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tom66:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on June 20, 2020, 07:55:35 pm ---It seems to me the far right and the far left share the same trait of having their "eyes wide shut".  People somewhere in the middle, trying to make things work, are rarely the problem.

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The problem with "enlightened centrism" is it fails to get anything worthwhile done.
You need a bit of a  radical twinge to make the changes that are necessary to society.
Simon:

--- Quote from: DimitriP on June 21, 2020, 02:59:26 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 21, 2020, 02:25:14 am ---Adafruit are replacing Master/Slave and other terms in all their documentation:
https://www.adafruit.com/blacklivesmatter

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Another jumpjack that can't break away

And why does Adafruit need a certificate valid until end of June 2025 that is "woman owned"? 
https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/06/17/adafruit-is-a-certified-minority-and-woman-owned-business-enterprise-m-wbe/
Is her mirror broken? What happens July 1st  2025?
Wasn't it "woman owned last year too ?
So many questions....




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Well I guess I will never shop with adafruit and will avoid their products from other distributors. A business that has to shout about it's female ownership is just being sexist.
Simon:

--- Quote from: tom66 on June 21, 2020, 08:07:03 am ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on June 20, 2020, 07:55:35 pm ---It seems to me the far right and the far left share the same trait of having their "eyes wide shut".  People somewhere in the middle, trying to make things work, are rarely the problem.

--- End quote ---

The problem with "enlightened centrism" is it fails to get anything worthwhile done.
You need a bit of a  radical twinge to make the changes that are necessary to society.

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Not really, you just need a bent to do something, the right and left spend all of their time on special interest issues that are of special interest to their cult followers. They make decisions to please the sort of people that elected them so that they get even more votes next time. Simply sitting in the middle doing what is right and what needs to be done makes sense logically but does not pander to one sect or the other of voters so reelection is not guaranteed.

I would abolish political parties, make everyone stand as independent, sure they will have their bents and they may form unofficial groupings but they should not be allowed to conspire and joint fund campaigns.
wilfred:
I read this today. It might have relevance to some interested in this thread. For those willing to engage in some self discovery there is a link in there to some tests you can do to reveal your own implicit biases. You will find you're not special after all. And I don't mean "special".

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/making-people-aware-of-their-implicit-biases-doesnt-usually-change-minds-but-heres-what-does-work
bd139:

--- Quote from: Simon on June 21, 2020, 08:07:57 am ---
--- Quote from: DimitriP on June 21, 2020, 02:59:26 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on June 21, 2020, 02:25:14 am ---Adafruit are replacing Master/Slave and other terms in all their documentation:
https://www.adafruit.com/blacklivesmatter

(Attachment Link)

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Another jumpjack that can't break away

And why does Adafruit need a certificate valid until end of June 2025 that is "woman owned"? 
https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/06/17/adafruit-is-a-certified-minority-and-woman-owned-business-enterprise-m-wbe/
Is her mirror broken? What happens July 1st  2025?
Wasn't it "woman owned last year too ?
So many questions....




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Well I guess I will never shop with adafruit and will avoid their products from other distributors. A business that has to shout about it's female ownership is just being sexist.

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Totally agree with this.  I’ve said this for years. Equality I am a strong proponent of. I have fought for people’s promotion against gender inequality before. But anything past equality is inequality and that should be kicked the fuck back where it belongs.

Not only that most of the products are overpriced, crap or useless marketoid shit which is quite frankly embarrassing and cringeworthy to look at which is really built on a mountain of cheap foreign labour but that’s another thread.  :-DD

On the original point, you need to be careful of a lot of people demanding equality because they are not. They are demanding special treatment because of one of their inconsequential attributes such as race, gender or sexual orientation. And that’s just as fucked up as the 1800’s were. I don’t have an audience for those people. Nor the idiotic ideology cults which are supersets of inequality pushers under the guise of equality (like the radical feminist weirdos)
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