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Old 02-08-2019, 04:40 PM   #106
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I recall Clarence Thomas arguing that it harms him by raising doubt that he earned his achievements rather than had them handed to him.
I would be more inclined to think that people like Thomas truly believe that if anyone ever expressed the thought that white people must face doubts that they have earned their achievements rather than getting them because people of color face massive discrimination.
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Clarence Thomas.
I'm going to say the same thing I just said in a different way. He seems to think AA is a problem because it gives people an ostensible reason for bias. That only makes sense if you really think bias is caused by government programs, and not by all the other things that have caused bias ever.
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Old 02-08-2019, 04:55 PM   #108
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Re: Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

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How thinks they can blackmail Jeff Bezos? Or that pics of his dick are going to matter at all to Amazon or his massive fortune?

Still, takes some guts to call their bluff.
I can see how you and ggg think that way, but Bezos’s penis is actually smaller than most (nttawwt) so it could have worked.
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Old 02-08-2019, 04:58 PM   #109
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Look, I only scroll back so far.

But to your point, I have one relative who firmly believes that discrimination occurs because African-Americans are, on the whole, less intelligent and less motivated because they are genetically inferior (e.g., he buys Charles Murray hood, line and sinker). He thinks AA harms "them" because it demands more of them than they can handle.

Arguing with racists is hard.
I have one ex relative who got cane on by her movie son in an American Pie direct to video episode. Your relative and my ex relative have equal import to the point I was making.
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Re: Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

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How thinks they can blackmail Jeff Bezos? Or that pics of his dick are going to matter at all to Amazon or his massive fortune?

Still, takes some guts to call their bluff.
I just finished Bad Blood, and the last quarter of the book is about David Boies's firm trying to stop the Wall Street Journal from publishing the articles that took Theranos down. There was some shady, shady shit involved there, and the PI industry is well paid to dig up dirt in these cases.

ETA: This article on Boies's fall from grace is pretty interesting. I didn't know about the book litigation.
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1 He has no one capable of handling the simplest task.
2 Fuck you. Cut a check and I’ll buy you pretzels. Until then there is vending in the break room.

Have you had Pony on ignore all these years?
Man the elderly are angry.
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Man the elderly are angry.
Yeah, they have attention issues, sometimes, too.
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Man the elderly are angry.
Wait until you get old. We'll see how fucking unangry you are.
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Old 02-08-2019, 07:51 PM   #114
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Wait until you get old. We'll see how fucking unangry you are.
Where the fuck is my “like” button.
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I would be more inclined to think that people like Thomas truly believe that if anyone ever expressed the thought that white people must face doubts that they have earned their achievements rather than getting them because people of color face massive discrimination.
Excellent point.
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Man the elderly are angry.
Why aren’t we hanging with a younger crowd, dude?
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Excellent point.
Then maybe he should make it to someone not in the choir?
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Why aren’t we hanging with a younger crowd, dude?
Speak for yourself. I am seeing a 23-year old self-descrbed pansexual.

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Speak for yourself. I am seeing a 23-year old self-descrbed pansexual.

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Old 02-09-2019, 09:13 PM   #120
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Awkward thought that these boards are sorta for: I’ve always thought Jessica Williams, who is smart and super funny, was quite attractive and never thought of her as having a lighter complexion (was gonna say “light skinned” but that seemed weird from me even though you hear it that way). Then Lupita was on 2 Dope Queens and made me question everything.

Anywho, Lupita is absolutely stunning and has completely stunning skin (yeah, that last bit is likely a bit racist).
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