VenusAquarius

Happy Birthday,

The few occasions you get a birthday thread and you deleted, lol.

Posted by Dead_Kermit
...or at least for a very long time, being immune to illnesses but with the caveat of losing your human body (think uploading your mind into a machine), would you do it?

On a lesser scale, if you could optimize yourself with a bionic arm, leg, eye... would you consider doing this?

Just to give an idea:

I have general disgust for the desire to live forever, the idea of living forever. It started as nausea and grew to disgust because of personal experiences and occult type fiction.

It always portrayed as evil. I sometimes have sympathy for evil which also sometimes makes me nauseous.

I've thought about why living forever is portrayed as evil said, "aha" to myself, and I can't remember why right now.

I was finally fully outraged by an episode of "The 100" titled, "The Gospel of Josephine."

I just grabbed any old article about this episode (didnt read it, recap should be simple enough.

https://www.tvinsider.com/781610/the-100-season-6-episode-5-recap-the-gospel-of-josephine/

I wouldn't mind being an IA or android but not to live forever; or as opposed to, or after being human.

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Posted by WitchmitchAries

Thank you for posting this video. He makes solid points. America is a country where minorities can be wealthy, have a lot of influence and power.

I saw that you lived out of your car, assuming that you were homeless. Then someone chimed in that if you were another skin color, worse things would have happened such as your car getting impounded as if that could or would not happen to a white person.

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No one would claim it happened to them BECAUSE they were white.

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Posted by Ixi
Its white fragility but the clinical term can be incendiary without context.

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Thank you for this. I will read DiAngelo's paper next, and what I want to ask, may actually be in said paper (but I'll ask anyways).

You know me.. I'm stubborn af. In a social media sense.. I refuse to delete those with opposing views that spread misinformation, because I don't want that misinformation to spread. I will counter for as long as I can, until either; they have a rational discussion with me, or they delete/mute/block me.

It's different in person I suppose. Most people know where I live.. the heart of Conservative belief for the most part, which typically (more often than not) includes certain racial ideologies, whether conscious or subconscious. I live, work, and am family with many of these kind of folks. I simply cannot avoid them.

"Different sources of racial stress that white people can experience may come from: a fellow white person not agreeing with another white person’s perspectives on racism"

This is the most common occurrence for me.

"White people may be against the definition of racism, but experiencing white fragility can contribute to racism. A white person defending themselves or arguing against white superiority prevents conscious discussions with people of color about race and racism."

This is the most common result. Defensiveness that ultimately brings out the subconscious beliefs on race, or simply the conscious beliefs that they were once afraid to express, but now feel embolden to do so.

How do I go about these conversations without pushing them farther towards the edge (in terms of racist ideas)?
Are some people simply a lost cause?

I'm not going to lie.. I do feel confused. Not in the sense of what I believe, but rather, how to deal with those that are close to me. Do I simply draw the line in the sand?

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I'm butting in, sorry...

My answer is educate, educate, educate...

Make arguments historical, sociological, economical, etc.

Posted by neves
@VenusAquarius

First things first... when you watch YouTube videos - the YouTube algorithm registers those videos as something you might prefer - and latter on - you'll get recommendation with similar content. It's how/why this videos end-up among YouTube's recommendations for me.

Might feel good to foresee something positive - but it actually feels like butter to foresee stuff like this, sigh... Here's the latest news about multiple shootings taking place on 4th July...

The mother of the murdered 7 year old from Chicago: "We talk about black lives matter - but we killing each-other out, we killing our babies..."

So far they found the driver...

The mayor from Atlanta: "We're fighting the enemy within when we are shooting each other up in our streets..." "You shot and killed a baby. And it wasn't one shooter, there was at least two shooters..." "We've had over 75 shootings in the city over the past several weeks," Bottoms said. "You can't blame that on APD [Atlanta Police Department]." "An 8-year-old girl was killed last night because her mother was riding down the street," Bottoms said. "You don't want someone on the street who would shoot into a car randomly. If you know them, you should turn them in."

The father of the murdered child from Atlanta: "They say black lives matter... You killed your own this time..."

Nah man, they didn't kill "their own" - they killed your daughter...

That's heavy stuff, really hearth breaking... Yet, nobody mentioned about any of those tragedies around this place... If a black guy gets shot - after resisting arrest, by fighting and disarming the officers - then running and shooting that taser back at the police chasing him - the locals start a major riot, it's all over the news and ofc both on front page of DXP and even gets a dedicated topic...

...yet, if children get shot by BLM protestors - the BLM group goes silent, and nobody says anything around this place... WHAT DID THEY DO, TO DESERVE THEIR FATE!??!?!?

If BLM truly meant what the name implies - they would bring the guilty members to justice themselves (some of them - clearly know the name of the guilty parties - as that grieving relative suggested), yet instead... they protect even the killers of black children!!! Or is the name of this groups BLMOWIC (Black Lives Matter Only When It's Convenient - like, if a white cop is involved), or OSBLM (Only Some Black Lives matter)!?!?!?!?!?

Then there's the gang on gangs shooting - with innocents caught in the crossfire.... Why don't the BLM intervene there - to disband all the black gangs - and help integrate them as functional members of society??!

In Chicago alone the following took place couple of days ago: 4th July... 87 shot, 17 fatally, in Chicago

Then there's the tragedies from New York: 63 Shot in NYC Over Fourth of July Weekend

The Police in U.S. needs to reform, that much is clear. But what about the American Guns culture, what about the Gangs culture?!?!! What about the Black Lives Matter Only When It's Convenient culture???!?! What about The Modern Racism culture - where this terms is easily trowed at someone you don't like for made-up reasons (the witch hunt of the old days: you hate your neighbor whom you know for many years - accuse her of being a witch and try to put the mob on her)???!

It's sad when innocent people die, yet when it comes to adults.... unfortunate as it is - that news is more bearable. Can't say the same about innocent children.... that really gets to me... And when it comes to above children, it's quite likely that most people who shed tears for this tragedy are white... Apparently, their deaths don't fit with the so called black agenda (to hate on white people - to target only the incidents where white people are involved). Same goes for the Gun lovers agenda (God forbid you gave up your precious guns)! That's deeply saddening and outraging at the same time... you poor excuses for human beings...

I'm really sorry they were unlucky to be born in that god forsaken place...

R.I.P....

Neves, this is an annoyingly tedious post about a news story that you seemingly are twisting to... I'm not sure, it's so idiotic... prove a point of some kind?

My mother and I spoke about one of these stories last night as she lives in Atlanta.

The subject is killing people BECAUSE they are black. That's the main point of BLM... killing people BECAUSE they are black.

Here's the real message of what is going on in this news story....“The deadly Covid-19 pandemic, the unrest triggered by George Floyd’s murder, escalating poverty, broiling summer heat and a flood of illegal guns have created a toxic mix of despair in our city, and we must address it,” Darrell L. Clarke, the City Council president, said in a statement on Monday.

Poverty is a major source of violence (period). The issue is that systematic racism is the method of assuring blacks do not have resources. Then, turn around and point and shout, "look at the violence."

The black population in Atlanta is dense... if not one of the most dense population of blacks. With the poor educational system and the history of education for blacks, the mother's quotes, inferences, and emotions are quite skewed.

You are not American. You do not know that gun violence peaks because the fireworks camouflage gun fire. It's a perfect time for revenge... and Chicago has made it the tradition to use that time for that purpose. Just imagine me trying to figure out the society ins-and outs of your mysterious location.

You picked a YouTube video. You did not try to understand. Even if it randomly showed up in your feed, you said, "aha!"

No go, because you do not care. The history is there. Your attitude interferes.

Racism effects many, many facets of black lives: housing, education, employment, medical services.

This is a nurse in the hospital crying because of how the black patients at her hospital are being treated during COVID. Racism effects many, many facets of black lives: housing, education, employment, medical services.

You will ignore this too... cause you do not care. Once again, racism effects many, many facets of black lives: housing, education, employment, medical services.




Here's some information on when black were living prosperously and peacefully... guess what happens... Look -up ROSEWOOD and "Black Wallstreet."