Do you have a "shred" of evidence to support that theory?

My problem with the term is that it is one-word oxymoron.

How is it possible to be “woke” and comatose at the same time?

She was ELECTED! No one APPOINTED her...

It took 15 seconds to find that FACT.

let's start an anti-woke club. There are clubs about everything in TV Land.

That idea only exists in the environment of the dark web. And exists BECAUSE of his RELIGION. Looks like we need a deprogramming program in TV Town

The idea ONLY EXISTS on the dark web and primarily because of his RELIGION. And please NOTE that physical and verbal attacks are INCREASING greatly for those of that same RELIGION here in the US - the country which PROFESSES (?) to believe in religious freedom.

I agree with everything in that post - except for one tiny part.......and it is just my personal opinion, but with a little bit of psy 101 thrown in. Babies are not EXACTLY a blank slate for a lot of reasons. One that has come to light recently is that Black mothers and children do NOT have the same survival rate in births, WHITES are higher. The reason is that many Doctors have an implicit bias and they make statements like, "BLACKS have a higher tolerance of PAIN".......which is false!
........Psy 101 talks about NATURE AND NURTURE. Basically saying, that the DNA that a person is BORN with has great INFLUENCE on their health and success. Within that basic Nature framework, then Nurture takes over and an individual can push themselves either to achieve higher or lower than the Nature (DNA) framework would predict.
.......For example - Asian mothers are NOTORIOUS for driving / motivating their children upward toward success.
........Another ethnic example.........BLACKS in the US as opposed to say France or Germany have a century or more of slavery to overcome and it has been 2 steps forward and one step backwards throughout US history, which needs to be told PRECISELY as it happened.
........Hispanics would fall somewhere in between those groups in financial terms and social acceptance. ( and interesting and NOT coincidental, their skin tone is ALSO somewhere in between.

Which RELIGION would that be?

Gobbledygook...

My Sainted Aunt!
I am guilty of posting a lot of rubbish, but in this thread, the experts are giving a Master Class!

[QUOTE=tjlee500;2190894]Incarcerations costs big bucks. There is constant pressure not to increase taxes or allocate more funds. Politicians want to be reelected to they will shy away from tax hikes. Same pressure on judges and prosecutors.

Reform is also needed: Overall, there are roughly 23,000 people still in jail for marijuana possession as their sole offense; and as of 2020, over 45 percent of nationwide monthly violations are still drug-related.

Personally, I believe the family structure in America no longer exists in many places and children grow without, respect, love, consequences and care.[/QUOTE

I believe you are correct, lack of a traditional family structure is a big part of the problem, but I maintain this issue has so many interrelated parts (example: "could" shockingly filthy lyrics of popular songs, disengagement in traditional social communications person to person, easy availability of both legal and illegal drugs, lack of community interest in an engaging school curriculum that teaches actual skills leading to steady jobs with higher than average pay, public school emphasis on social/cultural issues of sex, gender, equity (not "equality" but equity) at the same time parents SHOULD be demanding more challenging instruction in basics of mathematics, science, READING and writing, technology, and industrial offerings in welding, auto mechanics, woodworking, etc. We "could" demand classes on caring, quality, parenting, but we (the community paying for the schools) do not, instead we demand the emphasis be on how to change ones sexual orientation both mentally and physically; something once considered a matter to be pursued OUTSIDE the public school curriculum, not a basic education component. To all that, the continued legalization of marijuana, regardless of how any reader here feels about that personally, to our young people, it only holds out an easy answer to alleviate the suffering they endure from the hateful "social" media that is probably 75-80% of their "social lives". So many contributing factors, and the vast majority are not only solvable, but at no, or very little cost ! It takes a community that cares to develop a curriculum that actually helps build a strong, stable, future citizen. Just a simple, nearly cost free, move such as making high school graduation mandatory in the USA, or denying driving privileges until age 18 to any teens who refuse to attend school. Yes, many may be thought of as small, incremental, changes, but TOGETHER they would make a HUGE different in the crime statistics. Sadly, aside from a very small minority in any community, few people care anything about these issues: rising crime, decaying schools, depresses students, violence (this past week a student beat into a come a teacher aid here in Florida who "took away his video game consul he was playing in class". Does make one think that forbidding cell phone, I pods, video games, etc. etc. in public school classes would eventually result in HIGHER TEST SCORES and HIGHER SKILL LEVELS for seeking a career later. But, again, tax payers are not even interested in trying this just for one or two years to SEE if this one simple thing would result in reversing this (shameful) trend here in the USA.

:bigbow: :agree:

Because they are not held person responsible for releasing violent criminals that hurt more people. I'm all for second and third chances, but not when violence is involved.

Woke, politically correct, don't offend, etc etc.
 

I really do try to understand where the other side is coming from when I'm involved in a disagreement so let me know how these things make sense.

I teach classes to the military all over the world so I get to hear quite a few odd things

1. As an old telephone company splicer I worked in 100's (if not thousands) of manholes. Today I'm forbidden to say "manhole". I'm told to "maintenance hole" why???? Before you answer, look up the history of manholes

2. I can't say "male to female connector". I have to say "plug and insert"

3. In Australia I couldn't say "downguy" whch is the wire that stops a telephone pole from leaning due to stress. I had to say "stay" because someone was offended by "guy"

4. I worked in 29 prisons in Michigan and I couldn't say prisoner I had to say "client of the State" and the "clients don't have cells they have "living quarters" and outdoor payphones had to be called "outdoor communication devices for rehabilitation

5. And finally, I dont know if this was ever verified but I was told you could order a Whopper at Burger King with two top buns or two bottom buns if you were offended

wow, I feel better thanks for allowing me to vent