That’s Racist

A student complaining of stroke like symptoms went to the school nurse. The nurse accused him of faking, and instead of calling 911, called the mother to come get him. It turns out that the 17 year old was indeed having a stroke.

Now I get that the nurse was assuming that 17 year olds don’t typically have strokes, but they DO try to come up with excuses to be sent home. Still, the nurse can’t simply assume that the complaint is fake, and was 100% wrong for refusing to call 911. Especially considering that this school is a K-12 public school for children with disabilities. You would think that the nurse there would be better than your average school nurse, so she obviously needs some training, or they need to get a better nurse. That isn’t the point here, because I think we can all agree on that.

The problem that I have is that, instead of simply saying that the nurse was incompetent and screwed up, she has to accuse the school of racism. The school has issues with the students. Just last year, a student beat the principal unconscious in a vicious attack.

The demographics of this school paint a picture. This school has a student/teacher ratio of 9:1, so the students are pretty closely watched. Two thirds of them have learning disabilities, and 85% of the student body is black. As to the staff, 57% of the staff is white, and 19% of the staff is black. This means that there are more black and fewer white teachers at this school than at the average Boston school.

Bad things happen. Just because you happen to be black doesn’t mean that it is always due to racism.

Keep Your Body Out of My Wallet

Women keep screaming about how men should have no say in whether or not women get an abortion. They say “my body, my choice.” Let’s put aside the whole “I want to murder another human being because letting it live is inconvenient” argument for a moment.

Let’s just suppose for a moment that a developing fetus is not a living organism. The women claim that denying them access to abortions is akin to slavery by forcing them to provide sustenance to a developing child against their will.

Ok. Let’s take that to it’s logical conclusion.

No more welfare, food stamps, or other forms of public assistance. That includes Medicaid. Forcing me to support your freeloading ass while you fuck, party, drink, and get high is slavery. Find a way to earn your own living. Beg on the corner. Get an OnlyFans page. Suck dicks for money. I don’t care. Just don’t expect me to pay for your lazy ass.

How is that? Fair trade?

Othering

Take a look at this article: The Buffalo Shooter Isn’t a ‘Lone Wolf.’ He’s a Mainstream Republican. The “othering” continues. The road looks like this:

The left began with “Anyone who says things that I disagree with is a racist,” which has turned into “Anyone who says things that I disagree with needs to be prevented from speaking.” A quote from the article:

He may have, as he claims, become radicalized by over-enthused browsing of the Internet’s sewers, principally 4chan. But his fixations mirror those of the right wing more broadly, from violent transphobia to a loathing of immigration to a preoccupation with the possibility of civil war.

Enter the new Disinformation Governance Board. Expect there to be a wholesale attack on things like 4chan. Note that the line is now: “Anyone who says something that I disagree with is a mass murderer.”

How long before it turns into “Anyone who says something that I disagree with needs to be eliminated?”

Conversation with a Child

My wife and I took my sister to lunch yesterday. My sister brought her youngest daughter, aged 14, with her. We had a conversation about economics. It started because my niece made the statement that people should get things that are necessary for free, because we all have a right to the necessities of life. She used feminine hygiene products as an example. I don’t hold it against her- she is a child and has no idea how life works.

So I told her that I wasn’t picking on her, but pointed out to her that, since no one was paying for tampons, there would be no money to pay the people who worked in the tampon factory, so why would anyone work there for free?

Her first reply was, “Wait! There is a tampon factory?” (Again, a child)

I said, “Well just where do you think tampons come from? Is there a tampon tree somewhere?”

She replied, “Well, in that case, I suppose you could get women to work there and pay them with free tampons.”

I said, “What would that be worth? Everyone gets tampons for free in this scenario, so how is this woman going to eat, buy gas, or buy a house?”

She said, “That’s my point. Money is stupid. Why can’t everyone just trade and barter for stuff? Why should we all have to go to work just to be able to afford the things we need to live? The government can just print all of the money we need.”

Sigh. That began my attempted explanation of how money works. She tuned me out after the first couple of minutes. The thing is, this is the exact same attitude that her 21 year old sister has.

Her older sister is 21 years old, still lives at home with mommy but is saying that she is an adult and doesn’t have to follow rules. She doesn’t have a drivers license and depends on her mother for rides to work, shopping, etc. She went to college for a year, but decided that was not what she wanted, so now works as a waitress and refuses to help with rent, food, or any other expenses or chores around the house. She expects mommy to cook, clean, and do her laundry for her. No surprise: she is a hard core left wing Democrat and dresses like a walking freak show. A lot like her mother was when she was younger.

My sister finally gave her daughter an ultimatum: she has to move out by October 1. My patience would have run out about 2 years ago.

This is a large portion of the youth of today. They want socialism because they don’t want to do anything but party. I don’t know how we can reach them. It seems to be a lost cause. Instead of working for a living, they are voting for a living. It’s been going on for a decade.

I sound like an old man bitching about “these kids today.”