CardinalBacker

They’re comparing apples to oranges. They’re basically saying that things are much better now for blacks than in the 1960s, but since blacks as a group lag behind, it’s proof of racism. You know who has done fantastically in the same timeframe? Africans who migrated here since 1964 and married black couples… their numbers are identical or better than white peoples’. Why does racism only seem to affect single parent black households and not two-parent households like yours? Certainly there must be some reason… oh, I forgot… “racism.”

Falcon is a sophomore there in Carthage that’s hoping to make the varsity squad this year. 
 
Go Dawgs!

Someone needs to make sure the new coach reads this book.

What you believe doesn't matter, and it doesn't stop it from being true:)

Investigation insinuates that the construction crew was doing a great job when Hickman came in and changed everything up. 

You believe that you deserve compensation for things that didn’t happen to you, and it should be paid by people who didn’t even commit those acts. It’s as stupid as me going to the courthouse tomorrow and filing a lawsuit against you because in 1862 my grandfather got ran over and killed by a covered wagon driven by somebody whose not even kin to you. 
 
And if you don’t want to pay me $600,000 then there’s something wrong with you. 

You believe that you deserve compensation for things that didn’t happen to you, and it should be paid by people who didn’t even commit those acts. It’s as stupid as me going to the courthouse tomorrow and filing a lawsuit against you because in 1862 my grandfather got ran over and killed by a covered wagon driven by somebody whose not even kin to you. 
 
And if you don’t want to pay me $600,000 then there’s something wrong with you. 

You believe that you deserve compensation for things that didn’t happen to you, and it should be paid by people who didn’t even commit those acts. It’s as stupid as me going to the courthouse tomorrow and filing a lawsuit against you because in 1862 my grandfather got ran over and killed by a covered wagon driven by somebody whose not even kin to you. 
 
And if you don’t want to pay me $600,000 then there’s something wrong with you. 

You and I disagree… I think that your success comes from your actions, and from having a firm foundation of people in your family as examples. 
 
I think that most people who are successful and people who are unsuccessful both get there via their own actions and the support given to them by their families. A person’s race has nothing to do with it. If we can accept that a lot of white people are screwups and make absolute wrecks out of their lives, then why is it not okay to admit that the same is true for some black people? “No, it’s racism.”

I’ll use an example… Let’s imagine young black dude that’s in his early 30s… didn’t finish high school, has a felony, 4 kids by 3 different women, won’t show up for work five days a week, can’t hardly speak the king’s English, and has a neck tattoo. Can’t even get a TWIC card to get into the plants. That’s all systemic racism, oppression, 400 year legacy of slavery, and white privilege all working against him…. That’s what you’d have us believe. 
Except the guy really does exist… I know him-it’s all true except for the part about being black. This dude is white. 
 
I can freely admit that this guy is a screwup. But you can’t consider the possibility that our imaginary black guy is to blame for any of the problems he has. It’s all racism. 
 
You cry about systemic racism, but you can’t point to a single policy in effect today that negatively affects black people. On the other hand, until yesterday we could look at affirmative action in college admissions as just one of many codified examples of policies that “help” blacks people at the expense of other racial groups. 
 
Privilege is a lie. 

“Principal’s Cones.”

Investigation insinuates that the construction crew was doing a great job when Hickman came in and changed everything up. 

I’ll use an example… Let’s imagine young black dude that’s in his early 30s… didn’t finish high school, has a felony, 4 kids by 3 different women, won’t show up for work five days a week, can’t hardly speak the king’s English, and has a neck tattoo. Can’t even get a TWIC card to get into the plants. That’s all systemic racism, oppression, 400 year legacy of slavery, and white privilege all working against him…. That’s what you’d have us believe. 
Except the guy really does exist… I know him-it’s all true except for the part about being black. This dude is white. 
 
I can freely admit that this guy is a screwup. But you can’t consider the possibility that our imaginary black guy is to blame for any of the problems he has. It’s all racism. 
 
You cry about systemic racism, but you can’t point to a single policy in effect today that negatively affects black people. On the other hand, until yesterday we could look at affirmative action in college admissions as just one of many codified examples of policies that “help” blacks people at the expense of other racial groups. 
 
Privilege is a lie. 

Yes, they did… they had the same opportunities as my parents. They weren’t honest with you. It’s all simply self-victimization. No matter what, it isn’t your fault because of the blue-eyed boogeyman OR you did it in spite of the blue eyed boogeyman. 

This troubling… I know it’s just a poll, but jeebus, that’s a bad look. 
 

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Basically put, despite having overwhelming support from his loyal supporters, 56% of the population thinks Trump should drop out of the race. 
 
I mean, we already knew that basically half were going to be opposed to Trump running. But this just indicates that he’s lost more of the middle/undecideds who just want and end to the whole sordid affair. 

Could've used a snow cone machine to keep things ice cold

You went.to college? Dang, where did you go? You need a refund.

You and I disagree… I think that your success comes from your actions, and from having a firm foundation of people in your family as examples. 
 
I think that most people who are successful and people who are unsuccessful both get there via their own actions and the support given to them by their families. A person’s race has nothing to do with it. If we can accept that a lot of white people are screwups and make absolute wrecks out of their lives, then why is it not okay to admit that the same is true for some black people? “No, it’s racism.”

If you kept going backwards you’d find someone someplace. That’s why the “descended from” argument is such a joke. You have two parents, four grands, 8 great grands. The average person is seven generations removed from the time of slavery. Every person seven generations removed from the time of slavery has 128 direct ancestors from that single generation… 256 if they’re eight generations removed. And we’re surprised that one of those 256 people may have been a slaveowner (or slave, for that matter). 
 
Im just trying to figure out which one of my ancestors were enslaved so I can get my reparations, too. 

Beaumont?

We’re not gonna have that discussion.  🙄🙄

It’s a fair statement. 
 
Y’all thought it was cute when trump said Megyn Kelly was probably menstruating. You laughed it off when Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women.  It wasn’t your problem when Trump was paying off porn stars with whom he’d had affairs. The fact that he cheated on his wives repeatedly wasn’t a reflection of his character according to y’all. When he was proven to have sexually assaulted Jean Carroll, y’all just wrote bigger checks to his re-election campaign. 

But y’all want me to believe you’d have a problem if he forced himself on your old lady? Bull-you’d puff your chest out and say it didn’t matter because he’s good for the economy.  
 
Y’all would be just like Ted Cruz… still out campaigning for the man. 
Fwiw, it only stings if it’s true. 

Trump has been ACTUALLY attacking female members of other peoples’ families and these guys have zero problems with it. 
 
The problem is for  a brief second I caused them to imagine that it was their family member who Trump attacks next and guess what? They didn’t like the thought of it. 
 
For the briefest of moments they felt what the rest of us feel when we hear about Trump’s misdeeds.  

Dang can I go back to calling people pea brains now too @thetragichippy