PBS NewsHour, Fridays, Brooks and Capehart. On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 2:02 PM CBB - Jay Fuller <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
> > 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..... > > ----- Reply message ----- > 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. >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug..com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >> > > > -- > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > My website <http://zachunderwood.me> > advance-networking.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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