Would you have raised your fist?

[Overitall]

Nah, I feel like I'm dealing with a bunch of phonies who KNOW little to nothing about MLK's message.

Sad, isn’t it.

 

[post]

Trix are you beginning to feel like you’re back in school? Do your homework and hand it in. Then wait for the teacher to grade it. Good luck.

When you were in school, the civics lessons obviously "didn't take". As an adult and a stranger to the culture of your own country, what else would you expect than to
often experience "being schooled".

Chapter 31: The Poor People's Campaign | The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute

Chapter 31: The Poor People's Campaign

We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon to give aid to the beggar who finds himself in misery and agony on life's highway. But one day, we must ask the question of whether an edifice which produces beggars must not be restructured and refurbished. That is where we are now......

The last time congress actually represented the majority.:

National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Wikipedia
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (also known as the Wagner Act) is a foundational statute of United States labor law which guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes. Central to the act was a ban on company unions.[1] The act was written by Senator Robert F. Wagner, passed by the 74th United States Congress, and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The National Labor Relations Act seeks to correct the "inequality of bargaining power" between employers and employees by promoting collective bargaining between trade unions and employers. The law established the National Labor Relations Board to prosecute violations of labor law and to oversee the process by which employees decide whether to be represented by a labor organization. It also established various rules concerning collective bargaining and defined a series of banned unfair labor practices, including interference with the formation or organization of labor unions by employers. The act does not apply to certain workers, including supervisors, agricultural employees, domestic workers, government employees, and independent contractors.

The NLRA was strongly opposed by conservatives and members of the Republican Party, but it was upheld in the Supreme Court case of NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. The 1947 Taft–Hartley Act amended the NLRA, establishing a series of unfair labor practices for unions and granting states the power to pass right-to-work laws.
.....

The wealthiest donors to Trump and Trump party, and to the republican party Trump co-opted and coerced into being Trump's party, "donate" to politicians to prevent
legislation favoring workers and the progressive taxation that resulted in a vibrant middle class until the early 1970s, featuring no-tuition publicly funded college education.

Next came Koch Brothers and their ilk. The example of the 1935 passage of the National Labor Relations Act proves these claims by the late David Koch are
racist tinged lies!

David Koch - Wikipedia
......
Koch opposed several of President Barack Obama's policies. An article from the Weekly Standard, detailing the "left's obsession" with the Koch brothers, quotes Koch stating that Obama is "the most radical president we've ever had as a nation ... and has done more damage to the free enterprise system and long-term prosperity than any president we've ever had."[35] Koch said that Obama's father's economic socialism, practiced in Kenya, explains why Obama has "sort of antibusiness and anti-free enterprise" influences.[18] Koch said that Obama is "scary", a "hardcore socialist" who is "marvelous at pretending to be something other than that."[36] Koch contributed almost entirely to Republican candidates in 2012.[37]....

The oligarchs who have captured and subverted "one man, one vote" representative government into government representing the interests of the highest bidders
could care less about the fallout magnifying what was clearly avoidable, Trump's American Carnage.

Jeff Sessions gives OK for towns like Ferguson to hit the poor with heavy fines
Jeff Sessions gives OK for towns like Ferguson to hit the poor with heavy fines
Sessions revoked 25 guidance memos, part of a bigger campaign against regulatory rules

By Taylor Dolven
December 22, 2017, 9:00am
......

Part I of II....

 

[post]

Part II of II

'Supreme Inequality' Argues That America's Top Court Has Become Right-Wing : NPR
'Supreme Inequality' Argues That America's Top Court has become Right-Wing
24 Feb 2020 - In a new book, lawyer/journalist Adam Cohen makes the case that the Supreme Court has been "a right-wing court for 50 years," siding with ...

'Supreme Inequality' Argues That America's Top Court Has Become Right-Wing : NPR
Top U.S. Court Has Widened The Wealth Gap, 'Supreme Court
24 Feb 2020 - Cohen, in his new book, explores the court's opinions over the past five decades and comes to a rueful conclusion: These decisions have greatly ..

Whistleblower claims Department of Homeland Security modified Antifa info and dismissed Russian ops to align with Trump
Whistleblower claims Department of Homeland Security
40 mins ago 09/09/20 - Whistleblower Brian Murphy alleged that Wolf’s deputy, Ken Cuccinelli, told him to alter a report to make white supremacy threats seem less severe Credit: AP:Associated Press
Trump appointees Wolf and Cuccinelli also directed officials to modify intelligence assessments to match the president’s misleading comments about the left-wing Antifa and “anarchist” groups, the complaint states, according to CNN.

In addition, Murphy alleged that former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and her deputies pushed him to inflate the number of migrants detained at the southwest border with terrorism ties, and that she used an exaggerated number while testifying before Congress.

Murphy was principal deputy under secretary in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis but in August was demoted to assistant to the deputy under secretary for DHS Management, and claims it was retaliatory. ....
..

Homeland Security Is Quietly Tying Antifa to Foreign Powers | The Nation
Homeland Security Is Quietly Tying Antifa to Foreign Powers
3 Aug 2020 - An intelligence report obtained exclusively by The Nation mentions several Americans, including a left-wing podcast host.

DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror threat - POLITICO
DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror
By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN

09/04/2020 05:45 PM EDT- The Homeland Security Department headquarters. None of the DHS drafts POLITICO reviewed referred to a threat from Antifa, the loose cohort ...
LEGAL

DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror threat
The documents are slightly different drafts of the same annual threat assessment, which is not yet published.....

53 years since the 1967 quote of Dr. King's concerns and literally no progress in addressing or mitigating the extremely troubling inequitable conditions and their consequences.:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart/

 

[Novichok]

Never ever EVER negotiate with terrorists

You mean we have domestic terrorists and the feds are doing nothing? It can't be. No way.
That was pure sarcasm and my way of showing that Americans are pussified cowards who can be terrorized by a tiny band of determined thugs.
Add a bomb or two, and the whole city goes into lockdown for three days because two smelly immigrants in Boston were bored.

 

[Overitall]

When you were in school, the civics lessons obviously "didn't take". As an adult and a stranger to the culture of your own country, what else would you expect than to
often experience "being schooled".



The last time congress actually represented the majority.:



The wealthiest donors to Trump and Trump party, and to the republican party Trump co-opted and coerced into being Trump's party, "donate" to politicians to prevent
legislation favoring workers and the progressive taxation that resulted in a vibrant middle class until the early 1970s, featuring no-tuition publicly funded college education.

Next came Koch Brothers and their ilk. The example of the 1935 passage of the National Labor Relations Act proves these claims by the late David Koch are
racist tinged lies!



The oligarchs who have captured and subverted "one man, one vote" representative government into government representing the interests of the highest bidders
could care less about the fallout magnifying what was clearly avoidable, Trump's American Carnage.




Part I of II....

Are you planning on charging for this lesson? Don’t quit your day job.

 

[post]

Are you planning on charging for this lesson? Don’t quit your day job.

Trump's continued "success" is dependent upon people like yourself eagerly acting against your best interests and the interests of those you care about.

 

[Fishking]

Fascism is a far-right movement characterized by extreme nationalism, opposition to communism, and the demonization of religious and ethnic minorities. For example, the Klan - Fascists. White nationalists - again fascists. Of course, there is such a thing as far-left authoritarianism, but it's not fascism, it is a different form of authoritarianism.

For example, the Nazis were fascists. The Red Guards (which are more analogous to the extremes of the far left) were not fascist but obviously were authoritarian. Words have meaning.

Fascism was literally a spin-off of socialism. The real main difference is socialism tends to lean towards globalism and fascism leans towards nationalism. Fascism is a mixture of left and right ideology. Economically it is left.

 

[post]

Fascism was literally a spin-off of socialism. The real main difference is socialism tends to lean towards globalism and fascism leans towards nationalism. Fascism is a mixture of left and right ideology. Economically it is left.

This, again?

Fascism - Wikipedia

Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP] characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, as well as strong regimentation of society and of the economy[SUP][3][/SUP] which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.[SUP][4][/SUP] The first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I, before spreading to other European countries.[SUP][4][/SUP] Opposed to liberalism, Marxism, and anarchism, fascism is placed on the far right within the traditional left–right spectrum.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6] ....
......
[/SUP]Fascists believe that liberal democracy is obsolete and regard the complete mobilization of society under a totalitarianone-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to respond effectively to economic difficulties.[SUP][9][/SUP] Such a state is led by a strong leader—such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party—to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society.[SUP][9][/SUP] Fascism rejects assertions that violence is automatically negative in nature and views political violence, war, and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation.[SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP] Fascists advocate a mixed economy, with the principal goal of achieving autarky [SUP][12] ....[/SUP]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fascism

Fascism is a right-wing ideology.
The consensus of political scientists, historians, and other reliable sources ..

 

[Fishking]

This, again?

Read some history my man.

 

[Moon]

Trump's continued "success" is dependent upon people like yourself eagerly acting against your best interests and the interests of those you care about.

Just curious, but how does one become qualified to declare what is and isn’t in someone’s “best interests” politically speaking?

 

[post]

Read some history my man.

I supported what I posted. You, on the other hand.....

Internet History Sourcebooks

...In 1932 Mussolini wrote (with the help of Giovanni Gentile) and entry for the Italian Encyclopedia on the definition of fascism.
....
...Fascism [is] the complete opposite of…Marxian Socialism, the materialist conception of history of human civilization can be explained simply through the conflict of interests among the various social groups and by the change and development in the means and instruments of production....

Talk:Fascism - Wikipedia
[h=2]"Far-left fascism"[/h]Now that President Trump has declared that the US is under siege from "far-left fascism", we should be prepared for a brand-new round of edit requests seeking to remove the description of fascism as a right-wing ideology. We should remind drive-by editors who make these requests that Wikipedia follows what WP:reliable sources say, and that no reliable source, either academic or from the media, describes fascism as left-wing. Politicians say many things in the course of their attempts to be elected or re-elected, and their statements are not considered to be reliable sources of information. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:31, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

 

[ALiberalModerate]

Fascism was literally a spin-off of socialism. The real main difference is socialism tends to lean towards globalism and fascism leans towards nationalism. Fascism is a mixture of left and right ideology. Economically it is left.

It is a form of right-wing authoritarianism. Authoritarianism by its very nature results in significant government intervention into the economy regardless of whether it is right or left. This whole historical revisionism by some of the American right trying to argue that Fascism is not right-wing is as dumb as the left trying to argue that true Marxism has never been really tried.

 

[Overitall]

Trump's continued "success" is dependent upon people like yourself eagerly acting against your best interests and the interests of those you care about.

Trump’s continued success is entirely depended upon him doing his best to keep his promises. He got elected based not on his character but because of the promises he made. How do you vote?

 

[Phys251]

Oh, and here I was led to believe that you were really interested and up to having an intellectual discussion about MLK, and putting into your own words the context of King's message.
Wiki is the best you have?

If you're not even going to bring yourself up to speed with the basics of Dr. King's beliefs, then there is no point wasting my time trying to debate those beliefs with you. :shrug:

 

[Phys251]

Trix are you beginning to feel like you’re back in school? Do your homework and hand it in. Then wait for the teacher to grade it. Good luck.

No need for you to get annoyed. We just need to check to see that y'all aren't exhibiting the Dunning-Kruger effect. If you're not, then this should be a simple test for you to pass.

Are you planning on charging for this lesson? Don’t quit your day job.

A clear sign that you are.

 

[Praxas]

Just curious, but how does one become qualified to declare what is and isn’t in someone’s “best interests” politically speaking?

Why don't you go ask your buddy Trump and Republicans who say it is in the best interest for black people to vote Trump.

 

[The AntiDonald]

People who act that way are just trashy. It's free speech and nobody has to go along in that way. If you don't want free speech then we should stop those BLM from the protest and the harassment. Of course I've sad a long time, Democrats (and their extreme left, anarchist, socialist, communist) don't want free speech, they hate America and are only using the politics to achieve the ruination of America. Look it up, Communist Goals for America 1963. They are about half way through the list. Country going to hell while good folks watch.

The country is going to hell with all of you following Donald Trump through the sewer pipes. Maybe you should come up for air and see what's really going on.

 

[trixare4kids]

If you're not even going to bring yourself up to speed with the basics of Dr. King's beliefs, then there is no point wasting my time trying to debate those beliefs with you. :shrug:

Wiki...

:sarcasticclap:

 

[Phys251]

Wiki...

Relax, it's just entry-level knowledge.

Unless, of course, you refuse to put in any kind of effort to learn even that, which is why we need this screening process in the first place. :shrug:

 

[cabse5]

My poll answer is no.

Until this year, though, I thought the US gov't protected me from prolonged homegrown terrorism.

 

[Risky Thicket]

Where is this going?

Into the crapper where it came from.

 

[Moon]

Why don't you go ask your buddy Trump and Republicans who say it is in the best interest for black people to vote Trump.

Trump isn't my buddy and if he said what you claim, then he's as big a fool as anyone else who has ever uttered the phrase.

 

[Overitall]

No need for you to get annoyed. We just need to check to see that y'all aren't exhibiting the Dunning-Kruger effect. If you're not, then this should be a simple test for you to pass.



A clear sign that you are.

Anytime a link is offered I usually will check it out. But Trix made a simple request that you could have honored. Instead you chose to give her (and me) a reading assignment. I don’t blame you. It was a nice dodge but at least admit it.

 

[Kreton]

I’m sure most here heard about protesters at restaurants demanding people raise their fists in solidarity and confronting the few that wouldn't. There’s some video here if haven’t seen it.

BLM activists brand anyone who won’t raise their fist in protest ‘white supremacists''' as they surround diners

If you were at one of these restaurants at that time, do you think would you have complied?

Anytime someone demands I do something, whether I want to do it, or even was about to do it, I tend to not do it. For instance my fist could have been made and in progress of moving up and they start that I would have either put my fist down or turned it into a middle finger. And I support BLM.

 

[noonereal]

Anytime someone demands I do something, whether I want to do it, or even was about to do it, I tend to not do it. For instance my fist could have been made and in progress of moving up and they start that I would have either put my fist down or turned it into a middle finger. And I support BLM.

what maturity!!!!!!!!!!!

You realize a secure person does not feel resentment at being asked to do something?