Whitewash in South Philly
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Whitewash in South Philly
You'll be shocked, shocked to learn that the school's district's long-awaited report on racial violence against Asian students in South Philly High is a complete joke:
Giles' report did not assign blame to school officials, but it did make recommendations for change, including banning hoodies at school, providing students with an anonymous tipline to report violence, and placing sufficient cameras at South Philadelphia High School. Some of the suggested changes, such as putting more cameras in place, have already been made.
Although students and community members say there has long been violence against immigrant students, Giles was directed to only investigate the incidents of Dec. 2 and 3, he said. He termed his work "a general overview and not a specific fact-finding undertaking as to individual student culpability."
And the punchline is still Arlene Ackerman:
Both Giles and Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said that it was important to focus on the future, not the past.
"It would take us another 10 years to find out all the intricacies of what happened," Ackerman said at a news conference. "Let's move forward."
There's your mantra for the 2010s, people: "Let's move forward." The CEOs who gambled and lost billions of dollars of our money on 4 a.m. casino bets are still employed and getting huge bonuses because, well, um, "Let's move forward!" Our highest officials can flagrantly disregard established laws and order waterboarding and other forms of torture, dragging America's good name through the muck, but seriously, nothing to see here, folks..."Let's move forward!" A racially motivated mob can rampage through a high school in Philadelphia for two days, amid a much longer climate of violence and harassment, even from adult staffers, and not only is no one from the school district accountable but none of the perps is even arrested.
Let's move forward!
No one could get away with this in his or her own life: Could you imagine having an affair or losing your kid in the mall for a couple of hours and telling your spouse nothing beyond "let's move forward!"? Good luck with that. But in our public life, no accountability is demanded of anyone. And people wonder why our public life keeps getting progresively more appalling.
Frankly I cant believe there is someone killing Abe Lincoln on here. Yes America was far etter of prior to the civil war. Heck the world was better off....And just think how well our economy would be doing now with all that free labor..... Abe only jeopordized the very nation that he loved in order to do the right thing. He is one of the greatest leaders to ever walk to planet. And he gets bashed by the moron. It's this slanted view of reality that I love do much about the right. Every Republican and their mother is on eveyr media outlet aghast that the Dems would try and push an agenda through based on the theory that "America has spoken". despite the fact that in actuality, America did not speak in the elction of Scott Brown....Massachusetts did.....a state that has already passed health reform...... But this is comign from the party, who, when America did actually speak in 2008 by giving the Dems the WH, and majorities in Congress, blocked nearly every piece of legislature that was writen, by the party that America did elect. Its is so mind numbingly ridiculous that I can't believe they have the absolute lack of integrity to make such statements with a straight face.— gee1971- "You, meanwhile, have been on this thread defending the lunatic viewpoint that (1) Lincoln was a dictator, (2) FDR was responsible for Pearl Harbor, (3) real patriots understand that secession is patriotic, (4) Lincoln's war against the Southern states was treasonous..." Where are my comments about FDR being responsible for Pearl Harbor, that secession is patriotic, or that Lincoln was treasonous? Can you please cut and paste them for me? I can't find them anywhere. Cause they don't exist. You lie. Again.— RG
- ---}}} I'd say this is most definitely a strawman position, since I never claimed Lincoln to be a dictator. {{{--- That's great, RG. I'm glad to know that you and I are in agreement. The people depicted in the clip are lunatics. Now if you had just said that agreed with that back in your 10:08 clip, we could have avoided all that nastiness. But seriously, I really am glad to know that you agree that those libertarians are complete fruitcakes.— Talking point sleuth
- ---}}} Can you please cut and paste them for me? I can't find them anywhere. {{{--- Oh, I'm sorry, RG. I guess I missed the post where you agreed that these folks are lunatics. My bad. I apologize.— Talking point sleuth
- "Yes America was far etter of prior to the civil war. Heck the world was better off." Gee, look up the definition of strawman. I simply pointed out that Lincoln infringed on civil liberties, if you are lacking the intellectual capacity to understand that, then maybe you shouldn't post. "when America did actually speak in 2008 by giving the Dems the WH, and majorities in Congress, blocked nearly every piece of legislature that was writen, by the party that America did elect" This exposes your idiocy even further, the dems had a supermajority and still couldn't pass health care reform.— RG
- ---}}} I simply pointed out that Lincoln infringed on civil liberties,{{{--- LOL! In response to me posting about the lunatics calling Lincoln a dictator. Feel free to repudiate these lunatics anytime you're ready, RG.— Talking point sleuth
- " Oh, I'm sorry, RG. I guess I missed the post where you agreed that these folks are lunatics." You accused me of defending four specific points, see your 11:10 post. glad to see when called on it, you can't even back up that assertion. And glad to see you cannot even begin to comment on any of my actual points regarding Lincoln. I've called you out on this numerous times, and you have nothing to offer. Instead you tilt at windmills and demand that I repudiate a video clip i've never watched. You are intellectually bankrupt and incapable of adult debate.— RG
- "Feel free to repudiate these lunatics anytime you're ready, RG." Feel free to counter my points about habeus corpus, the draft, civilian targeting, etc. I'm asking for debate, you are behaving like a dimwitted child.— RG
- ---]}} Instead you tilt at windmills and demand that I repudiate a video clip i've never watched. {{{--- LOL! So, I post a video of lunatics calling Lincoln a dictator. In response, you comment, completely devoid of ANY context, (context like say, related to a civil war, or the legality of slavery, perhaps), that Lincoln restricted civil rights. Without even watching the video tape! And then you, laughably, demand that I respond to your childish decontextualized comment about Lincoln. In response to my post about the lunatics calling Lincoln a dictator. Hilarious. Go ahead, RG. Repudiate these lunatics. That's all you had to do at 10:08. You know, something like: "Well, Lincoln took some extreme measures in response to an extreme situation, but calling him a dictator is a lunatic statement." That's all it would have taken, RG. And once again, you are free to repudiate these lunatics at any time.— Talking point sleuth
- It's funny, RG, for someone who lives in such a binary world you have trouble with some very binary concepts. Either these people are lunatics, or they aren't. Which is it, RG?— Talking point sleuth
- "In response, you comment, completely devoid of ANY context, (context like say, related to a civil war, or the legality of slavery, perhaps), that Lincoln restricted civil rights. " Good grief. Restricting rights is an action often associated with dictatorship. My comment was n perfect context, but once again, you can do nothing but insist that I repudiate others viewpoints. Can you even explain what that would accomplish? People are free to their opinions, I'm not going to condemn them, especially when they are harmless.— RG
- "It's funny, RG, for someone who lives in such a binary world " Your comprehension of this idea is so infantile, its embarrassing. In your world, Lincoln freed the slaves. The means he used are inconsequential, they are ultimately justified by the end. This completely ignores how slavery was abolished in other parts of the world w/o massive bloodshed.— RG
- ---}}} Can you even explain what that would accomplish? {{{--- It would accomplish a very simple task, RG: explicating whether or not you think that the opinion that Lincoln was a dictator is a lunatic opinion. Here, I'll recap once again, and then I'm out. I posted a clip of lunatics expressing a lunatic viewpoint. You responded TO THAT POST, by commenting, completely devoid of any context, say, related to civil war or slavery, about Lincoln restricting rights. My post was about the lunatics. Feel free to repudiate those lunatics at any time.— Talking point sleuth
- "You responded TO THAT POST, by commenting, completely devoid of any context, say, related to civil war or slavery" Yes, my points about the draft, Sumtners assaults on civilian targets, and the suspending of habeus corpus had nothing to do with the civil war.— RG
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