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Old 11-12-2018, 09:53 AM
 
Location: New Jersey and hating it
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If Newton was black, trust me, we would never hear the end of it and everyone will be made to know about his achievements.
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Old 11-12-2018, 09:55 AM
 
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If there was a statue of Sir Isaac Newton, the left would be vying to have it torn down because Newton was a white male.

They probably think Newton stole F=MG from advanced African civilizations that he colonized. Only possible explanation.
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:00 AM
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Location: Great Britain
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This could be an interesting thread, but the OP forgot to include a link. What's the reference for the discussion?
I still think it's interesting enough.

Although I wonder how many Americans would know who the recently deceased Stephen Hawing was. Hawking had a lot of media attention, starred in The Simpsons and even had a film made of his life, so I suspect todays generation are more likely to know of Hawking than Newton.

Newton and Hawking both spent around 30 years as Lucasian Professor of Mathmatics at the University of Cambridge and Hawking's has been laif to rest at Westminster Abbey between the graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics - Wikipedia

Stephen Hawking laid to rest between graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin - The Telegraph
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:05 AM
 
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The idea that civil rights is communistic, is laughable

Too many in the West, are losing sight of the value of equality -these people are traitors to the West.
Where is your reference? You make nonsensical statements and then accuse treachery. "Equality" was never equality of outcome, only equality under the law. Equality of outcome is a communist concept.

In reality, your "civil rights" has almost always been used for communist aims. In reality, it still is. This nations founding precepts have been re-interpreted ad nauseum by communists, which you are now defending.

And everyone throws up a little bit in their mouths when communists invoke nationalist concepts such as treason. The very notion that borders exist, and thus that there is something to be treasonous to, is a anathema to communists.
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Education today is more about political indoctrination, and being PC than learning those things that can help us in life. Diversity, Multi Culturalism, Anti Capitalism, White Privilege, etc are the new three R's.
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:07 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Yea, I'm not buying the idea that liberals are "pro-education" or "pro-reason."

I'm not buying the allegation in the thread title until it's supported by facts.

And I'm not buying the implication that liberals are solely responsible until that's also supported by facts.
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:08 AM
 
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I still think it's interesting enough.
How is it interesting when there is no proof of the OPs statement (that he cited)?

Saying that this thread is interesting is like saying that a thread based on me stating "the sky is red" is interesting, unless I were to cite a source.

My intuition says the OP is correct, but if he's not then the discussion is risking group endorsement of a false premise. We don't want to behave like progressives.
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:08 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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If Newton was black, trust me, we would never hear the end of it and everyone will be made to know about his achievements.

Nah, you only offer opinion, not facts.
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:10 AM
 
Location: On the Great South Bay
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Default Kids in school know who Martin Luther King is, don't know who Sir Isaac Newton is

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Yea, I'm not buying the idea that liberals are "pro-education" or "pro-reason."
I would argue that Martin Luther King has far more relevance to Americans then Sir Isaac Newtown.

Having said that, it is a shame that Americans do not know more historical figures and history in general.
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Old 11-12-2018, 10:11 AM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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Where is your reference? You make nonsensical statements and then accuse treachery. "Equality" was never equality of outcome, only equality under the law. Equality of outcome is a communist concept.

In reality, your "civil rights" has almost always been used for communist aims. In reality, it still is. This nations founding precepts have been re-interpreted ad nauseum by communists, which you are now defending.

And everyone throws up a little bit in their mouths when communists invoke nationalist concepts such as treason. The very notion that borders exist, and thus that there is something to be treasonous to, is a anathema to communists.
Who cares about outcome? -I'm talking about not having to sit up the back of a bus, or not being able to drive a car.

Traitors to the West ignore these, because they are more concerned with being obedient, than being free
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