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Assholes in the news
January 19, 2021 at 11:05 am
What do you say we try a topic about assholes and assholism in the news and see how it goes?
Like one of the biggest assholes today, Gweneth Paltrow, and crazy headlines about her recently
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 12:43 pm
Ok, I know that the last post in this topic is (little) over a month old, but sometimes I see such assholery in the news that I can't resist not putting it here
Quote:An explosive prop being built for a gender reveal party accidentally detonated and killed a father-to-be in New York state
Christopher Pekny, 28, (father-to-be) died in the blast and his brother Michael Pekny, 27, was injured, officials said.
The prop under construction wasn't even going to be the final product to be used for the gender reveal, but just the prototype, Trooper Steven Nevel told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1258554
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 4:47 pm
Coca Cola are assholes for pushing one of the most racist things I've ever seen on their employees. "Diversity training".
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 5:16 pm
(February 23, 2021 at 4:47 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: Coca Cola are assholes for pushing one of the most racist things I've ever seen on their employees. "Diversity training".
Snopes is working to confirm or deny this as being something that was put out there by Coca Cola. It's a LinkedIn learning module. Stand by for the real thing.
Did Coca-Cola's Diversity Training Tell Workers 'Try To Be Less White'? (snopes.com)
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What's True
Screenshots shared widely in February 2021 were authentic snapshots of a real online course on LinkedIn, featuring Robin DiAngelo and entitled "Confronting Racism."
What's False
However, the presence of a Coca-Cola logo in a screenshot taken from LinkedIn does not prove that the video course featuring DiAngelo was required viewing for Coca-Cola employees. Coca-Cola has explicitly denied that the course, which included a section entitled "Try to be less white," was part of the curriculum for its mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion training.
What's Undetermined
We have not yet been able to corroborate Coca-Cola's denial.
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 5:18 pm
(February 23, 2021 at 4:47 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: Coca Cola are assholes for pushing one of the most racist things I've ever seen on their employees. "Diversity training".
By all means, let’s continue at our current levels of oppression, arrogance, certainty, defense, ignorance and pride. Heaven forfend we should listen to people and believe what they say. While we’re about it, we can continue to be apathetic and non-inclusive.
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 5:35 pm
When I was 5, dad introduced the farm hand to me. "Son, this is Polecat."
And some dumb kid wants to tell me what's racist.
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 5:41 pm
(February 23, 2021 at 12:43 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Ok, I know that the last post in this topic is (little) over a month old, but sometimes I see such assholery in the news that I can't resist not putting it here
Quote:An explosive prop being built for a gender reveal party accidentally detonated and killed a father-to-be in New York state
Christopher Pekny, 28, (father-to-be) died in the blast and his brother Michael Pekny, 27, was injured, officials said.
The prop under construction wasn't even going to be the final product to be used for the gender reveal, but just the prototype, Trooper Steven Nevel told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1258554
Dumb people gotta dumb.
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 6:05 pm
(February 23, 2021 at 5:41 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (February 23, 2021 at 12:43 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Ok, I know that the last post in this topic is (little) over a month old, but sometimes I see such assholery in the news that I can't resist not putting it here
Dumb people gotta dumb.
Dumb on so many levels.
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 6:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2021 at 6:28 pm by HappySkeptic.)
(February 23, 2021 at 5:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: By all means, let’s continue at our current levels of oppression, arrogance, certainty, defense, ignorance and pride. Heaven forfend we should listen to people and believe what they say. While we’re about it, we can continue to be apathetic and non-inclusive.
Boru
The main problem is the title -- how to be less white. That defines "whiteness" as being everything negative on the list. That is racist.
If we created a list about "how to be less black", would that be okay?
Racism doesn't stop racism. The hypocrisy of it creates a backlash against real change.
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RE: Assholes in the news
February 23, 2021 at 6:35 pm
The last racist won' t go out with a bang - or even a wimper.
When racism is gone for good - nobody will even notice.
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