[jlisenbe]

The hits just keep on coming.

[paraclete]

some A listers are turning into black listers, Bill and Melinda Gates are divorcing, how much will she get, Geoff Bezos wife got $8 Billion or was that $32 Billion, hard to work out, these settlements are. In the Gates case, the foundation is worth $50 Billion, some cleaver planning there, give half of your wealth to your own foundation

[tomder55]

The Gates also convinced other shmuck billionaires to make the 'Giving Pledge ' to donate all their money to the Gates foundation . What is the split on that ?

[talaniman]

You'll never know since all the rich guys do it and hide the books and the loot.

[tomder55]

Latest blacklist outrage is Major League Baseball pulling the all star game out of Atlanta because of a new voter ID law passed by the Georgia legislature.

Hey MLB How did that work out for you ? The World Series is being played in Atlanta and Houston ;in two states that have voter ID laws Bwahaaahaaahaaa !!! Go Braves !!!

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[jlisenbe]

It really is amazing (and not a little discouraging) that the sports world has gone so insane over this "woke" nonsense.

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[tomder55]

Atlanta won and Commish was roundly booed when he was forced to give the trophy to the Braves !!!!! LGB

[tomder55]

There is an amusing and I believe the 1st ever self blacklisting . Last week John Cleese of Monty Python fame tweeted this comment :

I was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of HitlerI regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does

John Cleese on Twitter: "I was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler I regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does" / Twitter

[jlisenbe]

There is so much strange in that post. The fact that someone can be "blacklisted" and thus not allowed to speak is an outrage. That the person was blacklisted for doing an "impersonation of Hitler" is really unusual. But worst of all, the fact that those people cannot see that all of them blacklisting someone is, itself, a quite accurate impersonation of Hitler BY THEM is the saddest thing of all.

[tomder55]

I abandoned this post for a while . Even though I could probably given an example a day ;I figured point made

However when I find an egreviously ridiculous example then I can't help myself .

So today's black lister is the secular Christmas song 'Jingle Bells' .

This is a world wide popular song .It was the first Christmas song broadcast from space (Gemini 6) President's of all political persuasion have had it performed at the White House during the holiday season.

What could be so offensive for it to be cancelled ? Could it be the violence in the song with 2 of the verses describing being thrown from horses and carriage ? .Riding on a horse drawn sleigh was evidently a dangerous activity Nope that is not it . One verse has a young couple sitting next to each other when suddenly their fast-moving sleigh overturns, landing them together in the snow.Back in 1850 it was the equivalent of a Beach Boys car song.

So why exactly was the song cancelled by Brighton’s Council Rock Primary School?

According to Council Rock principal Matt Tappon ;the song is offensive . Yes ; I bet you did not know 'Jingle Bells ' was an offensive song.

Professor Kyna Hamill, director of Boston University’s Core Curriculum wrote an article in 2017 saying it was so .He cites an article written in the Boston Globe in 1946 th at claims the song author James Pierpont in 1850 was a writer of minstrel songs and that Jingle Bells was one such song. Pierpont also wrote ballads, light opera, and polkas. That doesn't get factored in the decision. He wrote songs because he could be paid for his efforts . That the song ended up being performed in minstrel shows was not his fault . The song's lyrics are not racist . People who are offended by the song are looking for reasons to be offended .

[jlisenbe]

Just another example of living in the age of opinion. Many people just blindly accept whatever they read as long as it feeds a particular ideological narrative. It's the ideology that is, in their view, important. Truth has become cheap.

[Wondergirl]

Wow, JL! You've said a mouthful! You've described the Republican mindset since maybe 2016 (and probably before).

[jlisenbe]

You've described the Republican mindset since maybe 2016 (and probably before).

Care to elaborate on that opinion?

[Athos]

Many people just blindly accept whatever they read as long as it feeds a particular ideological narrative. It's the ideology that is, in their view, important. Truth has become cheap.

I couldn't have said it any better - you mean like a literal reading of the Bible?

[Wondergirl]

Here are a few "elaborations":

Nationalism dubbed as patriotism. "Make America great again." (It has never been great.) Control elections. Marginalize (and ban books about) poc and the LGBT+ community.

[jlisenbe]

If you think America has never been great, then you've been drinking the kool-aid far too long. As to the rest of your "truth", it is all opinion. You've documented nothing. Thank you for perfectly illustrating my point.

Who has suggested we ban books about the gays? Who has suggested we ban books about poc?

[Wondergirl]

If you think America has never been great, then you've been drinking the kool-aid far too long.

When was it great?

(This country is on a path to greatness. We have yet to achieve that goal.)

Who has suggested we ban books about the gays?

Texas Republican State Rep Matt Krause has a list of 850 books that he believes should be banned from libraries, books about sex education, race, LGBTQ+, and – perhaps most troubling of all – those that teach young people about their human rights.

Also Oklahoma, Florida, Kentucky lawmakers and school principals/teachers, to name a few more.

[jlisenbe]

Texas lawmaker Matt Krause has a list of 850 books that he believes should be banned

1. One man is not the republican party, so your argument has fallen flat on its face. 2. Even worse, what you are saying about Krause is not true. So once again, you are providing a perfect example of my principle. Thanks!!