tomatofarmer

You're exactly right about that. That's why we are here commenting on an article about all of them moving to Texas en masse.

The article is about how many people are moving to Texas. Abbott must not be too hostile.

My source is the 2018 senate election.

Robert was defeated despite overwhelming publicity from out of state sources, and being backed by a father in law that 'conservatively' has a 500mm net worth (as of 2 years ago, during which time the S&P 500 has nearly doubled).

Texas was too smart for him.

Robert O'Rourke is a billionaire who already scammed El Paso. Texas is too smart for him, even though he's backed by NYC donors and Hollywood.

The poster needs the ability to terminate any unplanned pregnancies that may occur

American trust in media is 36%. I can assure you the vast majority of Americans are extremely skeptical of what they consume.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/355526/americans-trust-media-di...

He may not be a paid shill, but he is not arguing from a position of sincerity. FooBarWidget is far too intelligent to actually believe half of what he's saying, especially his claim that 98% of Chinese citizens are happy with their government. That number is absurdly high.

For reference, trust in government is 84% in Switzerland (highest in the OECD), 65% in Germany, 46% in the US, 42% in Japan, 35% in the UK.

Even if the source of the claim is the WaPo, such an outlier deserves extreme scrutiny.

https://data.oecd.org/gga/trust-in-government.htm

Edit: Those conducting the survey probably experienced reactions similar to this: https://vimeo.com/44078865

I am not ignoring that such a thing might happen. The regime must be able to doublespeak. Allowing a small amount of safe criticism and changing policies allows those in power to deflect and convince people who aren't paying attention.

Any criticism that is a legitimate threat is met with blanket censorship - as in the case of Peng Shuai - or deadly violence as in the case of Tiananmen.

With many violent protestors being confirmed CCP agents, substantial amounts of social media manipulation, dismantling of the free press (eg, Apple Daily), imprisonment of journalists - this topic is so extremely muddied that none of your sources are going to convince anyone who is paying attention.

It works exactly how I think it works.

As long as no one takes notice, I am free to say whatever I want.

You should reflect on how much effort you spend defending such a regime all over this website, twitter, and elsewhere.

Why was it censored within 30 minutes? Surely a benign post would not lead to such extreme government efforts.

> China is completely uninterested in military aggression

Except they increasingly fly their fighter jets in Taiwan's airspace. And regularly engage in deadly border disputes with India. And continue to conduct cyberwarfare.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58794094

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwarfare_by_China

Did you feel the same way about Hong Kong?

The workbook is a month-by-month guide for teachers. Each month has a theme. Each theme begins with "White supremacy culture shows up in math classrooms when... <theme of the month>".

For example, one theme is "Contrived word problems are valued over the math in students' lived experiences".

The themes for each month - from my perspective - are not necessarily bad ideas. My concern here is how everything is attributed to white supremacy, when these pedagogical suggestions are widely applicable all over the world. This exact document could be distributed to a teacher in China. Is a Chinese teacher, in China, teaching mathematics to a classroom full of Chinese students perpetuating white supremacy? I would like to see the contortions someone goes through to explain such a thing.

Also their thesis is complicated by the fact that Asians have the highest educational achievement in California, despite being non-white.

Regarding donations, I think intent matters. Does big tech donate because they believe in the entire platform, or are they trying to buy politicians to achieve a more advantageous regulatory environment? I would argue the latter. All the social issues are an irrelevant side show from their goal of increasing their bottom line.

Now what is the Gates Foundation intent here? When donating to a single issue non-profit, what can it be other than to support the mission?

They teach that math is subjective. Objectivity is the corner stone of white supremacy.

> "The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false, and teaching it is even much less so. Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuate objectivity as well as fear of open conflict."

https://equitablemath.org/

https://www.newsweek.com/math-suffers-white-supremacy-accord...

This is an article about a WaPo article about how some people allegedly think 'conservative partners' were 'predicted' to react? Each time it is rehashed, it is further distorted. What utter trash.

To my knowledge, the 'conservative partners' never actually made any statement. This is just a very sloppy and lazy attempt to call people - who did nothing - racists.

Give me substance or go away.

I wish you success

There is substantial untapped and underutilized potential already within the country. Using tax money to support immigration of those that possess neither skills nor funds, is frankly a slap in the face to all tax payers, and a signal to Americans that we are giving up on them.

But of course one powerful group needs cheap labor, and the other powerful group needs more voters. Thus, with collaboration of the media apparatus, what you suggest will continue to be branded as sensible.

That is sensible only to you. I love how policies are designated as 'common sense' to try to promote acceptance. Let me decide what is common sense.

What a frightening false dichotomy.

The Gates Foundation is responsible for doing due diligence of those it invests in. Investing one million dollars is endorsing the organization's ideals.

Out of context? Do you realize how many times the phrase "White supremacy" shows up in their manifesto "A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction"? They reference "white supremacy" a total of FIFTY TWO times[0].

[0] https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11...