I just came here to post the same thing!
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it’s spot on. It’s not about marketing and it’s not about white people and our feelings.
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A picture worth a thousand words…
Put this one in the protest sign hall of fame.
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[Smbc-Irregardless]
The actual truth, though, is that you’ve misunderstood the word. Irregardless isn’t based on the prefix at all, it’s a portmanteau of regardless with irrespective. Not my favorite way to generate words either because it makes them confusing, but not the mistake you think it is.
Not that double negatives are actually wrong in English either; they’ve been used for emphasis for a very long time, however they might seem to logicians. And there’s the problem with prescriptivism…
I learned something new today, and found new respect for the word “irregardless!”
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Click back out to the main post and watch the video. It’s two and three-quarters minutes that will make your life better
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The embedded video here is long-ish, nearly 18 minutes, but it’s still just the Cliff Notes version of racial inequity in the US since the end of the Civil war.
The presenter goes at a dizzying pace, which adds to the impact of what he’s saying.
Anyone who remains unconvinced today that the system is rigged against minorities needs to be sat in front of this video with their eyelids propped open (per Clockwork Orange, oh my brothers).
Trotsky would be just rolling in his grave if he saw troglodytes like this were still using up precious air.
Maybe if the facts were presented in the framework of Veggie Tales, this bozo might get the picture:
[Holy Post - Race in America]
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What’s crazy is that guy works on Veggie Tales… I feel like I should send that to my evangelical relatives…
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Re Trump’s post-rally walk of shame.
All of the times I can think of where that picture would have humanized him would have required he didn’t have those qualities. There were times when that photo could have made me reevaluate him. But all those times would have been moments where he was showing empathy and sadness for people affected by disasters. Imagine this being his reaction to Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico.
But all those situations and moments are impossible, because he’s a fucking monster and only capab…
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For making me shoot carbonated beverage out of my nose:
Turn that frownder upside-downder!
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