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re: Protests blowing up in Downtown Birmingham
Posted on 6/5/20 at 9:06 am to The Spleen
Posted on 6/5/20 at 9:06 am to The Spleen
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And some people think those idiots have mobilized a national movement to stir up protests in every major city in the country. And done so without a centralized website or social media group.
So how much longer before we are sewing crossing on our clothes and painting them on the store front windows of businesses?
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Posted on 6/5/20 at 9:28 am to LovetheLord
Yeah, they were so effective that the gov't created the FBI out of jealousy. Did the Pinkertons spy on black people or violate their civil liberties?
Posted on 6/5/20 at 9:38 am to Robot Santa
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The 2 who are bad people, bad employees, or both will avoid being fired because the police union protects them, but no one else will hire them because they are stupid, redneck assholes, and they won't get promoted to a desk job with less public interaction for that same reason.
I know a guy that tried to get into every branch of the military and was always denied. That’s including the National Guard and Coast Guard.
He’s a Jefferson County Sheriff
Posted on 6/5/20 at 9:41 am to The Spleen
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I mean, if we get down to it I'm against fascism so I'm antifa. I thought we all decided fascism was bad after WWII, but I guess not.
When people say Antifa though, it’s a term for violent leftists extremists. The original Antifa group was created in the ‘30s as part of the German communist party. Their ideology is the violent promotion of Communism.
There are organized groups that make up the Antifa movement, and no they aren’t just made up of stoners. Many college professors back these groups.
Saying you’re Antifa just because it literally means “anti-fascist” is the equivalent of someone saying I’m ISIS because I live in a Muslim State in Iraq or Syria.
The literal meaning doesn’t characterize the movement. If it was truly about fascism, it wouldn’t exist.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:03 am to TomRollTideRitter
Nationally, there were 155 hate groups counted last year, and they were present in most states. These groups were counted separately from Ku Klux Klan groups, racist skinheads, Christian Identity groups, and neo-Confederate groups, all of which also express some version of white supremacist beliefs. They may have different political goals and messages and how they want to get them out, but the common thread running through these hate groups remain the same.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:12 am to TomRollTideRitter
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I mean, if we get down to it I'm against fascism so I'm antifa. I thought we all decided fascism was bad after WWII, but I guess not.
Antifa has a very liberal use of the term fascist
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 10:36 am
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:20 am to The Spleen
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I mean, if we get down to it I'm against fascism so I'm antifa.
I enjoy democratic republics... so if we get down to it, I'm pro North Korea
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:30 am to MoarKilometers
Not to mention they call anyone that doesn’t agree with them fascist regardless of whether or not they agree with fascist ideologies.
But it makes sense from their perspective that they wouldn’t make their main label AnComs (Anarchist Communists) which is what they really are. Instead a lot of people, like the media, see the anti fascist part and they they must just be that.
But it makes sense from their perspective that they wouldn’t make their main label AnComs (Anarchist Communists) which is what they really are. Instead a lot of people, like the media, see the anti fascist part and they they must just be that.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 12:10 pm to mre
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Teacher pay is absolutely an issue that should be addressed if we want to attract the best candidates. The flip-side of that, is that we also need to completely overhaul the tenure system so that we can get BAD teachers out of the schools.
We also need to overhaul the TRS, then. The retirement multiple they use is barely sustainable as it is. Increasing ending pay by 65% as you suggest would collapse it quickly.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 12:27 pm to Evolved Simian
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We also need to overhaul the TRS, then. The retirement multiple they use is barely sustainable as it is. Increasing ending pay by 65% as you suggest would collapse it quickly.
I'm not opposed to that at all.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 12:31 pm to Evolved Simian
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We also need to overhaul the TRS
Easy killer
Posted on 6/5/20 at 12:52 pm to Bear88
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:14 pm to Robot Santa
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Cops and teachers are two professions that would see drastic improvements in overall quality if they were paid enough to attract a better applicant pool.
I don't know man. These "brutality" incidents all seem to happen in big city police departments where the pay is much better. I'm not totally convinced more pay is the answer here. I don't think you could pay most people enough to deal with what cops have to deal with.
As for teachers, I totally disagree. There is an argument to be made that teacher salaries need to be tied to demand for those teachers, but I totally and wholly reject that all teachers should be making more. There are far too many English majors in this country for us to be paying English teachers more money. They're already overpaid. For many of them, teaching is the best job they could possibly get. On the other hand, we definitely should be investing more in good math and science teachers because people who are good in those fields have a GREAT number of options that pay better than a teaching salary.
As long as all teacher wages have to be increased and decreased at the same level across the board, I oppose any such increases.
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:16 pm to Evolved Simian
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We also need to overhaul the TRS, then. The retirement multiple they use is barely sustainable as it is. Increasing ending pay by 65% as you suggest would collapse it quickly.
If teacher wages are increased dramatically, this absolutely needs to happen. As it currently sits, teachers are some of the best-paid people in our state. Most people just don't realize it until they get old enough to see all of the teachers retiring at 55 while they're still looking at 10-20 more years of work before retirement.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:47 pm to imjustafatkid
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Formal charges have been filed against two in the shooting death of Moody police Sgt. Stephen Williams.
St. Clair County District Attorney Lyle Harmon on Friday announced the arrests of Tapero Corlene Johnson, 27, and Marquisha Annissa Tyson, 28, both of the Birmingham area, in the Tuesday night shooting. They are charged with capital murder and held without bond in the St. Clair County Jail. Court records do not reflect any prior criminal arrests in Alabama.
AL.com
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:59 pm to Bear88
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Easy killer
I promise not to touch the employee discounts they get at the resort hotels and on the golf trail.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 3:35 pm to Cobrasize
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Antifa has a very liberal use of the term fascist
^^^^ This. ANTIFA is more fascist than any group they protest.
For a poster on this board to say that they are anti-fascist too shows an astounding ignorance of who these people actually are.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 5:53 pm to Cobrasize
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He’s a Jefferson County Sheriff
I guy in my squadron years ago was kicked out of the service and was a deputy in MS less than 6 months later.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 6:02 pm to Crimson Wraith
I read a barber undergoes more hours of training than a new police officer. Recruiting folks from military is definitely suspect.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 6:08 pm to Cobrasize
Close the business, but don't research if drug prohibition is effective brehs.
Unless these folks were terrorists, they were prob. involved in drugs.
Unless these folks were terrorists, they were prob. involved in drugs.
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