Yeah some questions I sorta half agreed with and it was annoying to choose
Some of the questions were just... vague really. Like the government one, I don't really find like Congress and my state government as efficient as the Judical and and the Executive. And the business one I picked that they did earn their wealth or something like that. It was also limited in regard to minorities, by focusing only on blacks.
It's a just cute little quiz reaffirming what I already know, really.
You are NOT Ben Carson, and I'm sorry if I made it sound like that. That's why I specifically wrote "for example" at the end of my post, but I truly apologize if that's what it sounded like.
Why do you think the black community needs you to "defend" them, especially from another black person
I don't think the African-American community needs me to defend them, not at all. I just feel like I should be doing so and so should everybody else who feels strongly about the issues, despite their race.
I'm not an Uncle Tom Neither of you know my true thoughts on the state of black people or have even tried to have a productive conversation, so until then, cut it out.
I don't view you as "Uncle Tom" either and I think that's a very offensive remark to make, you probably know that already but I wanted to clear it out of the way just in case.
I don't know if it's just me but I'm just going to come out and say it. I find the Pro-Life activism to be really problematic. A large portion of these people giving their opinions are males (like myself). I felt uncomfortable really having an opinion on an issue that deal with a woman's body. Obviously there are some woman on the pro-life side and I can respect that but the fact that there are male leaders pushing the Pro-life narrative and hearing all sides and divisions within those sides, kinda pushed me to be Pro-Choice. Although I feel like I may be a bit biased against the Pro-Life activism mostly because I never had a good experience with them. The one on my college campus are so anti-choice that they would display LARGE pictures of "aborted fetuses" which were obviously fake but I felt uncomfortable because it's such an open campus and this utter display of [fake] blood would be excuse to people that can't handle it - like myself, I get light-headed at the sight of a lot of blood and children (they almost always timed it so that visitors with children are on campus).
And more recently the Pro-Life group targeted black people and visitors on campus and it made most of us very uncomfortable and we pretty much retaliated with protests and sit-in on their meetings. They didn't really stop which frustrated me (because they adapted #AllLivesMatters to their purposes and even had some black folks defending Pro-Life for them)
Obviously not all Pro-Life peeps are like this but I had a similar experience on vacation with these people and it wasn't really pleasant honestly.
Idk I just wanted to get this off my chest since I'm away from that messy group (for now). I can respect the Pro-Life position but some of their methods seem to be doing nothing more than pushing others away imo.
Awh Dessy, sorry to hear you had to go through that.
Many pro-life individuals love to spread propaganda around to get people to rally around their cause. The thing is, they are probably pro-lifers because they fell for that same propaganda. The recruitment is unbelievable.
The Trump Show dominating US politics at the moment is too big, brash, and overwhelming to properly follow. Every day brings multiple tragicomedies, any one of which is worthy of several days of coverage, but doesn't get it, because the next day brings new ones.
So you can be forgiven if you missed the news that Trump has apparently picked an energy adviser: Rep. Kevin Cramer, a Republican from the North Dakota oil fields.
Cramer is reportedly writing a white paper for Trump on how to make energy Great Again — and Trump is scheduled to give a speech on energy at an oil conference in Bismark next week.
Relative to Trump's colorful current roster of advisers, Cramer is relatively tame, at least in affect. His views are exactly what you'd expect from an oil-state Republican (or, indeed, almost any Republican in Congress).
He doesn't accept climate science; "he believes the Earth is cooling, not warming." According to this Bloomberg rundown and another in Vice, he wants to repeal the Clean Power Plan, Obama's new methane regulations, and the Renewable Fuel Standard — oh, and pull out of the Paris climate agreement.
He also wants to weaken the Endangered Species Act. And he wants to investigate collusion at OPEC, which he suspects of rigging prices against North Dakota producers.
He is effectively a representative of the oil and gas industries, from which he has received $573,000 since being elected to Congress in 2013.
It's not shutting you out. However, my experience actually being black, with black family and friends, trumps the fact that you knew some black people when you lived here years ago. Sorry. That's the reality. This is the problem many black people have had with the Sanders campaign & supporters. A lot of you talk about black issues as if you know better than black people. This isn't specifically directed at you, but it is an issue many black people have expressed.
I'm also black and completely disagree with you. Your experiences don't trump anyone else's. That's the reality.
One can be pro-life personally but still respect Roe v. Wade and the decision of others to make their own choice.
Personal preferences don't always equate to governance.
Wasn't referring to pro-choice individuals who personally value 'life' and oppose abortion on personal basis. Sorry if it sounded that way, but then again, we usually refer to 'pro-life' as people who oppose Rv.D and want abortion to be banned.
I actually have nothing against stances that are just pro-life just personally without imposing its values on others.
Income inequality and social stratification is an insane concept. It makes no logical political sense. To clarify, as I said, we're not just talking about the idea of earning what you make. You can't tell me that teachers, maintenance workers, janitors, sanitation workers and the like deserve only the money they're making when what they make is not enough for food and safe housing; nearly 50 million Americans live below the poverty line as it is traditionally defined, and about 51% of Americans make under $30,000 a year. To put that in perspective, an average American living wage (as in, living like a worthy human being) is actually probably closer to $40,000 or $45,000 in 2016. And then on the opposite end you have "entrepreneurs" making so much that, as Bernie loves to point out, one tenth of one percent of America is earning almost as much as the bottom 90% combined. That's not earning what you worked for, that's disgusting hoarding of wealth and prosperity on baseless capitalist notions that your workers' work is your work and their success is just your success. That's why men like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates donate so heavily to charity; they know the system is not working. People are working, they have real and difficult jobs; they aren't being payed what they have rightfully earned.
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No.
People do NOT just up and stop paying taxes when they are raised; historical evidence has shown high taxes to be good for the economy overall, and some of our best economic periods saw record tax rates. The theory that people are disincentivized to work has never actually held ground, as most people on welfare need it and have jobs.
The idea that public school teachers don't deserve adequate pay is just... incredible. These public school teachers are incredibly essential to the development of our workforce, the education of these entrepreneurs you feel are so gifted, and to the smooth operation of society.
Bill Gates may be a genius and he may deserve something, but he doesn't really deserve more wealth than anyone else in the world based on that fact alone. People helped him; other people helped build his business and his life. He realizes that, he's not just donating for PR.
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Aggregates. It is about aggregate patterns and the overall picture.
I'm also black and completely disagree with you. Your experiences don't trump anyone else's. That's the reality.
Yeah and I'm sure you'd be saying if the roles were reversed and I was a Bernie supporter talking too a Clinton supporter. White/NB people aren't as qualified to speak/know about black life than most blacks are.
And I'm not asking for you to agree or disagree, so don't bother.
Neither of you know my true thoughts on the state of black people or have even tried to have a productive conversation, so until then, cut it out.
