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SmokeyTheBear

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  1. The BLM movement comes from the recent discrimination from law enforcement. If you can't accept these types of acts as systematic discrimination then you are intentionally obtuse.
  2. Of course he is because what good are rights if you can't push them on everyone, cause they are my rights.
  3. Cmon natural selection
  4. Yeah, let's not let facts get in the way https://worldpopulationreview.com/en/state-rankings/strictest-gun-laws-by-state https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/best-states-for-gun-owners/369075 https://giffords.org/lawcenter/resources/scorecard/ https://www.gunstocarry.com/gun-laws-state/ (should get that 5th star now, woo-hoo!) https://www.wideopenspaces.com/the-best-states-for-gun-owners-in-2020/
  5. Pretty much all pathetic excuses for men who are trying to prove something. There is no justifiable reason for this legislation, especially given that this state has some of the loosest gun regulations anywhere. The ones applauding this are weak and scared and exactly who shouldn't be open carrying because they will use this for all the wrong reasons. This from a gun owner and hunter whose dad was a collector yet never felt the need to leave the house with one.
  6. He was on a podcast Smartless and actually talked about it a bit. Highly recommend a listen as it was a hilarious episode. But he point blank said that he couldn't do Colbert in the current climate.
  7. 1. I don't know why we are talking about Christian schools. You made the choice to indoctrinate your kids in that system so you can control that problem. 2. No one is asking anyone to do anything you have highlighted around atonement. That's pure projection. Maybe you need to understand why you feel that that is thrusted upon you because I view this (as a white privileged man) in that I need to adjust my worldview as it pertains to what my experience is vs those less fortunate, especially in terms of race. Then take that introspection and see if there is anything in my control that I can do to mitigate any unconscious biases in my daily life. That's it. If you do that, you are helping solve the issues. We're at a weird time in our lives where we lived before the internet. Where our singular experiences were what dictated what our reality was. Now we have so much more information that highlights issues not evident in our immediate orbit. You can either ignore this new information, or take it on so it's not a problem for our children.
  8. You and others here continue to say there have been and are issues, but instead of wanting to actually fix it, you just want to flippantly solve it in a half assed way by throwing money at it. As a lifelong Longhorn fan, I know that that is rarely a cure to the issue. This takes everyone in the society realizing they are all part of the same community, and that community is sick. Sick because of traditions and laws that were made by those in your closed community. When powerful rich white men make laws (which is what has happened since America became America), those structures tend to lean towards benefiting those who make the laws. And when the community sees a black man kneeling in protest of injustices, did you say "I know there injustices in his community and I applaud his bravery in making sure our society addresses it"? No, you said stand up for the flag and play ball. That little thing over and over and over, throughout all facets of life is what needs to be addressed and it takes both the individual and the institutions to fix. But instead, you advocate pushing your kids into christian right-leaning schools, and by doing so, you are ensuring that these issues remain because all they see is what you see......which is an incomplete picture.
  9. Cool. So should we accept that it was a failure and try to fix the mess? Or should we recoil into our safespace and say, "I'll hand you a little bit of money to make things square. Now stop bitching about your situation."
  10. Oh, I know what reality is. I just didn't want to turn off the snowflakes who think there are no nefarious laws developed for a specific reason.
  11. Because we still have systems (especially in justice) that knowingly or unknowingly tilt towards impacting certain races and incomes vastly different than rich white folks. The drug war was an example I brought up earlier. Fair intent to get drugs off the streets but what happened was a whole generation of black males got incarcerated for minor crimes leading to a generation of black kids without fathers. You had different penalties for those who had cocaine rather than crack. White guys getting busted with pot had their hands slapped while black people with pot got max penalties (this is from personal experience). This doesnt necessarily stem from some nefarious body making racist laws (it might), but it is something we need to accept and address and look to see if other parts of our lives have these imbalances.
  12. I mean, you do respond
  13. And if a teacher is telling a grade student that they are an "oppressor", then yeah, fucked up. The framing of this is based on anecdotal evidence and not anything substantive to have a fit about. You are choosing to latch onto absurd hearsay rather than reality.
  14. And no one is saying that. What they are saying is, "hey kids, yall have a great life and your parents have given you what you need and more to succeed in life. Now, let me tell you about the others in this world and how your experience doesn't necessarily relate to 99% of the current human experience. And if you are white, nothing wrong with that, but you may want to know that your experience will more than likely be better than anyone elses." Why does that scare you? How does that take from you? Your mindset perpetuates the issues because you would rather build a bubble around yourself and your children rather than accept the obvious and work to address it. And now they will grow up oblivious to the issues because they only got a small controlled view of the world, skewed thru your fear.
  15. Here is your problem: you view everything thru the lens of "your" community rather than the community at large. You want to protect your kids and send them to a school that will only teach a very narrow view of the world, surrounded by others from the same socio economic bubble. How can you teach kids that reality doesn't match your specific community, that they are privileged, if no-one in their bubble shows them that they are in a bubble? That is what I assume that teacher was trying to show them; that there are other structures out there that a majority of the human race has to deal with that your community is largely immune from. That is uncomfortable and it is obviously very uncomfortable to you. I'm a middle-aged white male who is not as privileged as you, but privileged compared to 90% of the rest of the world. And just because I benefited from the structures that we are looking to balance today, doesn't mean I'm racist. What makes you you, is understanding the disparity yet being too uncomfortable to want to address it so you stay in your privileged and closed community while yelling "class warfare" when called out.
  16. Have we talked about the failed drug war and how that fits within CRT?
  17. Once he became President, he opened himself up to way more scrutiny from different agencies that would have left him alone if he remained a private citizen. He undoubtedly tried to shift his grift game to the new situation but just doesn't surround himself with capable enough people to implement his grift in a way that could be hidden while (ex)President. I think there will be plenty of things that come out from his private dealings, but the things that may stick are the things that come out from campaign funds handling and trying to filter them thru his org.
  18. To what? The German pipeline? Dont know. Personally, I wish globally that we would scrap all plans to expand infrastructure around non-renewables in favor of renewables. That wasn't GR's concerns with the tweet and a wholly different discussion though. I'm not defending this decision by the Biden administration, just pointing out the absurdity of it being some gotcha or both sides moment. Germany has autonomy to make decisions that are best for them, has done more to combat climate change than our country, and didn't back out of the Paris Climate Agreement like the previous American administration.
  19. I don't agree with helping Russia in any way until they have leadership change and I'd be very interested to see what other parts of the deal are not public (eg: German help in some way). However, decisions for a pipeline here are different than decisions for a pipeline in some other country. Tying them together to make this out like some grand hypocrisy is the joke here.
  20. It was a rhetorical question because Grhorn was spreading that around as some gotcha. Appreciate the response.
  21. How does one relate to the other?
  22. SmokeyTheBear

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    So I mostly use the pax for flower unless I'm looking for a heavier and quicker high, then I go for a spoon pipe. My wife is asthmatic so the pax is a great tool for her to get high without the particles that could trigger her condition. I notice a softer high on pax and a high that slowly builds.
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