What's so great about Diversity?

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  1. Lil Mike

    Lil Mike Well-Known Member

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    Wow is this a post full of cope.

    It's not an "evil" word to me, but it does have a specific meaning that you were not able to address.

    If your argument boils down to "diversity" is just a synonym for "talent," than I think we're done here. All you've demonstrated is that the word diversity is so ingrained into your ideology that you will change the meaning to make the argument that it's a positive good, in and of itself without any conditions.
     
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    You address your points, and I address mine.

    Saying "just a synonym" is your words, so lets not attribute it to me.

    Actually I specifically said we could drop the word altogether since its so offensive to you. Also, Historical Observations <> Ideology.
     
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    Diversity is only good when the new people bring something useful to the culture. If you invite millions of people with their hands out and no concern for the welfare of Americans diversity sucks.
     
  4. Lil Mike

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    "Lets drop the word, and continue to bring in talent."

    Lol! Like I said, we're done here. Best of luck in your future endeavors.
     
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    Yes, we can drop the word. I never said brining in talent was just a synonym with diversity. You said that. But ok. Bu-bye then. Better luck next time.
     
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    Majority of newcomers always being something. As a matter of fact, its nearly impossible to be allowed in if it looks like you'll be on welfare.
     
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    Convert to the dominant religion of the region.
     
  8. Lil Mike

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    It doesn't look like I'll need any luck.
     
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    Yes, you do, or maybe meds, because you tend to see things that are not there even after your error has been explained to you.
     
  10. Lil Mike

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    I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern.

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    Maybe traditionally. One look at the Southern border tells us otherwise now. This is an invasion.
     
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    If you say so. I was talking about merit based immigration, which US has engaged in from Day-1. Does is create "diversity"? Yes, and it created the best nation in the world. I have given many examples, so I won't bother to repeat it. The word offends people because they see it being synonymous with illegal immigration, or muslims and nothing else. There are pros and cons to everything, but natural born pessimists are always 100% focused on the negative (as you can see on this thread).

    Can "merit based" go too far? Yes, there are companies in US where 90+% of employees are from India. I have experienced it. They do hire Americans, but they quit within months because they have no tolerance for the sweatshop mentality.
     
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    The accident is really about race:
     
  15. Lil Mike

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    Another great moment in diversity...

    WSJ Op-Ed: Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan Celebrated the Events of October 7th

    Steven Stalinsky writes at the Wall Street Journal:

    Welcome to Dearborn, America’s Jihad Capital


    Thousands march in support of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. Protesters, many with kaffiyehs covering their faces, shout “Intifada, intifada,” “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” and “America is a terrorist state.” Local imams give fiery antisemitic sermons. This isn’t the Middle East. It’s the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Mich.

    Almost immediately after Oct. 7, and long before Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza, people were celebrating the horrific events of that day in pro-Hamas rallies and marches throughout Dearborn. A local headline describing an Oct. 10 event at the Ford Performing Arts Center read “Michigan rally cheers Hamas attack.” Imam Imran Salha of Dearborn’s Islamic Center of Detroit told the crowd that Israel’s past actions have put “fire in our hearts that will burn that state”—Israel— “until its demise.” In May 2023, Mr. Salha had urged his congregation to say “amen” in agreement with his prayer that Allah “eradicate from existence” the “sick, disgusting Zionist regime.” In October 2022, according to the Washington Free Beacon, his organization received $150,000 in funding from the Homeland Security Department’s nonprofit security grants program.



    Another great thing diversity does is that it puts Americans on opposite sides of most conflicts around the world, since we have populations from all over the world who tribalistically support whatever atrocity their side commits.
     
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    The victory of the Palestinians over Israel would be a victory of barbarism over civilization.
     
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    I think you mean Hamas not the Palestinians. I wouldn't worry about it. Hamas has no chance of taking down Israel. The opposite is the likely result.
     
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    Large crowds of Palestinians gathered to cheer the news of the Hamas October 7th atrocities, and Palestinians have been quite content to have Hamas deeply embedded in Gaza for a very long time.

    But, Hamas is only one part of the Iranian 'axis', and one of the smaller ones at that. FAR more threatening is the Iran-proxy army called Hezbollah, which is larger and has weapons that are far superior to those that Hamas is equipped with. And to both of them you must add the Islamo-Nazi terrorists scattered throughout Syria and Iraq, plus (of course) the main body of military might in Iran itself!

    This situation has been growing and festering ever since the "Iranian Revolution" in 1979. Iran became a tyrannical Islamic dictatorship, and now, when it reveals that it has finally gotten nuclear weapons, everything in the Middle East will change for the worse -- and quickly!
     
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    Fake News. Bribed Joe has everything he needs, right now, to close the border to illegal entry.

    'Everything Is Dead': Senate Border Bill Heading for Doomed Vote

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    'How do we know the Senate's attempt to pass a jumble of border-enforcement and foreign-aid measures is doomed to failure? Even the Senate Republicans who backed the bill this weekend have begun hitting reverse. After pushing hard for the deal this weekend, Mitch McConnell himself has reassessed the situation and has decided to back away (via Memorandum):'

    The Turtle Retreats.

    'And it got worse this morning, when a member of McConnell's own leadership team came out to oppose the bill:'

    'Sen. Barrasso, the number three Republican, comes out against the immigration legislation. "...I cannot vote for this bill. Americans will turn to the upcoming election to end the border crisis.” (Which is 272 days away.)'

    Bribed Joe doesn't know how to close the border,
    The Trumpster does.

    'Barasso wasn't the first member of McConnell's team to signal a defection, either. Yesterday afternoon, John Cornyn told reporters that he had developed "serious concerns" about the bill -- after spending several weeks cheerleading the negotiations:'
     
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    WOW! Wish I was a Democrat so I could support the genocide of poor blacks, browns and whites at the Abortion mills. Support the removal of veterans and other poor people from their place of living to make room for the illegal invaders entering our country so they can have a place to live. Support the shutting down of schools so that illegal law breakers can have a place to stay. Support the giving of documentation to Illegals so they can take jobs from Americans at a lower wage. Support the Sanctuary
    cities that have put the illegals ahead of the line in schooling, health care, and other social services over Americans and legal immigrants. Support the release of illegals who are here and commit crimes to be free to commit more crimes. Support the illegals who get across the border and bring in drugs that are killing Americans. Support the cartels that are making a fortune in extortion and sex trafficking. Support the groups who support those middle - east countries that think it's alright to raid another country and kill innocent men, woman, children and babies. Support a government and media that believes it's alright to destroy a person's political ambitions with false dossiers and other slanderous lies. Yep! I wish I was a Democrat so I could be so self-righteous that my poop didn't stink.
     
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    For sure and there are still Palestinians who support Hamas. Lots of them. But I don't think there is universal "content" with Hamas. A lot of Palestinians hate and fear them.

    Yes Iran is smart enough to let others do their dirty work. They will continue to do this until someone stops them. It certainly will not be the current administration that does that.

    I think the possession of nuclear weapons is over rated. Using them results in regime change and they know it.
     
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    Biden has the authority to close the border right now. No deal required. He doesn't want to close the border. He wants all the illegal immigrants he can get. Certainly you can see that.
     
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    I think registering as a democat is trivial. You can to it in every state and territory. Just kidding.
     
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    A president doesn't have the unilateral authority to shut down the border. If a president did, the orange sociopath would have done it.
    You may return to conspiracy theory land.
     

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