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  • An odd poll

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 19:28:18 2023
    A new poll out this week found that just 39 percent of California's likely voters support the idea of a reparations task force.

    I guess they couldn't stomach the response to what people thought of the recommendations of that task force.

    But never fear....dems plan to make this their issue for decades to come.

    Lisa Holder, task force member, said she’s optimistic about the task force’s potential to make long-term cultural changes. “It's going to take decades to reverse centuries of damage,” she said. “It's absurd to approach this as a short-term
    project.”

    Isn't that great?

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Jun 6 20:42:46 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:28:20 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:
    A new poll out this week found that just 39 percent of California's likely voters support the idea of a reparations task force.

    I guess they couldn't stomach the response to what people thought of the recommendations of that task force.

    But never fear....dems plan to make this their issue for decades to come.

    Lisa Holder, task force member, said she’s optimistic about the task force’s potential to make long-term cultural changes. “It's going to take decades to reverse centuries of damage,” she said. “It's absurd to approach this as a short-term
    project.”

    Isn't that great?

    ScottW

    "It's absurd to approach this as a short-term project.”

    yes, once they begin, they will never end.
    400 years from now we will be paying them.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue Jun 6 21:06:54 2023
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 8:42:47 PM UTC-7, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:28:20 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:
    A new poll out this week found that just 39 percent of California's likely voters support the idea of a reparations task force.

    I guess they couldn't stomach the response to what people thought of the recommendations of that task force.

    But never fear....dems plan to make this their issue for decades to come.

    Lisa Holder, task force member, said she’s optimistic about the task force’s potential to make long-term cultural changes. “It's going to take decades to reverse centuries of damage,” she said. “It's absurd to approach this as a short-term
    project.”

    Isn't that great?

    ScottW

    "It's absurd to approach this as a short-term project.”
    yes, once they begin, they will never end.
    400 years from now we will be paying them.

    We'll be Eloi and they will be Morlocks.....
    but who will be the Uber-Morlock?
    Descendants of clan Pelosi.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Jun 7 09:03:23 2023
    On 6/6/23 9:28 PM, ScottW wrote:
    A new poll out this week found that just 39 percent of California's likely voters support the idea of a reparations task force.

    I guess they couldn't stomach the response to what people thought of the recommendations of that task force.

    They "couldn't stomach the results" of a task force that hasn't even
    been formed?

    I guess it's progress you assume examination of damages to enslaved
    people and their descendants would inevitably lead to uncomfortable conclusions.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Jun 7 09:12:27 2023
    On 6/6/23 11:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    We'll be Eloi and they will be Morlocks.....

    You know the Eloi were the parasites and the Morlocks were the builders?
    How this relates to slavery and class relations I'll leave to you to
    figure out.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 09:39:28 2023
    On 6/7/23 9:03 AM, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/6/23 9:28 PM, ScottW wrote:
    A new poll out this week found that just 39 percent of California's
    likely voters support the idea of a reparations task force.

    I guess they couldn't stomach the response to what people thought of
    the recommendations of that task force.

    They "couldn't stomach the results" of a task force that hasn't even
    been formed?

    Pardon the bad quote: They "couldn't stomach" the results of a task
    force that hasn't even been formed?

    I admit that sentence required more parsing than I gave it. Is it about
    what people thought about the recommendations of the task force? or is
    it about people who "couldn't stomach" what other people thought about
    the recommendations of the task force? Or just the idea of a task force?

    The task force hasn't been formed so there are no recommendations to
    stomach.

    Gotta hand to the the right for their ability to crank out noise polls.
    On the plus side, Rasmussen caused Scott Adams to self-destruct:

    https://ethicsalarms.com/2023/02/24/on-rasmussens-terrible-poll-conservative-media-spin-and-scott-adams-self-cancellation/

    The commentator is nut-job safe to read, if his Target-boycotting and utilitarian ethics are any guide.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 09:21:12 2023
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7:03:26 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/6/23 9:28 PM, ScottW wrote:
    A new poll out this week found that just 39 percent of California's likely voters support the idea of a reparations task force.

    I guess they couldn't stomach the response to what people thought of the recommendations of that task force.
    They "couldn't stomach the results" of a task force that hasn't even
    been formed?

    Funny...how did a 40 chapter draft report be created by a task force that hasn't even been formed?

    https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/meetings/05062023

    Fuckin morons....

    ScottW

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 09:24:19 2023
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7:12:30 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/6/23 11:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    We'll be Eloi and they will be Morlocks.....
    You know the Eloi were the parasites and the Morlocks were the builders?

    Eloi were farmers/hunters/gatherers above ground who built their homes on cliffs walls.
    Morlocks "harvested" them and were slaves to the Uber-Morlock.

    Piano teachers are more a parasite than Eloi...taking from society and giving little value in return.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Jun 7 13:15:06 2023
    On 6/7/23 11:21 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7:03:26 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/6/23 9:28 PM, ScottW wrote:
    A new poll out this week found that just 39 percent of
    California's likely voters support the idea of a reparations task
    force.

    I guess they couldn't stomach the response to what people thought
    of the recommendations of that task force.
    They "couldn't stomach the results" of a task force that hasn't
    even been formed?

    Funny...how did a 40 chapter draft report be created by a task force
    that hasn't even been formed?

    Hindsight.

    https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/meetings/05062023

    Fuckin morons....

    Sounds like a bad poll question. Maybe "what do you think of the
    existing reparations task force" would have fit the facts better.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Jun 7 13:17:18 2023
    On 6/7/23 11:24 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7:12:30 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/6/23 11:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    We'll be Eloi and they will be Morlocks.....
    You know the Eloi were the parasites and the Morlocks were the builders?

    Eloi were farmers/hunters/gatherers above ground who built their homes on cliffs walls.
    Morlocks "harvested" them and were slaves to the Uber-Morlock.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloi

    "The Eloi live a banal life of ease on the surface of the Earth while
    the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food,
    clothing, and inventory for the Eloi. The narration suggests that the separation of species may have been the result of a widening split
    between different social classes. With all their needs and desires
    perfectly fulfilled, the Eloi have slowly become dissolute and naive:
    they are described as smaller than modern humans, with shoulder-length
    curly hair, pointed chins, large eyes, small ears, small mouths with
    bright red thin lips, and sub-human intelligence. They do not perform
    much work, except to feed, play, and mate, and are characterized by
    apathy; and when Weena falls into a river, none of the other Eloi help
    her (she is rescued instead by the Time Traveller). Periodically, the
    Morlocks capture individual Eloi for food; and because this typically
    happens on moonless nights, the Eloi are terrified of darkness."

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 20:56:31 2023
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 11:17:20 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/7/23 11:24 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7:12:30 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/6/23 11:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    We'll be Eloi and they will be Morlocks.....
    You know the Eloi were the parasites and the Morlocks were the builders?

    Eloi were farmers/hunters/gatherers above ground who built their homes on cliffs walls.
    Morlocks "harvested" them and were slaves to the Uber-Morlock.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloi

    "The Eloi live a banal life of ease on the surface of the Earth while
    the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food, clothing, and inventory for the Eloi.

    So those on UBI are parasites. Good to know.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Jun 8 09:39:21 2023
    On 6/7/23 10:56 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 11:17:20 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/7/23 11:24 AM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7:12:30 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 6/6/23 11:06 PM, ScottW wrote:
    We'll be Eloi and they will be Morlocks.....
    You know the Eloi were the parasites and the Morlocks were the builders? >>>
    Eloi were farmers/hunters/gatherers above ground who built their homes on cliffs walls.
    Morlocks "harvested" them and were slaves to the Uber-Morlock.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloi

    "The Eloi live a banal life of ease on the surface of the Earth while
    the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food,
    clothing, and inventory for the Eloi.

    So those on UBI are parasites. Good to know.

    Well-spotted! And so soon after claiming Eloi status.

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