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    White Pills

    I'm starting this thread as a sort of yin-yang-style complement to my Postcards from the Clown Show thread. Where the purpose of that thread is to exhibit "various absurd/pathetic/stupid/etc. items of a political and/or sociological nature," the purpose of this thread is to do just the opposite - namely, to show that not everything going on out there is stupid, hopeless and/or pathetic.

    Michael Malice defines a "white pill" as something that suggests or confirms that, while it is possible we might lose, it is not possible that we must lose. And while I expect the Clown Show thread to end up being longer and more active than this one, that is not a reason to abandon all hope. There are no guarantees, but quality can win out over quantity.

    Please feel free to comment upon and contribute your own "White Pills."

    I'll start with something I also posted over in the Clown Show thread. It features both a clown and a white pill - the clown is a teacher who is trying to infect a student with his own racist bigotry, and the white pill is that the student isn't having any of that bull$#@!:

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    • "When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law."
      -- The Law (p. 54)
    • "Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
      -- Government (p. 99)
    • "[W]ar is always begun in the interest of the few, and at the expense of the many."
      -- Economic Sophisms - Second Series (p. 312)
    • "There are two principles that can never be reconciled - Liberty and Constraint."
      -- Harmonies of Political Economy - Book One (p. 447)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    I'm starting this thread as a sort of yin-yang-style complement to my Postcards from the Clown Show thread. Where the purpose of that thread is to exhibit "various absurd/pathetic/stupid/etc. items of a political and/or sociological nature," the purpose of this thread is to do just the opposite - namely, to show that not everything going on out there is stupid, hopeless and/or pathetic.

    Michael Malice defines a "white pill" as something that suggests or confirms that, while it is possible we might lose, it is not possible that we must lose. And while I expect the Clown Show thread to end up being longer and more active than this one, that is not a reason to abandon all hope. There are no guarantees, but quality can win out over quantity.

    Please feel free to comment upon and contribute your own "White Pills."

    I'll start with something I also posted over in the Clown Show thread. It features both a clown and a white pill - the clown is a teacher who is trying to infect a student with his own racist bigotry, and the white pill is that the student isn't having any of that bull$#@!:
    From the very end of the video.....
    Student: If the goal is equality then why is it necessary to point out those racial differences?
    Teacher: Because those differences are real things.

    I hope that the student's next question was, "So you mean that racial categories are not socially constructed?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1376922943457013762
    LOL , plus rep for the cowboys picture .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1376922943457013762
    Like how they used the picture of the Cowboys. Perfect team to use.
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    Calvin Coolidge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    https://twitter.com/ArtValley818_/st...71217118715908
    Any time I see these kinds of videos it restores a little bit of faith in humanity.
    "Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration is minding my own business."

    Calvin Coolidge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Any time I see these kinds of videos it restores a little bit of faith in humanity.
    https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/...91241749483522
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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1376922943457013762
    You know what's really funny about ^this? Players taking a knee wasn't widespread until Trump said the NFL should fire players for taking a knee. Either Trump is really stupid...or he's working against the interests of many of his own supporters.

    Edit: Also the NFL was already losing viewership prior to the widespread "taking of the knee." And at the time blacks were threatening a boycott for the perceived blackballing of Kaepernick.



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    https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status...87423731937282


    April 13, 2021

    Dear Fellow Brearley Parents,

    Our family recently made the decision not to reenroll our daughter at Brearley for the 2021-22 school year. She has been at Brearley for seven years, beginning in kindergarten. In short, we no longer believe that Brearley’s administration and Board of Trustees have any of our children’s best interests at heart. Moreover, we no longer have confidence that our daughter will receive the quality of education necessary to further her development into a critically thinking, responsible, enlightened, and civic minded adult. I write to you, as a fellow parent, to share our reasons for leaving the Brearley community but also to urge you to act before the damage to the school, to its community, and to your own child's education is irreparable.

    It cannot be stated strongly enough that Brearley’s obsession with race must stop. It should be abundantly clear to any thinking parent that Brearley has completely lost its way. The administration and the Board of Trustees have displayed a cowardly and appalling lack of leadership by appeasing an anti-intellectual, illiberal mob, and then allowing the school to be captured by that same mob. What follows are my own personal views on Brearley's antiracism initiatives, but these are just a handful of the criticisms that I know other parents have expressed.

    I object to the view that I should be judged by the color of my skin. I cannot tolerate a school that not only judges my daughter by the color of her skin, but encourages and instructs her to prejudge others by theirs. By viewing every element of education, every aspect of history, and every facet of society through the lens of skin color and race, we are desecrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and utterly violating the movement for which such civil rights leaders believed, fought, and died.

    I object to the charge of systemic racism in this country, and at our school. Systemic racism, properly understood, is segregated schools and separate lunch counters. It is the interning of Japanese and the exterminating of Jews. Systemic racism is unequivocally not a small number of isolated incidences over a period of decades. Ask any girl, of any race, if they have ever experienced insults from friends, have ever felt slighted by teachers or have ever suffered the occasional injustice from a school at which they have spent up to 13 years of their life, and you are bound to hear grievances, some petty, some not. We have not had systemic racism against Blacks in this country since the civil rights reforms of the 1960s, a period of more than 50 years. To state otherwise is a flat-out misrepresentation of our country's history and adds no understanding to any of today's societal issues. If anything, longstanding and widespread policies such as affirmative action, point in precisely the opposite direction.

    I object to a definition of systemic racism, apparently supported by Brearley, that any educational, professional, or societal outcome where Blacks are underrepresented is prima facie evidence of the aforementioned systemic racism, or of white supremacy and oppression. Facile and unsupported beliefs such as these are the polar opposite to the intellectual and scientific truth for which Brearley claims to stand. Furthermore, I call bull$#@! on Brearley's oft-stated assertion that the school welcomes and encourages the truly difficult and uncomfortable conversations regarding race and the roots of racial discrepancies.

    I object to the idea that Blacks are unable to succeed in this country without aid from government or from whites. Brearley, by adopting critical race theory, is advocating the abhorrent viewpoint that Blacks should forever be regarded as helpless victims, and are incapable of success regardless of their skills, talents, or hard work. What Brearley is teaching our children is precisely the true and correct definition of racism.

    I object to mandatory anti-racism training for parents, especially when presented by the rent-seeking charlatans of Pollyanna. These sessions, in both their content and delivery, are so sophomoric and simplistic, so unsophisticated and inane, that I would be embarrassed if they were taught to Brearley kindergarteners. They are an insult to parents and unbecoming of any educational institution, let alone one of Brearley's caliber.

    I object to Brearley’s vacuous, inappropriate, and fanatical use of words such as “equity,” “diversity” and “inclusiveness.” If Brearley’s administration was truly concerned about so-called “equity,” it would be discussing the cessation of admissions preferences for legacies, siblings, and those families with especially deep pockets. If the administration was genuinely serious about “diversity,” it would not insist on the indoctrination of its students, and their families, to a single mindset, most reminiscent of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Instead, the school would foster an environment of intellectual openness and freedom of thought. And if Brearley really cared about “inclusiveness,” the school would return to the concepts encapsulated in the motto “One Brearley,” instead of teaching the extraordinarily divisive idea that there are only, and always, two groups in this country: victims and oppressors.

    l object to Brearley’s advocacy for groups and movements such as Black Lives Matter, a Marxist, anti family, heterophobic, anti-Asian and anti-Semitic organization that neither speaks for the majority of the Black community in this country, nor in any way, shape or form, represents their best interests.

    I object to, as we have been told time and time again over the past year, that the school’s first priority is the safety of our children. For goodness sake, Brearley is a school, not a hospital! The number one priority of a school has always been, and always will be, education. Brearley’s misguided priorities exemplify both the safety culture and “cover-your-ass” culture that together have proved so toxic to our society and have so damaged the mental health and resiliency of two generations of children, and counting.

    I object to the gutting of the history, civics, and classical literature curriculums. I object to the censorship of books that have been taught for generations because they contain dated language potentially offensive to the thin-skinned and hypersensitive (something that has already happened in my daughter's 4th grade class). I object to the lowering of standards for the admission of students and for the hiring of teachers. I object to the erosion of rigor in classwork and the escalation of grade inflation. Any parent with eyes open can foresee these inevitabilities should antiracism initiatives be allowed to persist.

    We have today in our country, from both political parties, and at all levels of government, the most unwise and unvirtuous leaders in our nation’s history. Schools like Brearley are supposed to be the training grounds for those leaders. Our nation will not survive a generation of leadership even more poorly educated than we have now, nor will we survive a generation of students taught to hate its own country and despise its history.

    Lastly, I object, with as strong a sentiment as possible, that Brearley has begun to teach what to think, instead of how to think. I object that the school is now fostering an environment where our daughters, and our daughters’ teachers, are afraid to speak their minds in class for fear of “consequences.” I object that Brearley is trying to usurp the role of parents in teaching morality, and bullying parents to adopt that false morality at home. I object that Brearley is fostering a divisive community where families of different races, which until recently were part of the same community, are now segregated into two. These are the reasons why we can no longer send our daughter to Brearley.

    Over the past several months, I have personally spoken to many Brearley parents as well as parents of children at peer institutions. It is abundantly clear that the majority of parents believe that Brearley’s antiracism policies are misguided, divisive, counterproductive and cancerous. Many believe, as I do, that these policies will ultimately destroy what was until recently, a wonderful educational institution. But as I am sure will come as no surprise to you, given the insidious cancel culture that has of late permeated our society, most parents are too fearful to speak up.

    But speak up you must. There is strength in numbers and I assure you, the numbers are there. Contact the administration and the Board of Trustees and demand an end to the destructive and anti-intellectual claptrap known as antiracism. And if changes are not forthcoming then demand new leadership. For the sake of our community, our city, our country and most of all, our children, silence is no longer an option.

    Respectfully,
    Andrew Gutmann
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    This is the way ...

    https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/sta...30599175737349


    Arizona School Board Flees, Parents Elect New Board, Vote To End Mask Mandate
    https://electionwiz.com/2021/04/28/a...-mask-mandate/
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    On Tuesday, the Vail School District in southern Arizona was scheduled to discuss its mask policy after Gov. Doug Ducey enacted a new executive order that lifted the state’s order to require face masks in schools.

    In response to the meeting, more than a hundred parents rallied for the Vail School District to drop the mask mandate.

    But just moments before the meeting was scheduled to take place, school officials abruptly decided to cancel the meeting, citing safety concerns over the parents’ protest.

    https://twitter.com/EricMillerFink/s...29791137325060


    A throng of parents later pushed their way into the board room while refusing to wear masks and demanded to speak with their elected officials.

    In response, the Vail board called 911, and Pima County Sheriff Nanos told KGUN 9, a sergeant and four deputies showed up in just over a minute.

    The district said the sheriff told the board to adjourn the study session because the crowd was uncontrollable.

    But the Sheriff says that’s false, the board made that decision on their own, and crowd control was not an issue.

    https://twitter.com/EricMillerFink/s...31968635416578


    Emotions ran high as parents confronted law enforcement, demanding to know why the board canceled the meeting. “They [school board] have the audacity to leave when we come here as peaceful parents to talk to them,” one parent passionately asked.

    Following the adjournment, the parents, under Robert’s Rules of Order, voted in a new school board. Then, the new members voted to end the mask requirement in Vail Schools. Whether this procedure to install new board members is legally valid remains in contention.

    https://twitter.com/EricMillerFink/s...65714382196737


    But a Facebook account posted video of the meeting with this summary explaining the parents’ position:

    “Vail School Board violates Arizona open meeting law, refuse to hear from the people, and goes home. So, the People hold quorum, call their own meeting to order, elect a new School Board, and immediately vote to CANCEL the mask mandate – along with voting to disallow any medical procedure being forced on the children or employees. This is how you take back power from a tyrannical government.

    Great work to the parents of the students in Vail School District.”

    Watch the video of the parents voting to replace the board:

    Vail School Board Walks Out Of Meeting, Parents Elect New School Board And Vote To End Mask Mandate
    Hundreds of parents showed up to the Vail School Board meeting to demand the board make masks optional. The board didn't want to hear it so they walked out of the meeting before it even began. So the parents, under Robert's Rules of Order, voted in a new school board. Then, the new members voted to end the mask requirement in Vail Schools. The old school board members revealed exactly who they are and that includes GOP LD 10 Chairman, Chris King.
    https://rumble.com/vg6zcx-vail-schoo...ard-and-v.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    Whether this procedure to install new board members is legally valid remains in contention.
    That's a pretty important detail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Invisible Man View Post
    That's a pretty important detail.
    Not as important as the fact that things went as far as they did regardless of what the system deems to be "legally valid".

    It would ultimately be for the best if the system unilaterally vacates the ad hoc board, reinstates the old board, and reimposes the mask mandate - thereby maximizing the chance of provoking further and fuller reaction. But the system excels at self-preservation, so it will probably end up doing something like reinstating the old board but relenting on the mask mandate - thereby placating and defusing reaction, and restoring an equilibrium less incongenial to the system.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    Vail School Board Walks Out Of Meeting, Parents Elect New School Board And Vote To End Mask Mandate
    Hundreds of parents showed up to the Vail School Board meeting to demand the board make masks optional. The board didn't want to hear it so they walked out of the meeting before it even began. So the parents, under Robert's Rules of Order, voted in a new school board. Then, the new members voted to end the mask requirement in Vail Schools. The old school board members revealed exactly who they are and that includes GOP LD 10 Chairman, Chris King.
    https://rumble.com/vg6zcx-vail-schoo...ard-and-v.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTexan View Post
    That's some hard voting
    Wonder if they voted so hard they woke up sore the next morning.
    "Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration is minding my own business."

    Calvin Coolidge

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