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Worthwhile read from woke conservative David French

https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/american-racism-weve-got-so-very

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1 hour ago, Guardian said:

Can you show an example of that with context? Not saying you are wrong. Just asking.

Sure, I can give examples of both from a full video from JLPs channel as source so you can get the full context. At around 10:07 he strawmans Ben's argument by suggesting Ben believes people are "so dumbed down and lazy" because he supports certain policies. Around 20:00 JLP asks a loaded question and then interrupts with BETA when Ben tries to defend his position. This is not a defense of Ben's positions at all, just pointing out examples as requested. 

 

 

 

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46 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

 

 

46 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

Well then by all means, what has he said that's so cringy? Include context.

 

Comparing him to AOC is the second silly thing you've said. 

He argues like a 12 year old, constantly strawmans arguments and ignores the premise of the argument. He constantly resorts to calling people betas if he disagrees rather than engaging. Don't see what context makes the quotes I listed earlier not cringeworthy. If you're so idealogically entrenched you can't see the similarities to AOC in cringe and lack of logic then we can respectfully agree to disagree here.

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1 hour ago, Lord Ratner said:

So the only thing you've ever watched of his comes from videos made by people who hate him? That's like asking for a fair account of Barak Obama's presidency from Sean Hannity.

 

JLP is one of the most inoffensive intellectuals in modern history. The hate for him is indicative of the mental flimsiness of progressive philosophy. If you're message is garbage, go after the person instead of the point.

Interesting interpretation of inoffensive, but no I've watched full unedited debates with JLP, that's how I came to know him in the first place. Black conservatives like Allen West, Clarence Thomas, and Larry Elder are much more deserving of a seat on the table considering how he argues and what he has said. People will call out cringe leftists like AOC but defend the likes of JLP. 

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5 hours ago, Guardian said:

 

Ah yes JLP, thought leader and bastion of modern civil rights movements. 

"Most blacks today are mentally ill"

"BLM are worse than the KKK"

Actual quotes, see for yourself. Honestly hope you're listening to people outside some inflammatory and politically fringe edgelord on YouTube. Happy to share some engaging sources that touch on all these issues if you'd be interested.

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5 hours ago, Guardian said:

Did you know minimum wage was created to keep blacks and minorities out of the work force? But our society, and primarily the far left,is pushing for higher min wage all the time

Let's get a source for this galaxy brain take maybe? 

There's a whole body of theoretical and empirical research that shows minimum wage increases have little to no effect on employment (to a certain limit, of course). Put as simply as possible, the low skill labor market closely resembles a monopsony (the inverse of a monopoly), but you can find a lot of research compiled here if you want to dig in deeper. None of the popular proposed min wage increases would break the monopsony model threshold, especially considering the fact that the minimum wage has decreased in real terms since the 70s... 

https://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_min_wage_bp/

 

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643 pilot selects from ROTC this year vs. 345 two years ago... any idea how they plan to push this many pilots through when there is already a massive backlog? Short of cutting down UPT or adding another training base I'm not seeing how this is going to be possible.