Scott simply must pander those who honor and cherish a history of slavery and who engaged in a violent insurrection against the United States of America. It doesn’t take much ‘wokeness’ to grasp the basics of it.
The voters of San Francisco told their school board that if they don’t knock the woke nonsense off and focus on opening schools they’d be recalled, so the school board stopped.
We’ve watched today’s GQP destroy Lincoln, common sense, nuance and context the last decade. Distorting the context of everything a Democrat or Progressive says with the intent to gaslight on Conservative media. Display zero common sense when it comes to 1) addressing the domestic terrorism threat, 2) school mass shootings, 3) voting rights, and 4) wearing a mask in public during a health crisis. The “Woke” coalition has issues but the “Denial” coalition is far worse.
I have to agree with Mr. Stantus here. I read that some city in California has decided to remove Mr. Lincoln’s name from a school there. Where does it stop? Who decides whose sins were over the line?
This is not just about politics; it concerns the arts, for example. Kevin Spacey was (is?) a great actor. Michael Jackson was maybe the greatest pop star. Bill Cosby was funny without cursing. Am I excusing their behaviors? Absolutely not. But this, to me, shows that we shouldn’t look at the world as black and white, or as a zero-sum game.
Grown-ups understand that all men, even great ones, have flaws but they can admire those men for the good they have done. Judging anyone’s behavior has to be done in context but that seems to be out of fashion with the woke crowd.
“Woke”, “cancel culture”, “PC”. All convenient labels for those who want to avoid thinking and thereby taking the chance of finding that their position doesn’t stand investigation.
School Textbooks in Texas is a very touchy subject. A joke, really. Sort of like our Governor, whom my father liked, and our two U.S. Senators. I don’t like any of them.
Hey Scott! Did you also draw bulldozers taking out the pillars of democracy when t**** was pretending to be ‘President’? Things like Civility, Truth, Facts, Empathy that you and your Con friends blew up in the last decade? Liberals don’t believe in nuance but Cons do? Don’t make me laugh…oh! Wait! You didn’t make me laugh! Mission Accomplished in the words of another fake Con ‘prezzydent’.
Daeder about 3 years ago
Uh…what?
Concretionist about 3 years ago
Context matters for sure, and nuance / complexity is the way the world really works.
Patjade about 3 years ago
Scott must be reading one of those Texas history books.
Odon Premium Member about 3 years ago
Nuance and context are not understood by Senate Republicans or 45 would have been officially denounced.
6.6TA about 3 years ago
Moantuna Bull is lecturing on common sense. Sad.
julie.mason1 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Republicans are full of common scents. And it is stinking up America bigly.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Remember how anti Hillary and pro Trump Stantis was?
People like Stantis have no common sense.
pc368dude about 3 years ago
Scott simply must pander those who honor and cherish a history of slavery and who engaged in a violent insurrection against the United States of America. It doesn’t take much ‘wokeness’ to grasp the basics of it.
ChristopherBurns about 3 years ago
The voters of San Francisco told their school board that if they don’t knock the woke nonsense off and focus on opening schools they’d be recalled, so the school board stopped.
ndblackirish97 about 3 years ago
We’ve watched today’s GQP destroy Lincoln, common sense, nuance and context the last decade. Distorting the context of everything a Democrat or Progressive says with the intent to gaslight on Conservative media. Display zero common sense when it comes to 1) addressing the domestic terrorism threat, 2) school mass shootings, 3) voting rights, and 4) wearing a mask in public during a health crisis. The “Woke” coalition has issues but the “Denial” coalition is far worse.
I Play One On TV about 3 years ago
I have to agree with Mr. Stantus here. I read that some city in California has decided to remove Mr. Lincoln’s name from a school there. Where does it stop? Who decides whose sins were over the line?
This is not just about politics; it concerns the arts, for example. Kevin Spacey was (is?) a great actor. Michael Jackson was maybe the greatest pop star. Bill Cosby was funny without cursing. Am I excusing their behaviors? Absolutely not. But this, to me, shows that we shouldn’t look at the world as black and white, or as a zero-sum game.
ferddo about 3 years ago
Yep, nothing worse than attempting to make up for past wrongs… well, maybe practicing true equality would be worse…
walkingmancomics about 3 years ago
unh-unh.
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Lying divisive Republicans are slavers and racists, they are no longer the party of Lincoln, the dictator lovers aren’t even Americans anymore.
librarylady59 about 3 years ago
Again, that ridiculous use of the word “woke.” Silliness.
Jack Dawson about 3 years ago
Grown-ups understand that all men, even great ones, have flaws but they can admire those men for the good they have done. Judging anyone’s behavior has to be done in context but that seems to be out of fashion with the woke crowd.
jack666 Premium Member about 3 years ago
“Woke”, “cancel culture”, “PC”. All convenient labels for those who want to avoid thinking and thereby taking the chance of finding that their position doesn’t stand investigation.
braindead Premium Member about 3 years ago
Stantis, just for fun, let’s try a little ‘common sense’ quiz:
1. Who won the presidential election?
2. Was the election stolen?
3. Who eliminated the pandemic response structure that was in place at the end of the previous administration?
4. Attempting to violently overthrow the government of the United States: is a good thing?
5. LYING about every issue: another good thing?
6. Lincoln was a Republican*. Very few people know that. Did you know that?
GiantShetlandPony about 3 years ago
Yeah, because Trump had the most common sense of anyone ever?
gcottay about 3 years ago
Scott Stantis can only deal with straw men. Amazing he’s still around.
Frank Farkel Premium Member about 3 years ago
School Textbooks in Texas is a very touchy subject. A joke, really. Sort of like our Governor, whom my father liked, and our two U.S. Senators. I don’t like any of them.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 3 years ago
It started when the leftists pushed being politically correct!
LarryinDurango Premium Member about 3 years ago
Hey Scott! Did you also draw bulldozers taking out the pillars of democracy when t**** was pretending to be ‘President’? Things like Civility, Truth, Facts, Empathy that you and your Con friends blew up in the last decade? Liberals don’t believe in nuance but Cons do? Don’t make me laugh…oh! Wait! You didn’t make me laugh! Mission Accomplished in the words of another fake Con ‘prezzydent’.
ncorgbl about 3 years ago
Why do so many Southern States support and vote for ‘The Party of Lincoln’?
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 3 years ago
We destroy our history on the pretext we changed it?
cdward about 3 years ago
I wonder if he could even give a definition of “woke.”
359mxn about 3 years ago
Is the Capitol next in line?