Steve, again - as I stated previously, I did not follow the thread that involved the discussion of "reparations," but some remark that someone made must have been taken as hostile to a reply that Deacon made. Hence, he (wisely) decided to back out of the list entirely because he evidently felt personally affronted. It doesn't happen often here, but it does happen - low carb diets, helmets, etc. Fortunately, our moderator catches many of these early-on and deletes the post entirely. But he has a full time job and and only do so much. Then again, our moderator occasionally gets accosted for doing so too, as in the blow up incident over BLM a while back which he deleted. Anyway, I'm outta here.
On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 2:30:31 PM UTC-6 Steve Palincsar wrote: > Regardless of the merits (or lack thereof) of those arguments, in no way > do they affect what goes on on this list that I can see. Can you show me > any instances where I'm incorrect about that? > On 12/18/20 3:21 PM, George Schick wrote: > > Steve - Deacon used the phrase "rise of the cancel culture" in his reply > to Patrick's inquiry. The author of the review of that book I cited > carefully discusses the intersection of conflicting views that eventually > result in the refusal to pay attention to any of them under the guise of > some kind of oppression (the need of one side to seize power over another). > IOW, one can't say anything about almost anything in the public realm > nowadays without someone pointing to the fact that whatever was said is > discriminatory in some way against someone else. These, as the critical > reviewer points out, are the "roots of 'wokeness' ", or a person who > is supposedly alert and sensitive to oppressive statements and has the > ability to point out the errors of others who made the remarks. > > I've corresponded off-line with Deacon in the past and have a good > impression of his views and beliefs and that's why I attached that file - > for additional edification on the matter. But we'd better knock it off or > else this thread is going to wind up getting nixed, as well. > > > On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 2:09:55 PM UTC-6 Steve Palincsar wrote: > >> The material discussed in the attached file has no relevance to this list >> at all that I can see. >> On 12/18/20 1:44 PM, George Schick wrote: >> >> I think he's responding to issues cited in the attached file. I >> carefully decided not to follow the threads in the "reparations" post so >> I'm not sure exactly what was said that triggered his withdrawal from the >> group, but reading the critique will give you the basic crux of what he's >> objecting to. >> >> >> On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 12:30:35 PM UTC-6 Ben Miller wrote: >> >>> I read the Deacon's blog post last night. This incidentally is >>> corresponding with my own return to the RBW Owners Bunch after a couple >>> year hiatus. Something pleasing about reading his words as some of my >>> first. >>> >>> But like a lot of Deacon's prose I struggle with his words; I had to >>> reread it a few times to get some meaning. Any idea what censorship he is >>> talking about? I don't want to dig up old wounds just to satisfy my >>> curiosity, so if it's better left unsaid that is fine. But censorship isn't >>> something I ever really experienced here and I'm hoping that hasn't changed >>> in those intervening years. >>> >>> Ben >>> >>> On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 9:59:03 AM UTC-8 ack...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Spectacular response >>>> >>>> On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 8:29:40 AM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://deaconpatrick.org/reaching-a-crossroads-with-an-online-bicycle-group >>>>> >>>>> Note that I didn't in fact direct him to take a look at the sentiments >>>>> expressed about him, but simply said that many had expressed interest and >>>>> good wishes. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>> >>>>> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b7af39c7-c161-4f05-ac7f-e96bff523c21n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b7af39c7-c161-4f05-ac7f-e96bff523c21n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> Steve Palincsar >> Alexandria, Virginia >> USA >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a33f964b-b2ea-4dd2-ae3f-4327b09fef3en%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a33f964b-b2ea-4dd2-ae3f-4327b09fef3en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/34e8bf85-c952-406a-b5be-913e9f1d5397n%40googlegroups.com.
