I suppose I won't need to teach writing much longer. Just let the students use AI.

Last day of class is tomorrow. Now just giving a couple exams on Thursday, correcting a few papers, and submitting grades. Should be done by next Monday.

Won't return until January 23rd I think.

I might have the best job there is.

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Can you give an example of what they say?

Trump 2024?

While I believe mark has a large part of the causality right, it's not specifically that.

They weren't direct--the first one I noticed had a confederate flag, and some text alluding to white men being oppressed, along with a URL.

The one I saw yesterday said, "White men made this country," at the top, and "White men are this country," at the bottom, with a picture of a generic workingman sorta guy between. Which strikes me as not only racist, but sexist.

Anyway, contacted the organizations I think are responsible for the boxes to which these things are attached. Maybe I'll go up there with my scraping tool at some point and take them off.

Whenever I hear white men whining about being oppressed, I'm reminded that Dennis Miller had it right, probably 30 years or more ago: "If you were born a white, American male, you've been given every possible advantage. If you still can't make it in the world, I don't know what to tell you."

so tired of this right wing, fascistic, white, christian nationalism happening in this country

I'm tired of the Harvard/Yale/Stanford law school types, Ted Cruz, DiSantis, Hawley, Stefanik, Vance, et al. who enable this kind of vitriol.

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Agreed and agreed. Throw in the lessening of science education, which results in lowered critical thinking skills, and enables the kind of idiocy mentioned above.

Hurr durr, a book of fairy tales is exactly equal to a testable, verified hypothesis!

there is a more than small portion of white america that has been suppressed by intentional lack of elementary education
dictating minimum wage jobs paid below the cost of living for the sake of corporate profit

they are itching for a direction to aim the anger and open to suggestion
easier when convinced someone is beneath you
just shoot between your legs

It's the incels.

An interesting article that you can find online is "The White Flight of Derek Black."

It is a testament what education can do for some.

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many are
but please don't believe it stops there

their belief system is also unlikely to have happened by accident

Oh, it's a bunch of things, BLM, transgender athletes, defunding the police, Gay Pride parades, illegal immigration, Boomers, you name it.

It's not hard to see why people like Trump. He basically says I ain't taking **** from nobody and people like that.


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I just want to say I am happy I teach community college students. They are kind, thoughtful, and tolerant. It's a pleasure to be around them.

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my students are awesome...the whole damn school came out today for a vigil for the three faculty members who were murdered last week

So if you were a factory worker 30 years ago, where did you **** up?

Wishing for a robot to do your job for you?

Robots are worse than gods. The ultimate road to ruin.

Or have a beer

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Did you know there's such a thing as past life regression therapy?

Two hours in person in Newport only costs 150.00. Seems like a bargain.

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I do future life progression and prediction for $100/hr. A fantastic bargain. Has to be done in person.

At the end of the session, run out of the room screaming.

After getting the fee, of course.

The exponential idiocies of the mass of human muck means little. Humanity is still polluting the planet with its existence and is so pathetic it can’t even destroy itself.

Are you waiting for the 21st to start the winter thread?

I am a lefty Canadian and I am with you on all of this. Except Trump.

The Dude?

The dude is me. If that's what you're asking. I've wanted to see the Salk Institute for a long time, ever since I saw the film My Architect.

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