(06-22-2021 07:29 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(06-22-2021 05:08 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(06-21-2021 11:14 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(06-21-2021 07:28 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(06-21-2021 06:43 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  I was reading an article by a person whom I have met a few times and have an amazing admiration for him. This portion of his comments I found spot on point:


The author is a person named Joel Peterson. He is a 'walk on' Professor of Management at Stanford University (i.e. he isnt a professional professor).

In former roles, he served as the managing partner of the Trammell Crow Company, the chairman of the board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution, and as chairman of JetBlue Airways.

I met him while he was the chairman of Peterson Partners, a fund that he founded.

The article can be found here: https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/20/225163...ncellation

I truly think the last sentence in the excerpt is spot on. I found it especially on point in light of a poster here's comments on the inexorable continuous wounding of slavery and systemic racial oppression. Forgive me for my histironics in advance.

It’s interesting that you think that the idea that there are current imbalances due to historical racism is so completely outlandish.

Funny, that isnt what I think at all. Please, stop with the 'histrionics.'

It’s becoming clear that you don’t know what “histrionic” means.

Your exaggerated claim two above seems to check all the boxes, My Friend. If wasnt done to attract attention, then it is probably based on sheer and gross error --- if so in that case then I apologize in advance for the mischaracterization. Or, maybe you dont see the somewhat wildly bright and erroneous exaggeration embedded in your first comment.

But, you seemingly chalk another one up for yourself in the smug and condescending category that I denoted earlier with the response directly above, nonetheless.

I think you have missed out on the key part of "histrionics"... the dramatic aspect.

Here's MW:
Definition of histrionics
1: theatrical performances
2: deliberate display of emotion for effect

My post wasn't histrionic. I recall you freaking out over the word "maybe" as being a "weasel word" so perhaps we simply use different dictionaries.