GrreatTeacher

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  Why JW marriage is a huge problem for the organization.

  by kneehighmiah in

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  the difficulty of finding a marriage mate is well known for sisters.

  but i would say it's hard for brothers also.

  i was talking to a jw last night.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

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  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  GrreatTeacher

  "Bag o' hypocrites" LOL
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Simon, have you ever been to the US? Because what you say seems to make a lot of sense in the abstract, but just doesn't represent the reality of life in here America.
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

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  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  GrreatTeacher

  I think the thread is mistitled. I believe that " Here's an Inflammatory Post and Then I'll Downvote Everybody Who Responds" would be more appropriate.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
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  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I would disagree on the "genuine human solidarity" part. Maybe the national media didnt pay attention, but the day after the riot, hundreds of neighbors and city residents came out and personally cleaned up the mess. They didn't wait for the taxpayer funded city of Baltimore Public Works department to do it. These people care about their city and their neighborhood and are willing to work together to clean up other people's mess.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  White people are notoriously bad at discerning class or potential threat by the way black folks dress. If you're black, you're suspect. It's the overriding consideration in any encounter with a black person. And, I say this as a white American, "tattling" on those other white folks around me. A black man in a suit is, first and foremost, a black man.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  A distinction without a difference. For all intents and purposes, it's racism.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes, $25K is about $12.50 an hour. This is waay above minimum wage. And, it's enough to make you what? Poor. Yes, folks, poor.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I don't know how I managed to highlight the last part of my comment, but it is not a quote. Those are my words. The most important ones, actually.
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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Unions have been the entity protesting against economic injustice and they have done it for the last 100 years. Yet, now due to a smear campaign from the right and a historic distaste in the south, people have just been willing to let their voice go unheard in the legally protected avenue that they do have.

  In response to union members fighting for better wages, people complain that union members are overpaid! Can you imagine the amount of propaganda that allows people who make less be angry towards people who have fought, often at risk of their own livlihood to get a fair share of the pie? It boggles the mind.

  Folks don't realize that wages have been stagnant for years and now due to inflation, people are actually making less in inflation injusted wages than they were a few years ago.

  Right wing propaganda has done a pretty good job of convincing some folks to not bite the hand that feeds you. If they have to raise wages, they will have to lay others off. This is flatly Bullshit. There are plenty of business models around that, unsurprisingly, manage to turn a profit while paying decent wages. When your company profits are in the high millions or billions, I'm simply calling Bullshit.

  The biggest piece of propaganda, though, is the pulling of the wool over the eyes of workers by convincing them they are part of the middle class when they are not. If you make 25k, you are not middle class. You may have been 15 years ago, but if your wages haven't risen and inflation had, you're poor, folks! And to add insult to injury, your CEO has made even more in relation to inflation.

  This is the widening gap between rich and poor, right here! You are getting less of the pie and your boss is getting more. No amount of protesting that if you want better wages then get a better job will change the fact that this is happening across all strata of jobs and industries.

  So, yes, American worker, you are getting screwed, but people who stand up for themselves peaceably are reviled and are the target of much vitriol from their fellow Americans who are also getting screwed!