Troy

Do you believe Adam and Eve were a first humans on earth? Did you read this in a textbook? @Chevdove right now all the available science tells us that all Homo species emerged from Africa —all of them.

When some people speak, I don’t pay attention to them.

I doubt the average person is saying anything heinous or bile or vicious with their real name on social media. All the craziest stuff I’ve seen quoted is from anonymous people — unless they Uber wealthy and they can say whatever they wanna say like Jimmy. The real concern is if some nut out there kills him for it. On the other hand, I would hate for someone to judge me on everything I’ve written here. On occasion, I exaggerate or say something sarcastic or facetious that have taken out of context might make me look crazy. Context matters. A meme strips, out context and nuance and complexity, which is required to really understand the subject. That’s why they have books. Unfortunately, I’m reading that social media feeds havea weakened our ability to sit still and focus enough attention to get through an entire book and forget about a challenging book. Try to get the average adult to read Beloved for fun today. People who are old enough to remember a world long before social media existed actually have a benefit over people who have never known a world without social media. I think we are more aware of how it affects us mentally because we have something to compare it to. whenever I go to YouTube to upload a video, I always get sidetracked. Part of the reason is they bury the little icon you need to click to get to the place where you upload your own videos. That used to be Front and Center but now they are so interested in getting you to watch videos they bury it. It is not unusual for me to be sitting at my desk with the intention of uploading a video and 30 minutes later. I’m watching some stupid video and have completely forgotten why I went to YouTube in the first place. Maybe if people are afraid of saying something on social media that will get them fired they’ll stop using it. Net-net getting people off social media is a social good 😉

You could’ve stopped at “the wise.” Still, from what I hear, they are preparing for that potential outcome as well with private islands and bunkers.

I was being facetious poking fun at the people who are stockpiling, weapons and ammunition in preparation. Collateral damage.

The Civil War everybody is so anxious to pop off will be just like the last one; between white folks.

Yeah they have been a number of books written about Bridges. Indeed Ruby Bridges has written a number of books herself. It’s hard to imagine she’s not much older than I am.

🙂 Well, in the 50s they didn’t have social media. I’ve been called a lot of things, but a bad conversationalist was never one of them. whenever I turn on the radio, all I hear is about the assassination. One thing that irks me is how often someone quotes something they read or saw on social media and uses it as evidence of public sentiment. The fact of the matter is much of the most virulent crap that is spewed on social media are by anonymous accounts we don’t know who these people are, what their motivations are, or even if they’re actually real people, these comments should never be quoted and re-broadcast as if they’re coming from real people. Which platform are you talking about? Sure, they’re clearly some nuts out there. I just don’t think there are as many as the people who get their news and information on social media convey during their interviews.

I've experienced that too recently. Sometimes I have to sit back and thing that such -in-such actually happen or was that a dream. Sometime the dreams involve people who are no longer with use of situation that can't exist so that is a clue that they are not real. I'm too lazy to wirt them down... Maybe I'll dictate them. I'm publishing a historical fiction book on a 19th century mystic if either of you would like to read it let me know. @Delano l'll get back to you on the rest of your reply this week.

Nah, I have beet things to do than run down some crazy quote. I would be happy the fact checked information for the meme that @aka Contrarian mention. Until then I reserve my blind belief in the quote. The second meme I actually did see a video of Kirk uttering those words. I'm not an advocate for unfettered access to guns by the general public so I disagree with the statement. It obviously proved fatal to Kirk. Yes, I can certainly see that, but I'm not going to judge a person based upon memes -- particularly one so egregious. Memes are the way people acquire information about the world -- It is not through books or newspapers. Long form, detailed, nuanced content is not consumed by the masses as a result we fail to think above a very superficial level. Today we think on the level of the meme. One of many reasons many reasons I avoid social media. @aka Contrarian you know I've been critical of social media for many years now -- more than a decade and the impact is getting worse.

@Pioneer1 man just go to Brazile if you want to see beautiful women on the beach.

If those politicians were public figures, murdered for their political views they’ve taken, then they were assassinated—by definition. It is not up for debate. Now they were killed by someone who didn’t know who they were like during a robbery that would just be a murder. Similarly that Kirk fellow as a public figure who is murdered for his political views, influence position, etc., his murder qualifies as an assassination again by definition. In terms of being a martyr, I’m not so sure about that one. I certainly wouldn’t consider him one. I tend to think of matyrs as someone who knowingly sacrifices their life for a greater cause. Dr. King was clearly a martyr. as far as the meme, I’m just looking for a source to support it. It’s very easy to say that there’s plenty of video out there, I guess it would be have been shared here if it were so easy to find. Again, I think that meme is just another attempt by people to rile folks up. I base that not on any knowledge of anything Kirk has said, but just because the statements were so absurdly racist and sexist that would be hard to believe anyone that talks like that would have any type of platform of following. From what I’ve read, he had black followers as well.

No, I’ve made no assumptions about the motivation of the shooter. I was just the opinions I’ve heard expressed from the various sides. The shooter was 22 years old… wow! People were speculating this was a trained assassin. I guess he was the classic lone wolf…. Nonetheless, I’m sure conspiracy theories will proliferate. @aka Contrarian regarding that meme you shared. For example, what job did Michelle get and what did she do to warrant that reaction from Kirk? The statement is nonsensical. I doubt even someone like Kirk would have made it. Can anyone find a source to support the quote used in that meme? The reason I ask is because people generate stuff and put it on social media to generate outrage. While Kirk was definitely no King. His murder was certainly qualify as an assassination.

Interestingly, I watched two episodes of South Park recently. one of them was a satire of Kirk. I had no idea who they modeled the character after, but I thought the episode was brilliant. I listen to Left’s democracy now and right wing WABC in New York radio and I can see why people are afraid. If you listen to democracy, now, you would think this guy had the following and charisma of rising Adolf Hitler. And you would think the assassin took one for the team. Of course, the right wing position is that “the Glovers are off“ and “nothing is off the table“ If you listen the right wing radio the liberals have gone too far this time. Trump gave him I believe the highest civilian honor he could be, and Kirk is made to be a martyr. Of course the left wing will continue this type of assault unless they are stopped. Listening to this either side is freaking scary. My buddy in TSA told me to be careful out there. My info information did not come from social media, which I have to believe is far more divisive. All I know of all the souls I’ve encountered. I doubt any of them were “get a rope “ white racists. The radical Black people I encounter just wanna be left alone maybe form their own state. On some level after listening to these programs, I feel like maybe my head has been buried in the sand. My spirit just won’t allow me to believe that even a substantial minority of people are as racist and evil as these programs suggest the other side is.

I never heard of the young man, Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down recently. I don’t know if that’s a testament to my aversion to social media or the algorithm not feeding me his content. This is just another reason why I’m not a fan of Americans being able to get any kind of weapon they want. The second amendment was written long before they had assault rifles. We also lived in a different type of society without a paid police force to serve and protect. That is an interesting notion. I have to wonder if it is a function of the true situation on the ground or just one born of the sensationalism that has been feed to people through the media… I don’t doubt for one second that there are both black and white people who believe we just need one event to kick off a race war, but that is both amazingly alarming to me and terribly sad. Of course, I’m sure there are some white folks that might wanna race war and are locked and , but this is a fringe group, not reflective of the majority of Americans.

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That is just terrible. One reason I don't "the news" real life violence and tragedy is just so sad. I simply cant image what I'd do if my 3-year-old shot herself with a gun laying around the house. Who is that stupid and careless... @aka Contrarian you look great with a mind to match!

You too @ProfD? Were either of you two vaccinated? Where did you get this information from? Who who said the contents were sealed? did you go look for this information and then discover that the documents were sealed for 75 years? The contents of the vaccine have not been sealed for 75 years. They’re available on the web. Man, we live in a world with access to so much information, but collectively we are so ill informed.

This statement is completely false. We’ve gone over this already. The Covid vaccine is not gene therapy. it took me five seconds to find several sources that fact checked the guy statement you can read one here: https://fullfact.org/health/bayer-covid-vaccine-gene-therapy/ you can also read what the center for disease control has written about the Covid vaccine not being Gene Editing. https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/how-they-work.html This information is easily and freely available to anyone who was interested in learning about the subject. Again, this is freely available information from the scientific community you have chosen to not look for it, or you have found it and simply rejected it. There is no reason for me to believe that there is anything I can write that will convince you otherwise. I’m not sure why people continue to propagate this myth of a vaccine being Gene Editing even if it was Gene Editing and it prevented millions of deaths would it be a bad thing? I just don’t understand this phenomenon. @frankster now that I presented you with the information you requested are you gonna change your mind?

I think the checks and balances will ultimately work and a dictatorship or monarchy will not emerge. The pendulum will swing the other way and if we don’t get a Democrat in office we’ll get a moderate “normal” republican in the oval office.

Odds are @aka Contrarian will see the end of Trump's presidency. More importantly we can benefit from more of her great posts.

I agree @aka Contrarian I can see them installing an incompetent anti-vaxxer. As @ProfD wrote "Monarez didn't go along with RFK Jr.s narrative on vaccines. She choose to stick with science." The replacement will clearly reject science. Sadly, there are many people who feel they know more than the scientific community which it comes to infectious diseases and how to treat them. When it comes to preforming brain surgery or sending a rocket to the moon. None of these antivaxxer think they know more that these doctors and PhD's. But on the subject of treating infectious diseases every couch potato is an expert.

THAT is the kind of thing Tyler Perry hits on: Including a dead 5-yearold?! Was this in a month, week, or, say it ain't so, a day?! I say let them go to Chicago. If it saves lives great! I know the politicians don't like it. I wonder how the people you live under the threat f catching a stray feel?

That and with the title of THE 100 BEST BLACK MOVIES (EVER) it was designed to feed the algorithm, attract attention, get a reaction, and generate controversy. It got my attention and shared it here hoping for similar effect. Years ago, I regularly published move reviews including, an annual summary of the Top Black moves; "Blacktrospective: Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema, and Oscar predictions." The Brother (@Pioneer1 would probably question is "Blackness" 🧐) who wrote these, Kam Williams sadly passed in 2019. Kam published more than 900 book and movie reviews as well articles and interviews. His articles were nationally syndicated and as a result appears on many other Black websites. Google harshly penalized my site back in 2015 for this -- their algorithm penalized sites that published copied content. Google killed a lot of Black sites back then. But I digress I remember the first time I saw anything by Tyler Perry. I was with a group of people who were excited to see a DVD of a Tyler Perry stage play. Some of the actors appear in his films today. People loved it thought Madea was hilarious. There was gospel singing and the Christian moralizing we still find in his films today. He definitely hot n something that resonates with the masses. Of course he deserves to be on anyone's top Black films. I would probably pick his first major motion picture featured Madea -- whatever that one was.

Inherently we are. Culture exerts a great deal of control in creating differences and even killing each other over them. Our culture extols mighty individualism other are communal. I believe we evolved to be communal and are optimized for that behavior and we would be better off if out culture aligned with our nature.