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I am slightly east of the Rocky Mountains. That whole deal doesn’t look good. Stay safe, Mikala.
I follow a guy who does weather forecasts for Colorado, on Facebook, even though I don't live there anymore. Heck, my kids do, so I like to have a notion what's going on. I hear the snowpack is already looking mighty promising in the high country.
Sounds like you know what you're doing, but nonetheless, be safe up there...
I get to enjoy the novelty of not dealing with snow for a while, I'm rather looking forward to seeing what "winter" looks like here in Phoenix. I understand it does cool down quite a bit, but I don't think they get snow in the valley. I can't even imagine people who have lived here a long time trying to drive in it. That would be scary. I wonder if they get ice...? Guess I'll see.
Living in the Pacific Northwest a while was something else, that's another of those odd little bubbles of very particular weather and ecology. Beautiful place, though, once you get used to the rain.
I recently talked to a customer service representative. Her name was Seven. Let that sink in lol
I know a guy named Seven.
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I work in an environment where we talk about this stuff a lot, and there are people (who a trans friend calls "tumblrsexuals") who take offense at any little transgression, and who act like a pronoun slip is a hate crime, and others who recognize that the idea of gender binary is pretty entrenched in our society, and we're all doing our best to show respect to people, even if we don't get it right.
I think you've got idiots on either end of the spectrum.
I'm nobody's conservative because of my liberal views on social issues, but I'm finding Bill Maher's voice to be refreshing, he's openly ripping on the far left progressives and how they are getting a bit silly. I'm finding myself agreeing more with the conservatives on some things these days because I think the l left has gone a bit weird.
They conflate liberals and progressive leftist and they are different. I still sort of lump self in with classic liberals, not this new crowd.
Historically speaking, it seems every time we have a societal shift, (civil rights, ERA, etc.) there are some who go to the extreme. I'm fine with that in general because it usually sets in the middle when all is said and done. Perhaps you need that one extreme, to counteract the previous (opposite extreme), and once those outer boundaries have been set, the middle becomes apparent.
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Historically speaking, it seems every time we have a societal shift, (civil rights, ERA, etc.) there are some who go to the extreme. I'm fine with that in general because it usually sets in the middle when all is said and done. Perhaps you need that one extreme, to counteract the previous (opposite extreme), and once those outer boundaries have been set, the middle becomes apparent.
There may be some merit to this. It follows physics in some ways in that things generally tend to find neutrality in many ways. Extremes tend to level out in the same ways as water seeking it's own level, etc.
I openly praise MLK, civil rights, and women's rights battles of the 60s. Those were noble and much needed. I think many people back then knew as such, even though many people weren't supportive.
I don't want to go too far off into politics, but some of the things the far left pushes arent noble in my opinion. The logical extensions of some views doesn't advance positive outcomes in my opinion.
I don't want to go too far off into politics, but some of the things the far left pushes arent noble in my opinion. The logical extensions of some views doesn't advance positive outcomes in my opinion.
I think the same could be said of all the major societal changes over the centuries, but yeah, not everything results in positive change. I don't think that should be a reason not to make the changes though.
Whenever people are involved, it will end up with some negatives.
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I think you've got idiots on either end of the spectrum.
I'm nobody's conservative because of my liberal views on social issues, but I'm finding Bill Maher's voice to be refreshing, he's openly ripping on the far left progressives and how they are getting a bit silly. I'm finding myself agreeing more with the conservatives on some things these days because I think the l left has gone a bit weird.
They conflate liberals and progressive leftist and they are different. I still sort of lump self in with classic liberals, not this new crowd.
Husband and I watch Bill Maher every week. How about that "Slow Moving Coup" monologue, huh? WOW.
I don't always agree with him, but on this sort of thing...yeah, and ESPECIALLY the whole thing of, "stop hating half of America, they aren't going anywhere." Yes. I so hope not to see a civil war consume America during my lifetime.
I get most of my political news from the writings of a historian. Can't say enough good things about her. Heather Cox Richardson. She posts daily writings on Facebook or else they can be found here:
(You DO NOT have to give them an email, if that screen pops up, you can click "let me read it first" and bypass it. There is no paywall, nor do I believe that there are ads. It's a pretty clean site.)
And the day after Bill did that very notable editorial, she mentioned it in her writing.
I got the same kick out of that, as I did when Lewis Black mentioned her...like some of my favorite smart people talking about my other favorite smart people, why that does something for me I don't know, but it does.
I think the same could be said of all the major societal changes over the centuries, but yeah, not everything results in positive change. I don't think that should be a reason not to make the changes though.
Whenever people are involved, it will end up with some negatives.
Yes, people screw things up, I agree.
Major movements or groups tend to become corrupted or skew course. I used to be a card carrying member of the NAACP some years back until I started to learn of the corruption and mismanagement of funds.
I still support minority groups and those lower on the socio-economic ladder through a mission in my city that has been around a very long time and is legit.
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