I wonder if I could sell some of my posts to the New York Times as controversial thinkpieces.
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by Ifreann » Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:56 am
by Greed and Death » Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:00 am
by Rojava Free State » Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:51 am
Greed and Death wrote:Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:
I expect the next twist to be the police station burning down.
Not in Texas the Governor will deputize the rednecks and send them to turn Austin into a war zone before that happens.
also a better source. The driver claimed the guy they shot pointed an AK47 at them.
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/07/26/arm ... d-custody/
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Ifreann » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:02 am
Greed and Death wrote:Ifreann wrote:I wonder if I could sell some of my posts to the New York Times as controversial thinkpieces.
Opinion pieces are not normally compensated though make some good ones and they might bring you on as a writer.
The key to getting in the New York times is being able to write well extremely quickly. When an issue is being debated you have maybe 12 hours to get it into the times otherwise they will favor more relevant subjects.
by Vapormancer » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:08 am
Cannot think of a name wrote:Vapormancer wrote:
Where did I attack you? Please point it out.
Please point out where in the quotes your confusion is so I can help you. She has made it very clear what her position is. Why do you insist on marginalizing a woman of color and explaining on her behalf what she really means?
Gross.
Vassenor wrote:Vapormancer wrote:
Where did I attack you? Please point it out.
Please point out where in the quotes your confusion is so I can help you. She has made it very clear what her position is. Why do you insist on marginalizing a woman of color and explaining on her behalf what she really means?
You just can't stop shoving words into my mouth and groping desperately for a NO U, can you?
Vassenor wrote:
So in short she's not advocating for abolition, you just want to paint it that way to scare people.
by Vassenor » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:11 am
by Vapormancer » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:12 am
The Black Forrest wrote:Northern Davincia wrote:Not with our population and not with the enormous demographic divisions in the US.
Sure we could. The 1 percenters have 38.5 % of the national wealth (Probably 42-45% if not more due to the trumpests. Add in all the millionaire+. people.
How much do you think simple programs to feed, reasonable housing and educating the people would take?
The polices of flood upwards are no longer working.
by Vapormancer » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:13 am
Vassenor wrote:People really are upset that "Defund the police" isn't the abolitionist boogey man they were desperate for it to be, it seems.
by Rojava Free State » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:15 am
Vapormancer wrote:The Black Forrest wrote:
Sure we could. The 1 percenters have 38.5 % of the national wealth (Probably 42-45% if not more due to the trumpests. Add in all the millionaire+. people.
How much do you think simple programs to feed, reasonable housing and educating the people would take?
The polices of flood upwards are no longer working.
I don't think we possess a government or a people capable of making those work anymore tbh. You can push all the money into education you like but if the ones telling teachers what to teach have very stupid ideas like "testing" as the end in and of itself, you won't have the kids learn anything. The same with the bureaucrats who can't even fire a guy who infects vets with Hep or HIV. We'd have to overhaul our joke of a system and purge the various geniuses visited by the good ideas fairy.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Mirjt » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:19 am
Vassenor wrote:People really are upset that "Defund the police" isn't the abolitionist boogey man they were desperate for it to be, it seems.
by The Emerald Legion » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:20 am
Vassenor wrote:People really are upset that "Defund the police" isn't the abolitionist boogey man they were desperate for it to be, it seems.
by Gormwood » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:22 am
Mirjt wrote:Vassenor wrote:People really are upset that "Defund the police" isn't the abolitionist boogey man they were desperate for it to be, it seems.
True, I am an abolitionist and I see Defund the Police as a logical first step compatible with both abolitionist political philosophy and reformist political philosophy.
Defund the Police just means reduce funding for the police, don't give the police funding for things they don't need (like military grade tanks), and reallocate budgets to focus more on social investments that can reduce crime and therefore reduce the need for policing (such as education, housing, healthcare, jobs, welfare, etc...) and focus more on alternatives to police (such as having mental health experts handle mental health crisis, having conflict deescalation experts settle fights or abuse, having health experts deal with health emergencies like drug overdoses, and using more prison diversion programs). It may actually involve raising taxes in the short-term, but the benefits to human life and safety and quality of life are worth it and investing in communities will likely eventually yield significant economic dividends.
by Greed and Death » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:04 am
Rojava Free State wrote:Greed and Death wrote:
Not in Texas the Governor will deputize the rednecks and send them to turn Austin into a war zone before that happens.
also a better source. The driver claimed the guy they shot pointed an AK47 at them.
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/07/26/arm ... d-custody/
Whats he gonna claim? "Yeah I shot a guy cause he's a damn dirty commie scum."
by Gormwood » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:05 am
Greed and Death wrote:Rojava Free State wrote:
Whats he gonna claim? "Yeah I shot a guy cause he's a damn dirty commie scum."
He claimed the guy pointed a gun at him while his vehicle was surrounded and people were beating on the windows.
Those people beating on his car might get felony murder convictions. Would that be justice served ?
by The Reformed American Republic » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:07 am
Vapormancer wrote:Vassenor wrote:People really are upset that "Defund the police" isn't the abolitionist boogey man they were desperate for it to be, it seems.
Do you concede the point that she does infact support abolishing the police? Don't dodge. Furthermore, she represents a significant faction of that whole business. Are you going to pretend Ifreann here doesn't exist?
by Galloism » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:08 am
Vapormancer wrote:Vassenor wrote:People really are upset that "Defund the police" isn't the abolitionist boogey man they were desperate for it to be, it seems.
Do you concede the point that she does infact support abolishing the police? Don't dodge. Furthermore, she represents a significant faction of that whole business. Are you going to pretend Ifreann here doesn't exist?
by Gormwood » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:10 am
by Greed and Death » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:19 am
by Ifreann » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:31 am
by Gormwood » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:31 am
by Ifreann » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:35 am
Gormwood wrote:Ifreann wrote:Well then, has that ever happened in the US?
2017 New York City truck attack
by Galloism » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:36 am
Ifreann wrote:Gormwood wrote:2017 New York City truck attack
So once? And the far-right has done it how many times?
by Gormwood » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:42 am
Ifreann wrote:Gormwood wrote:2017 New York City truck attack
So once? And the far-right has done it how many times?
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