MeanMrMustard

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  Has Your Political Views Affected Your Buying Habits or Entertainment?

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  will you avoid nike or tend to not buy apparel because of their support of colin kap?

  would you stop doing business with anyone simply because you disagree with their politics?

  in california, in and out burger, democrats were being told not to support the chain because they donated to republicans.. will politics affect your spending habits?.

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  Serena William is 'fighting for women'?!

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  so serena williams lost the us open final 6-2, 6-4 to naomi osaka, her japanese-american opponent.. williams received three code violations from the umpire, carlos ramos: .

  1. a warning for illegal coaching (subsequently admitted by williams's coach).

  2. a point penalty for smashing her racquet.

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  I am so completely uninterested in tennis, I have to admit I know nothing of this situation except what has appeared on this thread. I also have to admit that I probably won’t go and look into it.

  But from the descriptions on this thread, it sounds like social justice screwing up something else.
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  Has Your Political Views Affected Your Buying Habits or Entertainment?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  will you avoid nike or tend to not buy apparel because of their support of colin kap?

  would you stop doing business with anyone simply because you disagree with their politics?

  in california, in and out burger, democrats were being told not to support the chain because they donated to republicans.. will politics affect your spending habits?.

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  MeanMrMustard

  To answer the thread’s question: No. If you are a flaming leftist, and make a good product, there is a good chance I’ll buy. If I don’t agree with your candidate, and you are willing to be professional and work toward a common goal, then I’ll work with you. No problem.
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  Has Your Political Views Affected Your Buying Habits or Entertainment?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  will you avoid nike or tend to not buy apparel because of their support of colin kap?

  would you stop doing business with anyone simply because you disagree with their politics?

  in california, in and out burger, democrats were being told not to support the chain because they donated to republicans.. will politics affect your spending habits?.

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  This would have been far more effective IMHO...
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  Alex Jones, Infowars Ban on Youtube, FB and other platforms

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  what are you thoughts on this?.

  i find this alarming because jones was very outspoken and had great guests on discussing topics most other media outlets wouldn't go near.. the fact that many have restricted him access to their medium what does this say on our freedoms of speech?.

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  It’s because a left/right continuum should work like a real continuum.

  I understand that I am bucking against the traditional catigorizations here. This has happened on several threads now, but it’s because the left/right dichotomy is not logical, at least not in the way it’s used now. And recently it has become blatently obvious that its just another labelization tool for identity politics.

  Look, I would be more than happy to admit that our categories deserve a bit of nuance. However, if... IF.... you want to break the world of political ideologies, a world that has many dimensions, into a single dimension continuum, then you have to choose a scale that makes sense. It can’t be that authoritarian socialist are on the far left, but then if you add a touch of nationalism, you are suddenly all the way to the right. That is a clue that the metric being used is nonsense.

  So if you want one dimension, fine. But it has to be something more fundamental. That is why I place people like David Duke on the left. He flat out denies human rights come from our humanity. To him they are given by the government. This is fundamentally what leads to leftist atrocities - if rights are given, there is no moral reason why they can’t be taken away.
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  Alex Jones, Infowars Ban on Youtube, FB and other platforms

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  what are you thoughts on this?.

  i find this alarming because jones was very outspoken and had great guests on discussing topics most other media outlets wouldn't go near.. the fact that many have restricted him access to their medium what does this say on our freedoms of speech?.

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  Bitchute.com = 57% funded.
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  Alex Jones, Infowars Ban on Youtube, FB and other platforms

  by pleaseresearch in

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  what are you thoughts on this?.

  i find this alarming because jones was very outspoken and had great guests on discussing topics most other media outlets wouldn't go near.. the fact that many have restricted him access to their medium what does this say on our freedoms of speech?.

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  @_Moroheus:

  Easy - David Duke and Louis Farrakhan are on the left. They may have been historically placed on the “far right”, but ideologically speaking, fundamentally, they are on the left.
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  “Monkey this up”...

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  that expression is a no-no now.

  it is racist and hateful.

  some people just need to get the monkey off their backs..

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  @em1913:

  Also, and if you feel it’s not vanity and striving after the wind:

  The great New England fortunes of early America were largely built on the slave trade -- and those of us here are only just beginning to come to terms with that.

  What do you mean by “come to terms with that”? Clearly you were talking about slavery in New England. What does coming to terms with slavery look like to you? What specific things would have to occur before you say “Wow, we’ve really come to terms with that.”
  
  
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  “Monkey this up”...

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  that expression is a no-no now.

  it is racist and hateful.

  some people just need to get the monkey off their backs..

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  MeanMrMustard

  @em1913:

  If you feel this is pointless, then you don’t have to respond.

  You say that you are looking at capitalism “in practical application.” Fine, alright. Then you should to be able to write a sentence or two, it doesn’t have to be long, and tell me how this occurs.

  Define capitalism. I did it for you, so now your turn. Then, write a couple of statements showing *how* and *why* capitalism ITSELF is racist.

  Note: this is still my *original* question to you.

  If you like, you can use the example of the black codes. In your previous post, you encouraged me to go look it up more - because they really, really, really were an extension of capitalism.

  No - that’s now how this works. YOU made the positive claim. I could go off for hours and research it, and when I come back with the same objection, you’ll simply say I need to look more. Nope. It’s your claim, your example, and it doesn’t show structural racism in capitalism. If you want me to think otherwise, try writing something. You’ve written long posts of almost pure BS and conjecture so far. How about a little focus... just one statement, one paragraph that actually answers my question.
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  “Monkey this up”...

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that expression is a no-no now.

  it is racist and hateful.

  some people just need to get the monkey off their backs..

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  MeanMrMustard

  I remember quite clearly, my 9th grade history teacher.... looked so much like a frog. Even the way he cut his hair accented the look. I mean it was freaky. He was Puerto Rican. Is that racist?