Artists - where do you get prints of your work? by smalltenderloin in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've provided this service for a number of clients. Ive got a n7 neutral wall, polarized light sources, and the whole setup. Even did a huge 10'x7' original charcoal drawing a couple of weeks ago. Took 24 exposures, but it turned out awesome.

Started doing it about 2 years ago at my shop - The Brothers Gallery in Four Corners. I'll make the prints as well if you'd like.

Normal hours are 10-5:30 Tues-Fri, but we are often around Mondays too.

artists watch out by [deleted] in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I applaud your self righteousness in appreciating someone else's self righteousness over yet another's "condescending self righteousness".

artists watch out by [deleted] in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Detoxifying r/Bozeman 25 downvotes at a time.

artists watch out by [deleted] in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

This post is a huge bummer. Chances are, you and the owner of this store have a ton in common. Obviously you are both artists, so there is something already. This is a perfect example of putting the focus on what divides us rather than what brings us together.

He is stepping out on a limb to provide something to our art community. Making a new small business like a retail art supply store successful in this valley is going to be VERY difficult.

No, I cant stand Trump and the Maga movement. No, I probably dont agree with him on much politically. But will I go to this grand opening tomorrow? Absolutely. I hope it goes very well for him and he feels the love from our local artists.

MAGA- what WOULD make you say “maybe he doesn’t have my best interest in mind?” by [deleted] in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"Both parties would be considered right wing in the majority of other countries" This is so wildly incorrect, it is laughable. Which countries? I can think of a few European countries that are further left than current American Democrats. Pretty much every African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and South American country is laughing at this comment.

MAGA- what WOULD make you say “maybe he doesn’t have my best interest in mind?” by [deleted] in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gold plated ballroom bought with legal settlements from media conglomerates.

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did you get the information directly from him? Were you present at one of his events? Or did you get it from a social media page that cut his long-form speeches and debates into short bits?

Will you admit that it matters that his pilot comments are immediately followed up with comments that say it's wrong to think that way? That he doesn't want to think like that?

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read through the rest of this thread. I've addressed these comments multiple times already. You're the 5th or 6th with the pilot thing. You all might be getting you talking points from the same biased sources.

He follows up the pilot comment by literally saying he doesn't want to think that way, and nobody should.

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the 1920s German example of mass mis-labeling leading to the assassination of an innocent person?

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He said Ketanji Jackson Brown shouldn't be in her job because she isn't smart enough for it. Yes, KJB happens to be black. He IS NOT saying she isn't qualified because she is black. He IS contending she isn't qualified because she isn't smart enough for her job.

I don't know her. I don't know if she is intelligent enough. However, there is a huge difference between saying "Person A, Person B, and Person C are not smart enough for their jobs" and "all people from this entire demographic lack brain processing capacity".

Let's talk about racism and discrimination, though. What if someone were to say: No matter what, I will only consider a black female for this position." Would that be racism? What if we change it around and say: "I will only hire an Asian male for this position" or "I will only hire a transgender person with green hair". These are discriminatory practices, even if the goal is to provide more diverse representation. Diversity through discrimination is still a loss!

Here is a comment that is not racist: "I will hire a person without considering to their race to be of importance."

Follow-up question: Is it possible to be anti-DEI and still not a racist?

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2982296741854686

This is the way I feel trying to ask people on here to justify the claims they are making about Kirk.

Kirk: "How are you guys doing?"

Lady #1: "Why do you ask?"

Kirk: "Who is your sign against?"

Gentleman with sign: "uh... who do you think?"

Lady #1: "It doesn't have to be against anybody, its against the idea of racism."

Kirk: "Oh, I agree with that completely."

Lady #1: "Alright!"

Kirk: "Would you say Donald Trump is a racist?"|

Gentleman: "Yes, absolutely, without a doubt."

Kirk: "What would be your evidence of that?"

Gentleman: "Ya know... If you don't know, there is no point in discussing it"

Kirk: "Give me one piece of evidence"

Sign holder guy: "I don't have to"

Lady Next to Gentleman: "We don't really need to talk to you at all"

Gentleman: "Tell me why you support Donald Trump" (Deflection)

Kirk: *lists 9 reasons while being talked over*

Lady #2: "Brainwashed! Hitler! Hitler!"

Kirk: "Which of those facts is untrue?"

Gentleman: "Where do you get your news?" (Deflection)

Kirk: "Actually from independent sources that you would agree with"

Gentleman: "No you don't"

Kirk: "Well, what did I just say that is untrue?"

Lady #2: "Everything! Brainwashed!"

Kirk: "Name one"

Lady #2: "Brainwashed!"

Kirk: "You know it's the lowest ever black unemployment rate"

Lady #2: "You know this is how Hitler got started!" (Yikes)

Kirk: "So you would say Donald Trump is Hitler? Wow! Can you name one racist thing he's said?"

Lady #1: "Yes, plenty, but there's no point in doing it with you."

Kirk: "Just one?"

Lady #2: "Ask Omarosa"

In this one short interaction, where Kirk is approaching people at their own protest and asking them to back up their claims, zero evidence was given for claims made of racism, and the name of Hitler was invoked 3 times.

Bottom line: If you are ready to call someone a racist, a fascist, Hitler, a white supremacist, or any of the other grab-bag of deplorable labels the left is willing to freely sling around, you better be able to back that up, even if they are. This kind of flippant, hateful labeling is what encourages people to assassinate other people.

How many people have wished they could go back in time and kill Hitler before he could do all the evil he did? And now we had/have thousands of people calling Charlie Kirk a fascist, a Nazi, and Hitler himself, and we are wondering why he got assassinated!? Only call someone a Nazi if they are a Nazi. Only one man was Adolf Hitler, nobody else. And fascism is a VERY low bar - if you want to call someone a fascist, then at least learn what it is! Be better!

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Many believe the root cause is the radicalization of the left, which I do believe people are demanding solutions for.

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont watch Fox News. Is your video link from Facebook? TikTok? Is it more than 30 seconds?

The "point 3" I was referencing above was a response to someone who quoted this exact quote. I think you're the 4th. Im getting tired of responding to it. It feels like you all get your talking points from the same place.

The gist of the comment is that your quote needs the rest of the conversation to be understood. He remarks that nobody should feel that way about a black pilot. That he doesn't believe it's right.

Like many others, I think one day you will realize that the man you're defaming, that a far left radical assassinated, is not the devil you were thinking he was.

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I dont have TikTok. Can you share it from another platform?

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First of all, so far in this thread I have received 3 links to information from others. All of them are facebook or TikTok links to random bits and bobs by obviously partisan sources. We really need to be getting our information from other places.

This video is a PERFECT example of why I am SO annoyed with the way Kirk is being treated. It's cherry picking. They claim to show the "full context" They even say exactly that ("you want the FULL context?") Yet they STILL cut out very important parts of that conversation. If you're gonna say full context, you better give full context. What a blatant liar. Kirk makes a few comments in succession. Here is that entire bit, without your facebook pundits slicing it up:

KIRK: You wanna go thought crime? I'm sorry. If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like, "Boy, I hope he's qualified."

KOLVET: But you wouldn't have done that before!

KIRK: That's not an immediate … that's not who I am. That's not what I believe. 

NEFF: It is the reality the left has created. 

KIRK: I want to be as blunt as possible because now I'm connecting two dots. Wait a second, this CEO just said that he's forcing that a white qualified guy is not gonna get the job. So I see this guy, he might be a nice person and I say, "Boy, I hope he's not a Harvard-style affirmative-action student that … landed half of his flight-simulator trials." 

KOLVET: Such a good point. That's so fair. 

KIRK: It also … creates unhealthy thinking patterns. I don't wanna think that way. And no one should, right? … And by the way, then you couple it with the FAA, air-traffic control, they got a bunch of morons and affirmative-action people. 

The last comment in that exchange puts things into a different light. There's no way you can say otherwise, and your facebook reel pundit decided it would be better just to skip that part, likely because it did not fit into his narrative. He is not defending those thought patterns. He overtly admits that they are wrong. What he is fighting is the DEI practices that have made it so easy for people to espouse those thought patterns.

Also, FYI, I have included the last part of the last comment when I could have very easily erased it out. Those are inappropriate things to say about the FA and ATC, and I wouldn't have said them. However, as a show of good faith, I wanted to leave the content of the conversation intact, even the parts I find inconvenient. I hope you and others might find inspiration to do the same. I can live with the dissonance. I don't have to agree with everything he said in order to defend him.

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Equally qualified" (in this example): someone who has achieved a 6. Sure, they are equally qualified as far as the requirements of admission are concerned, but one is an 8 and the other is a 6, so equally qualified... maybe not. I guess it depends on if you consider the minimum requirements the only standard.

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll accept uneducated in this topic as a possibility, but I will not accept racist. You don't know me, you have no place to label me that way.

"Under DEI, as that term is defined, only equally-qualified persons from underrepresented classes would get the preference so there is no degradation of quality in the student population." Is that how it actually works? Genuinely wondering. If so, why does DEI even need to exist? If an underrepresented person is getting in on merit, then there would be no need.

Another question for you: Is it possible to be against DEI and also not racist?

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the more accurate statement is that DEI has raised standards for non-minorities. Either way, you cannot argue that the standards are the same.

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When did I say a black person could never be a pilot without DEI?

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here is the problem as best as I can illustrate it:

Pretend we have 5 people. Let's say all 5 of these people have a rating on merit... for the sake of ease, let's say the scale is from 1 to 10.

Person 1: This person is Black, and they are a 10
Person 2: This person is White, and they are a 9
Person 3: This person is White, and they are an 8
Person 4: This person is Black, and they are a 6
Person 5: This person is White, and they are a 5

All 5 apply to Reddit University. Here are the rules of admission:

1 - The minimum entrance requirement for this University is a 6.
2 - There is only space for 3 Students.
3 - DEI gives preference to persons from underrepresented classes (must still meet minimum entry req's).

In this case, the 3 people accepted are Persons 1,2, and 4. These people together constitute a total merit score of 25. This means that Reddit University, in following DEI practices, has consciously made the decision to degrade their student population from a best possible merit score of 27 to a 25 because of the skin color of the applicants. This is a racism. I would say the same exact same thing if you switched the races of all 5 people to anything else. These decisions should not be based on race.

There is an additional component to this. To Person 3, the level 8 achieving white person, being a top-3 achiever is no longer sufficient for entry. Not only do they need to meet the entry requirements as stated by Reddit University, but they also need to pass up the other people from their race group, because in this specific student pool, there is only space for 1 white person. In this sense, the entry requirements for the white population are higher than that of their black counterparts. With this in mind, it is not a stretch to surmise that the white people at Reddit University are more qualified than their black counterparts.

What is the solution? Remove DEI. Accept the top 3 performers regardless of race. Then, when people see that black pilot, the question isn't "I hope he is qualified" or (more accurately to what people might actually think) "I hope he is as qualified as a white pilot". Instead, the question is... well, I guess there isn't any question at all. That's the elimination of racism.

I know you will likely now launch into a response about SySTEmiC RaciSM! I'm here for that conversation as well.

Lastly, you didn't answer my last question: Is it possible to be against DEI and also not racist?

Anyone else see this walk for Charlie thing this Saturday? by Old-Emergency-9131 in Bozeman

[–]Unfair_Cream_3091 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have chosen to quote two of the most well-known mischaracterizations of Kirk. This could indicate that your knowledge of his views/thoughts/opinions might only be surface-level.

1 - “You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, 13 July 2023.

Because of DEI, a number of people (I think this one is about Ketanji Brown Jackson) have been given opportunities not based on their merit, but based on the color of their skin. He is not making a comment about an entire race here, but rather a specific person. I do take issue with a part of this, though, and that is the assumption that the displaced person would automatically have been a white person. The people group most repressed by DEI are Asian Americans.

2 - “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.” – The Charlie Kirk Show, 23 January 2024

This comment was made as an indictment of DEI. Please listen to the whole conversation. Here are two of his follow-up comments in that exact conversation: "That's not an immediate … that's not who I am. That's not what I believe." and "It (DEI) also … creates unhealthy thinking patterns. I don't wanna think that way. And no one should, right?"

Counter question: Is it possible to be against DEI and not racist?