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No one is perfect, and we should all strive to better ourselves. It's great that you have taken this to heart by listening to other people who aren't like you. I'll try to do the same. What makes you think the world is saying you are the enemy of society and that everything in the South is evil?
Edit: I was born and raised in the South and I brag about many aspects of Southern culture to colleagues from various regions of the US and outside of the country, so it's not like I've renounced my Southern heritage out of fear of being labeled the enemy.
the cancel Yale thing is Ann Coulter's shtick where she tries to make the left look hypocritical. It's not a genuine argument.
You're missing the point entirely. The lines I wrote are not Ann Coulter shtick, rather Jesse Kelly's poke in the eye at liberal hypocrisy. It's a critic on the foolishness of the #CancelCulture movement. #CancelYale is nothing more than giving elitists a taste of their own medicine.
I was born in California, the bastion of liberalism, lived in a Socialist country, traveled to Communist countries and have family and friends that are liberal. My best friend is a progressive. I'm all about being open minded and fair, but I fail to see any upside to Political Correctness or a heard mentality that attempts to tell me how I should think or what words I can and cannot use. I'm pragmatic and practical, so if someone comes to the table with an idea, policy etc. I will listen and judge it on it's merit, regardless of whether it's liberal or conservative. Looking at the present situation I see a lot of destructive forces trying to impose their will on others, without the willingness to truly look inside and identify the root causes of why their community is suffering. A lot of TV pundits want an honest debate about race... no they don't, they want an echo chamber.
Ann Coulter started it with an article on her website and a few tweets and others picked up on it. That Kelly tweet has just been one of the more popular ones.
I stand corrected. I don't read Ann Coulter, so I was unaware of it's origin.
Thanks.
Didn't say I felt like everything in the south was evil. I said that I felt like my specific demographic seems to be painted into a corner right now, lumped together, spoken of as a common group that did not have major differences within the larger sum.
Just a few things to scratch the surface of my perspective...
"We can't trust ____ because it is made up of a bunch of white guys..."
And I apologize for other lack of specifics. But I am basically referring to any idea(s) about the definition of foundational social constructs (marriage, sexuality, religious liberty vs. religious abuse, hiring freedoms and private business) that I tend to be aligned with which are being labeled "hate-speech" or the like, when (I feel) zero percent of my personal ideology is based on hate, exclusivism, segregation, or a lack of tolerance...
Now, I recognize the systematic racism that has lead to these "groups" is terrible/flawed/atrocious. It doesn't always mean the individuals in the group are evil. I think sometimes that is missed (or, at least, not spoken of enough). And just because some terrible people use/abuse this ideology to discriminate/hate/oppress others, it doesn't mean that everyone involved has similar motives/hearts.
There is a lot of systems that need to be fixed. There are a lot of good people in those flawed systems, willing to listen that would also bring a lot of good ideas to the discussion.
She, along with the vast majority of the media, are looking for clicks - period. When the ideology of the National Enquirer was adapted by mainstream media, things really took a bad turn...
Corporate media sucks and the death of local news will be the death of America
Gannett News Media is the equivalent of MSNBC for print media. What you’ve provided is not valid supporting evidence.
As does Social Media that drives a lot of hysteria and perpetuates misinformation or incomplete information.
I know a lot of good people who are evangelical, white, Southern Christians. I don't agree with all of their views, but that doesn't make them inherently bad. The evangelical White Christian group gets a lot of flak because it has turned into a reliable voting bloc (around the 60's maybe? Definitely by Reagan) for conservatives who have tried to enact policy based on religion which has rankled people who aren't white evangelical Christians. Gay marriage is a good example. A church and its members have every right to not recognize gay marriage as a legitimate Christian marriage and to deny holding gay weddings in their church. However, there was considerable push back from politicians backed by evangelical Christians to legalize gay marriage. At that point it stopped being about personal worship and more about codifying their religion. I do agree the animosity for the group shouldn't extend to the individuals. People need to talk and listen more
Wow. USAToday isn't good enough? Would you like an InfoWars article?
Shameless plug for the media bias chart. Not the end-all, be-all by any means, but probably more info than our good friend is willing to look into.
https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart/
Huffington Post and CNN "Skew Left". LMAO! This chart isn't even remotely accurate.
Kasey, you might not listen to Shawn King, but many do. Many hang to every single inflammatory word he preaches. And the many other "SK's" that are out there making a living from selling hate, fear, and division.
The cancel Yale thing is a joke. It's meant to mock the outrage professionals looking to destroy everything. A "see how dumb this is?" kind of thing.
Good post Cane. A lot, and I mean a LOT of people feel like that. You just don't hear much from them. Not yet anyways...
I heard a great comparison the other day. Remember when Ellen Degenerous (spelling?) caught all kinds of grief from just sitting with former president Bush at a football game? It was so bad she felt the need to go on her TV show and address it. Well... guess who didn't catch any grief for sitting with a married lesbian at a football game? Stark difference if you ask me.
I don't like what's been going on. A lot of bad intent is being placed on a lot of good people. I do not like much of this partly because I don't agree with a lot of it. But another reason is I fear what the blow back will be. It feels like the bear is getting poked a lot.