General politics discussion. Keep it civil.

[SupaDoopa]

Originally Posted by Corbic

We went and looked at Pre-Schools and enrolled my munchkin back in August. Of the 7 we looked at 3 had Pride shit. I'm on several area parents groups and it's a problem. Is it every school, teacher and class? No. But it's happening and it needs to be stopped. No tolerance for this bullshit.

Agreed. I know this will trigger some of you and I really don't care because if your brain is too small to see my point then you're dense BUTTT...

Forcing kids to confirm to a specific way of thinking/accepting rather than just letting them free-think and having the freedom to educate themselves on 'woke/social' topics is kind of like a specific time period in Germanys more recent history.

I don't understand who thought it was a good idea to introduce something other than learning into schools. The sole function is to educate and prepare you for the future - not to teach you how to address people who identify as megalodons and cheese whiz.

Thank God my wife is at a normal school where that shit don't fly.

[SupaDoopa]

I live a couple hours from the shit show that's happening in Maine. I'm no conspiracy theorist but an election year coming up, a possible swing in majority/president and uncertainty if Biden is a drone being controlled and kept alive by governmental experimental serums all lead to that last push for gun control.

They want us to be sheep more than we already are.

[deolio]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Stoicism is what we need.

Pretty sure that's been the go-to for centuries, but the floodgates of empathy and emotion have already opened and there's no going back. Stoicism (or what gen z would call toxic masculinity) is eroding beneath your feet. Not sure if you're aware or not, but it's not a battle you're ever going to win.

[Phlip]

Why is Desantis lying about (illegally) sending weapons to Israel when the truth is a real thing?
Israel's consul general QUICKLY called out that one, lol

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by deolio

Pretty sure that's been the go-to for centuries, but the floodgates of empathy and emotion have already opened and there's no going back. Stoicism (or what gen z would call toxic masculinity) is eroding beneath your feet. Not sure if you're aware or not, but it's not a battle you're ever going to win.

wait.............

surgically removing your penis or breasts and supporting this is showing empathy?

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by deolio

Pretty sure that's been the go-to for centuries, but the floodgates of empathy and emotion have already opened and there's no going back. Stoicism (or what gen z would call toxic masculinity) is eroding beneath your feet. Not sure if you're aware or not, but it's not a battle you're ever going to win.

If you look at history, the Stoics always win....

The barbarians eventually win because they have the will to win.

[KA24DESOneThree]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Should we include Hustler and Mien Kampf as well?

Empathy is not what America needs. Empathy is trash and is what is creating most of our problems.

Stoicism is what we need.

If you're 5 and a boy and want to wear a dress the teacher should be saying "nah bruh, you got a penis, go put on some shorts and play cowboys and indians".

Kids are sponges and simple to brainwash. This poly-gender trans bullshit is a cult, plain and simple. Secularism has become ifs own religion and is indoctrinating people with it's stupidity.

Remember all those weirdos that became priests to prey on children... well now they become teachers to groom kids.

Empathy is what America needs. Empathetic thought processes lead to better societal outcomes, because a people-focused government cares. Also, I could have sworn that one of the core tenets of being a good Christian was having empathy for others, at least it was for the six years I went to Christian school.

You have better-designed cities, less addicts, a more respectful society. Healthcare that makes sense, because empathy for people also means empathy for the hours they work to pay the taxes that provide services.

I was 5 and wanted to wear a dress, so my parents let me wear a dress and try to walk in high heels. I fell down, and it was hilarious.

Stoics wouldn't turn to a god, god's a crutch. You're weak.

What part of understanding one's sexuality isn't learning? There's this line of reasoning that books are the problem but social media's the real problem- a book doesn't have a hook, and a book doesn't have many thousands of likes/views to influence a young mind. TikTok doesn't have a librarian or counselor. Schools, for all their ills, have people in them who can ask questions, answer questions, or refer those with questions to more qualified professionals. I still firmly believe that hostile governments are using psyops on American children to weaken the next generation- and those same bad actors are trying to ban information availability in places where it can be contextualized.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

Empathy is what America needs. Empathetic thought processes lead to better societal outcomes, because a people-focused government cares

No, no it doesn't. California is a shining example. "People focused government" is just code for buying votes.

Western governments are benevolent because their value is derived from the ingenuity, work ethic, productivity and resourcefulness of their people.

When a nations value is driven by commodity or resource (oil, diamonds, gold, cheap labor) it becomes brutal and autocratic. You don't need happy clever people to get rich off diamonds and slaves.

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

Also, I could have sworn that one of the core tenets of being a good Christian was having empathy for others, at least it was for the six years I went to Christian school.

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

You have better-designed cities, less addicts, a more respectful society. Healthcare that makes sense, because empathy for people also means empathy for the hours they work to pay the taxes that provide services.

LOLWUT. A pragmatic view would lead to that because you wouldn't care about feelings.

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

I was 5 and wanted to wear a dress, so my parents let me wear a dress and try to walk in high heels. I fell down, and it was hilarious.

So they let you dress up in classic spirit of kids goofing around instead of immediately taking you to a specialist to begin hormone therapy....

Interesting....

It's funny that you are worried about psy-ops and Tiktok yet it's those systems that are pushing the "woke" agenda you continue to align with.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

Empathy is what America needs.

I was 5 and wanted to wear a dress, so my parents let me wear a dress and try to walk in high heels. I fell down, and it was hilarious.

They make high heels for 5 year olds? How many inches were the heels? Were they stilettos? Your parents are awesome! Helping their little girl get accustomed to wearing heels at a young age is very empathetic.

I owe you an apology. I didnt realize you were a female. Now all of your posts make a lot more sense.

[KA24DESOneThree]

Originally Posted by Corbic

No, no it doesn't. California is a shining example. "People focused government" is just code for buying votes.

Western governments are benevolent because their value is derived from the ingenuity, work ethic, productivity and resourcefulness of their people.

When a nations value is driven by commodity or resource (oil, diamonds, gold, cheap labor) it becomes brutal and autocratic. You don't need happy clever people to get rich off diamonds and slaves.

California isn't a people-focused government. If you lived here and understood, or read my paeans against zoning or agricultural water usage, you'd understand. But you don't, and worse, you don't seem to understand what "people focused government" might ever mean.

Ingenuity, work ethic, productivity, and resourcefulness. Walmart, Amazon, Exxon Mobil, Apple, UnitedHealth, CVS Health, Berkshire Hathaway, Alphabet, McKesson, Chevron.

You don't even get into pharmaceuticals, which are arguably about driving profits and not actually helping people, until number 11. Microsoft's 13, Ford's 19, GM's 21, Verizon's 26, UPS is 37, Pfizer is 38, Tesla is 50, P&G is 51, USPS is 52, GE is 54, RTX Corp is 59, Boeing is 60.

Remember when Intel, HP and IBM were powerhouses, driving computing (and thus quality of life) forward? 64, 65, and 67, respectively.

LOLWUT. A pragmatic view would lead to that because you wouldn't care about feelings.

A pragmatic view would reduce cities to dollars, would cut out parking (yay) and green spaces (boo) because they're not taxable, would make cities stretch hundreds of stories high whenever possible because the more people on less land is more taxes and less infrastructure upkeep.

An empathetic view would keep some green spaces, would add community spaces, would make the roads safe for pedestrians and cyclists.

Empathy isn't just "I understand why you're crying and I grieve with you," it's "humans are better to each other when given some relatively simple things to nourish their souls."

So they let you dress up in classic spirit of kids goofing around instead of immediately taking you to a specialist to begin hormone therapy....

Interesting....

They gave me that choice. Some conservatives are so scared little Johnny's going to want to be Joanna that they won't even let their kids play.

I had a Barbie, too. She was a nudist and also, somehow, a prude.

It's funny that you are worried about psy-ops and Tiktok yet it's those systems that are pushing the "woke" agenda you continue to align with.

Psyops are pushing division everywhere.

Woke means I'm awake and open to new ideas. It doesn't mean I'm open to all of them (just right now a hawk jumped off my chimney and flew by my office window, neat) but it does mean that I'm willing to listen.

I don't understand everything, and I don't agree with everything. But I'm willing to listen and reconsider my worldview.

[dizzariot]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

The difference is that your child doesn't need to read a library book. Its existence means nothing if your kid doesn't pick it up.

Why is this book in the elementary school. Sex-Ed doesn't come until 8th grade or high school. Heterosexual, homosexual, trans, whatever: why is it in the reach of an elementary-school child?

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

But its existence means everything to a kid who gets no support at home and has no idea how to handle what they're going through. They get perspective and the knowledge that they're not the only person who has gone through what they're going through.

...so back to the book being on the shelf. My kid has to have the ability to find this book because someone else can't do parenting right? I am tired of wearing a diaper because everyone else is shitting their pants. My empathy, regrettably, ends there.

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

Practical skills aren't the entirety of what it takes to be a functioning member of society. You don't get empathy from practical skills, and like it or not, empathy needs to be part of the repertoire of any American voter.

I only brought up practical skills because you mentioned kids being 'pushed though; even when they were not performing. Empathy is fine. It should be taught at home. A math teacher teaches math, nothing else. That does not mean they can't have classroom tenets of being nice to others, but that's about it.

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

You have better-designed cities, less addicts, a more respectful society. Healthcare that makes sense, because empathy for people also means empathy for the hours they work to pay the taxes that provide services.

Maybe you're talking about the most ideal form of empathy, but empathizing with everyone's needs (self-diagnosis for mental illnesses, over-indulgence in bad substances due to that) is how you arrive at this mess. When you validate everyone's 'depression' claims you're telling them it's okay to self-medicate. Somewhere, for some, far down that line, is the addict on skid row.

Shit man I was an emo kid. Talking about depression/suicide was part of it. Everyone thought I was lame. Nowadays I would be the average kid, save sikkkkkk emo hair.

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

I was 5 and wanted to wear a dress, so my parents let me wear a dress and try to walk in high heels. I fell down, and it was hilarious.

I also did this. There is picture evidence. Please see comment about how no one talked to you about hormone blockers or transitioning. That is a comment that warrants a response.

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

What part of understanding one's sexuality isn't learning? There's this line of reasoning that books are the problem but social media's the real problem- a book doesn't have a hook, and a book doesn't have many thousands of likes/views to influence a young mind. TikTok doesn't have a librarian or counselor. Schools, for all their ills, have people in them who can ask questions, answer questions, or refer those with questions to more qualified professionals. I still firmly believe that hostile governments are using psyops on American children to weaken the next generation- and those same bad actors are trying to ban information availability in places where it can be contextualized.

This is why my kids will not be addicted to 'screens'...and this is the right answer. Blue-haired (sorry to use a simple stereotype to convey a point) science teachers are not qualified professionals...

[Corbic]

Sooo, how's the Middle East doing?

I'm just gonna guess the usual suspects are supporting HAMAS and the rest of us Israel....

[deolio]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

wait.............

surgically removing your penis or breasts and supporting this is showing empathy?

You don't have to support something to be empathetic. Ex: I don't support the use of coal power plants, but I can understand a coal miners concern about a shift to solar power production because I see Chat GPT able to do copywriting as good as I can.

Originally Posted by Corbic

If you look at history, the Stoics always win....

If you look at history, intolerance always loses.

[Thursday7]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Sooo, how's the Middle East doing?

I'm just gonna guess the usual suspects are supporting HAMAS and the rest of us Israel....

Free Palestine

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by deolio

You don't have to support something to be empathetic. Ex: I don't support the use of coal power plants, but I can understand a coal miners concern about a shift to solar power production because I see Chat GPT able to do copywriting as good as I can.

Yes... Because Solar is going to out compete coal and create an unemployment problem......

Originally Posted by deolio

If you look at history, intolerance always loses.

LOL

[deolio]

Originally Posted by Corbic

I'm just gonna guess the usual suspects are supporting HAMAS and the rest of us Israel....

Yet another black and white view of a very complex situation.

Israel shouldn't exist in the first place. They knew from the start that they couldn't establish a zionist state without committing genocide, but western anti-semites *cough* BALFOUR didn't give a fuck and gave away land (that they had no right to give away) just to push them out of Europe.

If you take land that isn't yours, force the native people into a concentration camp, cut off their resources, and treat them as the villain, what the fuck do you expect to happen? Israel has been baiting them into this bullshit since day 1 to give themselves an excuse to carry out genocide in front of the world's eyes. Not to excuse Hamas, but play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Originally Posted by Corbic

Yes... Because Solar is going to out compete coal and create an unemployment problem......

Issa hypothetical 😑

[SupaDoopa]

I just wanted to thank you all for I am grateful that I have such a credible source for all my news and logical thinking about todays current events. You all really should start some sort of YouTube channel to educate the greater masses.

Cliff notes:
-Let Israel and all the people who live there - innocent or not - burn into the ground because of 'play stupid games' theory.
-Pedophiles and crooks make up all of politics.
-Cheese pizza is good but toppings are better.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by Thursday7

Free Palestine

^ Share your views on sexuality and then say that, I dont think they're be reciprocating your magnanimity


On a more comical note, I am surprised people like this exist:
https://twitter.com/matthewhurtt/sta...95381330792638

Someone needs to tell this guy to step back from politics and really dial it down....

[Thursday7]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

^ Share your views on sexuality and then say that, I dont think they're be reciprocating your magnanimity


On a more comical note, I am surprised people like this exist:
https://twitter.com/matthewhurtt/sta...95381330792638

Someone needs to tell this guy to step back from politics and really dial it down....

Solid racist generalization retort bro.

Imagine getting hung up on your own perceived characteristics of individuals (even if there is truth to such) and using it to justify supporting the genocide and apartheid of an indigenous society.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by Thursday7

Solid racist generalization retort bro.

Imagine getting hung up on your own perceived characteristics of individuals (even if there is truth to such) and using it to justify supporting the genocide and apartheid of an indigenous society.

Yes, you are absolutely correct and I agree with you 100%

The Palestinian people should cease and desist with their violent behavior and be more considerate and accommodating to people of other nationalities, beliefs and sexual orientation. They would have an easier time co-existing with the rest of humanity in what is called civilized society.

[Thursday7]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

Yes, you are absolutely correct and I agree with you 100%

The Palestinian people should cease and desist with their violent behavior and be more considerate and accommodating to people of other nationalities, beliefs and sexual orientation. They would have an easier time co-existing with the rest of humanity in what is called civilized society.

I know it's your style and basically your only argument strategy, but stahp with the reverse psychology virtue signaling. Regardless of a society's interpersonal standards, saying they deserve the iron fist of colonialism via genocide is fucking foul.

As deolio stated, Isreal shouldn't exist in the first place.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by Thursday7

As deolio stated, Isreal shouldn't exist in the first place.

You must feel PROUD and GOOD... strong enough to beat the WORLD!

Time to book your ticket, tell all those Jews that they need to move because Thursday7 said so!!! Dont hold back...! :-)




Besides, this map is inaccurate. It should include some type of overlay that displays underground tunnels.

[ixfxi]

anyone have comments about that manifesto?

[nick_d_240sx]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

anyone have comments about that manifesto?

Just a white, self hating, transvestite, psychopath, that murdered innocent children because of their skin color and their religion. Nothing to report on there..

What's more concerning than trying to hide the manifesto in the first place, was the coordinated attempts to discredit and hide it afterwards. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube all scrubbed it from sight. Nothing about it on the news. But, hey, now there's a giant manhunt with tanks and helicopters, for one guy who walked into the capital on Jan. 6th. GTFO..

Dystopian shit man.

Seems a lot like the government controlling the public narrative by only allowing the information they approve of to be shared though social media.
And democrats and liberals eat it up! Hook, line, and sinker.

Hamas are terrorist. Palestinians support Hamas. Smoke em out.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

I also did this. There is picture evidence. Please see comment about how no one talked to you about hormone blockers or transitioning. That is a comment that warrants a response.

you'll never get a response because the reality is, the majority of people pushing this ideology are childless progressives/socialists/marxists/communists (pick any one you wish) and have no real care or empathy. they are disingenuous, fakes, phoneys, charlatans, hacks (pick any one you wish) and they only care to push a narrative that supports their lifestyle.


any parent worth a damn should tune into this episode from PBD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJFj0ojmk8Q

lets see how long before the mafia goes after this episode and files complaints for takedown/removal due to <insert horse shit complaint here>

Originally Posted by nick_d_240sx

But, hey, now there's a giant manhunt with tanks and helicopters, for one guy who walked into the capital on Jan. 6th. GTFO..

They literally broadcasted his photo, name, address on the news. I dont think they even did this for the night stalker or any serial killers.

https://rumble.com/v3ujgrj-police-st...-attendee.html

[Phlip]

If Virginia last week is any indication as to how shit is about to go for the next little while in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson, anti-abortion is about to be a losing issue in once solidly red spaces.

[dizzariot]

Yeah that's exactly what we need: more ways to dodge accountability in the USA.

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

Yeah that's exactly what we need: more ways to dodge accountability in the USA.

**Laughs in Supreme Court shirking any accountability**

[feito]

yall following the mostly peaceful pro hamas protest around the country? lol, that, plus all the central americans flooding the country, we'll be a third world shl# hole in no time
We all know what happen to rome, history repeats itself

[SupaDoopa]

This country has been third world for some time. It's just that we're a technologically advanced third world country that makes other countries not see the wool we're pulling over their eyes. We let anyone come and go with little to no screening, the borders were a joke, then were closed, then wide open again, we have a leader that can't even formulate small sentences with any sort of intelligent thought...

We aren't going to be anything. We are fucked.