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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (11044)	3/12/2021 7:54:49 AM
From: the traveler	1 Recommendation Recommended By Winfastorlose Respond to of 26534

>>>It has been on the nutty side here in California for the past 30 years<<< 30 years you say? My great Uncle left rural Texas in 1936 and hitch hiked to San Francisco and ended up living in that general area for the rest of his life. Based on the tales he told of his experiences in those early days makes me think its been a lot more than 30 years! lol

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (11044)	3/12/2021 2:51:17 PM
From: Kirk ©	2 Recommendations Recommended By isopatch Winfastorlose Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 26534

We've always been "unique" compared to other states. I've been reading a load of "historical fiction" via books on tape during my hikes during COVID shutdowns. Some about the Viking vs Saxon wars in the late 800s, an account of Alexander the Great's life told in his own words and one other. They ALL took slaves. Native Americans took slaves too even when they were fighting European invaders. I've read slavery is STILL a problem in many parts of the world, especially China and Africa. I wish more was "taught" about this so we can celebrate how much better we were than in our past, a past that many of us never benefited from as our own families faced hatred for speaking a different language, eating different food and having different traditions than the dominant US culture. It used to be a good thing to assimilate and add to the culture as a whole (French Bread, Pizza, Chinese Moon Cake and noodles, etc.) but we've seemed to have lost that.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (11044)	3/12/2021 5:24:32 PM
From: Kirk ©	1 Recommendation Recommended By Winfastorlose Respond to of 26534

I'd love to hear what the black, Christian ministers think about this... given they had their original religion replaced and they've found the new one has helped many do well here... all based on the ethics of hard work brings rewards. I believe they are at odds of sorts with the Black Panther movement that I believe went back to their North African Muslim roots. I wonder how the Black Panther get past the fact that their original religion allowed their people in Africa to capture them in war and sell them as slaves. I guess, like anything, you select what works for you and ignore or abandon the rest. Culture wars seem to never end. The former USSR tried to outlaw religion to stop the fighting but lost. As for CA schools, they've been teaching BS nonsense for 50 years or more. I was 10 when my mother went back to teaching after my youngest brother could start school. First thing they did was go on strike and my mother got in all sorts of crap for crossing the picket lines as we needed her salary to eat. I'll never forget her saying the teachers were not on strike to help the students and not teaching was hurting the kids.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (11044)	3/12/2021 5:26:32 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 26534

Speaking of how the "educator clowns" now want to replace hard work with victim mentality, you might enjoy this article and commentary I sent a few friends. The picture on the site shows Will Alexander is not a white person.... so he's really going against the grain. =============================================================== I probably agree with most of it. I'm wondering how this will affect investments other than there will be more hiring of people who may not be as qualified but MIGHT bring more diversity and perhaps higher profits with a wider reach in the long run. Are Whites the Most Hated Race in America? townhall.com Like lipstick on a pig, the loudest voices disguise envy, hatred, revenge, and guilt inside the twisted language of “anti-racism” to counterfeit the political poetry of the Civil Rights Movement. ... “In other societies, heredity, class, social status, ethnicity, and family are the principal sources of status and legitimacy,” Huntington wrote. “In America, work is.” Sociologist Robert Bellah wrote that “It was Anglo-Saxon Protestants who created the gospel of wealth and the ideal of success.” So, when anti-racists complain about whiteness, they’re really looking to dismantle the Judeo-Christian culture at the core of America’s identity. That’s not going to happen. George Gilder is a well know tech investor and writer. Not sure how well his portfolios have done as they go down bid during downturns but he gets a lot of fans during the bubbles “In countries where Jews are free to invent and create,” wrote George Gilder in The Israel Test (2009), “they pile up conspicuous wealth and arouse envy and suspicion.” I sent it to an Asian Indian PhD acquaintance who is extremely anti-Semitic and he turned it around to blame the Jews.... missing the whole point of the article. The only race he dislikes more than Jews is Blacks which is odd given how dark he is but... I believe anyone who is racist to that level has mental health issues...