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Cynique

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  1. @Pioneer1 Who is the "it" you know is raining? What you think is true may be a hallucination. You may just be imagining it's raining. When it comes to the subject under discussion, i'll make things as complicated or as simple as i please. You don't set the rules. So keep your unsolicited advice to yourself. i said: "I don't think we can ever tell if something is absolutely true." If you don't agree with my opinion, that's your problem.
  2. @Troy You wiil never change any minds here when it comes to race. Folks only believe what they want to believe . And, btw, the traits i spoke of are superficial ones; variations on a prototype . In today's social climate, try comparing race to sex, and the argument will be made that there are only 2 sexes; male and female and that the fluidity claims of the LBGTQ crowd are bogus. But when it comes to advancing the argument that there is only one race, the human one, suddenly the argument that there are numerous different races is considered a valid rebuttal. This is, indeed a societal issue. i don't have any trouble accepting the current science on race, . To me, its premise is simple. When it comes to Homo Sapiens its population is considered monolithic by virtue of its members being more alike than different, and that factor constitutes the deciding qualification of a single race.
  3. @Pioneer1 i can't believe that even someone as ego centric as you would think that i would give a damn about not being alright with you. Reading that that announcement reassured me that I'm doing something right. @Delano"More importantly" is true when it comes to being all right with yourself. It's not like you need pioneer's validation. I am done with engaging in anything that robs me of the energy it takes to just be. Existing has become synonymous with tranquility, reminiscence with time travel. I'm also appreciating how now by simply closing my eyes, a different world. opens up wherein my environment is a garden with a path leading to somethings so far away that i can't discern where it ends it's like I'm having a preview of the next world, - like i'm on a psychedelic trip. A very magical and spiritual experience. As, usual, your Time-marker System boggles my mind.
  4. Say no more. If you're preceding on that premise, nothing you say will impact on me because i don't think you know what God's intentions were or are. and using the bible as a reference doesn't make any difference. Case closed.
  5. If he was alive today, wonder what Booker T. Washington would have to say in regard to what Florida plans to teach about slavery. Washington was a great believer in the population of freed slaves learning trades because doing so would provide decent employment since they couldn't aspire to the higher professions. That's why so many HBCU colleges have A&M (Agriculture and Mechanics) in their names because that was what they originally taught. Even today young blacks are again being encouraged to consider vocational schools instead of colleges because having a useful skill is a plus. The black narrative is adamantly against attributing anything useful to slavery, but being in circumstances that allowed one to become a craftsman actually could prove advantageous. Slavery was apparently God's will, but black folks are magnanimous when it comes to forgiving Him for subjecting them to 400 years of it. I, for one, wish the :"good" lord had allowed my ancestors to leave Africa voluntarily to seek their fortune in America because I have never been enthusiastic about Africa. Yeah, i said it!. Bring it on. And no matter what others claim about Democrats I still prefer them over Republicans, especially the current crop who continue to support that asshole donald tRump who I have nothing but contempt for! Good Night All. Back to contemplating whether there is life after death. Wooooo
  6. I don't think we can ever tell if something is absolutely true, including what i just said. All that we see or seem Is just a dream within a Dream. Maybe
  7. As usual, pioneer sets up the question, then supplies the answers, in this case putting Del and me on the defensive with the expectation that we justify our uncivil behavior toward him. Like i don't have better things to reflect on in the twilight of my years. Nor do i have any recollection of ever accusing him of trying to gather a following of supporters behind him to be the next major Black leader. The closest thing along those lines i ever recall saying is that he played to the lurkers on this site whom he imagined were cheering him on. Whatever. Hi Everybody! Wish I had some interesting input to contribute the forum, but.... i don't.
  8. There are bi racial people who pass for black and many of them play in the NBA. Stop using skin color as the only racial marker. Hair texture is just as influential, not to mention facial features such as noses and lips.
  9. Maybe Hill can run as Cornel West's vice president. Who i really have a problem with is Robert Kennedy, Jr. He's a radical ainti-vaxxer who has become increasingly distanced from his family. He has a very abrasive personality, and the Kennedy arrogance but his name recognition might get him over. Who i surprisiingly like is Chris Christy, who is actually an independent thinker and tells it like it is about both parties.
  10. Men and Women different? Of course they are! Men are from MARS and women are from VENUS. Remember? On the other hand, when it comes to same sex relationships, take the "variations on a theme" in your stride. Like everything else, nature undergoes a trial and error process. Nothing will evolve that prevents the species from replicating itself. Then, there's the conspiracy theory about the feminization of black men, and the one about weaponizing them to eliminate each other via black-on-black crime. These plots cancel each other out, and would be more trouble than it's worth for the White Supremecists. imo. Stop worrying about the perennial problems that plague the human race in general, and the black one, in particular. Just live your best lives. Artificial Intelligence and the Climate will soon diminish Life as we know it - for everybody. And so it goes...
  11. As y'all may or may not know, I am fascinated with language and semantics which is why I pose the question: Is knowledge synonymous with truth?
  12. @TroyWell, for one thing, by now you should know better than to take me that seriously, Babe. I'm just tweakin' you guys' noses. Of course "time brings change", and the other side of that platitude's coin is "the more things change, the more they become the same". "O tempora, O mores!" a Roman citizen once said a thousand years ago. And the beat goes on. Don't worry. Be Happy!
  13. I said what i said because, to me, males associate masculinity with a facade, Whereas to women it is a stimulation. To us the opposite of masculine isn't necessarily feminine, it's - "meh", A woman can look at a gay man and wish he was straight because she'd like to get next to him, Males just can't seem to get around masculinity being about conducting themselves like a man rather than respiring with a certain chemistry. Yes, these generalities have a lot to do with separating sexiness from masculinity and, as the opinions of a soon-to-be-90-year-old, are not carved in stone; only in the rock garden of my psyche.
  14. Egads! Listen to you Boomers and GenXers fretting and expounding as if you have some relevancy. Puleeze. The Millennials and the GenZers got this! And they are the wave of the future. Your days are numbered. Traditional values mean nothing to these sleepyheads. They are flexible and evolved, have embraced the "do me" approach to life and are making headway as they dare to merge with their true selves. Something they do with a growing measure of authenticity because the species is mutating - expanding. Screw all that BS about the true nature of humans and what "God" intended. Time brings change, depending on the whims of, say, quantum physics and - the impact of highly advanced computerized technology, including Artificial Intelligence. And last but not least a Creator who's lost interest in your welfare. Society is also evolving, fragmenting into the diversity of tribalism. Nowadays all you have to do is find your "Peeps". immerse yourself in their echo chamber and commiserate with your fellow malcontents. Meanwhile, Civilization staggers along being what it has always been about: acquiring power and exerting the control that comes with it, pitting the great unwashed masses against themselves, leaving their legions bound together by a common mistrust of their Government. America, in particular, is a sphere of mass confusion compounded by organized chaos bristling with the wanna-be soothsayers pulling their hair and beating their chests, spouting tired old conspiracy theories that disintegrate under the scrutiny of logic and reality. Same ol, same ol. So what else is new? Check ya, later. Maybe.
  15. Men need to stay mum when it comes to the subject of masculinity which is all about mystique. Your antennae are not fine tuned enough to pick up the sparks Prince gives off. i don't find Idris Elba especially appealing. Prince has more animal magnetism; more like a sensuous tiger. Garb is just superficial. LIl NasX is, what he is. A character. Never under estimate the power of female intuition. And there's a difference between being strong and being capable. Also masochism is a psychosis that afflicts a lot of women.
  16. @ProfD It's been reported that Trump will be charged on 34 counts, some of which will be felonies. It's about more than just paying "hush money". A crowd of both pro and anti Trump demonstrators are expected to show and things may get violent, something the police are expected to e prepared for. Plus, if the judge issues a gag order, Trump will not be able to give a speech about his case. We shall see.
  17. Another stupid question. i don't call my mouth a "garbage can" because it isn't one and requires no lid. That's why; just like i don't "listen" to what you write since it's not audible. Now get lost, you big dummy.
  18. Finally a question that the long-winded numb skull known as pioneer doesn't have an answer to. Hopefully he won't bore everyone by following his usual practice of making one up. zzzzzzzz
  19. Privilege is a slippery slope. I think black people have weaponized the word racist, and "privilege" is an exponent of weaponization. It's been said that "to he who carries a hammer, everyone else becomes a nail", an adage somewhat applicable to the dynamic between Blacks and White America. Among the greatest concerns of responsible and prominent white leadership is the ongoing threat of being labeled "racist" by the black community. Even Conservative right wingers deny being racists, portraying themselves as such things as patriots concerned about their country. Nobody wants to be called a racist. All the "Karens" out there would swear up and down that they are not racist. But when the hammer comes down, these entitled bitches are left bent out of shape and forever stigmatized. The recent high visibility of blacks in the media and the government and corporate America, are all gestures this institutionalized racist country have made to placate America's slave descendants, providing them with the privilege to represent their race. This should be a right, but in the real world, that remains to be seen.
  20. I though Rodney brought something refreshing to the board, he was like an antidote to pioneer. Now he's gone, and i wish him well.
  21. What are the standards for being ugly? If an alien from Mars visited Earth what would he consider ugly. Why belabor the point, especially since it's all subjective. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and so is ugliness. What more is there to say?
  22. @ProfD and @frankster thank you for putting pioneer in check. It's not surprising how myopic somebody who has such a magnified vision of himself can be when it comes to expressing the opinions that he tries to pass off as facts. i didn't bother reading what I knew would be a crock of hogwash, but had I done so, my response would've certainly been in line with the replies you 2 posted. If pioneer was half as omniscient as he thinks he is, he'd still be nothing more than a motormouth who needs his oil changed. He possesses no credentials but still thinks he's an authority on everything and that he has a hotline to god.
  23. @Chevdove This was not new to me, and i had heard a while back how Carole revealed that she had black blood on her mother's side of the family. She did have a "black vibe" and I didn't find this hard to believe. Her persona was very unique and she was a gifted performer.
  24. @Pioneer1 As usual you create your own scenarios in order to craft your irrelevant comments. Being curious about what happened to Rodney is not fantasizing or longing, and I showed nothing but love for my guys ProfD and Delano. Any disrespect ever shown toward you is well deserved because it's retaliatory. So stfu.
  25. Why are we expected to never indulge ourselves and partake of the guilty pleasures that amuse us. Life is grim enough without attributing everything to conspiracies and subliminal manipulation, personal suspicions that deny others the option to think for themselves. Malcontents need to stop imposing their misgivings on others. Laughter is good medicine. A good sense of humor and an appreciation for irony broaden the mind.
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