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  Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?

  by minimus in

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  i was a jw from infancy.

  we had a melting pot type of congregation.

  i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.

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  silentbuddha

  Our congregation in NYC in the 80s had a co arrive to break up the racism.

  They refused to appoint black elders or ms and the attendants would ask black brothers to get up and move to the rear and seat white brothers and new comers in those spots.

  Brother angelokis came in to solve the issue. Then two years later... the white friends left and went to a more white friendly hall.

  20 years later in New Jersey the white brothers were counseled about not allowing black and Hispanic brothers parts on the c.o.

  Brother brown Payne comes in and shakes things up. All the white brothers leave the irvington congregations and travel to the Springfield congos...

  Yes they were racist
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  Do You Support Sanctuary Cities?

  by minimus in

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  if you do support sanctuary cities, would you be happy to live in one?.

  hey, in the bible, sanctuary cities were acceptable, right?

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  I have in-laws who live in Rockville Maryland. Pretty high-end area. They are Immigrants, they are liberals, they have great careers.

  Back in 2012/2013 they all yelled and screamed at me about how close-minded I was for not thinking sanctuary cities were a good idea, and how it would be a problem. I was an ignorant d-bag in their eyes, and a xenophobic American. They railed about how immigrants add spice to a community etc.. etc.. etc...

  A few years later they are closet republicans and are irate at how badly immigrants are eroding the values of the city, depleting resources, destroying schools and bringing in huge amounts of crime. Gang members in 5 star schools, graffiti appearing everywhere, drugs, and the feeling that a multicultural city is being torn to shreds.

  I told them, "you thought everything was fine and dandy when Obama was selling you the sob stories, well now you get to deal with the aftermath".
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  Wait a minute... isn't Terry the guy that stated on here that his grandfather who was a member of the KKK wasn't a bad guy or something?

  i just want to gt this clear before I decide if he is being serious here in his assessment of Assad.
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  Why do we see only brown-colored people in USA detention centers?

  by Wonderment in

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  why are for the most part brown-colored people held in detention centers?

  where are the rest of illegal immigrants?i think the question is valid -- as one website noted: "the u.s. government does not maintain reliable demographics of who is in immigration detention..." (https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/detention-statistics).

  a canadian woman not too long ago said to me (spontaneously - i did not bring up the subject) the following words when she heard the live tv news broadcast, which dealt about the immigrants being held at dozens of detention centers in usa: "i am canadian, and i have been living here illegally for 29 years.

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  silentbuddha

  Dont forget that many illegals in the inner city are often taken to local jain then straight to airports and flown to home country
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  Why do we see only brown-colored people in USA detention centers?

  by Wonderment in

  1. social
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  why are for the most part brown-colored people held in detention centers?

  where are the rest of illegal immigrants?i think the question is valid -- as one website noted: "the u.s. government does not maintain reliable demographics of who is in immigration detention..." (https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/detention-statistics).

  a canadian woman not too long ago said to me (spontaneously - i did not bring up the subject) the following words when she heard the live tv news broadcast, which dealt about the immigrants being held at dozens of detention centers in usa: "i am canadian, and i have been living here illegally for 29 years.

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  silentbuddha

  I ask you to come to a walmart un my county in NC.

  Every Saturday morning 50 to 60 buses loads of illegal migrant workers go in the walmart at 10 am and shop.

  They leave the fields and go shopping... just the men.

  I have never seen white immigrants or black immigrants flood anywhere like this.

  You only see brown immigrants because it is so many of them

  For god sake the number of Hispanics in 35 years has eclipsed the NJ imber of African Americans in the country.

  They are everywhere. There has been a 1200 percent increase of hispanics in many southern counties un the last 20 years. 1200 percent, let that sink in
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  Do You Believe The News Media Is Trustworthy?

  by minimus in

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  recently a friend and i were having a conversation about the news media.

  he is a democrat but he’s also a very reasonable person.

  i’ve known him for many years.

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  To this day one of the biggest tools used to say that Trump is a racist is when CNN constantly says that Trump said, "Mexicans are rapist...".

  They never play the whole soundbite or atleast finish the friggin sentence so people understand what he said.

  There was a time not so long ago that doing something like this would cost a person their entire career and the station would issue an apology. Now it is as if there are no rules to journalism.
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  Strangest JW you ever knew stories

  by rickroll in

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  we all know/knew people in the kh that were about nuts.

  tell us your strangest stories.

  i will start.

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  silentbuddha

  An annointed pioneer who killed her jehovahs witness husband. Went to jail and came back still eating the crackers.

  Another sister who said she was annointed. She literally wore fishnets and micro minis to the memorial... ate crackers and left

  Another brother who was previously gay. Lived in the same house with his ex-lover... one was on second floor other on first. He was a MS and died in his car in front of kingdom hall.

  The weird Bethel losers... too many too mention
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  If You Criticize A Person of Color Are You A Racist?

  by minimus in

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  seriously, it’s getting to a point that you can’t make a negative comment about someone without being charged as a racist, homophobe or sexist!

  if you criticize a female, you are obviously sexist.

  if you criticize someone who happens to be gay, you must hate homosexuals.

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  Whatever happened to using the word prejudice?
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  When should you Disassociate yourself?

  by happytobefree in

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  i have been having discussion with my sister (relative), who is an active witness, about writing a letter of disassociation.

  the reason being is that i have not attended the meetings in over a year and it's been 4 years since i have went out in the jw ministry.. i going to try to sum this topic up.

  my sister think that i should not da myself because i have not done any immoral act in her thinking.

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  silentbuddha

  DA was the route I took because I did not want to be a jw anymore. If you fade you are still a JW, like it or not.

  I still do not understand the "playing by their rules" tagline that is repeated over and over. Like literally who came up with the idea to attach that saying to DA'ing?

  If anything I would th ink fading is playing by their rules because you are literally to scared to make a definite decision and ultimately remaining in the org
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  Are You Happy With The Country You Live In?

  by minimus in

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  i live in the usa.

  is it perfect!

  nope.

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  silentbuddha

  North Carolina, U.S.A. I love America. Each state is like a country within itself so I understand why some people in some states dont like it where they are.

  I pay for my healthcare, I paid for school, and I wont go to jail for speaking my mind.

  I am close to the mountains, close to the beach, the weather is wonderful.