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But I don't think you can mold yourself to be something for anyone's approval. The best approval is the kind that doesn't matter, not the kind that you feel dependent on, no?
But I don't think you can mold yourself to be something for anyone's approval. The best approval is the kind that doesn't matter, not the kind that you feel dependent on, no?
Perhaps it's the months of isolation but I find myself seeking common ground even with those where I would normally have none. Like you.
Maybe I should go back to trolling the board. 
Part of real common ground, real synchronization ...
is learning which parts of us we are extremely firm in for they form our identity, our world view, our values.
But also to find out the part of ourselves where we have a stake in the ground but then attached to that stake is a rope that can roam around that stake. This is the area you are flexible in.
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All humans are like this, and I think it is self deception, when someone of us (hi Greg) treat "labels" like they are black and white. It is a form of psychological splitting, all or nothing thinking, it is also not true, and finally it is a form of objectification where you turn other people into objects. (Bye Greg)
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It is okay Mookie to seek common ground, while simultaneously seeking distance and boundaries. You are just merely feeling each other out and coming to an understanding.
Indians are being held up as a model minority. That's not helping the Black Lives Matter movement
- 29/06/2020 06:59:25 PM
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As part of the "model" minority
- 29/06/2020 08:18:17 PM
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How have you failed?
- 29/06/2020 10:31:17 PM
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Are we trying to assign blame and guilt, or are we trying to observe and then create a change in
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I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough
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Re: I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough
- 30/06/2020 04:51:12 PM
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I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious.
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Some thoughts...
- 30/06/2020 06:19:28 AM
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Re: Some thoughts...
- 30/06/2020 02:08:10 PM
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It's true that part of it is just America treats all its poor people so terribly.
- 30/06/2020 09:35:40 PM
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here is an interesting article on mass incarceration in the USA.
- 30/06/2020 02:30:09 PM
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Wow, good stuff, thanks for posting! *NM*
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It's disturbing to see statistical proof the system is stacked against those with limited assets. *NM*
- 30/06/2020 08:10:41 PM
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Interesting read indeed.
- 30/06/2020 08:29:53 PM
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I have three anecdatas
- 30/06/2020 09:23:10 PM
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Okay... this is just like old times, when I'd often have no idea what you were getting at.
- 30/06/2020 09:49:03 PM
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- 30/06/2020 09:49:03 PM
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The Jury Trial
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It’s easy to understand why.
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There's more
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I agree
- 01/07/2020 02:04:50 AM
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Oh god yes, I've heard of several instances of that
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So you see that compassionate conservatives can exist? We aren’t mythical creatures? *NM*
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I sincerely hope you aren't serious about this...
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It was a little tongue in cheek
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Re: It was a little tongue in cheek
- 01/07/2020 06:23:20 AM
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a couple of points
- 01/07/2020 07:42:32 PM
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What do you know about Biden's health that we don't know? *NM*
- 01/07/2020 08:53:45 PM
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anyone who hears him speak unscripted can tell there is a big issue. *NM*
- 01/07/2020 09:47:20 PM
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Mook - Fionwe is a radical. You are not.
- 01/07/2020 04:33:45 PM
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yes I suppose it was a foolish comment.
- 01/07/2020 05:44:05 PM
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I'm honestly not sure if.you even meant it...
- 01/07/2020 07:38:26 PM
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I kind of did when I wrote it, lame as it sounds now.
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Part of real common ground, real synchronization
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It amuses me...
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You're welcome. Come again. XOXO
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Aww
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Sweetie, we can always zhuzz it up! First we need some more glitter.
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Waterloo seems the most appropriate for the moment...
- 01/07/2020 10:01:33 PM
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No, darling. We're playing Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
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"most on nonviolent drug charges"
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read the article I posted. That's one of 5 myths about USA prisons. *NM*
- 30/06/2020 09:44:19 PM
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I was reading the article just before you posted it. Probably the same google search
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Regarding the Census, neither Left nor Right state that the US will remain majority White.
- 01/07/2020 04:03:57 PM
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This White/Non-White Binary choice is simplistic. And leaves no room for nuance.
- 01/07/2020 03:46:17 PM
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Absolutely right, I read an interesting article on this a while ago.
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You have a binary choice...
- 02/07/2020 12:10:49 AM
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I agree with all of this, but lets think of it from a different point of view.
- 02/07/2020 12:24:38 AM
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