(06-14-2021 10:04 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  Hmmmm... exactly how closely are you monitoring my comings and goings here? Should I be uncomfortable?

No closer than the FBI was monitoring Trump. So, rest easy.

Quote:Basically I will say something like "You draw the line at any policy that takes race into account. You would rather keep whatever status-quo is out there (even if it's the NFL/NBA front offices of the 1970s) rather than go down the path of considering race.

See, that is incorrect to the verge of being a lie. Maybe you can show me where I advocated keeping the status quo. I think this is another example of you hearing what you want/expect to hear, but not what I say.

Quote: I recognize the issues with considerations of race (and I have stated so multiple times in the past). However I am not comfortable with a status quo that in some situations has floridly been affected by systemic racism. You think it would be better to leave that status quo alone (no matter how biased) than employ race-based policies".

I think? Apparently you have not the slightest clue what I think.

Quote:You will then call me a racist for supporting things like affirmative action

I would like to hear you explanation of how supporting race based policies is NOT racist. If you can make THAT point, all falls into place. If you cannot...

Quote: I don't remember you having much angst about anything that Trump was doing. Perhaps I have forgotten.

I supported most of his policies and goals, especially the fiscal and foreign policy ones, but that does not mean (except perhaps to you) that I blindly supported everything he did or said. Even before the 2016 election, I stated that I thought the concept of the border wall to be flawed and silly. Another thing I did not like: the photo op at the church. Even though later investigation shows that the park was NOT cleared for the photo op, I thought he sure looked stupid. But nobody here asked about it. I was not happy about bimbogate. I didn't see the matter as important, though. And so forth. Many other things. I presume your plans are to write headlines here every time Biden/Harris/AOC/Omar/Tlaib/Pelosi/Schumer/et al does/says something you wish they hadn't? Where are the discussions of the latest Biden stupid things that you started? The Omar anti-semitic remarks comparing the US to Hamas, or the Harris remarks on visiting the border(the one with mexico, not the one in europe she was talking about)?

Quote: but I honestly will likely continue to post what I want and when I want.

Same as I do.

Quote:You guys have unfortunately run most of the leftists out of here. Perhaps it has been your ironclad arguments that broke their will or perhaps it has been the general tone on this forum that caused people to peace out.

yes, of course, it is the constant asking of questions they don't want to answer that has led so many of them to leave. Like why they support racist policies in the pursuit of racial justice. I have asked this many times now over many months, without a single word from the left other than that they live in the real world and racism exists. Duh. My positions are nearly always mischaracterized (see above). Of course, it would be much more peaceful if I could find a forum where everybody thinks like me and all they do is confirm that I am right. Peaceful and boring and definitely nothing to learn from yesmen. But neither of us will find that Eden in a forum where we ask tough questions and expect honest answers.