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How is describing what someone else said in a podcast contradicting myself? Lol.

By using "excellent", you went beyond description to endorsing the validity of that comparison, when it's really an awful comparison used solely for the emotional impact rather than revealing anything meaningful.

If you don't believe me, we can play a game. You list comparisons "to what is currently brewing in the USA to the beginnings of the Cultural Revolution in China", and for each one, I'll list both a contrast with the Cultural Revolution and a comparison to the US period of 1881-1890. Who do you think will run out of items to list first?

When did I suggest or imply either of these things? As with anyone, there are times when I am qualified, and other times when I'm not. However, if someone is qualified, they should feel morally compelled to help others with that information. This action is 100X more powerful than someone simply offering empathy, which typically only has short term benefits.

I'm not sure why you are trying to infer maliciousness from my comment.

Not maliciousness, just arrogance. Telling someone how to better themself is the ultimate in ego gratification, and very seldom of real use to the person you are sharing the information with; information that is usually trite and repetitive.
 
By using "excellent", you went beyond description to endorsing the validity of that comparison, when it's really an awful comparison used solely for the emotional impact rather than revealing anything meaningful.
Yeah, there was no contradiction in what I wrote. Sounds like you haven't listened to the podcast. Bret is a super progressive guy, and you are exemplifying exactly how the left tears itself apart.

Not maliciousness, just arrogance. Telling someone how to better themself is the ultimate in ego gratification, and very seldom of real use to the person you are sharing the information with; information that is usually trite and repetitive.
Wow, this is the most cynical thing I've read in years. I literally can't believe this is your worldview. Sounds to me like you haven't had very good mentors in your life. Lots of bad mentors and role models out there, but good ones impart knowledge and advice out of pure selflessness, with only love and kindness for the person or people they are trying to help.
 
So we need to treat the BLM movement the same way we would treat a small child?

So that’s your takeaway from the analogy?
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and call it willful ignorance since I don’t think you are that obtuse.
 
A reliance on pure statistics removes the importance of experience, which is also a dangerous place.

Agreed. But I do trust data far more than experience. For example, eyewitnesses to crime are extremely unreliable. Same with people interpreting others thoughts while relaying their experiences.
 
Agreed. But I do trust data far more than experience. For example, eyewitnesses to crime are extremely unreliable. Same with people interpreting others thoughts while relaying their experiences.

Data is not some objective source of information. Data is collected, ultimately if not proximately, by people. What you are saying is you trust one type of experience over another.
 
Yeah, there was no contradiction in what I wrote. Sounds like you haven't listened to the podcast. Bret is a super progressive guy, and you are exemplifying exactly how the left tears itself apart.

Conservatives often confuse libertarian positions with progressive positions. Quite frankly, every thing you describe of what he said (such as the evolutionary psychology nonsense) reeks of misunderstanding this difference.

Wow, this is the most cynical thing I've read in years. I literally can't believe this is your worldview. Sounds to me like you haven't had very good mentors in your life. Lots of bad mentors and role models out there, but good ones impart knowledge and advice out of pure selflessness, with only love and kindness for the person or people they are trying to help.

Advice is like horseradish. When it is appropriate, it can be the perfect enhancer. However, it's usefulness is limited, and you never give horseradish to someone who just wants mayonnaise or ketchup. Even when you do offer it, sometimes less is better.

When people really want advice, they'll ask for it. When they want empathy, giving advice is meeting your ego, not their needs.
 
Data is not some objective source of information. Data is collected, ultimately if not proximately, by people. What you are saying is you trust one type of experience over another.

Depends on the type of data, who is collecting it, and if they are trying to prove a point before collecting the data. Data in polling or surveys can obviously be very experiential and inaccurate. But data in my job for example is extremely accurate, has no emotion or bias, and just provides the facts of what is happening in a technical space.

The chances the data is telling a story more close to the truth is far more likely than someone telling their experience as it requires them to assign intent, thoughts, biases, etc .... to people they don't know.
 
So that’s your takeaway from the analogy?
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and call it willful ignorance since I don’t think you are that obtuse.

I think you need to rethink the analogies you are using and how they might be interpreted by disadvantaged groups.

My grand-father was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, raised on a reservation in Oklahoma. I'm an enrolled Tribal member, and while my immediate family no longer live on the reservation, I work professionally consulting for Tribal governments. Society, and in particular the Federal Government, have been known for treating Native Americans "like children". Funding is highly restricted, lands are held in trust, communities are told where they can live, use of traditional languages were outlawed, the types of businesses they can operate are regulated, etc. This type of treatment is analogous with how we treat children. I've been in countless Tribal Council meetings with individuals expressing how sick and tired they are of being "treated like children" (mostly by the government).

This may not have been your intent, but it's curious to me that you chose this analogy. While I can't speak for any "group", I think most could care less about a shoulder to cry on, and rather want concrete ideas/solutions/action to eliminating their inherent disadvantages and removing their roadblocks to prosperity. This is why disadvantaged groups ask certain others to stay silent. They don't want apologies or vain attempts at empathy. They want a better life.

My Libertarian-ish viewpoints mostly come from my grandfather, who told me stories of the "Trail of Tears", subsequent treaties broken, and countless failed attempts by the Federal Government to correct these injustices, all of which have done more harm than good.

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Advice is like horseradish. When it is appropriate, it can be the perfect enhancer. However, it's usefulness is limited, and you never give horseradish to someone who just wants mayonnaise or ketchup. Even when you do offer it, sometimes less is better.

When people really want advice, they'll ask for it. When they want empathy, giving advice is meeting your ego, not their needs.
I disagree with the sentiment, but I love the analogy of horseradish. This made me want a sandwich.
 
I think you need to rethink the analogies you are using and how they might be interpreted by disadvantaged groups.

My grand-father was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, raised on a reservation in Oklahoma. I'm an enrolled Tribal member, and while my immediate family no longer live on the reservation, I work professionally consulting for Tribal governments. Society, and in particular the Federal Government, have been known for treating Native Americans "like children". Funding is highly restricted, lands are held in trust, communities are told where they can live, use of traditional languages were outlawed, the types of businesses they can operate are regulated, etc. This type of treatment is analogous with how we treat children. I've been in countless Tribal Council meetings with individuals expressing how sick and tired they are of being "treated like children" (mostly by the government).

This may not have been your intent, but it's curious to me that you chose this analogy. While I can't speak for any "group", I think most could care less about a shoulder to cry on, and rather want concrete ideas/solutions/action to eliminating their inherent disadvantages and removing their roadblocks to prosperity. This is why disadvantaged groups ask certain others to stay silent. They don't want apologies or vain attempts at empathy. They want a better life.

My Libertarian-ish viewpoints mostly come from my grandfather, who told me stories of the "Trail of Tears", subsequent treaties broken, and countless failed attempts by the Federal Government to correct these injustices, all of which have done more harm than good.

thelandlossofnativenations.jpg


Here is what I said: "If after the bombing, someone were to say to you "Boston Strong!" would you be supportive and retweet this, expressing empathy towards the suffering and loss, or would you respond by saying "All Cities are Strong!" and list how other cities have had similar pain? Most humans would do the former. Some may understandably interpret and "All" as petty and jealous, questioning why Boston gets special treatment. The clear implication is "you're not so special"

If my daughter comes up to me and says "I'm really sad because I did not win in gymnastics, I tell her I understand why she would be sad and ask her how I can support her. I don't respond by saying "there are a thousands of athletes around the world who did not win" "

If you took this call for empathy and understanding as a slight to disadvantaged groups, then you, sir, are a card carrying member of the "cancel culture"

The notion that an analogy involving my daughter implies that Native Americans are children is idiotic.
 
If after the bombing, someone were to say to you "Boston Strong!" would you be supportive and retweet this, expressing empathy towards the suffering and loss, or would you respond by saying "All Cities are Strong!" and list how other cities have had similar pain? Most humans would do the former. Some may understandably interpret and "All" as petty and jealous, questioning why Boston gets special treatment. The clear implication is "you're not so special"

If my daughter comes up to me and says "I'm really sad because I did not win in gymnastics, I tell her I understand why she would be sad and ask her how I can support her. I don't respond by saying "there are a thousands of athletes around the world who did not win"

Black lives matter explained:
I'm white, and when I go to a restaurant to sit and eat, nothing happens. I order and eat my meal and I don't get any strange looks or remarks by other patrons of the restaurant. Never have and never will.
When I go to the same restaurant with my daughter who's black or with her mother who's also black, I have to deal will strange looks, whispers, and even remarks both behind my back and occasionally to my face. 2 years ago someone walked up to my table and said "disgusting" in reference to my daughter (who was 6 years old at the time) for being black.
All lives matter? If you6 white like I am, our lives have always mattered. Black lives matter is simply saying that black lives matter as much as your life always has.
I've been pulled over several times over the last 10 years while being in the car with my wife and questioned by police how much I'm about to pay her for sex. They assume she's a prostitute because of her skin color.
Does that happen when you go on a date with your wife? Nope. Because your life has always mattered! Black lives matter isn't putting down the lives of everyone else. It's saying their life means what ours always has.
 
Not saying I don’t believe you, just crazy to me to think that happens. Is this usually after they stop you for breaking some traffic law?

that’s really sad man.
 
I've been pulled over several times over the last 10 years while being in the car with my wife and questioned by police how much I'm about to pay her for sex. They assume she's a prostitute because of her skin color.
Not saying I don’t believe you, just crazy to me to think that happens. Is this usually after they stop you for breaking some traffic law?

that’s really sad man.
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