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The state of the republican party

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Feb 21, 2021.

  1. deb4rockets

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    A lot of those same people are so unhappy in their own lives they have affairs, divorces, marry again, and repeat the cycle. They can't accept the fact that people who aren't straight can actually have a committed relationship and be happy.
     
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    These are very uncomfortable truths. It's much easier for them to just assume that the issue of pedophilia only exists outside the "godly" community while ignoring the signs of their own children being abused by "respected" members of the community like preachers. Stuff like that can immediately break your entire world view of you acknowledge it happening which leads to people ignoring it because it's comfortable for them to ignore it. They fear the immediate paradigm shift if it is true. They fear it more than sincerely wanting to protect their children.
     
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    I don't see how this is an issue with the Democratic Party or anyone that's actually liberal will not vote R just because of a pronoun.

    How does that make any sense?

    People like to gripe about all kinds of ****, but that does not make them switch parties.

    I don't even see anybody democratic talking about pronouns anymore so why are clients gripping, currently that's yesterday's news.

    How are "liberals misreading the room?

    What liberals are actually talking about pronouns at this point, and why are pronouns more important than Roe vs Wade or the unemployment rate being below 4%?

    This just makes no sense, and I am a guy who is always checking for overreach.

    I think you might have some fake liberals you are talking to or people that just like to b**** about everything.
     
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    In my entire life I've never encountered a situation where pronouns were an issue or someone asking me to say a specific pronoun.


    This is literally a situation of people SEEKING OUT outrage content rather than naturally witnessing it.


    The idea that pronouns is a hot topic issue only exists in online outrage content and social media. It's one of those issues where if someone brings it up the appropriate response would be



    "Go outside and touch grass".
     
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    Pronouns suck. I hate dealing with it at the workplace.

    It's a small gesture for inclusivity but real inclusivity (broader insurance policies, accommodation/access, C-Level hires at the top rather than numbers at the bottom) is a lot more than my HR depts can handle.
     
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  6. jiggyfly

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    They have resolved to filling positions with warm bodies is because that is all the applicants they currently have because credentialed people can get jobs making more with fewer headaches.

    So now the job of teachers is to have kids leave the school system ready to take on the responsibility of adult hood?

    So parents just turn over all raising responsibilities to teachers?

    WTF?

    There are not many 18-year-olds ready to be adults no matter who teaches them, but for some reason that's yet another job of teachers.

    You usually have some semi coherent arguments, but this one is just dumb and makes no sense, you are struggling here.
     
  7. deb4rockets

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    That goes for every profession in the world, but there are professions like teaching and social care that are crucial, yet highly underpaid for their work and importance. These types bring their work home, don't go wine and dine during working hours as kicks of the job. They shove food down their throat in about 20 minutes before heading to the cafeteria to pick up their class. Their work doesn't end when that school bell rings. It's all the outside of work functions, paperwork, professional development and lesson planning that some just don't realize is all done outside work hours.
     
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  8. SamFisher

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    this. The amount of time people with gender neutral pronouns in my life have specifically made it an issue is literally at or close to ZERO - it's not a thing I or they pay much attention to just - in general. I mena how often do you use a 3rd perosn pronoun when speaking to someone personally?

    The same is probably true for ted cruz and ben shapiro all the people posting about it online, except they probably spend thousands and thousands and thousands of hours of their lives talking and posting about it and getting extremely upset about somebody's email signature.
     
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    Some do. I had parents who could care less. It was like pulling teeth to get them to come pick up a sick child from school, even if they weren't working parents. They wouldn't even check the papers in their take home folders. I had kids who didn't even have any books at home, came in the same dirty clothes often, came without looking like they had even bathed lately, etc... It's sad. We had to buy snacks for the whole class so the ones who never came with snacks didn't feel left out. There were some great parents who contributed, but some who never did. But, they sure had money for their fancy mobile phones, cars, and cigs.
     
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    Not saying they don't, but that person seems to believe that's part of the job even in HS.
     
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    Well yeah duh. Why would an intelligent person take a crap job for crap pay? The point is making teaching more conducive for everyone. Like typical unions, they do nothing for the teachers they are suppose to represent. You're not going to get good teachers with a 50k year salary.

    I am not sure how you came to the conclusion that I suggested its the school systems to raise a kid. Balancing a checkbook is pretty basic math but somehow we think its ok to push kids off into a near useless degree for 100k.
     
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    What conservative do you think could galvanize the GOP? With you being a globalist/ lib this creature doesn't exist

    People in Florida love the way he's guided his state through Covid. Not many people like Bidens COVID lockdown vax mandates. Plus the economy is doing well in Florida, can't say Biden has a clue about economics. There will be a clear difference, choice between DeSantis and Biden. Believe it or not I hope DeSantis is the nominee over Trump. Although I would love to see Trump re-elected and blow up the corrupt DOJ/FBI.
     
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    A couple of things. Biden hasn't had vaccine mandates. I was never mandated by Biden to get a vaccine.

    Lock downs were by state, city, and county for the most part. What Biden did do was help get vaccines to people who needed them.
     
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    Sad isn't it?

    On the other hand, some schools/teachers discourage parents participation at all costs. I've often wondered why this is.
     
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    Biden pushed for extended lockdowns and vaccines.
     
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    Nope and I can tell you how teachers get around this.

    They give an assignment and while the kids are doing their assessments they are grading papers from other classes if their assistant isn't grading the papers for them. They also do lesson plans during this time. I never saw any of my family grading papers at home.Why? Because my dad taught an extra class on Tuesday night before Wednesday tests and for extra money drove a bus, on Thursdays he called football games. On Friday he was the statician. On Saturday he did landscaping or surveying to pickup extra money. In short he didn't have time to do all of the things you are talking about because he was making money essentially working other jobs.
     
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    So you got nothing and don't have a point.

    What the hell does unions have to do with any of this?

    Teacher unions have no great power and have nothing to do with teacher shortages, and you most definitely suggested it's the teacher's job to raise a kid.

    And kids are taught to balance a checkbook in JH, WTF does a useless degree for 100k have to do with any of this.

    Are you just madlibbing now?
     
  18. FranchiseBlade

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    Advocating vaccines is good health policy. It wasn't a mandate. Those are two different things. Pre vaccine lockdowns was also good health policy. But it was still controlled in most situations by local governments.

    People are free to disagree with the policies that Biden praised and wanted, but it isn't really fair to say he mandated those policies.
     
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    You are just regurgitating right wing talking points in the hope of getting a rise.

    Pathetic.
     
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  20. Space Ghost

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    no you are arguing for the sake of arguing like you always do.
     

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