I vaguely remember back in the 90s when there was a TV show called hannity and
combs..... It actually put a liberal and a conservative on the same debate
show. I never watched it I just knew it existed.....
We need something like that again. People need to hear both sides.....
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From: "Zach Underwood" <zunder1...@gmail.com>
To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: [AFMUG] OT mildly political
Date: Thu, May 19, 2022 10:07 AM
Calling out people does work but only if you have established relationships and
it is a relationship that both wish to keep going. It can help humanize the
problem and help the other person see the harm.
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:54 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
Well, maybe their thin skin needs some toughening up. Everyone could
use some more grit.
In my experience, those that feel compelled to “call out” people never
affect positive change. And frequently they harm themselves in the
trying. Becoming toxic themselves to those they are trying to
shame/expose/coerce/educate/put down.
What good does it do to tell some red necked construction worker that he is
being racist? I just avoid those with views I abhor. And I try to
teach by example. But I never call anyone out. At work, if they are
my employee, I address the concern in private. If they don’t change I fire
them.
Social justice warriors are idiots in my opinion. They invent a noble
cause with which to enshroud themselves while acting out in socially impolitic
ways, a good reason, in their mind, to be an anarchist. Look at
antifa and proud boys.
Exact same people, doing the exact same things, for the exact same
reasons. The ONLY difference is some contrived battle line they are trying
to advance.
From: Cameron
Crum
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022 7:42 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political
You stirred the liberal hornets nest now, Chuck.
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 7:51 AM
<dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
Weirdly opposite here. My brothers are vocally
alt-right. All ex-military, all purport to be Christian. One is
dead from substance abuse and suffered a variety of mental health
issues. The surviving two are always broke, angry, and unhappy. I
feel like I have to tiptoe around them so they don’t fly off the handle about
anything.
…..and I’m not at all “woke”. I just know it’s not
for me to pass judgement.
On the other hand, this is NY. Maybe they feel like
they’re the rebels fighting the evil liberal death star. Maybe your kids
in Utah feel like they’re the rebels fighting the evil Republican death
star.
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
via AF
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 6:11 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Cc: Chuck McCown <ch...@go-mtc.com>
Subject: [AFMUG] OT mildly
political
Woke, broke, in
therapy and crazy unhappy.
That is how I
would describe some of my kids.
The alt right
unwoke ones seem to have money and happiness.
Never expected
I would not be able to speak my mind at family dinners just to be able to
still see some of my kids.
Feel like I was
convicted in absentia, thrown in the hole for a lifetime sentence, but taken
out of solitary confinement now and then at their whims just so they could
claim to have compassion on me for a half hour walk in the woods. Maybe
longer if I pay for dinner.
Odd
times....
I loved my
parents and grandparents.
Never felt they
had to earn it.
Never would
have thought of condemning them for the things they said.
Funny, I have a
sister that lives 1000 miles from me. Our families were separate all
while the kids were growing.
But some of
hers have done the same things to her. Using the exact same vernacular.
Must have
something to do with energy drinks I think.
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