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Post by pixiechick on Jul 24, 2022 20:11:10 GMT
This is a quote from Lettuce on another thread:
Bolded by me to highlight a COMMON TACTIC used REPEATEDLY by bullies here. Followed by pile-ons and agreement posts and agreements with all of those.
To say she wasn't bullied is to buy into the tactics and group think of bullies here.
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 24, 2022 19:37:07 GMT
I will possibly be deleting again after this . If I do it is with regret because there are good people on this board that I will miss. Please don't delete, please stay. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 24, 2022 5:23:23 GMT
I'm so very sorry.
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 24, 2022 5:20:57 GMT
I'm so sorry. I am praying for him. I pray for you and your family too.
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 24, 2022 2:57:25 GMT
There are a few videos out there of that character skipping AA children. In one video, she is hugging/playing with kids sitting on the ground or in a stroller, and then she skips the AA child next to them. So I don’t believe it is a costume issue where the person can’t see low to the ground. ETA - If they can’t hug/high five every kid, they should stop doing it. The little ones don’t understand why they are overlooked, if it is unintentional. I have worked with young children for over 30 years and have had my own kids. Theoretically I understand the call for equal and same for everyone, but it just isn't possible in crowd situations and isn't anyone's reality. In animal shows, does every child get called to the stage to touch the animal that is being taught about? In amusement park shows, can every child in the audience be brought to stage to participate? In all the dolphin shows I went to as a child, not once was I called on to work with the trainer and the dolphin. In the grand scheme of life, these are low risk learning experiences about real world situations and feelings. Learning to deal with disappointment, whether large or small, is not something to be avoided. And, often times, I have found it is the adults' reactions that define how traumatic and upsetting the disappointment is for the child. It is impossible for equal treatment in these large crowd type of situations, so we are saying that if everyone can't have the exact same experience then no one should? I am not sure that is better. All of that being said, I can see how this particular, small picture incident may be perceived as racial discrimination, so I think it is smart to address, but I think more investigation should be done to determine if this is a pattern that deserves further action on the part of the person playing the character. We all have biases that we unconsciously act upon, so examining it more closely and making conscious adjustments will be beneficial regardless of the determination. We know nothing about the person in the suit, do we? This makes a lot of sense. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 20, 2022 15:13:37 GMT
Did you object when Trump shook the hand of King Jong Un multiple times in a friendly gesture towards an authoritarian regime? Or when he spoke highly of the dictator? Did any of the responses mention that the fist bump might have been a pre-planned gesture? Did any of the responses mention that the White House might have been concerned about how a different greeting like a handshake would look? Did any of the responses mention that diplomacy sometimes means talking to countries that you disagree with? Did any of the responses mention that Biden said we should treat him as a pariah when he was still a candidate? Did any of the responses mention that perhaps that was a mistake? Did any of the responses mention that as president, it is his obligation and responsibility to talk to world leaders, including those we disapprove of? Did any of the responses mention the importance of restoring and normalizing relationships with countries after Trump destroyed them, broke American promises etc.? Do you really expect her to acknowledge this or accept that any of this might be true? You know how she is going to respond. She is going to say The Orange Menace's actions have no bearing on this matter or if it wasn't ok for OM then you should be denouncing Biden as well. She will bring up several other random things to "prove" that Biden is a terrible president, things that are just meant to deflect and defer from the truth. Things that are misconstrued, taken out of context or flat out fake. Nothing you say is going to change her mind. All she does in these thread is post nonsense. Nothing anyone posts in response to her changes anything. She just likes to rile you guys up. It just boggles my mind that anyone bothers engaging her. You are wasting your breath. Sorry, I am in a mood today and this thread is super annoying to read with all the hidden posts and responses to those mixed in. I feel like I am missing actual pertinent posts due to all the clutter of responses to someone who isn't listening or learning or benefitting from your time and effort. It's amazing how I was able to participate normally yesterday, without any personal attacks. You just can't let that be, can you? The fact that you think any difference of opinion is nothing but "meant to rile up" the only people with the correct knowledge and that we are to learn from you, just goes to show WHY you have no differing opinions here any more and find mine so unusual. Diversity, just not of opinion. Protect that bubble at any cost, right? |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 20, 2022 15:08:15 GMT
Did any of the responses acknowledge that he's been shaking hands all over the place? Including the time he coughed into his hand, then shook people's hand with it. Did any of the responses mention that this is the man that ordered the murder of a Washington Post journalist? The man that Joe Biden said we should turn into a pariah and instead greeted with what people see as too casual and familiar a greeting? Did you object when Trump shook the hand of King Jong Un multiple times in a friendly gesture towards an authoritarian regime? Or when he spoke highly of the dictator? Did any of the responses mention that the fist bump might have been a pre-planned gesture? Did any of the responses mention that the White House might have been concerned about how a different greeting like a handshake would look? Did any of the responses mention that diplomacy sometimes means complicated relationships and talking to countries with whom you disagree? Did any of the responses mention that Biden said we should treat him as a pariah when he was still a candidate? Did any of the responses mention that perhaps that was a mistake? Did any of the responses mention that as president, it is his obligation and responsibility to talk to world leaders, including those we disapprove of? Did any of the responses mention the importance of restoring and normalizing relationships with countries after Trump destroyed them, broke American promises etc.? Did any of the responses mention how the truce in Yemen is critically important for humanitarian reasons and for the stability of the region? Did any of the responses mention that the region is more stabilized that the highly pressurized region during Trump's presidency? Did any of the responses mention that Trump gave Saudi Arabia a pass on the journalist, never confronted them and basically gave them a blank check? Did any of the responses mention that Biden released the intelligence report on the murder, issued sanctions against Saudi Arabia and issued visa bans for anyone involved in harassing dissidents abroad? Did you object when Trump shook the hand of King Jong Un multiple times in a friendly gesture towards an authoritarian regime? Or when he spoke highly of the dictator? You just gave an entire paragraph as to why that wouldn't be necessary, so why would I? |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 20, 2022 12:24:36 GMT
AOC giving a Josh Hawley style fist pump to the crowd while being led away isn’t exactly faking being handcuffed. 🤷♀️ She absolutely made a theatrical show of walking with her hands behind her back with a cop leading her by the arm as if she was handcuffed. Fist pump and all. So, yes, "pretending she is handcuffed is the most @aoc thing ever." |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 20, 2022 6:11:36 GMT
You have got to be kidding me!!! The majority of responses pointed out in the age of COVID the “fist bump” is the sensible thing to do rather then the traditional handshake as a form of greeting. Did any of the responses acknowledge that he's been shaking hands all over the place? Including the time he coughed into his hand, then shook people's hand with it. Did any of the responses mention that this is the man that ordered the murder of a Washington Post journalist? The man that Joe Biden said we should turn into a pariah and instead greeted with what people see as too casual and familiar a greeting? |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 20, 2022 5:31:17 GMT
I do understand all of that. Just what I already said. If you declare it such a bad place that you have to make policy to that won't allow you to go there for government business, but not bad enough to keep from abandoning that "conviction" and go there yourself, then it's bad policy. Just like Newsome's hypocrisy with mask mandates. Calling out Democrats for hypocrisy is meaningless when you refuse to criticize Republicans for their many examples of hypocrisy. Republicans seem to think the rules don't apply to them. GOP insists all lives matter but refuse to wear masks GOP claims voter fraud, then commits it (Mark Meadows voting in NC) or installs illegal drop boxes. Apparently the rule is fraud only exists when Republicans lose to Democrats. There was no fraud in the Republican primaries and mysteriously, fraud in the presidential election, but only at the top of the ballot. On the same ballots where Republicans won Senate or House seats, no problem. GOP says no new justices in an election year then rushes ACB through days before the election Lock her up but 7 members of Trump staff used private servers never mind mishandling classified documents, flushing or ripping up official ones or burning them in a fireplace Calling out Democrats for hypocrisy is meaningless when you refuse to criticize Republicans for their many examples of hypocrisy. No it isn't. No matter what you demand of me, it still remains a fact that that Gavin Newsome feels such conviction on masks and Montana that he created policies that he doesn't feel apply to him. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 20, 2022 3:08:21 GMT
And even more recently he has shown he feels entitled to make rules for the peasants that he feels no need to apply to himself, when HE traveled to a state he didn't want others doing so. A government sponsored travel ban. It really shows how idiotic his policies are that even he won't abide by them You do understand there is a difference between business travel and leisure travel don’t you? You do understand he paid for the trip and not the State of California right? Nor did the state ban any state government employee from visiting Montana on their personal time. So what is your problem? I do understand all of that. Just what I already said. If you declare it such a bad place that you have to make policy to that won't allow you to go there for government business, but not bad enough to keep from abandoning that "conviction" and go there yourself, then it's bad policy. Just like Newsome's hypocrisy with mask mandates. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 20, 2022 1:55:23 GMT
Well that’s certainly going to make the “6” change their thinking on their decision on abortion isn’t it. Damn photo ops. They accomplished nothing. "pretending she is handcuffed is the most @aoc thing ever." |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 22:53:41 GMT
ON my first watch I was aghast. But I think I need more video and context of what is going on. At first glance it does seem that the 'monster' is skipping over the girls and shaking his hands in a 'no' manner. He high-fived the lady before them, then immediately shook his 'no' finger at her (she is white) and it seemed it was continuing the 'no' movements as it walked along... so what gives. Her comments say that it hugged the little white girl next to them, but the video doesn't show it. So I don't know. I have been burned to many times by only seeing a small sampling of the video and having the context skewed because of this. At least I really hope its not as bad as it looks! There are several other posts similar. The first one I saw it was blatant. One other I saw (also Rosita) was also blatant, another one I saw was not (Rosita hugged one child who appeared to be black then skipped the next group of black girls). Obviously there is a huge problem that needs to be addressed by Sesame Place. Personally, I think it would probably be in their best interest to just have parades be watch only, no contact. Just waving. Save the hugs for the meet and greets. I have been in Disneyland with my nephew, who is white, and he has been ignored in parades when kids next to him were hugged and hive fived and it is very upsetting to little kids. They don't understand. I'm not saying that is at all What happened here. What was in the videos I saw was the blatant racism. There is no reason for Rosita to be shaking her finger at the girls. If misunderstanding can happen so easily like this, I agree, maybe the parade should be no contact. The kids don't understand why some get hugs and some don't. It does seem that if some white people are getting a "no" and some black kids are getting hugs, then it isn't racially motivated. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 21:53:52 GMT
You are absolutely wrong. I paid .95 cents a gallon one time at Costco in 2018. Granted it was only once but I paid under $1.50 per gallon for most of 2018-2019. I paid under $2.00 a gallon during most of 2020. Maybe you live in NYC or Cali where everything is double or triple of anything and everything and that’s what you paid. I know what I paid. You are absolutely lying. No you fucking idiot. Did you even look at that site? Average price. AVERAGE. Do you know what average means? And I live in the same state as you. The only liar here is you. And pixie WTH did I lie about? |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 21:32:49 GMT
What is it? I normally don't click on links posted here unless I know what they are. I got two different reels when I did click, one showed a girl carrying weights underwater and the second showed someone taking about something about traveling and I hit the back button. I think link is messed up I got even more different reels every time I clicked. We're not all seeing the intended video. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 20:41:03 GMT
The win? Hardly. Riding a bike is not important for running the country. But thinking you're running for United States Senate, (twice) when you're running for president, rambling on about a guy named Cornpop while reminiscing about letting kids playing with your leg hair decades ago, repeatedly not understanding not to read the stage directions, standing trance like while holding an imaginary steering wheel? while looking off into the distance instead of looking at the the person asking you the question, saying "We're in the process of deciding what I think." in response to a reporter's question, clapping without getting your hands even close to each other, forgetting words, concepts, people's names and that this is the Biden presidency -not the Harris presidency, admitting that "they" won't let you take questions -saying that "they" are going to be mad at him, repeatedly being guided around with hands on, moving him around like you would a 5 year old. All of that certainly doesn't look good for cognitive capabilities. He can ride a bike and fall straight over while standing still. Yeah, a big win.   Biden's cabinet has not discussed the 25th amendment because there's no reason. Trump's cabinet did discuss the 25th amendment because he tried to overturn the results of a free and fair election and he incited an insurrection. I'll take President Biden tripping over a bicycle, mis-speaking regarding the senate and presidency after being in the senate for 50 years etc over Trump any day. You keep saying his mental decline will be obvious, everyone will see it etc. And yet here we are. He's still president and you're using the same examples from a couple of years ago to try to show his "mental decline". Keep trying. No one but Republicans actually believes it. And yet here we are. He's still president and you're using the same examples from a couple of years ago to try to show his "mental decline". So what that some of them happened when he was campaigning? Do you think mental decline gets better as time goes on? And some are current. You dismiss them because it started at least a couple of years ago.  That's not even slightly rational. No one but Republicans actually believes it. Um, that's not true. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 20:03:36 GMT
Secretary Pete for the win! 😀 The win? Hardly. Riding a bike is not important for running the country. But thinking you're running for United States Senate, (twice) when you're running for president, rambling on about a guy named Cornpop while reminiscing about letting kids playing with your leg hair decades ago, repeatedly not understanding not to read the stage directions, standing trance like while holding an imaginary steering wheel? while looking off into the distance instead of looking at the the person asking you the question, saying "We're in the process of deciding what I think." in response to a reporter's question, clapping without getting your hands even close to each other, forgetting words, concepts, people's names and that this is the Biden presidency -not the Harris presidency, admitting that "they" won't let you take questions -saying that "they" are going to be mad at him, repeatedly being guided around with hands on, moving him around like you would a 5 year old. All of that certainly doesn't look good for cognitive capabilities. He can ride a bike and fall straight over while standing still. Yeah, a big win. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 18:34:16 GMT
The thing that makes me mad about the whole gas price thing is this. The right was so ready to blame Biden when gas prices went up. But of course now that they are coming down, it will be for many other reasons and have nothing to do with the president. Yeah, that is pretty ridiculous. Just like Biden saying he has nothing to do with gas prices. Until they start to come down. Theeeeen he claims the credit.  |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 17:27:20 GMT
The President of the United States being treated like a 5 year old. That's an edited version of Jill Biden pulling him back in the fall of 2020 to socially distance him from the reporters www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOVCYUX5NJIt isn't edited in any way to mislead, so there's no reason to use "edit" when what you really mean is its a "clip". BUT I've never seen any other president handled in such a way. It's also certainly not the first time we've seen him being treated like a 5 year old who has to be coralled and guided by hand. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 15:37:37 GMT
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 19, 2022 2:36:06 GMT
Oh no! I'm so sorry.  |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 18, 2022 16:32:09 GMT
I butter and salt the whole thing. If I remember to use it, I have a little plastic gadget that holds a partial stick of butter and lets you roll the corn against it. Otherwise I just stab a piece of butter with a fork and cover it that way. We have those corn cob butter contraptions too. The have a section for salt, but we don't use it. And I butter the whole thing at once. No salt. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 18, 2022 9:48:49 GMT
Let’s see you deliberately ignored the subject of the post and brought in a separate topic in your reply to the post and you got called on it. You had the option of posting your subject separately or even starting your own thread. But instead you chose to kidnap a post. You could have simply said you don’t see anything wrong with it. If that’s what you believe. I said what I said. I didn't ignore the subject of the post. I responded with what the post was based on. Not a different subject at all. You can't demand lockstep agreement in a discussion and you can't really dictate anyone's perspective on the TOPIC. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 18, 2022 1:02:01 GMT
How is a committee tasked with finding out the story behind the attack on the Capital by American citizens “unamerican”? They explained it in the 24 second video. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 18, 2022 0:53:24 GMT
These were not good guys with guns. They were useless... I can't even think of a word awful enough for them. So you don't “back the blue” and understand the “defund the police” movement which advocates channeling money from LEO agencies to fund appropriate mental health agencies where appropriate? I don't agree with defunding police. And this didn't change my mind, if that's what your asking. Fire every single one of these useless pos that did not go in. And never allow them in law enforcement in ANY capacity, ever again. Not even a desk job, shouldn't even be allowed to be a crossing guard. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 18, 2022 0:35:16 GMT
So, 376 TRAINED professional “good guys with guns” couldn't stop one bad guy with a gun? Huh. Kind of shoots holes all through that stupid argument against sensible gun control legislation. Or doesn't shoot holes, because the 376 good guys with guns stood around and didn't shoot the bad guy while children were slaughtered because they feared for their lives against one young man’s arsenal. These were not good guys with guns. They were useless... I can't even think of a word awful enough for them. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 18, 2022 0:10:11 GMT
Just stop. Really. I'm not the one demanding it. Noting that someone demands something of certain others that they don't demand of themselves or people they generally side with, is not demanding it. ETA: It's all up to you in how a conversation with me goes. We can converse back and forth listening to ideas different than our own, disagreeing nicely, even coming to agreements and finding common ground, or we can have this kind of off topic bullshit. If we're doing this kind of useless bullshit, I can guarantee it's because "YOU" decided on personal attacks instead of conversing like an actual, thinking person. And when you resort to that, it only shows how weak your position on the ACTUAL topic is. Where is this personal attack you are accusing me of? I just repeated your exact words back at you using flipped POV, since they fit. If you didn't attack, how was it attack on you? You, "Just stop. Really." The whole thing started with a personal attack on "my failure to have the same outrage on Ted Cruz's post". My ETA was added in general. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 17, 2022 23:53:56 GMT
I noticed you made no comment on Jill Biden's insensitive stereotyping of the Hispanic community. Okay for those here who lean left, but not okay for those here who lean right. Typical. I noticed you made no comment on Ted Cruz's insensitive stereotyping of the Hispanic community. Okay for those here who lean right, but not okay for those here who lean left. Typical. Again, okay for you, but not for me. And also, again, okay for you, but not for me. You are projecting yourself and creating circles. Just stop. Really. I'm not the one demanding it. Noting that someone demands something of certain others that they don't demand of themselves or people they generally side with, is not demanding it. ETA: It's all up to you in how a conversation with me goes. We can converse back and forth listening to ideas different than our own, disagreeing nicely, even coming to agreements and finding common ground, or we can have this kind of off topic bullshit. If we're doing this kind of useless bullshit, I can guarantee it's because "YOU" decided on personal attacks instead of conversing like an actual, thinking person. And when you resort to that, it only shows how weak your position on the ACTUAL topic is. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 17, 2022 23:03:22 GMT
I noticed you made no comment on Jill Biden's insensitive stereotyping of the Hispanic community. Okay for those here who lean left, but not okay for those here who lean right. Typical. Once again the post was about Ted Cruz’s boorish behavior and you continue to ignore the topic of the post. And I will point out no one stopped you from starting your own thread or a separate post about Jill Biden’s comments. You could have posted about it on this thread, I mean the title is “Misc Political News”. Instead you tried to move the “heat” away from Cruz and put it on Jill Biden. As to Jill Biden, she said it and shouldn’t have, she apologized for it and she didn’t wear a jacket saying “I don’t care do you” after she was criticized for it like that person who masqueraded as a First Lady the previous 4 years did when she was criticized over what she wore on a foreign trip. Instead you tried to move the “heat” away from Cruz and put it on Jill Biden. By your own standards, isn't that what YOU did by jumping onto Ted Cruz's post instead of talking about what Jill did? I don't need to start my own thread or my own post when "the topic" has already been brought up. By you. I brought MY perspective to the conversation. If you only wanted lockstep agreement in the discussion, you should have stated that up front. and she didn’t wear a jacket saying “I don’t care do you” after she was criticized for it like that person who masqueraded as a First Lady the previous 4 years did when she was criticized over what she wore on a foreign trip. “de·flec·tionnounthe action or process of deflecting or being deflected.” Again, okay for you, but not for me. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 17, 2022 22:49:37 GMT
And even more recently he has shown he feels entitled to make rules for the peasants that he feels no need to apply to himself, when HE traveled to a state he didn't want others doing so. A government sponsored travel ban.
It really shows how idiotic his policies are that even he won't abide by them
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That's not even slightly rational.
