nigel99
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I agree with this. From first hand experience. My ex came from a family of drugs and crime who never worked. She left that state to start a new life which is when I met her. She lasted just over 3 years with me and then went back and is herself now immersed in drugs (meth) and crime. She struggled with me working, she had never experienced the man in the house being away all day. She would beg me to leave work at all times of the day. She started a Uni degree and dropped out. At the end of the day she simply didn’t have the skills, knowledge or willpower to make the change. Her kids now are repeating the cycle of her childhood (foster system etc). As you say it’s a vicious cycle and I don’t know how you change it. She had “everything” with me, stable and safe home. But in the end it was her roots that won
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Also Trump is/was more concerned about the stock market than people’s lives.
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Wow, you’ve been trying for nearly 20 years! Thread bought back memories. Popsjumper and I became very good friends, sadly he passed away before he could vote for Trump (he liked Trump). John rich and Kallend sparring over guns in a never ending circle :)
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Nothing about this is a protest. (NSFW Racial Expletives)
nigel99 replied to turtlespeed's topic in Speakers Corner
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200827-is-it-possible-to-rid-police-officers-of-bias Interesting article. -
Nothing about this is a protest. (NSFW Racial Expletives)
nigel99 replied to turtlespeed's topic in Speakers Corner
So if a BLM person decided to step in and kill one of the police whose responsible for the killing of an innocent black person you would support their actions? Would they also get your applause? -
Nothing about this is a protest. (NSFW Racial Expletives)
nigel99 replied to turtlespeed's topic in Speakers Corner
Vigilantes do appear to be the preserve of Trump supporters. There does appear to be some support for that amongst more than one of Trumps supporters on this forum. I find it quite interesting as from what I can see they are vocal about protesters and fight hard to defend the violence From “their” side of the fence. On the flip side I don’t recall any of the left wing/ liberals on this forum defending looters only peaceful protestors. It sure makes me wonder what the USA is going to face if Trump loses as it appears that he will be able to whip up a rebellion -
A couple of things. Firstly for the most part one thing we all have in common is that we are or were skydivers. So Wendy’a comment is very relevant to drop zones. Many of the longer term posters here have met and know each other outside of here. Secondly if the intent is to call someone out in the hope that they will change their views, doing it in public is the wrong way to go. Publicly deriding someone is likely to get them on the defensive and achieve nothing. We’ve got a private messaging function here. I think someone is far more likely to be open to adjusting their views when respectfully engaged in a private conversation.
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One of the nice things about SC and why I am still here is that we can hold different views and stay respectful. There are plenty of places where jabs and the like are the norm. I would rather people take their jabs and sea lion comments to personal messages and leave the threads to the topic and subject matter. As for Jakee’s comment about politicians. I did not like Tony Blair’s policies, however he was possibly the most skilled politician at the art of equivocation. There was a BBC segment by a prof who wrote a book about it. It always amazed me that Tony Blair could leave both sides believing he was on their side.
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Reading all of your comments, has made me feel very young :)
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Nothing about this is a protest. (NSFW Racial Expletives)
nigel99 replied to turtlespeed's topic in Speakers Corner
Maybe the UK cops are lousy shots I think most of the world think America has a serious problem and don’t “get” the obsession with guns. -
I like how they have to rotate the logo to fit their narrative. Take a cross from the Christian church and invert it and you get a whole knew meaning.
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I completely agree. Ron is an interesting poster. He’s very consistent, polite and certainly not a troll. The fact that I don’t understand his belief system is something I like about speakers corner - we are less of an echo chamber as we get exposed to diverse views
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The relevance is that if people don’t understand the basics of “how” they are getting their information then they are not in a position to make informed decisions. And no this doesn’t change the fact that he was factually wrong on his statement about most searched term. An unfortunate side effect of the whole targeted social media and search engine world is that more and more we live in an echo chamber. So conspiracy theories like Q thrive as people are starved of alternative viewpoints. I’ve never understood magical thinkers. How they can cling desperately to their alternative view of reality despite all the evidence. Remember Rhys with his 9/11 theories? This Q stuff is the same. Every effort to contain the misinformation is met as a confirmation of deep state involvement by the believers. It’s a real conundrum.
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Actually clearing your search history doesn’t “solve” the google tracking issue. However isn’t it slightly ironic that we are discussing some of the basic concepts of search engines to give someone the benefit of the doubt. When their belief system is built around them being “in the digital inner circle” of an internet group.
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The whole Q movement reminds me of the secret clubs we ran as kids. Q is the grown up version of “Dirty Little Rascals” For me the most worrying this is if they decide to “reclaim” the USA violently.
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A 30 second google search showed it to be an entirely false statement. Didn’t even make the top 100. Of course it’s the deep state and google manipulating the search results... Q says so
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https://ahrefs.com/blog/top-google-searches/ Sorry to burst your bubble Ron but it doesn’t even make the top 100 search terms in google.
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Trump hardly knew him? Was he the guy who fetched hamburgers for Pence?
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Got to appeal to the audience. Maybe the Dems would have done well to include one of the MAGA types? Maybe someone on the fringes of the movement.
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Hate speech and right wing conspiracy theory... What really gets me is how twisted it is that the believers are beyond any rational thought and will just see this as more evidence of the deep state etc. A bit like those who believe 9/11 is a hoax or coverup. I would love to know if it would be possible to move these people from the magical thinking part of psychological growth to a more mature state. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/happiness-in-world/200911/magical-thinking%3famp
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One of the things I dislike about Australia is that we are a nanny state. As a general rule Aussie’s accept far more restrictions than other places I’ve lived
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I agree with you on the principle of tithing. At one point and I’m sure in some areas it is to keep a roof over the full time religious people’s heads and maintenance of basic infrastructure. I think the monks tend to hold these values and all religions have these altruistic individuals (including Christians) I grew up surrounded by the prosperity cult though, and was far from that. Church leaders accumulated immense wealth by exploiting the poor and vulnerable on the promise that they too would be blessed by giving.
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https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/thewest.com.au/technology/google/google-warns-australians-against-new-media-law-in-open-letter-ng-b881640853z.amp From yesterday Google had a warning symbol and link to an article warning about the proposed change in the law. I don’t know what is driving the change perhaps trying to combat fake news?
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He will understand it when it fits his story
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It’s all about percentage increase. If you go from one case to 13 it’s a 1200% increase, and if you go from 36 000 to 40 000 it’s only a 15% increase. /sarcasm
