The Bored is Such a Strange Alternate Universe
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:00 pm
I realized something a few months ago, during the Pine Ridge Reservation sexual assault discussion and I just about left the Bored. However, as all of us still here know, the place has a wierd hold and, plus if I left I would never get an answer to my main burning question about the Bored-see spoiler below. I saw the same thing in the "California-Dystopia" thread today.
I found myself trying to convince SSS that sexual assault is a problem on the Rez. I found an article that quoted a teacher and basically said "It sucks, but you have to assume that every kid in school has been raped."
I was going to post it, but then I realized that when the real world situation is "Assume that every child is raped"-it is really stupid to go back to "square minus 100" and try to convince a liberal (of all people) that there are problems on the Rez.
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And then today, I am jawdroppingly amazed when I think about the "California-Dystopia" thread.
Apparently, we have an extremely partisan, extremely political, long-time Californian who first heard of rural poverty/illegal immigration etc problems in the Central Valley TODAY. Furthermore, because he doesn't like VDH, he will be extremely resistant to ever admitting that there are problems.
So, I am in the position of being stuck in "square minus 100" and trying to convince a knowledgeable, political individual who would resist every step of the waythat there are problems in the Central Valley. That's stupid. That simply doesn't happen in the real world. Normal people accept or understand that there are problems in the Central Valley and go on from there agreeing or disagreeing as the case might be.
I have to wonder how studied somebody's opinions on immigration might be, when he has never even ran across the concept of the Central Valley as a possible cautionary example.
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The obvious response to this is "Pot-Kettle-Black"-what about Global Warming? My quick answer is that is a far wider political debate and is discussed in the real world at all levels.
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My burning question about the Bored might be mean, but I seriously have been wondering about it for a long time.
I found myself trying to convince SSS that sexual assault is a problem on the Rez. I found an article that quoted a teacher and basically said "It sucks, but you have to assume that every kid in school has been raped."
I was going to post it, but then I realized that when the real world situation is "Assume that every child is raped"-it is really stupid to go back to "square minus 100" and try to convince a liberal (of all people) that there are problems on the Rez.
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And then today, I am jawdroppingly amazed when I think about the "California-Dystopia" thread.
Apparently, we have an extremely partisan, extremely political, long-time Californian who first heard of rural poverty/illegal immigration etc problems in the Central Valley TODAY. Furthermore, because he doesn't like VDH, he will be extremely resistant to ever admitting that there are problems.
So, I am in the position of being stuck in "square minus 100" and trying to convince a knowledgeable, political individual who would resist every step of the waythat there are problems in the Central Valley. That's stupid. That simply doesn't happen in the real world. Normal people accept or understand that there are problems in the Central Valley and go on from there agreeing or disagreeing as the case might be.
I have to wonder how studied somebody's opinions on immigration might be, when he has never even ran across the concept of the Central Valley as a possible cautionary example.
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The obvious response to this is "Pot-Kettle-Black"-what about Global Warming? My quick answer is that is a far wider political debate and is discussed in the real world at all levels.
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My burning question about the Bored might be mean, but I seriously have been wondering about it for a long time.
Spoiler
Is Bob#s as obtuse as he appears to be, or is it just an act?