silentbuddha

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  Blacks attack Asians and other races but the fake news is silent

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
  2. current

  the press or fake news i.e.

  npr, abc,nbc,cbc, cnn, pmsnbc, all are suspiciously silent.

  as blacks rampage around killing, attacking and looting the press says nothing to see here move on.

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  silentbuddha

  Funny enough those blacks are the group with the most hate times committed against them... 10 fold compared to other groups.

  In fact whites still commit more hate crimes against Asians than blacks.

  To be fair there were only a couple hundred antiasian hate crimes committed in the last two years, so the reporting is blown out of proportion.

  The problem here is that the place is becoming an echo chamber and as long as you say something about the blacks there is a gang of five that will applaud whatever you say
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  Juneteenth

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you ready to celebrate??

  it’s such a big holiday that the local electric company will be closed in order to celebrate.

  only emergencies will be dealt with on that day.. what are you doing for the holiday?.

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  silentbuddha

  Virtue signalling, insincere nonsense and you can keep it. What about other slaves from other ethinicities? Exactly! It's all insincere!

  I would think a national holiday for the end of slavery in the U.S.A. would only concern the people they enslaved. It was overwhelming passed by Congress regardless of political affiliation. I think the distaste for a group of people is causing the anger.
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  Juneteenth

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you ready to celebrate??

  it’s such a big holiday that the local electric company will be closed in order to celebrate.

  only emergencies will be dealt with on that day.. what are you doing for the holiday?.

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  silentbuddha

  I've known about, been too, and heard of Juneteenth since the 1980s, so maybe it is regional.
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  Juneteenth

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you ready to celebrate??

  it’s such a big holiday that the local electric company will be closed in order to celebrate.

  only emergencies will be dealt with on that day.. what are you doing for the holiday?.

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  silentbuddha

  Geez
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  Juneteenth

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you ready to celebrate??

  it’s such a big holiday that the local electric company will be closed in order to celebrate.

  only emergencies will be dealt with on that day.. what are you doing for the holiday?.

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  silentbuddha

  Nevermind ... I apologize for asking
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  Juneteenth

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you ready to celebrate??

  it’s such a big holiday that the local electric company will be closed in order to celebrate.

  only emergencies will be dealt with on that day.. what are you doing for the holiday?.

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  silentbuddha

  What state are you in minimus?
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  Juneteenth

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you ready to celebrate??

  it’s such a big holiday that the local electric company will be closed in order to celebrate.

  only emergencies will be dealt with on that day.. what are you doing for the holiday?.

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  silentbuddha

  Proclamation made in April... of 1863. Many tried to ignore the proclamation and not inform their slaves or set them free. Many people from southern states went to Texas with their illegal slaves in tow to continue enslaving. It wasn't until the surrender of Lee a full 2 years later at the very end of the civil war that these people were free.

  That is why it is celebrated aside from the other two events.
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  Juneteenth

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you ready to celebrate??

  it’s such a big holiday that the local electric company will be closed in order to celebrate.

  only emergencies will be dealt with on that day.. what are you doing for the holiday?.

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  silentbuddha

  I live in the South and I most definitely will! The food, the fun, the stories etc... are all great.

  It is more of a Southern celebration that should definitely get more attention.

  After all, if no one sees the need to discredit the celebration of St. Patrick's Day or Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the United States or Rash Hashanah, why not the same support or at least understanding of a holiday that has some symbolism to a historically influential and oppressed group of people.
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  My Update

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just turned 62 and celebrated my first birthday at a local restaurant.

  nothing exotic, just draft beer and a burger.

  i've been using my spare time to make my community a better place to visit.

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  silentbuddha

  James Jack if I remember correctly we use to live near each other in the FL. Congrats on the big moves! Enjoy everything you achieve moving forward.

  In regards to the not saving, don't feel you were the only one. My parents both did the same thing. Uprooted our family in the 1960's and moved to where the need was great. So diehard my dad quit his union job, refused any military benefits and worked for near minimum wage for years until he realized 75 was not the end.

  Many people firmly believed and made those decisions. Best thing to do is move forward with job bro!!!
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  Governing Body; Villians or just Deluded?

  by pistolpete in

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  are you sometimes dumbfounded at the direction the governing body takes?.

  thousands of documents proving 607 bce is wrong, yet the gb sticks to the date, why?.

  the generation that would not die, yet they continue by introducing an overlapping generation.. disfellowshipping at a time when everyone is leaving, not a good idea, yet they continue to disfellowship.. here is a video that addresses these questions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgeqhp9o9i.

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  silentbuddha

  They believe what they espouse and they are truly no different than most other people who become religious zealots for one reason or another. Some of them are very haughty and strike me as the CEO types and they have that same personality.

  I will never forget when I was at Bethel and it was the day that the "apostates" protested outside yelling etc...

  Brother Sydlik previously had been harrassed on the street by them the previous year. It was time for lunch and the street was lined with folks with signs screaming etc and a few of us new boys asked Sydlik if we can walk with him from 124 to the Factory where he was going to eat. He says, "I'll be fine guys. If someone attacks me or tries to hurt me, I hope they finish the job because my body is weary, and I want to go home to my father..."

  The man believed what he was saying. They really think they are going to heaven, just like every other religious person I know, he just thinks he has a special spot.