If Mort Divine ruled the world

[CiG]

When did the left lose the ability to use introspection and self-awareness?

 

[SentinelSlain]

I think the left have suffered from their own "privilege". They can nullify the importance of any counter argument to too great a degree.

 

[Dak]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ladies-check-your-privilege/article33797846/

 

[rms]

really hoping the term reverse discrimination dies one of these days

 

[Dak]

Yeah, it's dumb. It's all just discrimination.

 

[CiG]

Same with reverse racism. No, it's just regular old racism.

 

[Einherjar86]

Speaking of racism...

btw, this is what, in academia, we call "fudging":

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...ng-terrific-trump_us_58920a79e4b0c90eff015bb3

Technically, Frum didn’t get the quote exactly right, based on footage of the speech. But he was pretty darn close. Trump referenced Douglass as “an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.”

 

[rms]

care to expand here?

 

[Dak]

Douglass would probs be a yuge Trump fan.

 

[Einherjar86]

care to expand here?

...? Did you click on the link? What is there to expand on?

Douglass would probs be a yuge Trump fan.

Ha, yeah right.

 

[CiG]

Is the assumption that Trump thinks Douglass is still alive?

Wouldn't he have said an example of somebody who is doing an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice rather than an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice if he thought he was still alive?

I mean, it wouldn't surprise me, I doubt Trump is educated on political history or even American history much, if at all.

 

[Einherjar86]

I think the assumption is that he has no idea who Douglass is.

I'm really not trying to make any argumentative point here, just think it's hilarious that our president doesn't seem to know who the most famous (probably) escaped slave and black abolitionist is. I'm not saying everyone should, but I do think there's a certain level of, you know... historical learning that's expected of the commander in chief.

 

[CiG]

That expectation has a lot to do with the conditioning we have that country leaders should be career politicians, or to a lesser extent military men.

Trump is just a typical uneducated bozo, albeit with money.

 

[Dak]

I see no necessary connection between knowing of x person in history and ability to make good decisions in the current year.

However, he did make the Patton - Mattis connection so that helped him, whether or not the comparison is really very good.

 

[Einherjar86]

You guys are really no fun.

 

[rms]

...? Did you click on the link? What is there to expand on?

who is doing the fudging...you introduce a term in a certain scope and don't define it

>_>

<_<

 

[Einherjar86]

Man, I'm just trying to laugh at the moron sitting in the White House.

"Fudging" means using vague or generic language when you don't know who/what something is in order to pass it off like you do know what you're talking about. Students do this in papers all the time; and often they get caught, like the president did.

 

[rms]

i think it's funnier that all these libs act like they are Douglass scholars all of a sudden

but don't get the racism angle, also not trying to kill your vibe

 

[Dak]

Speaking of racism, this is quite interesting. The following image was in a listserv advertisement:

I was (not really)amazed that something so obviously racist like this was getting circulated, and I went to find a publicly available version to share without having to host etc, and what I found was even more interesting. This is last years version:

That's quite the shift in a year. Or are they now simply being more honest?

 

[Einherjar86]

I don't get why that's racist. Explain it to me.