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@aka Contrarian I came across this article while making updates to John A, Williams' page. He would have turned 100 in December. People still talk about the King Alfred plan as if it was a major conspiracy, when John Alfred Williams make it up for a novel. I also decided to copy this post to the main website. I'm not surprised Ebony published your articles, as you know I always believed more people should read your musings. I'm not surprised that the folks at Ebony (during their prime) obviously agreed. Today the fact that Doctors recommended that people smoke is alarming. Of course, they were paid to do it so... We will look back at this period and view our use of social media the same way we view smoking today. I know you may not agree 100% with that but hey @richardmurray I agree with your last point. The people have to take control of the internet or stop using the handful of sites that are controlling everything.

Yeah I could see this type of thing circulating in the feed of both Trumper haters a loyalists. If AKA had not posted it here I would not have read it on any social platform (I try not read anything on social that is not from a source I recognize). I reject the premise. I don't think Trump is a mirror of the people -- that is hyperbolic. Trump won the presidential election through a wide variety to strategies and luck. Trump is a reflection of a failed system that benefits from men with money and the willingness to disseminate false propaganda (lies). To say Trump is a reflection of the people is simply wrong, we are better than that.

I don't think I have ever used the word fascism @aka Contrarian. A "mind boggling phenomena" to me is that you are in a cohort of people who have seen more drastic changes than any other in recorded history. I take AI's "praise" with a grain of salt @Mel Hopkins, as it is designed to keep you engaged more than an indication of true flattery. That said, I've been used Google's Gemini extensively over the last few days in overhauling the site. In that regard it has been nothing short of brilliant -- not perfect, but brilliant!

Rich Black people know you get rich by being accepted by white people. Again, don’t hate the playa…

Well, the way some groups of people might feel is unreasonable. I ask you, ProfD would you rather be a brother living in America in 2025 or 1825? Most white folks don’t either. This is probably true. But it seems to me most of the times when there’s a mass shooting white folks are shooting another white folks. well, we were talking about racism. The self hatred part is a strawman, but that’s OK. We’ll run with that too. Just because someone straightens their hair in 2025 America doesn’t mean they hate themselves. They’re all victims of marketing strategies Black people straighten their hair white people curl their hair and all racist dies their hair blonde. This is the alarmist, perhaps is bed by the stuff you can consume on social media. But as you engage with white people in the real world, do you feel that white people are getting more racist? Did you see the way so many white people reacted on the hills of George Floyd‘s murder? I would go into all white neighborhoods and see nothing but Black Lives Matter signs. I would ignore everything you see on social media is designed to inflame you not inform you

Well, then you see that they had to learn it. It wasn’t something that was innate. Donald Trump is a bump in the road, an aberration and it’s not reflective of their overall societal trend. Look within the lifetimes of people alive today Black people’s basic civil rights were legally taken away, 100 years ago we were actively being lynched by hooded Demons, had an entire communities massacred and burned to the ground. 150 years ago we were legally enslaved, and people were taught that the Bible and science justified this — of course things are improving. Are you kidding?

lol!

@Pioneer1 these relationships seem to fly in the face of your ideas about racism. It’s still not clear to me why you have such difficulty with Chilli, Chaka Khan and the millions of other people who enter into relationships with people you understand is being in different races.

Ignoring a hyperbole, white folks will get their houses taken if they fail to pay that note. They would’ve won most victimize in 2008. You mean before cell phones and TikTok, I don’t think so See, this is what I mean with flawed ideas and how they compound each other. Being born of racist is about as likely as being “born” a Methodist. I can guarantee you’ve never raised children in a multicultural environment. Dude, we live in a white racist culture that is the reason racism exists, but it’s on a decline. the country is not nearly as racist at once was. I said, continuing to decline into races and no longer exist. That’s the trajectory we are on.

Right, and how did they become racist? The racist is one who is easily manipulated who cannot think on his own and is probably undereducated and has read very little outside his racist little world. He knows nothing about, does not understand, or simply rejects science. these are the people who waved the confederate flag and who storm the capital They are the toothless uninsured, who fight against the affordable healthcare act, fluoridated water, and vaccines. They wanna replace the Bible for science courses in schools. They want to ban books with black and gay characters in them. They want to teach you the world is 5000 years old, slaves, learned valuable skills and are better off here than in Africa… we need help.

It is sad actually. 400k southern whites boys willingly have their lives to protect the interests of the wealthy. There is little difference today. they were manipulate then and they are manipulated now.

$1.776 to people in the military well help in the midterms

That’s it? You mentioned that 20 million people might lose their health insurance even if a fraction of those people did how many of them are on life-saving’s meds and will die because they have not gotten the medication they need?

Hummm I wonder why you say that could it be… I wonder… SOCIAL MEDIA! See to say that Kamala was the wrong candidate implies that Trump was the right one. Which in a normal world would make absolutely no sense but that is what happened. We already know that is what happened when Hillary lost to Trump the first time. At that time, I was still on social media and I had decided not to vote then. @aka Contrarian talk some sense to me and I voted for Hillary. In my book, that was the last straw and I stopped using social media. I have been manipulated and did not realize it. It’s not just me relating a personal anecdote. this has been documented! Trump is a creation of the media primarily social media. If it wasn’t for social media Trump absolutely would not be the president of the United States. Has anyone been harmed?

Exactly and that is what will happen — unless we do something about it which seems unlikely

Sure, but ownership requires capital.

I was about to surmise the same thing —a biological adaptation. Why would we find foreign accents sexy when it would seem more reasonable to find them odd or even repulsive? I always found foreign accents, including the southern ones attractive all things being equal if a sister had a southern accent I found them more appealing

While my policy quintupled in price I was able to find another policy that was actually less than what I was previously paying. Now I’m not sure it’s gonna be any good but I can use the doctors I’ve been using so we’ll see. I live in a red state, Florida. I can’t see 20 million people losing benefits at least from from my experience at healthcare.org

AI are less expensive than real actors — much less.

Yeah, I think that notion is over the top given GQ far too much credit. If it wasn’t for pioneer I wouldn’t even seen the cover I doubt many other black women have seen it — at least those who I’m not on social media. wait just how old are you? You better not be younger than me — cause I’m not an old man If people spend an inordinate time on social media and they are manipulated into not voting for Kamala and others are manipulated into voting for Trump. Has any harm been done? If people are tricked and manipulated into voting against their self interest by those using social media for this purpose is that time on social media not hurting you?

Yeah, but if you are asserting something that she says is untrue why don’t you just share the link or admit that you was telling stories or being hyperbolic? Assuming you don’t wanna say you were just lying. Agreed birds have to fly… eventually and drug addicts need to be in rehab. Much of this work is mechanized. I’m not sure how many jobs is gonna produce. It’s not like the old days when guys donned hardhats and went into to tunnels with pickaxes

This is easy to resolve just do a search for the post and share it. If the website are search engine, can’t find it use Google’s search engine. — Yeah, I don’t know if guys asking girls out less or if this is just some social media hype, but I did notice a couple of things that I think hurt the culture: (1)I remember taking my daughter to dances. All the girls would dance with each other and the boys would be on the side. I thought this was really strange because this is the age where we began asking girls to dance one on one As I’ve gotten older, I noticed adults do the same thing. All the women are line dancing and the dude sitting at the table or bar watching… As far as taking women out in a world where women often make more than men, men feel cheated, having to pay for everything. I don’t begrudge any person in their 20s living at home, especially in places like New York; the “rent is too damn high.” Seriously, if parents have the space why force a kid to move out when they can be saving money. I would imagine for men it is really hard today; you graduate from college saddled with debt, back in your childhood bedroom, can’t afford to take a girl out to a nice restaurant… the culture has not changed so much that this can’t wreck havoc with your self-esteem. AI replacing all entry level professional jobs will only make things worse— unless we take action to avert the pending disaster.

@Delano it is harder to make smart, older people laugh.

Oh, I’ve seen more of this. But I don’t think the foreign Bourne women have an advantage over the homegrown sisters. Sometimes a woman from the Caribbean has a leg up as dudes sometimes find their accent, sexy. Stereotypes are based upon stereotypes. Just because you find one doesn’t mean they’re all like that. I bet if we went to China right now I’m better at math than the majority of Chinese people in China and I’m not that good at math, I have just studied a lot of it. While less than 20% of Chinese people have graduated from college. Would you look at me and say that Black people are better at math in Chinese people? So I guess it depends on what you call a fact. I just gave you a fact that conflicts with a stereotype. The actual fact is Black people in Chinese people on taking as a group very likely have negligible differences in mathematical aptitude all things being equal.

it reminded me of what AKA C has been calling you lately I figured the Mag might appeal to you