B-Man Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 Hilarious Plot Twist in the Florida Education Slavery Controversy Leaves Egg on Kamala Harris' Face FTA: Regardless, the accusation of promoting slavery in a positive light centers around a single line in over 200 pages of curriculum detailing the horrors of slavery. It reads as follows. Quote Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some cases, could be applied for their personal benefit. It wasn’t long before Kamala Harris pounced, and that included a taxpayer-funded trip down to Jacksonville, FL. The vice president presented herself as a freedom fighter, rolling into the state to save the day from nefarious pro-slavery fascists. Lost amidst all the manufactured outrage was the fact that Ron DeSantis did not write the education standards. Rather, a majority-black independent commission wrote them. Dr. William B. Allen, a member of the commission, spoke publicly in defense of the curriculum. https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/07/27/hilarious-plot-twist-in-the-florida-education-slavery-controversy-leaves-egg-on-kamala-harris-face-n782848
All_Pro_Bills Posted August 2, 2023 Posted August 2, 2023 45 minutes ago, B-Man said: VP Harris is incapable of forming basic coherent arguments. 2 1
B-Man Posted August 3, 2023 Posted August 3, 2023 One more time for those with comprehension problems. * Warning: long article, but worth your time. Slavery with Benefits . . . Seriously? Colleen A. Sheehan The current fracas over the new Florida African American History standards is about how slavery is taught. The particular passage at issue concerns instruction about “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” Vice President Kamala Harris claims that in Florida “middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.” In response, a member of the History Standards Workgroup and former Chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Dr. William B. Allen, says that the intent of this passage is “to show that some slaves developed highly specialized trades”—such as those of “blacksmiths, shoe makers, shipping and industry workers, tailors and teachers”—from which they, their families and descendants, and their society, benefited. The “attempt to reduce slaves to just victims of oppression fails to recognize their strength, courage and resilience during a difficult time in American history.” Are the new standards an attempt “to replace history with lies,” as Harris claims? {snip} So, where does the truth lie in this dispute? And why has it triggered such a national and rather nasty political firestorm? To understand this controversy and do justice to what is involved and what is at stake, there are three questions that must be addressed: What does the passage in question mean? Is the passage true? Should the passage have been written differently, and if so, why and how? The question of what the passage means is answered by basic grammar and logic. Unfortunately for Harris, her accusation doesn’t have a leg to stand on; it is a classic case of the “false cause” fallacy at work. This is a sleight of hand in which condition is substituted for cause. The Florida standards do not say that slavery caused slaves to benefit; the passage asks how, in some cases, those in the condition of slavery took it upon themselves to use their skills to advance themselves. Harris’s claim is also a non sequitur. If it were written as a syllogism, it would look something like this: Major Premise: People often benefit personally from the skills they develop in their work Minor Premise: Some slaves worked in trades requiring the development of specialized skills Conclusion: Slaves benefited from slavery Any schoolgirl can see that this conclusion violates the rules of logic. In fact, to my knowledge, no one involved in this debate has said or thinks that slavery was in any way beneficial to slaves. To accuse anyone of this is sheer malicious nonsense The second and third questions are related and produce four possible answers: A. Enslaved people didn’t develop any skills in any instance B. Enslaved people developed skills but did not benefit personally from them in any instance C. Enslaved people developed skills which, in some instances, they applied for their personal benefit D. Enslaved people developed skills which, in some instances, they applied for their personal benefit, but we shouldn’t talk about this A great body of scholarly literature exists demonstrating that some slaves developed not only specialized skills but, in some cases, became highly skilled workers. So A is clearly false. B is clearly false as well, based on ample scholarly evidence demonstrating the fact that a number of enslaved persons utilized their skills, both during slavery and after emancipation, to support themselves and their families. Indeed, some slaves bought their freedom with savings they accumulated from their work. Accordingly, C must be true. C is essentially a restatement of the passage at issue from the new Florida standards, albeit a bit stronger in that it requires proof of the benefit, not just that there was potential benefit in some cases. The statement by the Vice President, then, is patently false. But was it wrong for the Florida Workgroup to make the statement, even if true? Or if not wrong, should they have worded it differently? Some people are offended by the presence of the word “benefit” in the same sentence as the word “slavery” because, even if the syntax and semantics do not bear it out, one might infer a causal connection between the two. Perhaps it would have helped to add to the sentence a phrase making clear the evils of slavery, modifying the passage to read: “how, despite the oppressive system of slavery, slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” While this characterization of slavery as oppressive and inhumane permeates the Florida African American History standards generally, still, I am willing to grant that this added clarification, though unnecessary, may still have been valuable. Much more at the link: https://lawliberty.org/slavery-with-benefits-seriously/ 2
Wacka Posted August 4, 2023 Posted August 4, 2023 Someone needs to slap her up the head. The needle is skipping. She repeated the same phrase 3 times in 30 or so seconds. 2
Wacka Posted August 5, 2023 Posted August 5, 2023 Yesterday: Kamala Harris: “As the name suggests, community banks are in the community.” 3
B-Man Posted August 13, 2023 Posted August 13, 2023 Biden sticking with VP Harris: ‘The perfect choice.’ The Biden administration’s campaign to prop up Vice President Kamala Harris has finally reached the boss, who sounds committed to keeping the underperforming No. 2 on the 2024 reelection ticket. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/biden-sticking-with-vp-harris-the-perfect-choice . 1
B-Man Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 It’s Getting Serious Now: L.A. Times Kicks Off the Dems’ ‘Dump-Harris’ Movement. The Times’ George Skelton knows that the left, unlike the right, never turns on its own, and that a public acknowledgement of Harris’ manifest incompetence would be damaging not just for her, but for Old Joe himself. After all, the putative commander-in-chief has repeatedly praised her and declared as recently as May that she “hasn’t gotten the credit she deserves.” * * * * * * * * His plan for doing this involves Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California SSR), who is ninety years old and manages to make Old Joe look as if he’s sharp as a tack. Feinstein, Skelton writes, “is a problem for California because she’s no longer capable of fully representing the nation’s most populous state — a world-class economic power — in the Senate.” And thus the solution to the Democrats’ problems presents itself: “Feinstein could resign from the Senate and Gov. Gavin Newsom could appoint Harris to replace her. Biden then could find a more popular running mate, one more acceptable to voters as a potential successor.” That successor could be, say, Newsom himself, although the left’s fondness for him as a possible future presidential candidate pays insufficient attention to the fact that he has presided over an unprecedented flight of patriots and other sane people from the Golden State. No sooner does Skelton raise the possibility of Harris replacing DiFi and clearing the way for the Democrats’ dream candidate (well, the Dems’ real dream candidate would be a gay trans Marxist person of color, but if they can’t find one of those, then a more ordinary Marxist will have to do) than he dismisses it: “A great idea. But it’ll never happen because it would take all of the president’s persuasive and coercive powers to pull off. And he doesn’t seem the type likely to do that.” Indeed, not only has Feinstein said that she is going to remain in the Senate until her term ends, but Harris is unlikely to give up being a heartbeat away from pretending to be president for another Senate gig. What’s more, it’s essentially out of the question that Old Joe could persuade either of them to take this course, as the man can barely formulate a coherent sentence, much less charm two egomaniacs into being humble. https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2023/08/17/its-getting-serious-now-l-a-times-kicks-off-the-dems-dump-harris-movement-n1720033 1
Irv Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 I'd like to witness to an argument between Harris and Biden. That would likely be the funniest thing ever seen. What a mess. 1
Gregg Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 33 minutes ago, Irv said: I'd like to witness to an argument between Harris and Biden. That would likely be the funniest thing ever seen. What a mess. With AOC as the moderator. 1
Biden is Mentally Fit Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Irv said: I'd like to witness to an argument between Harris and Biden. That would likely be the funniest thing ever seen. What a mess. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/28/kamala-harris-joe-biden-debate-1390383 They got after it. Kamala-madingdong essentially called him a racist. They made up however. 1
Irv Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, JDHillFan said: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/28/kamala-harris-joe-biden-debate-1390383 They got after it. Kamala-madingdong essentially called him a racist. They made up however. Whoever is running the Executive Branch is drugging Biden and Harris because they've gotten significantly more stupid, significantly fast. What a mess.
Doc Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 4 hours ago, B-Man said: It’s Getting Serious Now: L.A. Times Kicks Off the Dems’ ‘Dump-Harris’ Movement. The Times’ George Skelton knows that the left, unlike the right, never turns on its own, and that a public acknowledgement of Harris’ manifest incompetence would be damaging not just for her, but for Old Joe himself. After all, the putative commander-in-chief has repeatedly praised her and declared as recently as May that she “hasn’t gotten the credit she deserves.” * * * * * * * * His plan for doing this involves Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California SSR), who is ninety years old and manages to make Old Joe look as if he’s sharp as a tack. Feinstein, Skelton writes, “is a problem for California because she’s no longer capable of fully representing the nation’s most populous state — a world-class economic power — in the Senate.” And thus the solution to the Democrats’ problems presents itself: “Feinstein could resign from the Senate and Gov. Gavin Newsom could appoint Harris to replace her. Biden then could find a more popular running mate, one more acceptable to voters as a potential successor.” That successor could be, say, Newsom himself, although the left’s fondness for him as a possible future presidential candidate pays insufficient attention to the fact that he has presided over an unprecedented flight of patriots and other sane people from the Golden State. No sooner does Skelton raise the possibility of Harris replacing DiFi and clearing the way for the Democrats’ dream candidate (well, the Dems’ real dream candidate would be a gay trans Marxist person of color, but if they can’t find one of those, then a more ordinary Marxist will have to do) than he dismisses it: “A great idea. But it’ll never happen because it would take all of the president’s persuasive and coercive powers to pull off. And he doesn’t seem the type likely to do that.” Indeed, not only has Feinstein said that she is going to remain in the Senate until her term ends, but Harris is unlikely to give up being a heartbeat away from pretending to be president for another Senate gig. What’s more, it’s essentially out of the question that Old Joe could persuade either of them to take this course, as the man can barely formulate a coherent sentence, much less charm two egomaniacs into being humble. https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2023/08/17/its-getting-serious-now-l-a-times-kicks-off-the-dems-dump-harris-movement-n1720033 Kammy most certainly has gotten the credit she deserves. Which is to say, she's gotten no credit because she's done nothing to deserve any credit. And she's their biggest problem right now. They can't live with her and they can't live without her.
B-Man Posted August 21, 2023 Posted August 21, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 3:03 PM, Doc said: Kammy most certainly has gotten the credit she deserves. Which is to say, she's gotten no credit because she's done nothing to deserve any credit. And she's their biggest problem right now. They can't live with her and they can't live without her.
B-Man Posted August 27, 2023 Posted August 27, 2023 It's adorable watching the Left pretend they care about women's equality when they're also actively pretending they can't define what a woman is since they're not biologists. And by adorable we mean embarrassing, annoying, pathetic, weak, lame, sad ... etc. Look at this hot mess: Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_ "Scared of losing the rights we fought so hard to win" this is satire, right? Bc I know you cant possibly be referencing women when you're actively taking away our rights to privacy, safety, and equal opportunity. Sports, prisons, domestic violence shelters, sororities... https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1695489545754570974? https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/08/27/riley-gaines-kamala-n2386623 2
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