Showing posts with label Bigotry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bigotry. Show all posts

Thursday, November 27, 2025

U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says

 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/trump-rubio-mass-migration.html

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Not content to simply promote bigotry in the US, apparently they are promoting hatred, cruelty and racism around the world and insisting that everyone be as sociopathic as the US is, or face investigation and persecution if not cruel enough...  If it weren't so dangerous, it would be funny to listen to the Trumpian regime blaming (POC) immigrants for damaging social cohesion.  It is hard to wrap one's head around such tone deafness.

Thursday, October 16, 2025

What is the point in engaging in debate with racists, bigots and haters? Collateral Education.

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=2550223&post_id=176355118&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTc2MzU1MTE4LCJpYXQiOjE3NjA2NDUxMzIsImV4cCI6MTc2MzIzNzEzMiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI1NTAyMjMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.bYd9yhl4s5OqR5yk7hc6OHAj6Zj5Qv_oTSZFKyzrpFQ

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This may be a strange subject for someone who runs a blog like this, but I often question the kind of debate we have here.  It is kind of an existential question.  Why do it?  Often we are conversing with people whose minds are made up and closed like steel traps, and whose fundamental values (or lack thereof) conflict with our own.  

Quasim tackles this question - his rationale is what he calls Collateral Education.  Basicallyit is the idea that you aren't really talking to the individual on the other computer, but instead you are talking to the silent majority who are listening, who are interested in what we have to say, and who could use some clarity in their thoughts and arguments.  I think that he has something there.  So listen to how he approaches discussion as Collateral Education.  

Best wishes to the Class Strugglers out there.  Keep up the good work and please plan to attend a No Kings event near you.  Stay safe in these perilous times, NB

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