Posts by Jeffro

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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

by minimus in

jw
friends

some call it reverse discrimination.

whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

Jeffro

minimus:

Just because you personally haven’t had it happen to you doesn’t mean that it’s obviously part of the way things are.

You do enjoy being contrarian. I didn’t say that it simply hasn’t happened to me personally, nor did I say that anti-white racism doesn’t exist in general society. I indicated that I haven’t observed an increase in general society outside of the nonsense. I am referring to my local observations, not merely my own experience.

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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

by minimus in

jw
friends

some call it reverse discrimination.

whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

Jeffro

Simon:

So giving an inferior candidate your spot at university ...
Promoting an inferior work colleague because of a diversity quota & PR ...
Not hiring someone on the basis of their race ...
You don't think these have any real effect on people's day-to-day life?

I haven’t seen an increase of this where I live (and what you listed would fall under the category of racism in general society). The thread asked for personal observations. I can’t speak for the entire planet. Nor is this the type of racism to which I specifically referred.

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Canada: Jehovah’s Witnesses challenge constitutionality of B.C. privacy law

by yalbmert99 in

once again, watchtower doesn't want to respect our human rights.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/jehovahs-witnesses-challenge-constitutionality-of-b-c-privacy-law.

Jeffro

“These are the personal notes that have to do with spiritual, pastoral care that they offer congregants. We’re talking about certain types of confidential communications and notes. That’s what we’re dealing with here.”

It’s not clear how ‘personal notes’ about people who are not members or no longer members are for the ‘pastoral care of congregants’. The ‘personal communications’ are about the individuals who want access to their information, so we’re not dealing with some noble desire to protect private information from the general public. They shouldn’t keep records of people who don’t want their information retained, and people should have a right to know what is being said about them where it impacts their lives e.g. by shunning or slander. There’s no good reason why religious groups should get any special treatment for keeping personal information, especially when it is a nature for which other organisations would be penalised as discriminatory. (The article refers to information as a result of judicial committees so we’re not just talking about simple details like name and address, though they also have no right to track those details of non members.)

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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

by minimus in

jw
friends

some call it reverse discrimination.

whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

Jeffro

minimus:

My thread was about whether you think white people are discriminated against because of their color.

The title asked whether white people are being discriminated against, implying a current situation that differs from a separate norm rather than questioning whether anti-white sentiment exists at all. If you mean the latter, then yes of course it exists in general society.

But the type of ‘woke’ anti-white racism often complained about in such threads refers to rhetoric that rattles around ultra-left echo chambers and so-called ‘academics’ who have lost touch with reality, which occasionally gets picked up by media outlets seeking to generate division. Little of that type of racism has any real effect on day-to-day life (where I live).

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The choice of being alone has never been clearer.

by pistolpete in

something i've noticed is that marriage was the thing for those born before 2010. but today's culture of divorce laws slanted to favor women has forced men to think carefully before signing the marriage certificate.

most of my friends have no intentions of getting married.

all of them have gotten vasectomies, so there is no chance of being blamed for a pregnancy.

Jeffro

Pistolpete:

Marriage was the thing for those born before 2010.

There’s just fewer and fewer 10-year-olds getting married these days.

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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

by minimus in

jw
friends

some call it reverse discrimination.

whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

Jeffro

Simon:

It doesn't matter if it's employment quotas, or different admission-marks for university or some other accreditation, if it's a different system based on race then it's racism.

I don’t recall saying otherwise. Not seeing any increase of that in my country. Your mileage may vary.

That makes anyone supporting it or not working to remove it a racist.

That’s like saying anyone not actively working to cure cancer is pro-cancer.

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Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

by minimus in

jw
friends

some call it reverse discrimination.

whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

Jeffro

Not broadly. If you pay attention to nonsense (think 'Buzzfeed' and tedious activism groups ), you will see more racist rhetoric against white people. But away from the nonsense, day-to-day racism against white people doesn't seem to have increased. The US is a bit nuts about this kind of thing though so it may be different there.

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What Do You Think of Dr. Fauci?

by minimus in

jw
friends

last year millions of people were singing his praises.

what’s your opinion of him right now?.

Jeffro

Your claims about the death rates in UK, Belgium and Italy are also incorrect. Unless you’re comparing them to an arbitrary subset of the developed countries that are doing better, though that’s not particularly meaningful.

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What Do You Think of Dr. Fauci?

by minimus in

jw
friends

last year millions of people were singing his praises.

what’s your opinion of him right now?.

Jeffro

Anony Mous:

you’re just cherry-picking data now. What about Belgium? Italy? UK? They have twice and even three times the death rate.

🤦‍♂️ Feel free to quote where I supposedly suggested that the US is the worst in the world. You said Australia’s was a special case because it is remote. I provided countries that are not remote that also have significantly fewer deaths per capita. At no point did I suggest that no other countries have similar problems to US.

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What Do You Think of Dr. Fauci?

by minimus in

jw
friends

last year millions of people were singing his praises.

what’s your opinion of him right now?.

Jeffro

The US has a lot of community transmission so it’s not just about international travel. Also, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Japan and Norway are developed and have much fewer Covid related deaths per capita than the US.

The fact that Australia is “mostly empty” doesn’t actually help your position either because it only demonstrates that the majority of the population are concentrated in a relatively small area, where community transmission would be more likely when not accounting for other factors. Also, Australia’s smaller population is not directly relevant when considering deaths per capita.