNason comments on Jun 13, 2019:

people write under different names all of the time.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

Does it not say something about a publication when they would publish something from a person or group misrepresenting their identity? Particularly when that group is a terrorist organization?

How many people do you think Hillary Clinton has had murdered?

RobBlair comments on Jun 12, 2019:

A few less than the number of women Bill raped.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@EdNason Just regarding Trump or Bill and Hillary too?

How many people do you think Hillary Clinton has had murdered?

RobBlair comments on Jun 12, 2019:

A few less than the number of women Bill raped.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@EdNason There may have been a Whitey Bulger situation.

Is science-denialism the same on the Left as it is on the Right?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 12, 2019:

Science is not immune from the biases of its practitioners. At one time eugenics was at the forefront of scientific research (and it seems to be making a comeback in some corners of the scientific world). But with replication, debate, consensus-building, and examination of historical and social ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

Especially since people aren't good with uncertainty and tend to interpret conditional scientific results universally.

Is science-denialism the same on the Left as it is on the Right?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 12, 2019:

Science is not immune from the biases of its practitioners. At one time eugenics was at the forefront of scientific research (and it seems to be making a comeback in some corners of the scientific world). But with replication, debate, consensus-building, and examination of historical and social ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

@Cheetolini, @RichardD The application of science does. It's helpful to have a sense of historical and social contexts in order to test for when the application of science would achieve or is achieving undesirable results and to recognize when our biases are getting the best of us.

How many people do you think Hillary Clinton has had murdered?

RobBlair comments on Jun 12, 2019:

A few less than the number of women Bill raped.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

Or the abortions Trump has paid for?

How many people do you think Hillary Clinton has had murdered?

RobBlair comments on Jun 12, 2019:

A few less than the number of women Bill raped.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

What about the people who have laundered money through Trump's properties?

How many people do you think Hillary Clinton has had murdered?

Cheetolini comments on Jun 13, 2019:

Zero. She has others kill them for her. 😉

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 13, 2019:

Note the words "has had" in the question

$$$ MONEY THREAD $$$ I will dole out one IDW coin for every unique comment on this post up to ...

RichardD comments on Jun 12, 2019:

Why are you doing this? :-)

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 12, 2019:

Points! And amusement.

CHINATOWN AND THE LEFT Marx thought Darwin was just sticking his Victorian dog-eat-dog economic...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 11, 2019:

While immigrants may need the support of people like them when they move to the US, for example, studies show that they generally integrate by the second generation. And I think the frameworks described here ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@Serg97 Sometimes we don't differentiate ourselves...

CHINATOWN AND THE LEFT Marx thought Darwin was just sticking his Victorian dog-eat-dog economic...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 11, 2019:

While immigrants may need the support of people like them when they move to the US, for example, studies show that they generally integrate by the second generation. And I think the frameworks described here ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@Babou It's not the left that insists on primacy of the individual--that's capitalism. Leftists are all about collectivism. It's exploitative relationships that they take issue with. While humans may exist in all different types of collectives for all different sorts of reasons, I think we differentiate ourselves as a species when we use our brains to develop universal systems that maximize our freedom and our ability to coexist with others.

Screw Canada, screw pride month and the LGBT CAN ALL GO FCK THEMSELVES.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 11, 2019:

What did the gays do to you?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@CanuckAmok I didn't want to click on the link (still don't). Regardless, I find it hard to believe that it justifies lashing out against all LGBT people.

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@Peter_Lemonjello Just admit y'all are just intellectually lazy JBP fanboys.

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

Hey @MaskedRiderChris, how's #WalkAway going?

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@iThink Aside from the tired "but Venezuela" debate, I think I exhaustively answered your question, even consulting a visual aid (which I later drew myself!) to make a complex subject easier to understand. But you don't seem interested in engaging. What did I leave out aside from possibly more detailed definitions of "social democracy," "democratic socialism," "liberalism," etc.? Do you really need me to define those?

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@iThink You do realize that everything I posted was "my own words," right?

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@iThink, @chuckpo You guys are impossible to please.

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@iThink If I had time I would hash out all the things that worked and didn't work in China, Venezuela, and Cuba, and which were the fault of what leftist ideas and which were due to unique economic conditions or external interference. Sure there are some leftists who are more cynical about American electoral politics and more defensive of farther left regimes, but that's not most democratic socialists or social democrats. I have no stake in their politics because it's not my politics. Those countries are not the European-style social democracies, the New Deal and Great Society programs in the US, or the places where workplace and other economic democratization has been successfully enacted. I hope you wouldn't defend other extremist activity, but it's not uncommon for people on the right, particularly in this community to invoke violence against Muslims, Mexicans, Central Americans, and leftists, for example. Moreover, many of them voted for a President who regularly dehumanizes such people, sometimes invoking violence himself and echoing the manifestos of nativist killers like Anders Breivik--something he has in common with members of the IDW.

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@iThink OP was about definitions and so was the thrust of your reply. But clearly you'd rather parrot Peterson, et al.'s line about "the left going too far" than find common ground around those definitions. I already associated those terms with well-known ideologies. I already addressed Cuba and Venezuela to the extent that is relevant here. I already characterized communism and anarchism as far left. I already briefly commented on the tactics of anarchists like antifa. Clearly anarchists relate to the state and property much differently than ordinary leftists--hence their targeted violence to property. Ordinary leftists engage in electoral politics and are reformists with respect to property. Moreover, anarchists and communists have been known to resort to violence against their political enemies--the former mostly against far right paramilitary groups who would curtail their liberties and the latter against powerful interests that threaten the authoritarian communist state. Again, ordinary leftists respect the state--and they are not authoritarian--so they use the law and nonviolent direct action to achieve their ends. And certainly we know that the center, the right, and the far right too can "go too far." Was it not too far when Salvador Allende of Chile was overthrown and assassinated? Are not the far right acts of mass violence, akin to honor killings, at places of worship, schools, and government spaces going too far? Are not the economic shocks, poverty, and environmental spoilage that result from unrestrained capitalism going too far? Are not the global humanitarian crises caused by war, economic exploitation, and nativism going too far? Were not Jim Crow, redlining, and other forms of nativist discrimination in the past century going too far?

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 11, 2019:

@iThink Maybe this will help!

If the "Left" labels anyone who's right-of-"Left" a member of the "far right", what could do wrong?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 10, 2019:

Who are we talking about here?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 10, 2019:

@iThink I like consulting the two-dimensional (social and economic https://www.politicalcompass.org/ ) view that @Peter_Lemonjello references below. Most people are in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quadrants, at least according to American voter surveys (https://www.voterstudygroup.org/publication/political-divisions-in-2016-and-beyond https://www.dataforprogress.org/the-convergence http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/06/new-study-shows-what-really-happened-in-the-2016-election.html https://niskanencenter.org/blog/libertarians-just-might-exist ). If you divided each quadrant into quadrants this is where different political groups would generally fit: -Establishment Democrats (left liberals) would be in the 3rd quadrant of the 1st quadrant -The now rare "establishment" Republican (right liberals) would be just outside the 3rd quadrant of the 1st quadrant -Trumpist Republicans (right populists or nativists) would be in the 2nd quadrant of the 1st quadrant -Fascists would be at the authoritarian extremes of the 1st and 2nd quadrants of the 1st quadrant -State communists would be in the 1st and 2nd quadrants of the 2nd quadrant, e.g., with Stalinists at the authoritarian extremes -Social democrats (a.k.a. progressives) would be in the 3rd and 4th quadrants of the 2nd quadrant -Democratic socialists would be in the 1st and 2nd quadrants of the 3rd quadrant -Libertarian socialists (a.k.a. anarchists) would be in the 3rd and 4th quadrants of the 3rd quadrant -The rare right libertarian (a.k.a. libertarian, in America) would be in the 1st and 2nd quadrants of the 4th quadrant -The rare anarcho-capitalist would be in the 3rd and 4th quadrants of the 4th quadrant In Europe and much of the democratic world, and in America until about 60 years ago, the acceptable political spectrum was on a horizontal axis between the 4th quadrant of the 2nd quadrant and the 3rd quadrant of the 1st quadrant. With the advent of neoliberalism, that spectrum has shifted to the confines of the 3rd and 4th quadrants of the 1st quadrant. When people on the left talk about the "far right," they are generally referring to Trumpists who have stretched the spectrum into the 1st quadrant of the 1st quadrant, toward fascist territory. They usually make this determination based on a person's social attitudes. As previously mentioned, the 4th quadrant is not very common in the population, but it is over-represented among the very wealthy. That and the power of the internet to unite people with niche interests have conspired to make it over-represented on the internet. In isolation, people on the left might refer to someone in the 4th quadrant as economically far right. Furthermore, the political spectrum in this community, for example, is on a vertical axis between the 4th quadrant of the 4th...

Just two guys talking about their borders. [youtube.com]

Boardwine comments on Jun 6, 2019:

Well, the Ireland border and goods coming and going is a big hang up in the whole Brexit deal. I'm sure you posted this as mockery of Trump but it really only displays your own ignorance of the topic. As an aside, do you personally support impeachment of Trump? And if so, on what grounds?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 6, 2019:

And how exactly does it show my ignorance?

Once again, Dave Morrison making sense in his quiet and understated manner.

Tarkus60 comments on Jun 5, 2019:

Equal rights, who dosn't agree ? yet as it seems with any of the so called minority groups feminists, LGBT, those confused as to they're gender and any of the ethnicities, what they scream for isn't equal rights, it's better than rights. If any of us white heterosexuals went "parading" through the ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 5, 2019:

1. Parades usually have permits. 2. Sounds like a justification for a more permissive society!

Trump to UK: We're coming for your National Health Service after Brexit

DrN1 comments on Jun 4, 2019:

For some reason nativist, right wing politicians like Trumps good buddy Farage want to get rid of the NHS, move to an American insurance based system and remove universal health care. The same process of disparaging Europe has been promoted against the NHS in England. With Brexit huge numbers of ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 4, 2019:

Ugh. It drives me crazy when the right-wingers in the US defund or sabotage an agency and then use that as evidence of government incompetence to justify more cuts. Almost as crazy as when they give unfunded tax cuts to the wealthy and use that as evidence that government is broke to justify cuts. Not to mention when they claim that social insurance programs are insolvent when minor adjustments to tax policy would fix them. Guess we're not alone.

Trump to UK: We're coming for your National Health Service after Brexit

RobBlair comments on Jun 4, 2019:

I don't want any part of the NHS. There is nothing to buy. What are they talking about? Negotiating medicine prices maybe?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 4, 2019:

Opening up the UK market to US insurance companies.

Fox Business Capitalism vs. Socialism Town Hall This is just too much. [youtube.com]

chuckpo comments on Jun 4, 2019:

Poorly conceived, poorly done, chaotic town hall. But, anyway... A guy cuts down and chops up a couple of trees in pre-electicity days as the weather turns toward winter. It's going to be cold this week, and the wood will keep them warm. Another guy starts early and cuts down and chops up ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 4, 2019:

I don't know about you, but I work and pay taxes. As a socialist, what I would want in return is fair compensation, personal freedom, a stake in decisions that affect me and my community, and some social insurance.

Fox Business Capitalism vs. Socialism Town Hall This is just too much. [youtube.com]

Boardwine comments on Jun 4, 2019:

Up next the New England Patriots vs. my sons JV teams second string.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 4, 2019:

"An evening with Richard Wolff" would have been a lot better. But for what it's worth, they managed to create quite a spectacle. I liked the strategically-placed goth audience member and the eye-rolling socialist in the first two minutes.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason I'm not talking about hypothetical solutions here. I can think of a lot that would be better than the ACA. But the GOP lawsuit would not make it better.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason I didn't say anything about your right, but I looked into those plans when I left my job to start a business. I was better off saving my money and not having insurance. Eventually, I decided on an ACA bronze plan so that I could keep my doctor and hospital and not have caps.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason I also save plenty of money, FYI.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason I never use my health insurance but I want to be covered if the unexpected and unlikely happens. That's the point of insurance. And I'd prefer not to have to spend thousands of dollars a month on it!

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason The ACA HMOs and PPOs don't have maxes. At least not until that lawsuit works its way though!

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason A few years of cancer treatment will max out such a plan. Not to mention the fact that you don't get access to even average-quality hospitals and doctors.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason If I get cancer it won't matter how much I saved.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason Those major medical plans are useless. You can only use them when you get really sick and then they only temporarily postpone bankruptcy or death because of their caps.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason Right, the stuff you mentioned is part of the sabotage that required Congress to allocate more money. Can't wait to have preexisting conditions not covered and the return of annual and lifetime caps!

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason Is he starving it of funding? My understanding is that they had to allocate more money because of the sabotage, and that's not changing until Congress repeals and/or replaces it.

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@EdNason Don't have time to hash it all out, and the ACA isn't my dream health care policy, but there are a few important points: 1. Trump's sabotage has led to extra spending 2. There are also savings in government spending built into the law 3. The law has cost less than projected

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

Boardwine comments on Jun 3, 2019:

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Obamacare is utter garbage. Better ways to help those without insurance

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

Universal healthcare, perhaps?

ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care | The ...

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

give the article 48 hours just to make sure the Notoriously wrong Wapo, may change their mind

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

Here's the press release: https://www.asco.org/about-asco/press-center/news-releases/racial-disparities-access-timely-cancer-treatment-nearly

Jared Kushner asked about Trump's promotion of birtherism [youtu.be]

Boardwine comments on Jun 3, 2019:

Who gives a shit?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

Not his voters, that's for sure.

Jared Kushner asked about Trump's promotion of birtherism [youtu.be]

EdNason comments on Jun 3, 2019:

ancient irrelevant history.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

@chuckpo I think Kush Boy's face might have had an edit job.

Not sure where the anger is coming from in this group or site.

iThink comments on Jun 1, 2019:

don't know what prompted you to make this post but I do like your attitude. in the old days of bulletin boards we used to call that "flaming someone" - ranting at someone using all CAPS - I thought it was hilarious. I can't say that I have ever felt attacked here on IDW - of all the comments and ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

P.S. As serendipity would have it, I received MY first angry face from you!

Not sure where the anger is coming from in this group or site.

iThink comments on Jun 1, 2019:

don't know what prompted you to make this post but I do like your attitude. in the old days of bulletin boards we used to call that "flaming someone" - ranting at someone using all CAPS - I thought it was hilarious. I can't say that I have ever felt attacked here on IDW - of all the comments and ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 3, 2019:

I think that was my first angry faced reaction, too. It takes a lot to get that out of me yet you managed to do it!

Full Interview: Preacher Kenneth Copeland Defends Lavish Lifestyle [youtube.com]

DanMartinovich comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I am not a big fan of the Copland’s. But all this crap the media do to them is so typical of the fake news media. First off they are almost billionaires. No billionaires fly commercial and no one thinks a dang thing about it. Second off they didn’t become billionaires through the widows mite. ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

It would be nice if Inside Edition focused on ALL billionaires and not just this televangelist.

Something for you HRC fans....

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2019:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-threw-a-tantrum-with-matt-lauer/

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@BrianK Your "joke" is fake news.

The benefits of classical liberalism and laissez-faire capitalism are numerous and well ...

DrN1 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Too little real democracy is the problem.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@EwanHarkes, @DrN1 And in the US we have a two-party system that does not allow a vehicle for many populist and libertarian interests. Moreover, money in politics, the Electoral College, the Senate, lack of representation for the District of Columbia and US territories, the judicial system, gerrymandering, and voter suppression have undermined democracy.

The benefits of classical liberalism and laissez-faire capitalism are numerous and well ...

DrN1 comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Too little real democracy is the problem.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@DrN1, @EwanHarkes The current state of the European Union is a good example of too little real democracy. Real power lies in the undemocratic European Council rather than the democratic European Parliament. This dearth of sovereignty has created an opening for nativist parties, some of which would like to withdraw from the European Union. Unfortunately, left parties have largely not been able to push for a more democratic internationalism.

How do you respond to someone that is against Trump because he will not start a world war?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Tell them Bolton is doing his best to spark one in Iran?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@EdNason Playing hard ball for what? No, he's trying to spark a military confrontation in the Persian Gulf that will be used as the pretext for war.

How do you respond to someone that is against Trump because he will not start a world war?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Tell them Bolton is doing his best to spark one in Iran?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@EdNason I know this because I've followed Bolton's activism and that of his backers, who also backed Trump, throughout his career...

How do you respond to someone that is against Trump because he will not start a world war?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Tell them Bolton is doing his best to spark one in Iran?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@EdNason The Saudis have more overarching concerns--they want regional and religious hegemony. Israel, whose interests probably align with Bolton, primarily wants to stop a bomb and to a lesser extent has an interest in leveraging the Saudis' interests to achieve Israeli and American hegemony over the entire region (as with the Iraq War).

How do you respond to someone that is against Trump because he will not start a world war?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Tell them Bolton is doing his best to spark one in Iran?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@EdNason If only there were a deal that might prevent that from happening (not that I think it is the end of the world if they get one)... Maybe if we re-name it the Trump Iran Deal we can avert catastrophe!

How do you respond to someone that is against Trump because he will not start a world war?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Tell them Bolton is doing his best to spark one in Iran?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 2, 2019:

@EdNason Yeah, Saudi Arabia's proxy war that we can't seem to extract ourselves from!

[lifenews.

purdyday comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Just goes to remind us, these media hypocrites do not actually believe the lies they feed the general public, their goal is pure propoganda.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@Chicago Movie studios, like most businesses, are unprincipled. I may be on the other side of this issue from you, but me stating the fact that they are unprincipled is not the same as excusing their lack of principles.

Any comments about this meme?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink "Bristle" is a bit strong. I'm simply taken aback at an accusation that doesn't make any sense.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink You realize the meme says "Warriors for Christ" at the top, right?

Any comments about this meme?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink Triggered about what?

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WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink If only there were a word for "so pedantic that you imagine nonexistent details to quibble with."

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WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink I simply followed the syntax of your meme. If there's an "implicit self identification" in my post, then there must be one in yours. Never took you for a "homosexual, transvestite, baby killer, socialist" by the way!

Any comments about this meme?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink Uh, no.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink So you have to identify as a culture warrior to be a one, gotcha ;)

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WilyRickWiles comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Or perhaps we live in a society where culture warriors lecture us on freedom.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink From https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/culture-warrior Definition of culture warrior noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary culture warrior noun (especially US English, often disapproving) ​a person who is active in trying to protect a particular culture or set of values that they think is under threat, especially conservative political values in the US A self-proclaimed culture warrior, he campaigns against abortion and gay marriage.

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purdyday comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Just goes to remind us, these media hypocrites do not actually believe the lies they feed the general public, their goal is pure propoganda.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

I agree that media companies probably don't care. But I think their goal is profit rather than propaganda. They have a bigger operation in Georgia than the Middle East and illegal abortions will make it difficult to for them to retain and attract the caliber of employees that they want. Moreover, there is always the prospect of customer boycotts, which are bad for business.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@jwhitten I'd worry about the humanity of our current immigration policies first...

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@iThink Yes, I granted special status to chattel slavery and Jim Crow. I challenge anyone to find a collective injustice nearly as bad as those other than what we did to the Native Americans. And as I touched on before, the best way to correct for relatively minor injustices is to address most injustices with universal programs. Most people can control whether they vote in candidates with racist policies...that's a start.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@jwhitten I love that Stefan Molyneux is the **starting point** for discussions on slavery. Good lord.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@jwhitten But yes, a debt is also owed to Native Americans--that is an even harder problem to correct.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jun 1, 2019:

@jwhitten Umm, sure we could try to completely correct for every historical injustice...but chattel slavery and the subsequent discrimination against freed blacks is special in that it's hands-down the biggest multi-generational injustice perpetrated by the US government against a group of people whose descendants are still with us in large numbers. The freedom of generations of people and by default their children was stolen. So let's not get caught up in relatively marginal injustices. Moreover, as the richest and most powerful country in the world, we can afford to pay, even if we have to print the money.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@chuckpo Moreover, it's not just about black people. If one group can suffer discrimination, we're all vulnerable.

I wonder how many walls we could've built with the tax payers money, if we didn't spend it on all on...

WilyRickWiles comments on May 30, 2019:

Manafort and others' asset forfeitures mostly offset the expense of the Mueller investigation.

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@PalmThis The Mueller investigation convicted Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort and he had to give up tens of millions of dollars in assets, including his Trump Tower condo.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@chuckpo "The odd thing is not one black person is needed in the process anywhere." 1. There's not a lot of black people in this community that I know of. Might have something to do with how conservative funders tokenize people like Candace Owens. 2. There didn't need to be any black people for iThink to say that systemic racism against blacks is a fraud and a myth, either. Are you suggesting that I shouldn't be able to challenge that notion as a white person citing the work of black people like MLK Jr.?

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@chuckpo And if I mentioned my personal motivations in response to someone bringing them up, that's different than what I think another person's responsibility is.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@chuckpo If you read my earlier replies you'd know how clear I was that it's NOT about individuals.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@chuckpo Hmm... not sure where I said that I didn't have to pay taxes to fund our government's school integration and fair housing mandates, for example, because I'm such a good ally. You're projecting, AGAIN.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink For me, it's about being a good neighbor, having a coherent understanding of history, working toward the world I want to live in (even from a selfish point of view, if marginalized people are made more equal, less or non-marginalized people should be even more secure), and keeping our collective promises. I see how you could get the sense from some black activists that they are pushing for segregation, at least in terms of how some activist groups are organized, but I don't think that represents all black activists, and I see it partially as a function of how activism functions in a capitalist, and segregated world. Foundation funding is very focused and not available for big tent groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, for example. Nevertheless, organizations like Black Lives Matter collaborate with other non-identity-based groups and generally are intersectionality-minded, for better or worse.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink And I'm not against reparations, but experts seem to agree that there should be a commission set up first. People need more help than cash.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink And restoring the Voting Rights Act to stop racially motivated electoral engineering like they have had in North Carolina.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink And building on the First Step Act for criminal justice reform and providing more holistic services to impoverished communities would be great too.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink You seem to wrongly assume that we've been atoning all these years. Among the best ways to correct for Jim Crow are integrating schools (Louisville is one place that's made an effort) and providing public and subsidized housing. The Chicago Housing Authority just settled a 50-year-old lawsuit for god's sake. We haven't even gotten started.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink I don't disagree on what you say about slavery, though we may disagree on degree. I admit that until your last sentence I did think you were making excuses for US slavery. I disagree that we need to move on. Your omission of Jim Crow is interesting because it is objectively too early to move on from that. Many of its victims are still living, besides the fact that reforms stalled in less than a decade.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink I'm glad you admit that it often turns out that people are unequal under the law. That's a big part of systemic racism.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink Also, I don't have a problem with someone being racist if they don't take that racism into the public square.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink Point it out. That's not something I believe, though. But certainly white racism had the most to do with the US's special problems of slavery and Jim Crow.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@jwhitten **Renegotiation is a good thing. Airing one's grievances is a good thing. HEARING what other people have to say is a good thing. Being open to new ideas and change is a good thing.** This is why some black figures have said that we should have a "truth and reconciliation" process, like they have had in countries with major sectarian conflicts.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@jwhitten **What is NOT a good thing is being led around by the nose and made to feel guilty for things which are not your fault, that you had no part in making / enacting** I agree, just as blacks should not internalize the legacy of their oppression, neither should you internalize as an individual the legacy of racism by white people, though it is certainly to society's benefit for you to grapple with it. Capitalism wants to make everything about the individual, so its solution to racism, while of course not equal to the badness of racism, is itself bad. The better solution is to use our collective means--our government--to correct for its past misdeeds. Moreover, our most pressing obligation is to make sure to remedy the oppression that is ongoing, e.g., through discrimination in law or in the market. It is hard to get to that point, though, if you personalize everything through the lens of taxation. **You CANNOT CURE "-ism" with MORE "-ism". And purposely engineering a "X-ist" society is even MORE bigoted than anything you might be complaining about. There simply is no comparison between the two.** If I concede your definition of an "-ism" for the sake of argument, your claim creates a convenient catch-22 where we're helpless to solve any "-isms." I don't accept that. The reality is that you have to recognize an "-ism" in order to correct it. A surgeon has to test for a disease and cut a person in order to cure them and we don't accuse them of making people sick. But ultimately, the most fair way to address race inequality is while simultaneously recognizing and addressing class inequality, which is what MLK Jr. wanted.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink Not really. I want to hold us to the commitments we made in the late '60s to fulfill MLK Jr.'s demands. I am not imposing my worldview, rather I am trying to respect and support the self-determination of black citizens, academics, and activists.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink And of course it is to the advantage of black individuals to attempt to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, because that's the only thing they they'll be better off for it, but that does not mean there aren't serious systemic issues that need to be addressed. And it is frankly repressive for non-blacks to bankroll people who work to make blacks further internalize the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. I like to compare it to the situation of my grandfather, who grew up in a poor, broken family in a poor rural town during the Depression, but thankfully was able to go to College and marry up and out of town thanks to an old family connection to the most wealthy person in town and the GI Bill (which blacks were largely cut out from, BTW). I'm sure there were plenty of other deserving people in that town, who would have made good on more public investment, but in the absence of such investment my grandfather was one of the few who lucked out. And I'm in a much better place today than the descendants of his neighbors for that very reason. The difference with blacks is that they are much more likely to suffer from the effects of poverty due to the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, workplace discrimination, and voting inequality. We started to address those problems in the late '60s but lost the political will and as a result progress remains at a standstill at best a half century later.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink I'm talking about the other side, here! You'd think the Jesse Lee Petersons of the world would be on this...

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Spiritwomyn comments on May 31, 2019:

First what you choose to wear is your business, maybe we all need to stop being mini dictators. Second it does not necessarily mean, without men, but that women are finally becoming the powerful beings they have always been but had to suppress because their power frightens men.

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink What can I say, I gotta do me.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

@iThink What I'd really like to see from someone is an analysis by year, from 1968 forward, of the progress on each aspect of black inequality that MLK Jr. raised.

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iThink comments on May 31, 2019:

I am not clear on the meaning of the shirt on the right. Nevertheless, Nordstrom and any other business (Gillette for example) will get away with all the ridiculous virtue signaling, feminist, toxic masculinity, rape culture, memes they care to produce - why is that you might ask? Because truthfully...

WilyRickWiles replies on May 31, 2019:

I'm not enough of an expert on women's equality, but thankfully you bring up the even clearer and more recent example of black inequality. The question that I always ask in response to this type of claim, and am still waiting for an answer, is when was black inequality solved? I imagine it must have been sometime between the death of MLK Jr. in 1968 and the abandonment of civil rights efforts by Nixon, somewhere in there with the firebombing of school buses.