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Troy

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  1. This says it all. You believe you are protecting Black boys from the evil racists who have added something to vaccines that target only Black boys and gives them autism. You have the inside knowledge being hid from us and everyone else are ignorant or fools (the morally convicted, recjects science). Of course not, because there aren't any. Correlation does not prove causation. I'm curious though were did you read about an increase in autism Black boys?
  2. Nice list; obviously someone put a lot of effort into creating it. The list leaves quite a few things out @daniellegfny. It does not address the president's reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic some estimate over 100,000 lives could have been saved this year if he reacted with sense. The list mentions unemployment and the economy numerous times, but fails to mention anything specific that 45 has done the resulted in booming economy and lower unemployment. The list completely over looks the fact that your president inherited a strong economy and growing unemployment, all of which has been more that reversed due to our reaction to Covid-19.
  3. Individuals are objectively less strong than each other, subjectively less good looking, and differ in intelligence, but ascribing these differences to the artificial, and purely objective, racial designation is impossible; trying to generalize this across large groups of people makes absolutely less sense than not getting your child vaccinated.
  4. Yes exactly! What I wrote sounds crazy to you because it is crazy. You have contorted the crazy belief into verbiage that you can accept. It does not matter if there is nothing to substantiate your belief you choose to believe it and have fine tuned the language in such a way for it to make sense and sit with you. To me it sounds crazy. If you had children @Pioneer1 you really would not get them vaccinated? ---- I'm dropping no more f-bombs today slick. 🙂
  5. I never entertained the idea.
  6. There is a cliche that goes, "everything after the 'but' can be ignored." Usually white racists use scientific discoveries and other achievements to claim superiority over people with darker skin, commonly known as "Black." Others focus on the ability to colonize and exploit the bodies and resources of Black people as proof. They will all concede that Blacks are stronger because, naturally, we are more primative, ape-like. Sometimes Black people adopt these false beliefs as truth too. Why? Whenever something is repeated frequently enough, no matter how heinous (or stupid) it becomes easier for people to believe. In a county like America, where the myth of white superiority has been drummed into the brains of the population for centuries, the lie becomes easier to accept. Indeed we'll craft our own narratives to help it make sense ... ultimately it becomes a moral conviction which is virtually impossible to dispel. If you start with the false premise of race and accept that lie, you can then consider the idea that one so called race is superior to another. At that point you are primed to justify anything from eugenics to slavery based on skin color. I know there is nothing I can say to help you think about what you wrote differently, so I won't try. I just hope others do not follow up down the same path. This why I believe books are so important. But books by themselves are useless, if they are not read or can not be interpreted. Education is crucial, and as a culture we have dropped the ball on that big time.
  7. Bro, you started the conversation with this.
  8. But you believe they do more harm than good, PLUS they are designed to give Black children autism, which just a crazy notion given all the good we have seen vaccines provide. I'm not worried about some corporation run by some white boys flagging this discussion forum for the use of a word. Google can go fuck themselves if they wanna flag this site for use of the word VACCINE! Don't get me started man...
  9. No, I don't. The question however is loaded with assumptions.
  10. @Pioneer1, again, as FAS pointed out and as I previously wrote your articles do not support your conclusions
  11. Oh I thought that was evident. Vaccines have saved countless lives and would completely have completely eradicated dangerous diseases were it not for you antivaxers. You reject the idea the reality that Vaccines provide a benefit to society. Of course I could point out your belief in multiple human races, but that would be too easy.
  12. Yeah the GOP held up President Obama's Supreme Court nomination in 2016.
  13. The AALBC.com Bestselling Book, Different and the Same by Adijah & Atiya Brabham, has been republished TODAY in a larger format — great for reading with a child. It also sports AALBC Bestseller’s seal! Making a bestsellers list is always a good thing. Over the last 24 years AALBC has had over 1,400 bestselling books. Interestingly, most authors fail to exploit the achievement, so it is refreshing to see it happen. Adijah and Atiya went the extra step of actually printing the bestseller on the latest version of their book. Some authors apply the stickers. Because most authors/publishers don't do this I'm always extra supportive of those that do! It is a goo way to get some free promotion out of AALBC. I'll be offering a deal on this book shortly 🙂
  14. Of course it's relevant; if the increase was proportional with white people this would disprove your assertion that Black people were targeted specifically. Ok so show me information, not conjectured by another antivaxer, which shows vaccines are directly correlated with an increase in autism in Black children. Simple right?
  15. @Pioneer1 I don't think very many Trump supporters "workship" him. In fact, Christians are prohibited from workshiping him for religious reasons. The one guy you foundon the other side of the planet, obviously has a mental problem.
  16. Please provide the quote and the source. You do just get the disease, you take deliberate action to get it. I know, so lets see the info.
  17. Skate boarding transcends race. We should could continue Dr. King's riff; Not only that, they forcibly removed the people who were already on the land...
  18. Of curse you would say that. Your morality allows you to reject reality sometimes and accept it other times. Would you share the numbers? Also could it be that the condition is being diagnosed and tracked more? Is the increase limited to only Black people?
  19. Maybe I have too much faith in my white Brothers... I just do not think they are crazy enough to sit around to hatch of this wacky scheme, to infect themselves with covid-19 then head into Black communities to deliberately spread it. I will not rule it our of the realm of possibilities, but I still think it is more conspiracy theory than reality.
  20. I noticed that factual inaccuracy too but assumed he meant after the voting rights act when Black people in the south could vote, in practice.
  21. I was in a meeting with some booksellers last night and some were surprised that AALBC.com is not a fan of Bookshop dot org. It felt just like the reaction I got from people regarding my feelings about Amazon when I began to express them years ago. People could not understand my aversion to Amazon initially, but today, most people get it. Bookshp is Amazon all over again. Read the article in Publisher Weekly (and the comments) for some insight; "ABA Relationship with Bookshop Draws Booksellers’ Scrutiny"
  22. Ok you probably know more than I on the subject. I thought many people became depressed at one point maybe they were just sad. Sure, I believe it. She is no different than the people who believe autism somes from the MMR vaccine.
  23. The article does not support what you are saying. Whites not wearing masks are presumably increasing infection rates amongst themselves. There is no mention of them deliberately or otherwise effecting the Black community.
  24. On point I agree. The democrats should have pushed their nominee through when they had a chance. Crying about the Republicans pushing theirs through now is a waste of time. I guess we will be seeing more Supreme Court justices if Biden wins.

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