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Interesting candid window into Portlandia thinking
BikePortland ^ | 16 July 2021 | Steely Tom

Posted on 07/16/2021 12:35:24 PM PDT by Steely Tom

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To: cgbg
Check out this exchange:

Person 1:

I agree with this completely. We don’t need experts who are qualified to advise PBOT staff, we need more inclusion of unrepresented persons who have been marginalized by white ‘experts’. Knowing things is overrated. If you have Brown or Black skin, or are a LGBTQ+, then you have special insight and feelings about things that white “experts” can never get. Hardesty is on to something here. Knowing things, like facts and engineering is completely irrelevant.

Person 2:

Poe’s law in action here. Legitimately cannot tell if this is a sincere comment or a troll. Leaning towards troll…but you never know.

Person 3:

I detect sarcasm.

Person 1:

Your purposeful ignorance of the situation shows your racism and white privilege. Commissioner Hardesty is a Black Womxn. Her status is superior to that of any ‘white guy’, because she has lived experience as an oppressed group. Therefore, her views take precedence over those of a white man. I can’t believe the emotional work it takes to educate you white people. Talk about white privilege. Jeesh…

Person 4:

(addressed to Person 1),
Please tell me this is sarcasm.

Person 5:

The real tragedy is that it has gotten difficult to tell.

Here, "PBOT" stands for "Portland Bureau of Transporation."

"Hardesty" is Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, a picture of whom is given above.

41 posted on 07/16/2021 3:21:05 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom
If you have Brown or Black skin, or are a LGBTQ+, then you have special insight and feelings about things that white “experts” can never get.

This is _exactly_ the kind of "thinking" generated by the theorists of the Nazi Party--just substitute White Aryan for LGBTQ+ and Jews for "white experts".
42 posted on 07/16/2021 3:24:32 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

I think the guy was being ironic. I think he’s a conservative, or at least not a useful idiot.


43 posted on 07/16/2021 3:29:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

“Knowing things is overrated.”

Every now and then, they accidentally give away their true feelings.


44 posted on 07/16/2021 3:40:00 PM PDT by cdcdawg (It's all so tiresome.)
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To: cuban leaf
I got into a pretty heated discussion with the president regarding helmet laws....

Was he afraid he wouldn’t be able to wear a helmet if the law was repealed?

45 posted on 07/16/2021 3:51:17 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: marktwain

I don’t think so. They are obviously willing to sacrifice you, your children, and anyone else in order to try and maintain their delusions. The current tally is hundreds of millions slaughtered in the last century alone, and that isn’t even counting the wars.

They have no intention of dying personally for their beliefs.


46 posted on 07/16/2021 5:08:30 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Freedom4US
They have no intention of dying personally for their beliefs.

Of course not. That is not the question, or the observation.

The observation applies to all humans, not just to leftists.

Most people have to undergo an extreme event to change their worldview.

They ignore evidence.

They create conspiracy theories.

They blame everyone and everything except their belief system.

Most Communists in the gulags, and there were many, continued on with their belief in communism, right up until they died.

47 posted on 07/16/2021 5:13:55 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: Steely Tom

“this is a very complex problem that’s not going away.”

Not with you idiots in charge it won’t.

L


48 posted on 07/16/2021 5:15:31 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: marktwain

“Large numbers of people would rather die than change their worldview.”

Large numbers of people have.

L


49 posted on 07/16/2021 5:16:51 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Freedom4US; marktwain

“Large numbers of people would rather YOU die than change their worldview.” See the difference?”

Sure do. Hence my tagline.

L


50 posted on 07/16/2021 5:21:24 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Steely Tom

Just damn on all that.


51 posted on 07/16/2021 5:36:42 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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52 posted on 07/17/2021 5:30:16 AM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: Steely Tom

You could line them up against the wall and shoot them (as will happen when they achieve their ‘Socialist Utopia’) and the other Socialists watching will just think, ‘That won’t happen to ME!’

Self-destructive, self-loathing, clueless morons. Get OUT of the Gene Pool!


53 posted on 07/17/2021 7:12:08 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Steely Tom

This is an education problem.

Let us gather up all the homeless and send them to the Harvard University.

There, the professors could educate them to become good citizens.

If the homeless don’t eat them first.


54 posted on 07/17/2021 7:22:15 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve seen that coming for years and it scares the hell out of me. Few on our side are even aware of what’s coming, much less being proactive.


55 posted on 07/17/2021 4:15:26 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: marktwain
No, the point is they wouldn't "rather die" than change their world view. They want YOU to die to maintain their illusion. It's very important distinction to make.
56 posted on 07/17/2021 9:24:32 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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