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It actually does, thanks. You didn't answer if you'd heard of Adams before this incident. Had you?

Your definition doesn't mean anything to me. If it helps you in some way, great.

I guess. It's not racism, though. Being that I am black, it's fairly important to me to keep the word meaningful.

One last question: how do you think this particular drama will end?

It's actually not. Saying that black people are not fit company for whites is racist. Saying that black people hate whites, so whites should stay away...

It's actually not transparent. I think you recognize that at face value, his rant wasn't racist. You're saying your dog whistling receptors are pickin...

So you think it's basically a land grab?

Funny thing: you got the "cartoon villain" thing from StreetlightX. He stole it from me. What goes around comes around. :lol:

Why couldn't Russians just drive through Ukraine to get to Crimea? What's the benefit of national sovereignty there? Right. And since Putin runs a kle...

But they took Crimea in 2014. I think he wanted to squash Ukrainian prosperity and block its efforts to join the EU. I think he also wanted to use the...

What is it about in your view (a year into it)?

Maybe, but that ship has pretty much sailed since the Civil Rights Act.

At least it's just the media and not Putin himself. That would inch us closer to world war.

Not at all. He was saying that he tried to help the black community in the past and he's extremely frustrated that all he gets in return is the sentim...

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So for all practical purposes, Finland is in NATO now. Does that feel like a big shift in Finland's long term strategies to you?

Are Finland and Sweden going to make it into NATO or not?

Woe. Unenlightened gets neoplatonic. :up:

I always say "half of one, a dozen of the other.".

I understand that. I don't think they're addressing an existing problem, though. They're just stretching their bigotry muscles. Why is it offensive?

I imagine I would appear to be underplaying it. I'm not as close to it as you are.

Banning "Latinx" and the rainbow flag on public property.

No. That was a cheap shot at certain Republicans. I guess I'm just frustrated with them.

That's neither here nor there. Wounds heal on their own schedule. You can't force it by outlawing certain word combinations.

I think we all know the US is sending funds to Ukraine that could be used to fix our elderly infrastructure. No need to remind us.

I don't think Putin is following any particular strategy at this point. He's just painted himself into a corner.

The article provided an interesting insight, so it was good. I don't smell any war rhetoric. The US is just waiting for Russia to exhaust itself. Puti...

Then where does "aich" come from as a pronunciation?

Um. Good? It's just saying that we might be at a watershed moment, bringing an end to the expectation of goodwill and cooperation that was in the air ...

Thanks to the internets, I've discovered that some british people say "haich" instead of "aich" for the letter "h" It's kind of charming.

War in Ukraine has changed Europe forever. . From the NYT, good article

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The OP was primarily shocked at rightist responses to the incident. It's in the OP.

I've expressed this sentiment multiple times in this thread. Thanks for repeating it. Never said they do fail. I said egalitarian causes fail. Just ou...

I'll buy that.

Sure. As I said, I think human nature is a moving target.

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Egalitarian causes, like socialism and liberalism, were born out of dissatisfaction with social structures which resulted in oppression and mismanagem...

As I explained, I don't think we gain much by examining what we do in all circumstances. It's helpful to think of culture as an indicator of what we'v...

No.

Money was invented in Lydia around the 6th Century BC. I wasn't looking that far backward, but life was definitely hierarchial before that. My point w...

I think that when we examine the nature of any species, it's a mistake to pull the organism out of its world. Living things not only adapt, but they a...

I don't think you're demonstrating intolerance by that attitude, though. The American governor who has attacked the use of "Latinx" is specifically tr...

Was he talking about the British Industrial Revolution? Part of that event was an intentional transformation of Ireland into a purely agrarian domain ...

Would you really?

You're looking at the issue very moralistically. As I've mentioned a couple of times in this thread, I don't think what I'm describing is about evil p...

Yes. That's exactly what I was saying.

His was the most popular comic strip in America at one time. It comes on the heels of a general increase in attempts by some Republicans to legitimati...

Well said. I absolutely agree. We want what we don't have.

Finnish first!