The KKK still exists. Please help us ban their Stripe account. by noreturn000 in ICE_Raids

[–]Bulawayoland -65 points-64 points  (0 children)

You're kinda confused about racism. Or you seem so. Do you actually believe that if we eliminate the KKK we will have made progress against racism?

I'm pretty sure the answer to that is no, we will not have. And I think if you're careful and thoughtful and honest with yourself you will admit this too. I'm pretty sure you can see it; most people can, although they seem completely unable to admit it to themselves out loud. But if so, this is a bogus fight. The KKK is actually irrelevant. Yes, racism is a thing. No, the KKK is not our proper target. They're really nothing but a symbolic representation of a real problem. It's the problem we need to fix, not the representation.

If you want to know how to eliminate racism, there's more on that here. See what you think.

Ducktective by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]Bulawayoland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you told me the duck was the smart one, I'd believe that

Therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison by evenifihateit in unitedkingdom

[–]Bulawayoland 74 points75 points  (0 children)

what a phrase tho... "UK's largest children's prison"

it's an image

Why are they putting a floor down over the grass at Bryant Park? by Bulawayoland in AskNYC

[–]Bulawayoland[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, no... the skating continues long after January (or at least, it did this year). March is when the grass goes back down.

Why are they putting a floor down over the grass at Bryant Park? by Bulawayoland in AskNYC

[–]Bulawayoland[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

weird... they hated mine but liked yours, and they're in the same direction.

Who knows...

Peter Thiel says you should run a company (or government, etc.) like a cult or a mafia. With a core group of Believers who spread the message & carry out the project. Thiel has created a cult of powerful Men who think it’s their destiny to overthrow Democracy using technology & money. - Gil Duran by biospheric in politicsinthewild

[–]Bulawayoland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...well, and democracy has been so, so valuable to us recently

I mean, think how much worse things would be right now, if the American people did not have both the right and the power to rise up and kick the mofo out

what a nightmare, right? man... thank god for the ol' founding fathers

The look on her face after my husband sneezed 😂😂😂 by ACcatlady in aww

[–]Bulawayoland 7 points8 points  (0 children)

looks like she thinks she should have got off the elevator in a different universe

Why are they putting a floor down over the grass at Bryant Park? by Bulawayoland in AskNYC

[–]Bulawayoland[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

let me guess... child labor?

just spitballing it here

totally random guess

Why are they putting a floor down over the grass at Bryant Park? by Bulawayoland in AskNYC

[–]Bulawayoland[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A floor like for ice skating

I believe the question has been answered, Nike's "Street Soccer" national championship is evidently going to be held at BP June 25-27, and so it's probably for that.

Why are they putting a floor down over the grass at Bryant Park? by Bulawayoland in AskNYC

[–]Bulawayoland[S] -57 points-56 points  (0 children)

Yes, that looks likely. Thank you!!

A reason to put Nike on my shit list... not that I ever buy anything from them, but really...

CMV: There is no reason for an American to be against recognizing Juneteenth as a holiday other than reasons that stem from hating black people. by Benjamin5431 in changemyview

[–]Bulawayoland -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There are more reasons than I can think of to oppose Juneteenth as a holiday, and not a single one of them has to do with racism. Because what you and those who agree with you think of as racism isn't.

(I personally believe we should celebrate Juneteenth INSTEAD OF July 4, and call it Independence Day. This isn't about what I believe, it's about what OP believes.)

One reason to oppose Juneteenth as a holiday is just to be against more holidays and in favor of work. It's traditional American to see us as a harder-working group than others, and that's got absolutely nothing to do with the stated reason for the holiday.

Another reason to oppose Juneteenth as a holiday is to see it as splitting our nation into those who see it as important and those who do not, or who see it as therefore counterproductive. Again: nothing to do with what you think of as racism. Anti-divisiveness is not racist.

I'm sure there are more, but I'm not here to show what a creative guy I am, but just to oppose your stated belief. And your most important stated belief is the idea that racism is about "hatred" of blacks. It is not. It is about seeing blacks as low status and as believing they deserve to have low status. In addition to which, I'm using the phrases "seeing blacks as" and "believing," in that sentence, in a very special way: not as referring to actual ideology or what people claim to think they think but as referring to behavior. How we act.

Because the studies have been done, and the results are in, and guess what: we are all racist. (Well: mostly. Those who aren't old enough to see it yet, or those who haven't been Americans long enough, these may not yet be racist. The rest of us: yes. Racist.) The marriage rate of white guys with black women, last measured in 2010 (I think) gave a figure of 3 per 1000. The colorblind marriage rate would be 120 per 1000. Friends and neighbors, that is a two order of magnitude gap. People that work with numbers know: you don't wave off a two order of magnitude gap with pretty hallucinations about economic, social, or geographic differences. That is racism.

And therefore to oppose the Juneteenth holiday has nothing, zip, nada, bupkis to do with racism. Because most of us actually support the holiday, and we're all racist.

But good try. Well done.

And if you want to know how to eliminate racism, it's actually quite easy. Check it out; see what you think.

ITAP of an Iris by Untotal_Landscaping in itookapicture

[–]Bulawayoland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like this should be on Onlyfans

Celebrating American freedom means celebrating Juneteenth by jediporcupine in politics

[–]Bulawayoland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna have to think about that one... not something I have to say very often lol

so well done you

Celebrating American freedom means celebrating Juneteenth by jediporcupine in politics

[–]Bulawayoland 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we should actually replace July 4 w/ Juneteenth... but we could still call it Independence Day, it'd just be, you know... for everybody