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       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: April 1, 2022, 8:46 pm
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       Continuing from:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/karenism-(a-k-a-ethnic-profiling-by-civilians)/msg12332/#msg12332
       at least some students want consequences:
  HTML https://www.newsweek.com/reed-college-students-demand-professor-fired-racist-comments-viral-video-1692956
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       > The Reed chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America
       (YDSA) issued a statement saying Currie was "targeting service
       workers with racist and xenophobic abuse."
       >
       > The statement said: "We wholeheartedly condemn his actions and
       call for his firing from Reed immediately."
       >
       > The group also condemned the college's "weak response,"
       adding: "The email that went out this morning refused to name
       Paul, referring to him as a 'valued member of our communiy' who
       the administration will 'engage in conversation' with regarding
       the policies he violated in the video. This is a blatant
       minimization of his actions."
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       Of course, even if Currie is fired, he will continue to be
       racist. Perhaps he will become even more racist:
  HTML https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/social-media-censorship-and-cancel-culture-increase-extremism-study
       This is why we keep saying Cancel Culture is good, but not
       enough on its own. The only true solution to those like Currie
       requires use of firearms. Will the college still refer to him as
       a 'valued member of our community' when he has a bullet hole
       through his head?
       #Post#: 12681--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: April 10, 2022, 1:25 am
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       The best news from the Ukraine war:
  HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/insight-ukraine-conflict-hurts-russian-060000232.html
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       > Reuters spoke with more than two dozen scientists about the
       impact of the Ukraine conflict on Russian science. Many
       expressed concern about its future after tens of millions of
       dollars in Western funding for Russian science has been
       suspended in the wake of European sanctions on Moscow.
       >
       > Hundreds of partnerships between Russian and Western
       institutions have been paused if not canceled altogether, the
       scientists said, as the invasion has unraveled years spent
       building international cooperation following the Soviet Union's
       1991 collapse.
       >
       > Many communication channels are closed and research trips have
       been postponed indefinitely.
       >
       > The projects affected by the suspension of Western assistance
       include the construction of high-tech research facilities in
       Russia, such as an ion collider and a neutron reactor for which
       Europe had pledged 25 million euros ($27.4 million).
       >
       > Such technology would unlock a generation of research that
       could contribute to everything from fundamental physics to the
       development of new materials, fuels and pharmaceuticals,
       scientists said.
       > ...
       > The head of Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said this month
       it would suspend its participation in the space station until
       sanctions tied to the Ukraine invasion are lifted.
       >
       > Russian scientists also helped build the Large Hadron
       Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, at the
       European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland, known
       as CERN. In 2012, the collider made the breakthrough discovery
       of the elusive Higgs boson, which until then had only been
       theorized.
       > ...
       > European scientists had been helping to build Russian research
       sites including the neutron reactor and the ion collider near
       St. Petersburg, said Martin Sandhop, a coordinator on this
       EU-funded effort called CremlinPlus.
       >
       > The facilities would help to drive research in fields like
       high-energy physics, biochemistry and materials science.
       >
       > But plans for a 25-million-euro project extension are now
       suspended and Sandhop's team is redirecting experts and
       equipment toward European institutions.
       >
       > Cremlin's neutron detectors needed for the planned reactor,
       for example, are now going to a facility in Lund, Sweden.
       --- End Quote ---
       Now if only the war can be expanded, then maybe we could really
       avoid:
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       #Post#: 12857--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: April 16, 2022, 9:20 pm
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       The correct response to Karenism:
  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/owner-south-dakota-hotel-said-171900308.html
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       > The Black Hills of South Dakota have been inhabited by
       Indigenous people for thousands of years, but last month the
       owner of a hotel in Rapid City, located on the eastern edge of
       the mountain range, said Native people were no longer welcome.
       > ...
       > "We will no longer allow any Native American on property,"
       Uhre wrote in a comment that was shared, and condemned, by the
       mayor of Rapid City, Steve Allender. Uhre also wrote that
       ranchers and travelers, presumably non-Native ones, would
       receive a special rate of $59 a night.
       > ...
       > Sioux leaders hit the hotel with the trespass notice.
       >
       > "You are hereby notified that the Great Sioux Nation has made
       an investigation, and evidence shows that you are in trespass,"
       the notice said. Protesters gathered at the hotel the day it was
       delivered and a large "Eviction Notice" was hung over the hotel
       sign.
       > ...
       > The notice said the hotel was in violation of the Treaty of
       Fort Laramie, also called the Sioux Treaty of 1868, which
       established that the land of the Black Hills belonged to the
       Sioux. When gold was found in the area a few years later, the US
       broke the treaty by allowing white settlers to move there, an
       action the Supreme Court deemed illegal in 1980.
       >
       > The treaty articles cited in the notice state that non-Natives
       cannot pass through the treaty lands "without the consent of the
       Indians." It also states "if bad men among the whites" commit
       any wrongdoing against a Native person they would be reported to
       the federal government "to be arrested and punished according to
       the laws of the United States."
       >
       > Leaders of the Great Sioux Nation consider the treaty valid.
       Frazier said that there was never an agreement by both parties
       to dissolve the treaty, so "it's still a legal binding
       document." He cited Article 6 of the Constitution, which
       establishes laws and treaties of the US as the supreme law of
       the land.
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       #Post#: 12860--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: guest55
       Date: April 16, 2022, 9:32 pm
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       > We will no longer allow any Native American on property
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       I'm sure a Russian or Ukrainian would be well received by this
       hotel though, right? Doesn't get more un-American than this. The
       property owners should be stripped of their citizenship at the
       least!
       #Post#: 12937--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: April 20, 2022, 8:21 pm
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       CANCEL WAX!
  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-asian-law-students-call-182225878.html
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       > Several national law student associations are calling for Amy
       Wax, a University of Pennsylvania Law School professor who for
       years has espoused openly racist rhetoric, to be suspended from
       campus and prevented from speaking to students.
       >
       > The National Black Law Students Association, the National
       Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, and the North
       American South Asian Law Students Association jointly released a
       letter on Wednesday, shared first with NBC Asian America,
       condemning Wax’s comments. In recent interviews, Wax has said
       that the U.S. would be “better off with fewer Asians,” and that
       “Blacks” and Asians are resentful of Western success.
       >
       > “That Wax has been permitted to teach, supervise, and ridicule
       minority law students for over twenty one years is alarming,”
       the letter said. “Few understand how much more burdensome law
       school is for students who continuously receive the message that
       they are 'less than' or do not belong.”
       --- End Quote ---
       I always like to see folkish action.
       #Post#: 12968--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: April 21, 2022, 9:33 pm
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       Thank you Unionpay!
  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-chinese-credit-card-processor-065511292.html
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       > Report: Chinese credit card processor rebuffs Russian banks
       >
       > BEIJING (AP) — China’s credit card processor has refused to
       work with banks in Russia for fear of being targeted by
       sanctions over its war on Ukraine, cutting off a possible
       alternative after Visa and Mastercard stopped serving them,
       according to the Russian news outlet RBC.
       >
       > UnionPay’s decision affects Sberbank, Russia’s biggest
       commercial bank, and smaller institutions, RBC reported
       Wednesday. It cited five unidentified sources in large Russian
       banks.
       > ...
       > Other banks cited by RBC include Alfa Bank, VTB, Otkrytie and
       Promsvyazbank.
       --- End Quote ---
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       #Post#: 13142--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: April 29, 2022, 12:49 am
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       BOYCOTT BISON SPECIALTY SERVICES!
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAHE6l69azo
       #Post#: 13392--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 16, 2022, 8:55 pm
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       Good work:
  HTML https://nypost.com/2022/05/16/lyft-driver-goes-viral-for-refusing-ride-for-woman-over-racist-remarks/
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       > A Lyft driver in Pennsylvania ordered a couple out of his car
       after the woman made racist remarks, expressing surprise to see
       a “white guy” behind the wheel, video shows.
       >
       > Driver James Bode posted a video of the alarming exchange,
       which took place Friday outside a drinking hole in Catasauqua
       called Fossil’s Last Stand, the Morning Call reported.
       >
       > “Wow, you’re like a white guy,” the woman tells the shocked
       Bode.
       >
       > “What’s that?” he says. “Excuse me?”
       >
       > “You’re like a normal guy, like you speak English,” the woman
       says, laughingly, as she pats his shoulder and adds, “Sorry.”
       >
       > “Nah, you can get out of the car,” Bode tells her. “That’s
       inappropriate, that’s completely inappropriate. If somebody was
       not white sitting in this seat, what would be the difference?”
       >
       > “Are you serious?” she asks.
       >
       > When her male companion steps inside the vehicle, Bode tells
       him about what she had said and asks the couple to leave.
       >
       > But the man turns indignant and is heard cursing Bode.
       >
       > “You’re a f—- asshole,” the man says.
       >
       > “It’s all on camera, man,” Bode informs them.
       >
       > “You’re a piece of s—-. I should punch you in the f—- face,”
       the man continues.
       >
       > “You’re going to threaten me — assault?” Bode says.
       >
       > When Bode says the two are racist, the man calls him a “f—-
       n—- lover” and tells him to “get the f—- out of here.”
       >
       > “No, I’m calling the cops on you, man,” Bode says. “It’s all
       on camera.”
       > ...
       > “Thank you for showing how to calmly and courageously be
       anti-racist. I respect and admire you,” one user wrote on his
       post.
       > ...
       > The Morning Call identified the woman as bar owner Jackie
       Harford, who reportedly shut down the joint’s website and
       Facebook page, as well as deleted her personal page.
       > ...
       > Meanwhile, Hartford’s bar — Fossil’s Last Stand — was slammed
       with one-star ratings on Yelp amid the fallout.
       --- End Quote ---
       Of course, this is not over until both Harford's and her
       companion's bloodlines are eliminated.
       #Post#: 13394--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: SirGalahad
       Date: May 16, 2022, 9:31 pm
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       "How DARE you accuse me and my wife of being racist, you ****
       lover!"
       These people sure are something else. The husband probably
       "respects women and has black friends" as well
       #Post#: 13560--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Cancel Culture
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 23, 2022, 5:41 am
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       Check out:
  HTML https://unfoxmycablebox.com/
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       > Pay for cable or satellite TV? You’re subsidizing Fox News
       whether you watch it or not.
       >
       > Your cable or satellite TV provider pays a subscriber fee to
       carry Fox News. That cost is passed directly on to YOU.
       >
       > Every network charges cable and satellite providers a small
       fee per subscriber; the one for Fox News is extraordinarily
       high. A typical household pays Fox News almost $2 per
       month—about $20 per year— via their cable or satellite provider,
       regardless of whether they actually watch the channel.
       >
       > In 2021, a wave of big contracts between Fox News and TV
       providers for subscriber fees are set to expire. These contracts
       make up about 65% if Fox News’ subscriber fee revenue. If we
       want to stop paying the Fox News “tax,” now is the time to act.
       --- End Quote ---
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