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Enchubben

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  1. I got tired of seeing people post hateful comments about a man who was shot in the neck in front of his wife and kids with little to no actual knowledge about his beliefs. You are entitled to your opinion about his ideologies, and I don’t hate you for having them.
  2. I’ll tell you when you spill the beans about how much you contributed to the Tyler Robinson legal defense fund.
  3. 💯 I simply started posting on this topic because there were a lot of people espousing insults and accusations against the man that simply aren’t true with nothing to back it up other than more insults and name calling. When questioned, I am told the same of myself and to stop posting.
  4. This is correct. There was plenty to be excited about with strong at the time he was hired. It was as soon as his assistant coaches were hired that most knew we were cooked.
  5. I’ll repeat it for you, I don’t think race, sex orientation religion etc should be used in performance evaluation or hiring decisions. If you want to die on that hill by all means, continue to do so. I do have to ask though, does this mean you’re not coming to my birthday party?
  6. If a proper DEI strategy was in place like the one you described (where it was meant to increase the initial pool of candidates) I don’t think most people would have a complaint here. Thats not what happens in the real world, because the natural next step is to track “progress” which means hires of those candidates based on predetermined goals or quotas. What follows is incentivizing people based on hiring those with that criteria, then punishment of those that don’t. Again, I’m sure this isn’t everywhere, but this is my experience exactly, and I don’t think I’m alone. I’d revert back to my initial point, which was Charlie’s arguments we’re never we don’t need black people in the workforce because they don’t have brain power. He wasn’t racist, and calling him that is cheap and lazy at best. I bet I would find something similar in what many find to be his most “deplorable” quotes or statements. People hated him because their algorithm and social media circle told them to hate him, not because he was actually a bad person.
  7. If you got some, I’ll take a case!
  8. Honestly it’s so damn all over the place and still evolving, so I’m not sure what the hell it means anymore. In the context of my statements I consider a DEI hire to be someone who was given a job/promotion etc. solely, or in part because of an alignment with an underrepresented class (gender, color, orientation etc) at the expense of a more qualified candidate based on the job profile.
  9. I think the statement went straight over your head. Yes intraracial murder is more common than interracial murders, and by a large margin. When considering black on white or white on black murders, it skews heavily towards black on white.
  10. You and I simply disagree on what he’s saying. I listen to that and I hear him specifically referring to those people he’s listed and potentially others that are DEI specific hires. Not all, or most, or many black women as you seem to be implying. You want to hear or see hate from him, because you’ve been conditioned to dislike him and his opinions. I don’t think your interpretation of this is accurate or what he intended.
  11. LOL. This is such a perfect example. We don’t like your opinion, so shut up fascist!
  12. I think for many young conservatives, he taught them to have courage to stand up for what they believe in and to fight for your values. He engaged in discourse with those that have opposing viewpoints in a public manner (most of the time in settings that are less than welcoming to conservative viewpoints) rather than from behind a keyboard or on edited cable news. I'm sure you'd agree that his values and ideologies are challenged by many, and publicly expressing and defending those viewpoints takes courage, even if you don't agree with them. I would also argue amongst his followers he also instilled a sense of purpose in young people emphasizing marriage, family, faith, personal responsibility and yes, patriotism. And in a time where half the country calls most conservatives fascist, this dude went about it the right way through open discussion. Ironically, instead of silencing him, assassinating the man in front of his wife and kids and thousands of students will make his message that much more popular amongst young voters. I don't think the man deserves a national holiday, but every generation seems to have a watershed sort of event (JFK, MLK, Challenger Explosion, 9/11 etc.) that forever changes them. I think this will be one of those events for this generation even if he isn't celebrated individually.
  13. You are certainly entitled to your opinion as I am entitled to mine. Glad we can type online to each other and disagree; too bad Charlie Kirk's life of doing it in person was cut short.
  14. This we are in agreement on - I don't really understand the justification for this. Make her famous for being an idiot, expose her nastiness and then move on. Abbott is an idiot and I wonder if Texas Tech will have a lawsuit or settlement to deal with down the road.
  15. No of course not, that's silly to make a sweeping accusation across all members of a group and from the video above I don't think he does that either. Do I think that Joy Reid, Ketanji Jackson and Sheila Jackson Lee, which were the women specifically called out, to have a "lack of brain power" and wouldn't be where they were without affirmative action, kinda? Do I think that DEI and affirmative action has resulted in people less qualified than others to gain positions of power, promotions etc. outside of those examples? Most certainly, which was the point he was making from what I could tell of the 20 second clip on the topic. I don't think droves of black people are driving around hunting white people, no of course not. Do I think in the context of interracial murders you are more likely as a white person to be killed by a black person than vice a versa? Yes - and the facts bear that out. You can call the droves statement a lie if you want and I won't fight you, but there are some truths wrapped up in that discussion that you dont get in a 5 second clip. Do I think it warrants him being shot in the neck, or people dismissing his death as good riddance, nope. I bet it sure does give permission for a ton of talking heads to just start blanketly labeling him as a racist though. On the abortion/holocaust comment - he's making a numerical comparison - so by the numbers he is right. I (and I would assume millions of others) really don't think he is meaning to diminish the atrocities of the holocaust and if you were being intellectually honest, you don't think he is excusing or diminishing the holocaust either. Do I think all women should submit to men, no. Do I think married women should submit to their husbands? That is the teaching of the new testament; but if you met my wife, you would know she doesn't submit in any form or fashion to me and I dont ask it of her. Would we have better marriages if that were the case, maybe, maybe not? I don't know. My point to all of this was not MY opinion on these statements, it was that I think context and background matters. As much as conservatives pounce on parroting talking points or name calling or shallow analysis of complex issues, I think a lot of people blanketly stating that Charlie Kirk was a hateful, racist, misogynist, transphobe etc. should probably be scaled back a bit. Dollars to doughnuts, many of these people have not thought through his perspectives/ideologies with an open mind and are just parroting opinions from others that want to shut down someone they don't like or see eye to eye with.
  16. Still waiting on specific examples. I watched one of the videos above, and in addition to many of them being taken out of context or cut short, most of them are valid agreements and statements.
  17. Can you explain which ones are reprehensible?
  18. I’m willing to listen to others and reconsider my opinion of Kirk if people can point to specific things he has done or said that make him a bad person. I just haven’t seen anything that indicates that.
  19. This is correct. The right feels the exact same way fwiw. To your second point, this is why this is so upsetting to moderate conservatives and moderate liberals. He was doing exactly that, trying to have conversations with young people in environments where challenging people’s views is supposed to be championed; and he was killed for it.
  20. Absolutely cooked yesterday with 7.5 pt teasers of Aggie LSU tOsu and parlays including Aggie ML.
  21. Hadn’t checked this forum in a while and now I remember why. For fucks sake. Tell us about your CrossFit next
  22. donated. Thanks for doing this.
  23. Finally someone swung at a first pitch in the zone
  24. Enchubben

    Houston BBQ

    Ate at Killen’s off Washington/Heights this week for the first time ages. jalapeño cheese sausage, burnt ends and creamed corn were my favorites. Mac and cheese was solid as was turkey and brisket.
  25. I see where it’s A&M at 12th in the conference now with series at home vs LSU on the road @UGA and then Missouri. Assuming they sweep Mizzou and don’t lose the midweek games, what are the odds they miss the playoffs altogether? Do they need to win both of those series or 1/2? Just not get swept?
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