tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post1517542675692616428..comments2024-02-08T01:44:24.272-05:00Comments on ModeratePoli: Elizabeth Warren's stupid liesModeratePolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-89220220168743538512019-08-18T17:46:02.231-04:002019-08-18T17:46:02.231-04:00It's years later, and Warren is looking better...It's years later, and Warren is looking better to me, perhaps in contrast to so many other politicians who lack the chops to consider real policy. She's much sharper than so many who are running. ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-53715887975244621652015-10-10T17:14:09.396-04:002015-10-10T17:14:09.396-04:00It's discouraging to know that we still aren&#...It's discouraging to know that we still aren't beyond the nitpicking. We are still shining a light into every slightly dusty corner of someone's life and discarding everything they stand for based on some incredibly small or superfluous claim or action. <br />We are all waiting for that superhero, that paragon of virtue who will save the human race from a) extinction, b) corporatocracy c) liberal extremism, d) atheism/secular humanism, e) climate change/global warming, and f) the other side. Mark any or all of the above.<br />We find whatever little distracting comment or aside, we spin it and then we spit it back out blown out of proportion and completely unrecognizable on the other end.<br />This is brilliant sleight of hand on the part of the politicians who have nothing to offer and present the other side as damaged goods in order to make their own lack of humanity seem valid.<br />wendilee1956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-59619971959241891832012-06-14T14:54:30.068-04:002012-06-14T14:54:30.068-04:00@Anon and Couves, it seems like any system where t...@Anon and Couves, it seems like any system where there are advantages (all of them except perfect randomness), some people will try to game the system to collect the advantage. I don't know if it's mathematically impossible to prevent this, but it sure seems to be a historical truth that it's impossible. <br /><br />What to do in light of this? I can't say now because I'm too depressed about the situation.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-91877439552481426702012-06-13T19:40:28.295-04:002012-06-13T19:40:28.295-04:00Universities (and some other employers) are requir...Universities (and some other employers) are required to present statistics on the number of "minority" employees, students, etc., and more is better. Thus the excessive focus on genetic background, because that it how the counts are done--easy to check off and unambiguous. However, genetic background does not necessarily correspond with socio-economic consequences of historic discrimination. So persons who come from wealth and privilege can count as "minority," and universities (like other employers) like them because culturally they fit in. At the same time, persons who have suffered from socio-economic prejudice, such as rural whites or Muslims of Middle Eastern heritage, don't count as "minority" even though they find it difficult to compete with the children of the white,Christian middle class suburbs. The categories are too crude, and they have been reified by generations of government policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-70917208614878137652012-06-04T23:33:39.942-04:002012-06-04T23:33:39.942-04:00It disgusts me because actual minorities are frequ...It disgusts me because actual minorities are frequently subjected to prejudice and historical, inter-generational mistreatment that often still lives with them today in various ways. If nearly everyone can find some plausible claim to minority status based on family history, then we really lose sight of these legitimate social problems in our society.<br /><br />I thought that's what progressives believe. Heck, I believe it, and I'm hardly a progressive. Either they're evolving beyond their core beliefs or progressives will conveniently shed their principles when it threatens their hold on power.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-62261382711216066582012-06-04T21:30:57.148-04:002012-06-04T21:30:57.148-04:00@Couves, since you've volunteered that it &quo...@Couves, since you've volunteered that it "disgusts" you, can you tell me why? This is for my edification, if you don't mind.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499771266402854669.post-28006165727349333872012-06-04T21:12:13.172-04:002012-06-04T21:12:13.172-04:00I've been surprised by the number of progressi...I've been surprised by the number of progressives who believe that one can be a minority based only on "family lore."<br /><br />On the one hand, this disgusts me -- on the other hand, it may be a sign that we really are getting closer to the point where race doesn't matter.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.com