You have to scroll down a bit to see the skit. It was a bold move by SNL to tell the joke, but very funny. I have to agree with the article. I found it moving in a shared humanity, we are more alike than we realize, kind of way.
This is not intolerance.
I am open to your definitions and distinctions.
Simply stating that you don’t share the same values with someone isn’t intolerance. In Cruz’s case it may of been a generalization of NYC politics, but it’s not incorrect. Are there conservatives in NYC? Sure. Do they make up a significant part of NYC’s population? Nope.
I don’t share the same values as a transgender atheist, but pointing out that fact doesn’t make me a bigot.
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I agree with this simply because we have no way of objectively measuring the true feelings that reside in someone’s heart and soul (unless they perform some egregious act as a result of their feelings and beliefs).
By the same token; people have a way of “hiding” deep seeded feelings and hatreds that they do not overtly act on.
With that said; I mostly agree with your statement.
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Coming from a southerner who lived in the financial district on 9/11, that statement pissed me off. I’ll embrace NY values any day. The elitist BS I’ll take issue with, but the basic community values? I’m in.
Exactly. Feelings don’t matter, actions do.
Do you think Cruz was referring to community values? Was he disparaging 9/11 first responders?
I’ve seen a few applied economics/econometrics programs that have a predictive analytics concentration (SMU comes to mind immediately). Data scientists are in extremely high demand currently and will be far into the future.
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Sure, but in what way does the diversity crusade ameliorate this issue if its current modus operandi is overt antagonism towards anyone who refuses to prostrate their opinions or values in service to the identity of whatever group is being foisted upon them?
Obviously, I’m not talking about getting flack for hosing down black people who are out too close to sunset; I’m talking about ruining the careers and reputations of people who, for example, after decades of operating under a certain set of widely-held assumptions, are not immediately and unquestioningly able to “check their privilege” and support the idea of grown men leaving their families on a lark to wear stilettos and sun dresses so they can feel comfortable gabbing away in the powder room about what a total slut Samantha was on the last episode of Sex and the City.
It’s not a movement, it’s a business that has been able to commodify grievances, real or perceived, for profit and power. Find an uncommon behavioral niche, brand it a marginalized underdog, conflate its societal disenfranchisement with that of historical blacks, cash those checks (or count those ballots).
And with the demand for checks and ballots so clearly overwhelming the supply, is it any wonder that we’re at the point where most of the issues being peddled nowadays are protests against slights manufactured on a campus rather than fracked from society?
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To those that spend a lot of time in the car (or who enjoy radio), I would highly recommend listening to your local affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR). Not only will you get high quality local and state news, but the national and international news provided by NPR is long form journalism that truly elevates the quality of public discourse. It’s as balanced and fact driven as news gets.
You tell me what was between his ears other than air. It would seem to me to be wise to stop insulting large swaths of the country if you wanted to win an election, but what do I know
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Really? That is the second mention of NPR. I haven’t listened to NPR for probably 5 years. Any time I did it was like Ultra left radio. Like, my sister used to have it on all the time radio (she’s about as far left as you can get on this continent).
Has something drastically changed in their programming?
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To me it seemed obvious he was talking about the liberal politics that have plagued NYC rather than insulting the character of New Yorkers. I live upstate and completely agreed with him. Asshats like Cuomo, Schumer, and Deblasio were the targets of the statement.
What makes you say “on a lark”?
You mean, you don’t think it’s a lighthearted, whimsical decision?
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I’m asking you.
You’re the one who used the phrase.
I’m curious why.
Because if it’s not a lighthearted, whimsical decision, then why are we not allowed to ask questions about it?
Well, we could certainly argue that some of what’s going on is making things worse. People are often afraid to openly disagree with something if they risk ridicule, or being labeled as something derogatory. When things blew up at Yale with the PC Halloween costumes, students who disagreed were afraid to be interviewed because they didn’t want to be viewed negatively by their peers or possibly the liberal faculty. Some universities have announced plans to have separate dorms for Black freshmen next year. Yep. If you argue that you think it might be a bad idea, you risk looking like someone who needs sensitivity training. That’s part of the danger of the PC movement. It can be a form of fascism disguised as manners, paraphrasing George Carlin here.
This is often just a way of silencing people. Intersectional Feminist Theory has really taken this and run with it. It’s very convenient to have a “scientific” theory that can’t be questioned. By nature people in the aggrieved categories have special knowledge. I’m disadvantaged by gender, but not by race. If you’re NOT in one of the aggrieved groups (white male) then you can’t possibly understand it. You must just accept that if you don’t get it, it’s because you’re a white man. You can’t possibly understand it because you don’t experience the world through the lens of oppression. If you criticize it, then you need to “check your privilege” and listen. Isn’t that awesome! A theory that can’t be argued with!! Gold! Anyone who doesn’t like it, is told that they can’t possibly understand it. Sigh…
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Ya, that’s essentially why I’m considering it. I don’t have any experience with predictive analytics and we employee a number of data scientists. That’s fine for now being as I’m in finance, but all signs point to data-driven decisions making in corporate finance in the near future and I don’t want to be behind the curve.
Johns Hopkins has one of the few programs I’ve seen in MD that I might do.
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