Jon Stewart Silences Congress

[Coreece 190]

On 6/21/2019 at 7:54 PM, turtlespeed said:

On 6/21/2019 at 12:02 PM, billvon said:

But you (and I) have advantages most people don't have.

What was that?  What are those?

We're almost 20 years into the 21st century, and while we can debate the level of discrimination and the veracity of racist claims in this country, it's pretty much a widely accepted fact that blacks are heavily disadvantaged on multiple levels in this country.   Practically every related stat you find will show huge racial disparities. 

Hell, even 1st world immigrants and 3rd world shit hole refugees are given more advantages than African Americans living in 3rd world shit hole neighborhoods, and it's fucking bullshit on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin. . .

[turtlespeed 226]

29 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

I’ve met you. The ones I identified in an earlier post are my opinion based on meeting you. Looks, intelligence, skin color are all advantages depending on the circumstances. In Texas, none of those that you have are generally disadvantages. 

Wendy P. 

I haven't always lived in Texas. . . .  (the best country in the United States.)

 

[turtlespeed 226]

28 minutes ago, Coreece said:

Doesn't my lame turtle joke count?  Believe it or not, there was an underlying point in there somewhere. 

(There's also the possibility that she just ignore-listed me for being such an enormiss jackass in the mass shooting abortion thread.)

 

One of the first things I did was rent a mail box from some mom n' pop shop so it looks like a normal apartment address rather than a P.O box.  A cheap pre-paid phone for callbacks was also a must.  These can typically be funded with your first day-labor gig. 

 

Pfffft, you and your luxury,  I had to sleep in a 2-door coupe!  It was still a huge advantage tho, not only did it have a solar roof, it practically guaranteed me day-labor gigs as long as I was willing to drive other day-laborers to the job site.

Also, public beach showers are nice, but I found an affordable 1-month gym membership to be well worth the extra cost for the mental and physical advantages it provided.

 

Cup noodles!   And I recommend that good hot water from the red coffee spigot at the gas station, not that lukewarm crap they serve at the local public bathroom.

Holy Crap - you guys had vehicles to sleep in! 

You did have advantages.

 

[billvon 3,118]

2 hours ago, turtlespeed said:

 

Because I was there - I know what went on.  I didnt have any of these so called advantages you are falsely accusing me of having.

Yet you said you were never raped and never kicked out of a library because of your skin color.  Those are advantages, conferred to you by your skin color and your sex.

Soon after I got to California I found myself unable to afford rent.  I slept in a van for about six months.  Cops would sometimes come up on my van (parked on a street somewhere) and knock on the door.  When I (a white guy working at a nearby tech company) opened the door, they'd say something like "you can't park for more than 24 hours here" and go away.  Since I wasn't Hispanic or black, I didn't end up in jail for trespassing or something.  That's an advantage, whether you see it or not.

[billvon 3,118]

1 hour ago, Coreece said:

Cup noodles!   And I recommend that good hot water from the red coffee spigot at the gas station, not that lukewarm crap they serve at the local public bathroom.

Ramen was a good option, and lasted forever.  Also since I was working at a laundromat part time, I'd often have a pocketful of nickels and dimes that I was sweeping out of the corners and that fell behind the machines.  So I got to know the vending machines around the area pretty well.  Orange juice and honey roasted peanuts were always a good option.

[turtlespeed 226]

1 hour ago, billvon said:

Yet you said you were never raped and never kicked out of a library because of your skin color.  Those are advantages, conferred to you by your skin color and your sex.

 

Those are not advantages.

Because I wasn't kicked out of a library because of my color may have been that the only color there was like mine.

Hence - No advantage.

[billvon 3,118]

Just now, turtlespeed said:

Those are not advantages.

Not being raped or booted from libraries because of your sex or skin color is certainly an advantage.  Even if you don' t understand because those things have never happened to you.  Talk to someone who has experienced it; ask them if it matters.

I used to think the same way you did, and thought I got everything I did because of my hard work.  Just ain't so.  You can live in that fiction if you like, but the world really isn't like that.

[turtlespeed 226]

Why did my reply get dissapeared?