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ringo
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Message 16 of 264 (895974)
07-27-2022 12:23 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by Greatest I am
07-27-2022 10:33 AM


Greatest I am writes:
... I do not know how to reply.
We already knew that.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 44 of 264 (896009)
07-28-2022 11:45 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by Greatest I am
07-27-2022 1:26 PM


Greatest I am writes:
Fuck you.
No, thanks.
And I predict that I will be here a lot longer than you.
Message 41
Greatest I am writes:
Not to date has even one member here acknowledged his tribal/racist nature.
I have acknowledged my racist nature.
Greatest I am writes:
If you admit to it, have you connected it to your fellowship desires, which we all crave?
That's like asking, "If you like ice cream, have you connected it to your craving for sweets?"
Yes, I have.
And duh.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 49 of 264 (896027)
07-29-2022 11:45 AM
Reply to: Message 46 by Greatest I am
07-28-2022 2:02 PM


Greatest I am writes:
Stay in context...
I am in context. I quoted you directly. And I responded to what I quoted.
Greatest I am writes:
... argue...
It's your turn to argue. Respond to what I said.
Greatest I am writes:
... or fuck off.
I already told you that's not going to happen.
Message 45
Greatest I am writes:
Racism is born of fellowship.

Show the flaw in fellowship.
You said it yourself. The flaw in fellowship is racism.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 51 of 264 (896030)
07-29-2022 11:56 AM
Reply to: Message 50 by Greatest I am
07-29-2022 11:49 AM


Greatest I am writes:
What is wrong with discriminating positively for your own tribe or color?
It doesn't happen in a vacuum. Positive discrimination automatically comes with negative discrimination.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 62 of 264 (896079)
07-31-2022 10:02 AM
Reply to: Message 55 by Greatest I am
07-30-2022 11:26 AM


Greatest I am writes:
Love creates hate.

Good creates evil.
No. Positive discrimination is necessarily paired with negative discrimination. Spend more money on white education and you necessarily have less to spend on black education. That isn't love/hate or good/evil. It's mathematics.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 63 of 264 (896080)
07-31-2022 10:09 AM
Reply to: Message 57 by Greatest I am
07-30-2022 11:37 AM


Greatest I am writes:
As long as we evolve, we will compete in various ways, as we seek the fittest of us.

What is stupid is that we are not acknowledging our fittest and brightest and giving them power.
You don't understand survival of the fittest. We don't control who is "fittest". The fitness test can only be done in hindsight. We can see who was fittest because they survived. But we can not predict who will be fittest in the future. Evolution was a way of sneaking into niches that we didn't even know were there.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 71 of 264 (896136)
08-01-2022 10:43 AM
Reply to: Message 67 by Greatest I am
07-31-2022 3:38 PM


Greatest I am writes:
... you have no way of knowing what I understand and I reject your views.
Sure I do. You expressed your views and I responded to what you said.
Now give me a substantial response to what I said.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 72 of 264 (896137)
08-01-2022 10:46 AM
Reply to: Message 66 by Greatest I am
07-31-2022 3:33 PM


Greatest I am writes:
Collateral damage that the stupid right wingers did not see.
Are you surprised to find out that right-wingers are stupid? Did you really think they would have policies that would achieve their goals?

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 79 of 264 (896165)
08-02-2022 11:42 AM
Reply to: Message 74 by Greatest I am
08-01-2022 8:55 PM


Greatest I am writes:
You are stupid to think that we can survive without competing.
When did I say we could survive without competing?
Back in Message 63 I said that we can not predict what "fittest" will mean in the future. Therefore, we can not predict what area of competition will make us "fitter".

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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ringo
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Message 80 of 264 (896166)
08-02-2022 11:45 AM
Reply to: Message 73 by Greatest I am
08-01-2022 8:50 PM


Greatest I am writes:
Are right wingers more moral and richer than the left?
Richer? Often yes.
More moral? Usually no. It's hard to get rich by being moral.
Greatest I am writes:
The conservative right are pushing a restitution agenda, indirectly, while the liberal left wingers want to maintain the status quo.
That statement makes no sense. Try again.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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ringo
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Message 81 of 264 (896167)
08-02-2022 11:50 AM
Reply to: Message 77 by Greatest I am
08-02-2022 10:26 AM


Greatest I am writes:
It become clear when one pays attention and is not just looking for attack points, although I do not mind those if it leads to thought.
Your OP seems to be an attack point with little or no thought behind it.
Greatest I am writes:
The right is shooting itself in the foot by setting up a system that will have more non-whites helped along than whites.
The right tends to have polices that are beneficial to the rich and detrimental to society as a whole. All you're saying is that the right is the right.
Greatest I am writes:
I have been calling that the whites giving restitution to non-whites, as it will cost all whites a lot of cash.
So, are you against restitutuion?

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 93 of 264 (896307)
08-05-2022 12:32 PM
Reply to: Message 85 by Greatest I am
08-04-2022 5:27 PM


Greatest I am writes:
... I do not have time to re-read.
And yet you have time to post inane content-free replies.

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Message 95 of 264 (896309)
08-05-2022 12:41 PM
Reply to: Message 86 by Greatest I am
08-04-2022 5:33 PM


Greatest I am writes:
I am Canadian.

As a country, we never thought that some of us were created to be beneath others and of lower worth.
That's the propaganda but we have never really lived up to our desired image.
Greatest I am writes:
We never embraced slavery the way right wing Americans and others of low moral intelligence still do.
We JUST had Emancipation Day on August 1:
quote
"This historic day paved the way to freeing over 800,000 enslaved Africans and their descendants in Canada, parts of the Caribbean, Africa, and South America." -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
source
And by the way, we've been observing Emancipation Day since waaaaay back in 2021.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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ringo
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Message 96 of 264 (896310)
08-05-2022 12:44 PM
Reply to: Message 91 by Greatest I am
08-05-2022 12:12 PM


Greatest I am writes:
If you guys want to jump to conclusions that are wrong and then expect me to straighten you out, try again.
Expecting you to straighten us out is almost the definition of discussion.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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Message 98 of 264 (896312)
08-05-2022 12:54 PM
Reply to: Message 92 by Greatest I am
08-05-2022 12:18 PM


Greatest I am writes:
This may be true to some, but not for the most intelligent.
The words "most intelligent" tend to make warning lights flash.
(Would the "most intelligent" be you, by any chance?)
Greatest I am writes:
Today, are we not mostly giving our best and brightest the top positions in business, sports, politics, etc.
Top position in politics = POTUS. True.
Best and brightest = Trump. False.
I gues the obvious answer to your question is, "No."
Greatest i am writes:
When do we give top positions to less than the fittest?
See above.

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
-- motto of the Special Olympians

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