The Outrage Thread

[boozeman]

Had this typed earlier and didn't post it for some reason...

A black woman -- who looks kind of like a dude -- named "Gay."

Did she even have to interview for the job? Or did they take one look and say, "You're hired!"

In the past few years, yes.

 

[Cotton]

 

[boozeman]

Lookit, if you want to debate things on an intellectual level, fine.

Acting like a distressed under-educated victim is not a good look.

 

[boozeman]

 

[Cotton]

So, cheating hurts minorities. I hate this damn world right now.

 

[bbgun]

 

[Smitty]

On the one hand, Ackman is of course exactly right.

On the other hand -- and several commentators have talked about this lately --it's shocking that he didn't realize this until now. These billionaires have been donating all this money to these institutions without even realizing what cesspools they've become. I guess they just buy the typical NYT/Wash Post propaganda without actually paying attention.

These people are terrible debaters.

 

[Smitty]

I couldn't fucking imagine living like that. My daughter thinks New York is some awesome city she wants to visit. I try to tell her that it's an awful place that no one should ever want to visit. Unfortunately kids just don't get it.

There are things in NYC worth visiting, they are making it harder and harder to want to go though.

 

[Smitty]

It's good to visit just to do it, but living there would be a whole 'nother thing.

Right.

NYC is not San Francisco where it's a literal shithole.

There are all the overpriced and overrated tourist trappings of NYC that are worth seeing in your life. Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Broadway, Central Park, the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, etc.

But like an overnight or two is all you need and then you're good for a decade or so.

 

[Smitty]

Liberals can't be anti-semites, just like minorities can't be racist, gays can't be bigots, etc.

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

Old article, but just goes to show you the current state of idiocy has been a work in progress.


Researchers: Dodgeball is an ‘unethical tool of oppression’

NATIONAL & WORLD NEWS

By Ann Smajstrla, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

June 8, 2019

A group of researchers in Canada says the game “dodgeball” shouldn’t be played in schools, arguing that it’s not only “oppressive,” but also “miseducative.”

The researchers discussed their findings, saying some students use dodgeball to dehumanize and harm their peers, in a recent presentation at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Vancouver, Canada.

"When you're setting up the environment for students to learn, and you introduce the idea that it's OK to slam the ball at whomever you like, even if it's with a soft ball, the intention is there," University of British Columbia professor Joy Butler told The Washington Post. "[Physical education class] should be an arena where teachers are helping [students] control their aggression and move on instead of expressing themselves through anger."

The researchers interviewed middle school-aged students broader questions about physical education class. Researchers repeatedly heard that certain students hated dodgeball, The Post reported.

The fact that some kids enjoy dodgeball doesn’t save it, according to an abstract for the presentation. Dodgeball is “miseducative” because it “reinforces the five faces of oppression,” which are exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and violence, the abstract said.

“The message is that it’s OK to hurt or dehumanize the ‘other,’” Butler said. “The competition is about annihilating one’s opponent, and the true definition of competition is between two evenly matched teams. Well, kids stack their teams, and they really enjoy beating the other team. What’s the enjoyment of that?”

The researchers asked a group of students to create their own game, the only requirements being that there be two goals, a ball and all students had to agree on the rules. Students who dominated in dodgeball split off from the rest of the students to develop rules without consulting their peers, researchers said.

Butler said this showed how negative aspects of dodgeball can spill over to other areas of physical education.

Researcher David Burns, of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, said teachers should be offering students models of good behavior, confirmation of their value and practice for incorporating them into their life, The Ottawa Citizen reported. The problem with dodgeball, Burns said, is that it celebrates aggressively singling out others for dominance.

“Within a game, that’s largely harmless, but within an educational experience over time, you might be nurturing the wrong thing,” Burns said.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Imagine what those gaping holes think about football.

 

[bbgun]

 

[Chocolate Lab]

The one on the left has 38 inch arms.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

She needs that second seat so her ass cheek and oxygen tank can share it.

 

[boozeman]

It is bleeding heart horseshit like this that continues the cycle. Asians and Indians have higher worth than blacks and white people put together.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Also, Asians make more than anyone. I guess they're keeping the white (and black/brown/red) man down.

 

[bbgun]

Also, Asians make more than anyone.

They don't count. They're considered "white adjacent."

 

[Chocolate Lab]