Without the /s I would have definitely given you an upvote because it would have been hilarious.
I really like self deprivation humor. I guess I should just embrace my State’s love of enema porn.
Will you go look up enema porn for me. For science of course.
Found the guy into enema porn!
Checking in from Alaska. Uhh yeah, no one is into … enema porn here. WTF
Imagine living for all eternity with all that sand up your hoo hah.
I am not a big fan of Obama, but he definitely tried to close it down and would have if it was not for the conservatives at the time.
I think you missed the point where they want more of the “right people” whatever that means. They think they can outbreed everyone else and win by having the most right people. See just about every major religion as a case study for this.
What they don’t tell you about treatment is that it often takes several tries. You friend may have many more struggles in the future. All you can do is offer your unconditional support and of course protect yourself from their behavior.
Racism is working!
Two ways forward.
1: Universal healthcare as seen in Canada.
2: Private heath coverage with strict price controls set by the government as seen in Japan.
I grew up in Seattle in the 80’s. I really thought all races and sexualities were accepted and that men and women were equal. Boy was I surprised to find out a lot of our nation was backwards as fuck.
Monty Python made such sense to me philosophically so it was second nature to watch it. I didn’t even think of it as British and for me it will always be timeless
Monty Python and its absurdities are a breath of fresh air in a world gone stale.
The Bureau of Honesty and Integrity.
I agree your belief is admirable, but it is extremely naive if you think it will make a difference on a large scale even if there are millions who believe what you do.
We already had a movement about peace, love, and understanding that was very popular with a huge chunk of the population doing the acts you described in the 1960s.
You have also clearly not spent any amount of time with the kind of people you think you can emphasize with. I lived in rural Idaho for Obama’s years. I couldn’t count the amount of times people joked about hanging or shooting him.
You want to empathize with a racist who wants a man dead just because he is black? I did plenty of this and guess the positive change it made. Yeah, it didn’t matter at all.
The only way is to stop the propaganda. This is the source. Hate radio, Faux News, and now Xshitter feed people with lies using psychological manipulation to twist their minds and hearts.
It takes years, sometimes decades, to deprogram people from this if they are willing to change. They are creating new racist losers at a pace you cannot keep up with. This is the reality we face.
You can spend years turning the heart of a racist and certainly some people have done this successfully.
Meanwhile propaganda has turned out another ten thousand racists in the time it took you to change a couple minds.
To be frank your belief is not completely wrong but it will not solve our current problems.
You hint on the reality that it is our social constructs such as social media that is driving this resurgence of hate.
As a social worker by trade I can say I know a lot about this topic. There is a classic story of people getting swept into the river.
While it is admirable that you want to jump in to save people the real solution is going upstream and stopping people from falling in.
Understanding racist losers will not accomplish what you want. Changing their minds will not either. You have to stop it at the source.
You just got to get to know the Nazi to understand them?
Oh wait it is more nuanced than that. You gotta get to know the racist to emphasize with them?
Dang it, we got to dig deeper. You have to get to know the misogynist to get them?
Sometimes getting to know someone is not the magical solution people think it is.
Try some different brands, there are definitely some higher quality cottons socks compared to brands like Haines.
That metal toaster we got for a wedding present. It was apparently someone’s parents wedding present from the 60’s. We had it for several years until a friend jammed a bagel in it and melted the cord. I replaced the cord and we used it for another several years before losing it in a move.
I like to believe someone found it and it is still toasting to this day.
Now that there are no other men around I can impregnate all the women. Oh wait, I already did that.
They borrow against their stocks tax free. The system they have created is perverse and should be illegal.
This is a great idea. I will develop a survey to see if the people in my life and community are into scat porn.
Or maybe I will just say bullshit and be done with it. Confirmation bias is a bitch I guess.