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Why on earth would one ever respect Bernie sanders?

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Cenk Uygur is a master of the Motte and Bailey. You have to be, if you want to become as influential (and prosperous) as he is on the Left. He knows what the definition, in practice, of "equity" is that's being used to steamroll American culture into Globohomo mediocrity, and he knows that that working definition is one that most Americans would find objectionable, so whenever he's pressed for a definition, he knows which meaning of the term "equity" to assert; they're not the same definition, and he knows that.

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Sorry but I’m aghast that you said you truly respect Sanders. He’s a free-loading communist who has ran for president mainly to get funds for a new mansion. He wouldn’t know hard work if it came knocking at his door. He was kicked out of a commie commune for being too lazy.

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Can I give it a try ?

Equality: an ideal not achieved on a considerable scale anywhere in the world.

Equity: crude attempts to help realize said ideal.

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Par for the course. It’s not happening and it’s good that it’s happening.

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That moment revealed everything I love and loathe about Sanders. I love that he is a no-nonsense, down-to-Earth communicator who passionately defends liberal-populist principles such as equal opportunity for all. I loathe that he seems to be clueless and disinterested in the details of public policy, both in terms of trying to effect through realistic legislation the type of society he envisions and in terms of the way his "progressive" values are reworked by his younger acolytes into the applied "social justice" apparatus of today.

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I've started The Heggen Lexicon on my eponymous youtube channel, Ute Heggen. I substitute the term cross-sex ideation for "gender dysphoria" which, according to lots of Bernie supporters, doesn't need to even be distressing any more. Rather than allow leftists to make bio-realists into far right ultra religious strawmen to joust at with "transphobia" accusations, reply with accurate terms. So far, detransitioners are quite receptive, as are my(unfortunately) growing cohort of trans widows.

https://wordpress.com/post/uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com/5491

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Biden just issued his SECOND Equity Executive Order "Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity..."

Is no one paying any attention? How are we to obey if we don't know what we are ordered to do?

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Leftist can't keep up their own vocabulary . They have to keep changing labels to try to stay ahead of the truth. Leftism itself seems to be insanity in a race with reality.

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Peter, you have a shit storm of weird going on here. Just for the record, while many Jews were in the Communist parties early on, many Jews believe in a system of regulated capitalism. The lingua franca &etc here demonstrates an unsavory side of the dialogue. As a woman who converted to Judiasm and has been called a "kike" as well as been defamed by ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews, I warn you that this happens in the blog o sphere, and it is best, actually, to ban them from the channel, to keep the discussion sane and rational. You're on the tightrope here, man. Note the words juif, judeo, jodiske, musulmans (Muslims) and judeos. Do your homework. The one, jodiske, is my mother's native Norwegian.

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"Gaslighting" may be an accurate description what Cenk it doing here. However, the fact that he is plainly stating that he agrees with Bernie that equality of opportunity matters most, should be considered progress! Perhaps this is his face-saving way of being persuaded by better arguments. OK, fine. Let him have it. We've got to give our opponents (fellow Americans) room to change their minds. If we don't, they'll just dig in their heels and then no progress will be made.

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This is how we get beyond Woke. Leftists like Bill Maher recognize the insanity, ask questions in a respectful manner of the certain Leftists who don't obfuscate, and the truth is made clear. Made clear to a few at first, but it is made so clear that it spreads.

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Cenk has gone crazy. I used to watch The Young Turks a decade ago when they would give Ron Paul some play on television, but they can no longer pretend to be any sort of neutral.

The Failure of Educational Equity:

https://unskool.substack.com/p/the-failure-of-educational-equity

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Thank you for shining a light on the fact that most individuals, organizations, and institutions have no idea what they mean or what they intend to mean when they profess a commitment to equity. I don't believe Cenk Uygur represents the far-left Critical Social Justice Ideology at all... such folks would quickly slap him down and tell them without pause that for them equity and social justice are two completely different and opposed goals from their perspective; this is because far-left Critical Social Justice ideologues wholesale reject the work and progress of second wave anti-racists and the focus on equality. I appreciate the resources you provide to people to help them better understand the neo-reconstructionist view of racial equity - very nice. For folks who want to learn more about Race Ideology-in-Practice: Racial Equity in American Learning Environments please also check out my article at: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/race-ideology-in-practice

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Want an explanation of woke terms? Heres the best one ive found:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/07/power-lines-lexicon-of-leftist-locutions-updated.php

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