Exactly. When they trot out the “but John Wayne” excuse I point out how long ago it was and also add “fine that was dumb, now how about we discuss how dumb this modern day casting is”
Nothing points out an unprincipled position more than ignoring those principles when it behooves you. On a different tangent, you were in the military, did you hear the word behoove before your service? I know you heard it in service because everyone uses it
Yea I heard it. My mom used to get Reader’s Digest and there was a vocabulary lesson in each issue she made us go over as well as vocabulary tapes we would listen to in the car. She insisted we “don’t sound like fools” and speak the Queen’s English.
Yea. At the time I was annoyed and I remember when I had my dumber mindset thinking my mother wanted me to “act white”, but as I got older and understood things I realized my parents knew exactly what they were talking about.
Which is the crux of my perspective on politics tbh.
If you don't share my moral alignment you can't shame me, so any interaction can't be a high order one, it's at best peace, and more likely competition for resources.
And as I said, without a shared morality, you can't shame me for picking my own side.
So yes my enemies deserve to lose and to suffer. If they didnt they wouldn't be my enemies.
I’ve seen a lot of those “they should’ve built a wall” memes. I asked one of these people if they have ever done any world history research because the history of civilization is one group conquering another. The west seems to be the only ones still wringing their hands over it
They always use the same excuse: if the person is "coloured," then their skin color is an integral part of their identity. If they're white, then they can be any other colour as they have no identity. It's so tired.
And the goalposts constantly shift. I remember that argument for the little mermaid. Another lady told me “well the director said she blew away the competition”. I just responded that was highly doubtful since Disney is determined to race swap.
Also with modern period pieces they justify ridiculous diversity by saying “well this noble brought back a child he had with a slave in the Caribbean so that justifies 1700 English countryside looking like NYC
Exactly. When they trot out the “but John Wayne” excuse I point out how long ago it was and also add “fine that was dumb, now how about we discuss how dumb this modern day casting is”
Nothing points out an unprincipled position more than ignoring those principles when it behooves you. On a different tangent, you were in the military, did you hear the word behoove before your service? I know you heard it in service because everyone uses it
Yea I heard it. My mom used to get Reader’s Digest and there was a vocabulary lesson in each issue she made us go over as well as vocabulary tapes we would listen to in the car. She insisted we “don’t sound like fools” and speak the Queen’s English.
Your parents sound like they were awesome at parenting
Yea. At the time I was annoyed and I remember when I had my dumber mindset thinking my mother wanted me to “act white”, but as I got older and understood things I realized my parents knew exactly what they were talking about.
“Mass immigration is good.”
“Wasn’t too good for the native Americans.”
“This is different.”
“How?”
“Because you deserve it.”
Which is the crux of my perspective on politics tbh.
If you don't share my moral alignment you can't shame me, so any interaction can't be a high order one, it's at best peace, and more likely competition for resources.
And as I said, without a shared morality, you can't shame me for picking my own side.
So yes my enemies deserve to lose and to suffer. If they didnt they wouldn't be my enemies.
I’ve seen a lot of those “they should’ve built a wall” memes. I asked one of these people if they have ever done any world history research because the history of civilization is one group conquering another. The west seems to be the only ones still wringing their hands over it
I hereby submit my nomination for who plays MLK's next biopic. Mark Ruffalo.
Honestly why not? I’d love to see them twist themselves into knots explaining why that isn’t ok.
They always use the same excuse: if the person is "coloured," then their skin color is an integral part of their identity. If they're white, then they can be any other colour as they have no identity. It's so tired.
And the goalposts constantly shift. I remember that argument for the little mermaid. Another lady told me “well the director said she blew away the competition”. I just responded that was highly doubtful since Disney is determined to race swap.
Also with modern period pieces they justify ridiculous diversity by saying “well this noble brought back a child he had with a slave in the Caribbean so that justifies 1700 English countryside looking like NYC