Reparations.

Discussion in 'Ethics, Morality, & Justice' started by Write4U, Apr 12, 2019.

  1. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    That didn't just happen. It's kind of the way of the walk around here, as I'm sure you've noticed over the years.

    (To the other, I'm in a mood on that point, and not just about Sciforums. There was a great moment just a few minutes ago that had an Obama Justice Department spokesman and a former RNC chairman agreeing on the brilliant realization that when Republicans go about this weird mockery of everything, they actually believe it. And all I could think, standing there staring at my television, was that they're both professionals who get paid for this sort of stuff, so how is it they seem to only get around to figuring this part out now. That is, it seems to be the way of the walk around today itself.)
     
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  3. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    by the working class poor majority to represent them and their morality.
    yet seem to take the money then betray them and oppose their employers.
    and still they dont get sacked

    the air of "untouchability" via superiority of those in such positions is a mockery of democracy and a mockery of capitalism.

    this is the classicist elitism(extreme minority special interest marketeers) that the right wing lust after like starving dogs.

    this is behind the alt-right movement to prevent free speech by democrat party supporting celebrity's and artists.
     
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  5. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    They were. Congress voted to provide freed slaves with "40 acres and a mule". The 40 acres to be taken from the very large landowners and abandoned state owned lands.
    The mule to provide the means for tilling the ground and other mobile chores.

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    https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/forty-acres-and-mule/

    This reparation was promptly rescinded by president Andrew Johnson. Insult on injury.
     
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  7. Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    It's a talking point to buy votes, nothing more.
     
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  8. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Last I heard is that money equals free speech, no?

    Why do we make constant tax reparations (cuts) to Big Business? Have they suffered insult on injury or will they use that money for talking points, perhaps buying less regulations from a few representatives?
     
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  9. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    Free speech carries no content unless words have meanings.
     
  10. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Representing the people's desires and needs is the job of government.
     
  11. cluelusshusbund + Public Dilemma + Valued Senior Member

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    Meditation may help... but racism dies hard... eh.!!!
     
  12. sculptor Valued Senior Member

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    imho
    institutional racism cannot end racism
    it usually seems to have quite the opposite effect
     
  13. Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

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    More so when you are being exploited because of your race. Sadly, politics has no shame.
     
  14. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Money does. It is specifically defined as a "means of exchange" or "quid pro quo"

    The free speech thing came much later with the "citizen united " supreme curt case.
     
  15. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    No, it isn't. It is a medium of exchange. One of many media of exchange.

    How is that relevant to the meaning of words or the content of speech?
     
  16. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    The term "means" is a perfectly acceptable synonym.
    Ever heard a dollar bill utter a single word?

    Yes, you can buy speech, even lies. After all it's based on "quid pro quo".
    I'll pay you a million dollars if you lie for me. What's you gonna do, call ghost busters?
     
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  17. Beaconator Valued Senior Member

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    Technically under our constitution if spying on people fails to provide conclusive evidence of that individual taking liberty from another, We as taxpayers are required to repatriate them on their terms of freedom.
     
  18. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    And it is profitable!
    Nor does greed.
     
  19. billvon Valued Senior Member

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    No, but it can mitigate some of racism's effects.
     
  20. Beaconator Valued Senior Member

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    Oobviously our education system has failed. So we should probably place gun safety teachers, plant biologists, beer makers, and other forms of information in apartment complexes with low crime rates.

    You know... really play to what disheartened people are interested in.

    And call that fair.

    That or give the average income of every white man to every homeless person.
     
  21. Beaconator Valued Senior Member

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    Well George Zimmerman has to chase down women on foot...

    That's good enough for me.
     
  22. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    if POTUS doesnt have to file tax returns then why should other white men have to file tax returns ?
    thats racist !
     
  23. Beaconator Valued Senior Member

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    You just give the right amount of money to ... .... I'm trying to translate the words for gay "naturalists" ,"antiracist" to understand. Actually good causes. Yeah that's the word for it. Money not wasted.

    I mean how much more does it cost an artist for paint. Than an ear.
     

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