Shoot The Breeze 3.0

[Sir_Unable]

omicron welcome

 

[Peter Gibbons]

I mean agreed, we as a society need to do a better job of recognizing our destructive, genocidal colonialist past, I'm not saying thats not the case. I'm glad we are doing away with Columbus day. That's not something to celebrate imho. It'd be like if white Belgian-Africans had King Leopold day. Its kind of in bad taste.

That said I don't need CNN telling me "well akcshulllly it wasn't all buckle hats and wumpum in Plymouth in 1620" anymore than I need FOX telling me Starbucks holiday coffee cups are an affront to Christianity.

Obviously "taking away turkey day" was tongue and cheek, but ya.... I don't think we need to make every facet of American society a social justice atonement issue, as much as I may agree with the social justice causes. It's just tiring.

 

[DankVectorz]

Seems like a lot of people’s anger would be less if they’d stop clicking links to stories they don’t want to be told about

 

[Peter Gibbons]

Seems like a lot of people’s anger would be less if they’d stop clicking links to stories they don’t want to be told about

I mean they certainly need to be told about them,especially if its unpleasant, but school is the proper place for that, not an inflammatory click bait article released on a holiday meant to make people feel bad/guilty/angry, which is exactly what that is, as it's been proven that type of "journalism" gets more clicks in the social media Era.

Kind of like yes, we should teach our kids war is bad, America hasn't necessarily always been "the good guys" when we do things militarily and Americans are just as capable of war atrocities as anyone, but veteran's day may be bad timing for such a lesson. I don't need an article on the kunduz airstrike while I'm grilling some brats.

 

[DrPepperclips]

No one is trying to ruin Turkey day. Many native Americans “celebrate” it though as a day of mourning. I’m never going to complain about someone bringing truth to history rather than the feel good version that persists. Just like how many don’t know those same pilgrims outlawed celebrating Christmas because it was considered too pagan, or that they didn’t come here to flee religious persecution but rather because they weren’t free to persecute other religions in the Netherlands (where they lived for 10 years between England and the new world)

Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide

SUDBURY, MA—Their forks clattering to the table mere moments after the 16-year-old’s sudden announcement, Thanksgiving guests at the Ross family dinner reportedly froze in disbelief Thursday after teenage son Ryan informed them of the genocide of Native Americans. “No, no, it can’t be! Not my...

www.theonion.com

I would prefer the turkey day where my little cousin doesn’t start a fight with grandpa after grandma spent all morning cooking.

 

[Spaceforce]

omicron welcome

Hey what happened to everyone get vaccinated this will stop Covid? Where’s the posts about covid

 

[Homsar]

Hey what happened to everyone get vaccinated this will stop Covid? Where’s the posts about covid

ThE sCiEnCe ChAnGeD

There's a nice PoliticalDiscussion thread on reddit right now talking about how people are starting to get fatigued and not take mask mandates seriously as time goes on, and how people who only got vaccinated because we were told it would result in a return to normalcy (like me) are very skeptical of the idea of a booster.

 

[32andBelow]

ThE sCiEnCe ChAnGeD

There's a nice PoliticalDiscussion thread on reddit right now talking about how people are starting to get fatigued and not take mask mandates seriously as time goes on, and how people who only got vaccinated because we were told it would result in a return to normalcy (like me) are very skeptical of the idea of a booster.

Homsar thinks things can’t change once they start. Everything stays exactly the same all the time.

 

[Spaceforce]

Homsar thinks things can’t change once they start. Everything stays exactly the same all the time.

When are we shutting down again Fauci’s assistant?

 

[novelist1985]

Seems like a lot of people’s anger would be less if they’d stop clicking links to stories they don’t want to be told about

Don't know if you're referring to my post, but for my part I didn't actually click any link. I went to CNN.com to see what the news was, and this was what was in my face.
Yes, my bad for thinking I'd get news from them. ?

I mean they certainly need to be told about them,especially if its unpleasant, but school is the proper place for that, not an inflammatory click bait article released on a holiday meant to make people feel bad/guilty/angry, which is exactly what that is, as it's been proven that type of "journalism" gets more clicks in the social media Era.

Kind of like yes, we should teach our kids war is bad, America hasn't necessarily always been "the good guys" when we do things militarily and Americans are just as capable of war atrocities as anyone, but veteran's day may be bad timing for such a lesson. I don't need an article on the kunduz airstrike while I'm grilling some brats.

Good to see that not everyone is bathing so deeply in a tub of phony self-righteousness that they missed the point.

Thanks for bringing intellect and reasonability to the conversation.

 

[32andBelow]

Don't know if you're referring to my post, but for my part I didn't actually click any link. I went to CNN.com to see what the news was, and this was what was in my face.
Yes, my bad for thinking I'd get news from them. ?

There’s like 100 stories on the front page of cnn. There’s even stories right now about looting for all the people that say cnn don’t cover looting

 

[DankVectorz]

Don't know if you're referring to my post,

I wasn’t, well not to you anyway

 

[novelist1985]

There’s like 100 stories on the front page of cnn. There’s even stories right now about looting for all the people that say cnn don’t cover looting

Yes, and some are big and bold and featured up top like the one I shared was. Others are not.

 

[32andBelow]

Yes, and some are big and bold and featured up top like the one I shared was. Others are not.

The story about thanksgiving on thanksgiving?

 

[novelist1985]

The story about thanksgiving on thanksgiving?

What about it?
I started this off by expressing contempt that when attempting to obtain news from CNN, I was instead presented with big and bold propoganda.

 

[32andBelow]

What about it?
I started this off by expressing contempt that when attempting to obtain news from CNN, I was instead presented with big and bold propoganda.

Was it an incorrect history they posted then?

 

[DrPepperclips]

Was it an incorrect history they posted then?

Not that I agree with them, but propaganda doesn’t need to be false to be propaganda. The defining element of propaganda is that it’s made to force an emotional response rather than presenting information.

 

[novelist1985]

Was it an incorrect history they posted then?

Not a requirement for it to be propoganda.
If you can explain why a news organization eschews news in exchange for discussing history of a particular nature... have at it.

 

[novelist1985]

To reiterate, I stopped heading to Fox eons ago. I don't bother even trying with them. My ire with CNN isn't a matter of them being leftist, it's that they really just seem to want to shit on everything.

We had a coworker who got upset because she asked someone how they were doing and they said "ok". Her reaction was along the lines of 'how dare anyone be okay in a present day of bigotry and rampant racism etc etc.'

I think CNN as a whole wants to pass that sentiment along.

 

[William_Dell]

Man, Alabama is trying hard to lose this one!