Taking A Knee

[Sl8er]

Then surely you have a photo of it happening, even once?

I thought I did.
Where is that picture from?
(Clearly the anthem is being played...clearly those are politicians and clearly some of them are sitting.)

EDIT: It's obviously some "government get-together-due-thingie," politicians don't usually congregate in groups like this, unless it is.

 

[marine1]

Stupid ungrateful NFL players, how many of them are out on bail or have been arrested for assault or drugs?
They are over paid useless waste of skin
They should all be fired

 

[bwana]

I thought I did.
Where is that picture from?
(Clearly the anthem is being played...clearly those are politicians and clearly some of them are sitting.)

Albany 2009 when one political party ousted another from control of the NY State Senate. They were reciting the pledge of allegiance, not singing the national anthem.

 

[Sl8er]

Albany 2009 when one political party ousted another from control of the NY State Senate. They were reciting the pledge of allegiance, not singing the national anthem.

I see.
Isn't sitting during the pledge of allegiance just as bad (worse?) than during the anthem?

Isn't it ridiculous that people freak out over a few notes or spoken words?
(I can't be the only one that thinks this is absolutely, ridiculously stupid....)

 

[bwana]

I see.
Isn't sitting during the pledge of allegiance just as bad (worse?) than during the anthem?

Their decision to sit during the pledge was criticised but it was pretty much a one-and-done rather than a regular occurrence... and it happened eight years ago.

 

[R13...]

Stupid ungrateful NFL players, how many of them are out on bail or have been arrested for assault or drugs?
They are over paid useless waste of skin
They should all be fired

They may not be paragons of virtue, but I'd not call them useless. They're paid so much because the sport brings in so much money - I'm not a fan of useless entertainment and its attendant celebrity culture but people seem to willing to part with lots of money to support the system. So, who are we to judge.

Btw, I disagree with their protest. Celebrities really ought to stay away from political commentary on their own. Suppose someone might point out the irony in electing a celebrity for president.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Fcken idiot

 

[RanzB]

In Rome you do what the Romans do. Same in the US. You don't like it there, f**k off.

 

[Cray]

Hand is supposed go over the heart right? He was probably trying to remember where humans keep their heart.

:crylaugh:

 

[STS]

Glad to hear the right is totally cool with Google guy getting canned then because it wasn't on his own time and is materially affecting the business prospects of their employer.

That is the most ironic part ...

 

[Xarog]

That is the most ironic part ...

Except for the part where Damore was actually writing the memo to give requested feedback as per his instructions as an employee of Google.

Damore is going to be getting lots of money from Google over this.

 

[Speed23]

Just a couple more idiots in Soros' pocket... Nothing to see here

 

[STS]

Except for the part where Damore was actually writing the memo to give requested feedback as per his instructions as an employee of Google.

Damore is going to be getting lots of money from Google over this.

I somehow missed this, is there a link to this?

 

[Xarog]

I somehow missed this, is there a link to this?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...le-engineer-stands-behind-controversial-memo/

IIRC the explicit claim about the feedback being requested by the diversity training program he had to undergo was made in his interview with Dave Rubin.

 

[STS]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...le-engineer-stands-behind-controversial-memo/

IIRC the explicit claim about the feedback being requested by the diversity training program he had to undergo was made in his interview with Dave Rubin.

I read through the article twice and cannot see mention to this? I can see points where he said he decided to write the memo? I actually googled the exact same article prior to you bringing it up as it was the top result

 

[Cray]

I read through the article twice and cannot see mention to this? I can see points where he said he decided to write the memo? I actually googled the exact same article prior to you bringing it up as it was the top result

Yup, never saw the part where it was "requested feedback" either, and i read more than a few articles about the incident.

 

[Nerfherder]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...le-engineer-stands-behind-controversial-memo/

IIRC the explicit claim about the feedback being requested by the diversity training program he had to undergo was made in his interview with Dave Rubin.

From the Joe Rogan interview I watched it sounded like he injected himself into this process and wasn't specifically asked to write the memo.

He was within his rights to respond to the memo but wasn't required to give feeback. It does feel like he had to work his way in to this diversity forum... which is a problem in its self.

 

[Ninja'd]

Just a couple more idiots in Soros' pocket... Nothing to see here

And how much is Mercer paying you?

 

[Xarog]

I read through the article twice and cannot see mention to this? I can see points where he said he decided to write the memo? I actually googled the exact same article prior to you bringing it up as it was the top result

So you mean you ignored everything I actually wrote about where to find the explicit claim?

 

[konfab]

From the Joe Rogan interview I watched it sounded like he injected himself into this process and wasn't specifically asked to write the memo.

He was within his rights to respond to the memo but wasn't required to give feedback. It does feel like he had to work his way in to this diversity forum... which is a problem in its self.

They asked for it, and he gave it to them because the premise of what they are teaching and how they are teaching it are scientifically dubious. The unconscious bias training he is talking about is based on a scientifically unsound theory:

A person’s IAT score can vary significantly each time he takes the test, undercutting its reliability as a psychological instrument. Test scores have almost no connection to what IAT research ludicrously counts as “discriminatory behavior”—trivial nuances of body language during a mock interview, say, or a hypothetical choice to donate to children in Colombian slums rather than South African ones.

Mr. Greenwald and Ms. Banaji now admit that the IAT does not predict “biased behavior” in the lab. (No one has even begun to test its connection to real-world behavior.) The psychometric problems associated with the race IAT make it “problematic to use to classify persons as likely to engage in discrimination,” they wrote, along with a third co-author, in 2015.

http://archive.is/EDwBg

He knew full well what the consequences would be by challenging authority and was willing to actually face them. That is a far greater test of courage than kneeling at a game with zero consequences.