Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.
Date	2017-04-28 15:51 -0700
Message-ID	<D529156A.A22EA%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
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On 4/28/17, 2:48 PM, in article oe0daq$d55$1@dont-email.me, "Sprang"
<spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:30:25 -0700, Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>> On 4/28/17, 1:37 PM, in article op.yze97yayjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ...
>>>>>> Did you read my comments, above? I talked about this challenge. If you
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> a good solution for it I would love to hear it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I do think we can look at those who are from poor neighborhoods and work
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> equalize things there ... black, white, or green, does not matter.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And stop funding school districts with property taxes... that is stupid
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> leads to problems that last for generations.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> clearly, he wants to keep his "unequal" rights intact AKA "white
>>>>> privilege".
>>>>> 
>>>> Hell! Working with, and for me before I retired there were Whites, Blacks,
>>>> Hispanics, Puerto Ricans, Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, Samoans, Chinese,
>>>> Japanese, one Pakistani, men, women, straights & gays of both sexes,
>>>> religious faithful (normal Christian, off the wall crazy Christian, Jews,
>>>> Muslims, & Budhists), athiests, good workers, and mediocre workers from
>>>> across the ethnicity spectrum.
>>>> 
>>>> Among that American melting pot of co-workers you could find decent folks
>>>> and
>>>> total assholes, race knows no boundaries.
>>>> 
>>> The problem with the anti-racist left wing morons of today is they require
>>> companies to employ the correct numbers of each race and sex, regardless of
>>> how well they will do at the job.  For fuck's sake let the companies employ
>>> who they think will do best.
>> 
>> First: there is NOTHING wrong with being against racism.
> 
> Then there should be NOTHING *wrong* with being for it.

Well, it is the ultimate "snowflake" worldview... you can decide for
yourself if that is good or bad. For me: bad. Period.

>> Second: you are confusing supporting equal rights in general with supporting
>> a form of affirmative action. The two are not the same.
> 
> Everyone knows that.
> Affirmative action is racism.

I personally am not a fan of it but I can understand the ideals behind it...
namely working to correct clear societal disadvantages. I do not have a
great solution to that problem but do support working to equalize education,
etc. and understand that it is multi-generational "fix" that will never be
perfect (and cannot be). What I disagree with is people who are so blind as
to the plight of others or the impact of history that they foolishly deny
their even is an impact or who deny that many minorities are still facing
significant racism today. That goes back to the "snowflake" mentality which
I do not support.

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 21:37 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 14:30 -0700
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 21:48 +0000
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 23:47 +0100
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 22:49 +0000
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 15:01 +0100
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 16:00 -0700
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 15:02 +0100
            Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-29 10:42 -0700
              Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-29 19:07 +0100
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-29 12:23 -0700
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 15:51 -0700
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 23:00 +0000
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 16:10 -0700
            Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-28 23:34 +0000
              Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 18:32 -0700

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