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| November 28th, 2017 at 4:22:12 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5123 | some people around here need to take some chill pills I don't have too many people blocked at this site but might have to block more if all this back and forth keeps going. you know, at some point ask yourself if it is worth trashing a thread just to get another lick in I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| November 28th, 2017 at 4:50:46 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11826 |
"To be admitted to elite colleges, Asians needed SAT scores 140 points higher than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics, and 450 points higher than blacks. An Asian applicant with an SAT score of 1500 (out of a possible 1600 on the old SAT) had the same chance of being admitted as a white student with a 1360 score, a Latino with a 1230, and a black student with a 1050 score." http://www.newsweek.com/why-are-ivy-league-schools-still-discriminating-against-asians-657081 Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| November 28th, 2017 at 5:32:05 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18255 |
I am happy to tune it down if others agree to do the same. Perhaps the first step is agree not to accuse anyone of "racism" in this thread. Overused straw man. The President is a fink. |
| November 28th, 2017 at 9:57:24 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18813 |
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/undisclosed-deal-guaranteed-roy-moore-180000-a-year-for-part-time-work-at-charity/2017/10/11/5f56679e-a9de-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?utm_term=.b87147e7ac5b You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| November 28th, 2017 at 10:23:36 AM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4185 |
Bob=== if you include regular gay men and lesbian women you far exceed 2%. We will never know the real percentage but it is most assuredly greater than 2%. As far as 'who cares'?..... Most of the population cares.... Not you obviously.... |
| November 28th, 2017 at 10:35:40 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18255 |
Gays are about 1%, 1.5% perhaps. The rest are a far smaller amount. Even with the new designations, it is the same 2%. I do not think "most of the population" cares. I think most of the population does not want to hear about their preferences. The agenda is to make it seem like way more of the population has some kind of problem than does. Seriously, you want to go out for something out of the norm, go to a place that has it. Gotta be a "specialty bar" in most cities. But quit broadcasting it. The President is a fink. |
| November 28th, 2017 at 10:43:03 AM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4185 |
Interesting. I must know a disproportionally high percentage of gay people then. |
| November 28th, 2017 at 11:04:18 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18255 |
Probably. The President is a fink. |
| November 28th, 2017 at 11:06:46 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
Nor do I, why would they. I care as much about them as I do the problems of sheep farmers or oat growers. I have my problems, they have theirs. I'm sick of having the 2% of populations with gender issues shoved down my throat all the time. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 28th, 2017 at 11:11:41 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
I had a game I played all the time when I had black people in my taxi. I would ask them how much of the US population was black. Not one time did any of them come even close to the answer, about 12%. Most of them said half, 50% was black. Many said more than half. A typical answer was a third. The answers were skewed this way because all they saw in their neighborhoods was black people. Cops are the same way, they deal with people breaking the law all day, so they eventually view all of us as criminals. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |