tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post872835531607423263..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: BOOM -- There it is!!SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-9282472231029463182012-11-07T23:11:43.259-08:002012-11-07T23:11:43.259-08:00People like RonF have had poor examples set in the...People like RonF have had poor examples set in their lives. We have to take the reins and make a good example. That's the only way to undo a belief in the fantasies that fuel his position.<br />MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-64345704395967843212012-11-07T20:15:40.410-08:002012-11-07T20:15:40.410-08:00Remedial Reading Assignment for RonF -- Just finsh...Remedial Reading Assignment for RonF -- Just finshed watching "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" and if you can find it online you'll get a great tutorial on why the "free stuff" vs "free enterprise" paradigm is so bogus. Seriously. Find it. Watch it. Learn something.SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-11293174074916891112012-11-07T14:47:23.538-08:002012-11-07T14:47:23.538-08:00This notion that you can divide people into "...This notion that you can divide people into "payers" and "recipients" (or "makers" and "takers") is NONSENSE.<br /><br />In a democracy like ours, we ALL contribute, and we ALL receive. There is NO ONE who is "self-made" (or strictly "parent-made"). No, not one!<br /><br />Only a GROSS narcissism can prompt one to look at one's self JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-60227905507343553192012-11-07T13:16:55.483-08:002012-11-07T13:16:55.483-08:00Ron ... I'm posting up your comment in the int...Ron ... I'm posting up your comment in the interest of public, civil discourse ... but I just don't have time to "unpack" the stereotypes you've offered as rationale to support your position while utterly ignoring the point I actually MADE ... which is that ignoring the reality of systemic oppression is like-unto ignoring any other certifiable data that runs contrary to the SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-16233242687039572812012-11-07T13:03:09.326-08:002012-11-07T13:03:09.326-08:00Ummm ... yes. Denying systemic oppression is kind ...<i>Ummm ... yes. Denying systemic oppression is kind of like denying evolution or climate change or thinking a woman's body can "shut down" a pregnancy.</i><br /><br />So I completely disagree with this statement. Certainly the vast majority of conservatives disagree with denying evolution or thinking that a woman that's been "truly raped" will not get pregnant. RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-75142022257584408882012-11-07T12:59:37.764-08:002012-11-07T12:59:37.764-08:00A disbelief in the veracity of the theory of evolu...A disbelief in the veracity of the theory of evolution or thinking that a woman doesn't get pregnant if she's "truly raped" is astonishingly ignorant. I agree that those people shouldn't be in charge of our country. A failure to believe that a) there's global warming and that b) the cause is anthropogenic doesn't rise to the same standard.<br /><br />However, RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-7059368369089512502012-11-07T08:35:03.839-08:002012-11-07T08:35:03.839-08:00Ummm ... yes. Denying systemic oppression is kind ...Ummm ... yes. Denying systemic oppression is kind of like denying evolution or climate change or thinking a woman's body can "shut down" a pregnancy. <br /><br />And yes, we detect a pattern here.<br /><br />But don't take my word for it. This from Republican analyst Mike Murphy:<br /><br /> Q. Who lost this race? Mitt Romney or the Republican Party?<br /><br />A. Well, both! I SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-72584356280197466512012-11-07T05:32:44.025-08:002012-11-07T05:32:44.025-08:00Hm. Yet when I get on left-wing blogs it seems th...Hm. Yet when I get on left-wing blogs it seems that their political philosophy is just the opposite. The premise that I keep having presented to me is that "institutional" discrimination against blacks, Hispanics, women, gays, etc. is ingrained in the system; that this is the reason why their financial status is lower than people not in those groups; and that this therefore justifies RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.com