General Discussion, Sunday, December 22, 2024

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Stella

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23 Responses to General Discussion, Sunday, December 22, 2024

  1. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:00 am

    Good mornin’, kids! Happy Sunday. Time for some rest and reflection. Going a bit old school this morning. Keep your head on a swivel and Carpe’ your coffee!

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  3. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    December 22, 2024 at 7:14 am

    Our Favorite Sunday Columnist talks about a lengthy column that was all over social media this weekend that details how Bronco Bama and team built their house of cards. It was quite long, but I read it in its entirety and well worth the time to get a better understanding of how we got here. There is a link in the article. The concept is called “permission structure”

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/trump_and_musk_demolish_the_obama_hallucinatory_permission_structure.html

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    • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
      December 22, 2024 at 10:03 am

      I have been making my way through it since finding it yesterday. Right now it’s hitting some nerves for me.

      One of my big responsibilities, as I see it, at the Treehouse as an admin, is letting all sides have a voice, whether I agree and like it or not. Of course assuming they do it in a reasonable and respectful fashion, obeying the commenting rules clearly posted.

      If we don’t do that, if we don’t examine all sides, if we don’t constantly measure what we believe against every scrap of information we can find, we open ourselves to being brainwashed. There are some commenters who absolutely want no dissenting voices, no discussion, only a rousing, cheering hall of fans.

      As near as I can tell from my start on this article T, where they’re going with it is that technology just is another weapon to brainwash people, and the people made it easy.

      That’s my problem with those on our side who try to shut people up, rather than debate them. Suppose who and what I believe in begins to slip, a little at a time. And no, no, no, I am not saying that’s happened or making sly accusations, I’m after the bigger point and picture.

      Suppose, whether I’m right, left, or centrist, that the most powerful voice and ideas and concepts I embrace begin a subtle, slow change into something else, something leading to bad things, maybe even evil things.

      Would most of the working class Democrats of the 1960s have favored abortion as we know it today, on demand, common, killer of millions and millions of babies who are then cut up and sold for organs? Would they have favored not only gay marriage, but the forcing of people of conscience opposed to lose jobs and businesses?

      I know that I would have been opposed to a lot of what Republicans have done, especially in terms of wars and military spending a lot earlier had I had certain online sources sooner. Other things too, like vaccines. Nope, I’ll never be one of those who oppose all vaccines, but I have come to believe many things we are giving babies at such an accelerated rate are dangerous. I would have had more sense about food and drugs.

      Nope, leaps aren’t made overnight, and we need to constantly educate ourselves with as many diverse and often opposing viewpoints as we can, always sifting for facts.

      Apologies if I went in a direction not true to your original comment!

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      • Stella's avatar Stella says:
        December 22, 2024 at 10:23 am

        Morning Menagerie. I think everything you said is logical and reasonable. On the vaccine question, I think the problem is that we all trusted our doctors and hospitals when, in fact, they were probably almost as ignorant of facts as we were, taking the word of their local pharmaceutical representatives and sell-outs at the AMA. I still take vaccines that I believe are good for me, and I hope I am making good decisions.

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  4. WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
    December 22, 2024 at 8:24 am

    Let’s eat! Mornin’ kids!

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  5. czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
    December 22, 2024 at 9:09 am

    Safe Toys and Gifts Month

    National Date Nut Bread Day – I like things with dates and nuts. I remember my mother brought them home for the first time during my high school years

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  6. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    December 22, 2024 at 3:23 pm

    Afternoon All. It rained a little bit last night and was slippery a little in places at about 34*. It is a cloudy day and is warming up, now 44*.

    Hope you all enjoy the day.

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