Random Politics & Religion #00

There's only a double standard in the strictest, most literal sense, but the implication that both groups are equally valid and deserve equal consideration is a bit far fetched.

The problem is when you apply even a modicum of common sense it's fairly clear one is purposed with trying to achieve equal footing for people of a given ethnicity/genetic background (I despise the word "race," as if we're not all human) and the other is motivated by less-than-savory ideals.

But, again -- unless I misunderstand the situation -- this isn't an issue of freedoms of speech. It's an issue of whether the university has a right to police its own organizations according to the principles of its board members, and I'm pretty sure it does.

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To expand on this a little:

It is literally impossible for a "white rights group" to promote an agenda in the same way as an African American proponents' group does because "whites" have never been a specifically oppressed group in this culture and country. Individual ethnicities have in their own ways each had their own significant adversities, it's true, but not nearly to the point of, oh, I don't know. Institutional, generational slavery and lingering feelings of resentment and segregation that continue to this day.

Why is it now that these protests are happening when racial disparities are at an all time low? We don't have slavery here in the US, there is no segregation that is allowed by law, and racial profiling is less today than it was 40-50-60-100 years ago. So, why is it now that there is more racism protests than there were back in MLK days? Especially since African Americans are a more "protected class" today than ever before.

Maybe make military service mandatory for all able bodied citizens like other countries do. No service no right to vote etc

I think a lot of it is people trying to milk the system. One thing goes wrong for me and I will blame everyone else mentality. This country is quickly turning to whine session to get what they want. Everyone is offended by everything, no one can talk to anyone anymore for fear of saying something someone else deems hurtful. The PC click is taking over and as much as people do not want to hear it liberals and the left are creating this monster and feeding it. Minority thug gets shot resisting arrest and the president weighs in on it but 30 cops get killed and he does not have a word to say. When I was in the military we never had this pc ***. Everyone was brothers regardless of race or anything else. Maybe make military service mandatory for all able bodied citizens like other countries do. No service no right to vote etc.

Lots of it comes down to perceptions in many, many facets and applications of the word. "Media exposure" is another phrase that comes to mind.

As to your first point, I'm not well read into the specific subject at hand but my guess is that it is not a question of the civil rights of the pissy white boys brigade being violated.

Just when I thought what you say couldn't reach a lower peak..lol.

Anyway back to not-ww3..I don't know how long it's been going on but I only learned about it today that Russia is selling missiles to Persia(that were previously banned by nato) and training its troops.

Extremes on both sides of the political fence are controlling things these days which is certainly a major contributing factor.

Mandatory military service is problematic, but given you're suggesting it I'm almost positive you're blind -- willfully or otherwise -- to the problems inherent within that mindset or the juxtaposed ideologies involved.

Source?

That's why they should have been escorted out of said airspace instead of being shot down immediately. I'm sure if any country that flies over US airspace and we shoot them down, that would have been considered an act of war then.

Turkey has a right to defend it's airspace from aggression. Did Russia attack Turkey or was going to attack Turkey?

I'm not defending Russia from flying in Turkish airspace, but to be shot down? I'm not buying it.

If anything, Turkey is the aggressor in this case.

Turkey has repeatedly told Russia to back off the last few weeks. Several Russian military commanders visited Turkey last week to confirm Turkey's protocol on airspace. As Turkey has not shot down previous Rusdian incursions.

This was a foreign military plane equipped with bombs that invaded a countries sovereign airspace

As Mosin said Russia has been testing several countries defense for many months now. They were told the consequences of repeated violations and now they (and all of us) have to deal with them.

Try this

Today it sure makes me wonder why Russia is trying so hard to ignite the fires of war(passive-aggressively, but still).

As Mosin said Russia has been testing several countries defense for many months now. They were told the consequences of repeated violations and now they (and all of us) have to deal with them.

Yeah, technically Turkey started. But Russia's still doing a lot of provoking nonetheless.

They do this here so I like that Turkey shot them down but I feel bad for the pilots who were killed by the rebels since they were just following orders.

*** move though

He is a follower, not a leader, so don't blame him for not understanding that boot camp is not for everyone.

Even if I had the body for it, boot camp wouldn't be good for me because I question orders given to me, not blindly follow them. I would have been kicked out of the Army before I finished boot camp.

Yeah, technically Turkey started. But Russia's still doing a lot of provoking nonetheless.

Today it sure makes me wonder why Russia is trying so hard to ignite the fires of war(passive-aggressively, but still).

The issue with the Black Lives Matter group is it's own political aim and objective.

The issue with Black Lives Matter is that the environment that has fostered it and allowed it to exist and grow at all, and that we haven't addressed it as a country long before it got to this point.

The issue with Black Lives Matter is that the environment that has fostered it and allowed it to exist and grow at all, and that we haven't addressed it as a country long before it got to this point.

So, do we deport Sharpton or Jackson?

I mean, they are the environment that has fostered and allowed it to exist and grow at all, not only that, but also are the fuel to the fire and the fan to spread it so far.

That said, if you want to dump them both somewhere in the South Pacific so Cthulhu can eat them, I'm cool with that.

Edit: All this to say, we've (that is, the royal "we" of P&R) have had this conversation so many times it's pointless to rehash.