LDSGator

Fortunately, it’s only the other guys who are political.  Our side is just telling the truth, which some cretins are too unenlightened to accept.

Most of that generation has passed on (due to old age).  The ones that I know that are still alive today were children at the time.
It was rather brutal on children in those places.  All the ones I know in the United States are VERY PROUD to be United States Citizens today, and are very proud of the United States itself.  They are pretty patriotic.
Interestingly enough, most of them (not all of them) that I know from the United States personally are also Democrats.  That probably is an interesting facet in regards to the make up of the Latter-day Saints in the U.S. 

I’ve always wanted to ask people who lived through the Holocaust if they care about people comparing how we live in America today to Nazi Germany. Oh sure, some might agree. But I think the vast majority of those who have actually lived under the horrors of communism/Nazism would either laugh or be appalled at the comparisons. 

The horrors visited upon my mother-in-law by the Nazis have had far-reaching and profound effects on her daughters, which inevitably affect the next generation. So for me, this is a personal thing. People who lightly compare Nazis to whatever they dislike do violence to the memory of those who sacrificed to defeats the Nazi horror. One very quick way to get Vort to ignore your opinion is to drag Naziism into the discussion as a comparison with what you don't like.

I’ve always wanted to ask people who lived through the Holocaust if they care about people comparing how we live in America today to Nazi Germany. Oh sure, some might agree. But I think the vast majority of those who have actually lived under the horrors of communism/Nazism would either laugh or be appalled at the comparisons. 

Thank God the cop is okay. 

I'm friends with that officer.

https://www.ksl.com/article/50518199/utah-man-allegedly-points-gun-at-driver-then-finds-out-its-a-cop
 
One must have a heart of stone to not laugh at this. 

https://www.ksl.com/article/50518199/utah-man-allegedly-points-gun-at-driver-then-finds-out-its-a-cop
 
One must have a heart of stone to not laugh at this. 

You realize the NBA is NOT a government entity.  It is a business.
Right?
The great thing about the US is that PEOPLE (including BUSINESSES that are OWNED by people) have more freedom to do what they want, rather than be dictated what they have to do.
I see MANY who WANT the government to dictate to people who own businesses what they MUST do.
There is a BIG difference between a business and the  people who own it doing what they WANT to do (including telling an employee [who can quite if they wish rather than being put in prison or executed] to stop doing something or if that employee wants to stay as an employee or be hired what they must do to remain so) and being DICTATED what they MUST do by a government.
It still happens in the US, but to compare it to N. Korea or other places is not something that is really logical.
I see there are many out there that are confused WHY businesses can actually DO things that they WANT to do.  Many of these people want to take away the FREEDOM of these businessmen in ORDER to force them to do certain things.
Freedom of speech does NOT mean freedom from consequences, but freedom to say what you want without the government coming and killing you or giving you long lengthy prison sentences.
Kyrie can stop playing basketball anytime he wants without fear of being executed or a life long stay in prison.  This is one of the wonderful things about the United States that many places do not have. 
In addition, the business owner can set limitations on their employees in a freer manner than almost anywhere else in the world (limitations normally revolve around safety and discrimination) without fear of being executed (such as what happens in China when business owners don't do what the government tells them, perhaps Kyrie would feel more at home there...of course...he wouldn't have the freedom to say what he wants either...but he could get the business owners executed if they wanted to do what they do here as well) or sent to long prison sentences (also China).
Why is it that you stand for trying to say Irving is being persecuted, but seem to want to do so by abridging the rights of a LOT of other citizens in the United States.
The United States is a nation which allows a LOT of freedom, and it is NOT just limited to a certain group of people.  If I start a business and then make it a corporation, I have a LOT more freedom to say and do what I want with that business than many other places around the world.  That is because such actions are protected in the United States.
Even when people do not like my actions and call for my freedom to be abridged, luckily I would still be able to do as I WANT with MY business, even if it is a corporation in which I only own a majority of stock.
However, it does not mean people have to buy what I am producing, or making.  Freedom allows them to choose as well.
IF WE force the abridgment of other's freedoms to do what they want with their businesses, eventually it will funnel back into where WE, individually, ALSO may lose freedoms. 
 
PS: When posting items from Yeonmi Park, why not use HER youtube channel instead of a anti-science organization that has rejected that smoking was bad for health as well as working hand in hand with tobacco companies in the few decades to promote smoking as healthy and reject the science behind showing smoking causes cancer in second hand smoke and other such items in the past?
In the video it appears she is addressing the "woke" ideas that are perpetuating in the university/education systems today.  This is not necessarily businesses, though it obviously is applicable seeing that Columbia university is a private university and not a government run institute. 
Her youtube channel is located (if I got the link correct) here.
Voice of North Korea
This would be her Youtube channel.
In that regards, once again, when wondering WHY businesses may cater to such groups as the "Woke" crowd...the same freedoms apply again.
The consequences of NOT catering may be more costly than catering to them.  Freedom to choose does not mean freedom from consequence.  By choosing NOT to cater to them it could mean lost sales and less money.  Just as a business is free to make choices and decisions, so are customers.  They can choose to buy, support, or spend their money how they like.
Why...
Because this is America, and we have more freedom here than most places in the world.
People get confused between freedom of speech and action, and freedom of consequences all the time.  Freedom of speech means that the government cannot go and punish you for making or dong things.  It cannot force you to say or do things in that same manner.
However, that freedom is not just for one person or one class, it applies to everyone.  That includes businessmen as well as employees, employers as well as employees.  We DO have limitations set on businesses and those who own them so they are not as free as others in the nation already (they are not allowed to discriminate for example), but they STILL have many freedoms that we probably should not abridge lest we start down that dark path towards the abridgment of everyone's freedoms.

I’m sure there are people like that, but they probably represent less than 1/10th of 1% of homeless people. Whoever said poverty is only romanticized by those who have full stomachs is exactly right. 

I’m sure there are people like that, but they probably represent less than 1/10th of 1% of homeless people. Whoever said poverty is only romanticized by those who have full stomachs is exactly right. 

I'm not positive, but I think part of it may be dependent on WHY you are homeless.
Some who are medically sick and disabled may not be able to hold a job.  That may be why they lost a job and ability for stability in the first place.  Medical debt is the number 1 reason for bankruptcy in the US from what I hear, and a major reason for people also becoming homeless.  If you are sick and unable to get better it can be hard to work on other things.
Some may have made poor choices and gotten addicted to drugs (alcohol also being a drug).  With so much of their attention stuck on their addiction, without help it may be hard or impossible for them to focus on something better. 
Some may just enjoy BEING homeless.  No ties to keep them down. 
I think situations vary between different people.

I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing with my own kids.  They still live at home, don’t have jobs, and always expect us to cook dinner.  As such, I’ve been tempted to start charging them rent.  But because they’re only 9 and 7, I can’t get my wife onboard with the idea.

I once read a rather good article on how the skills to survive as homeless are often opposite those to live sheltered. Planning for the long-term is, sadly, often a bad idea and destruction to fulfill immediate needs is too often what happens 

I've wondered the same thing. 

This election cycle was more about Trump, election deniers,  and abortion. The voters basically told us what anti-Trumpers have been saying for years. Trump is way more of a detriment in the long term. It’s validating for the anti-trump Republicans like me. 
 
The republicans who distanced themselves from Trump (Kemp, Sununu in NH, Desantis) won. 

It also could be cataclysmic for your party unless the economy improves. Gender issues mean nothing if you can’t feed your family. Hillary Clinton in 2016 can tell you about that. 
 
Finally, it wasn’t all great for your side. Florida went solidly red, Texas stayed red. Wisconsin kept Johnson, Beto the rockstar got slapped in the face again. You also barely beat someone in Arizona for governor that you should have absolutely crushed. You guys also struggled in New York because of COVID restrictions and party arrogance. 

Give me a few days. Text me, ask for Matt. 
 
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This election cycle was more about Trump, election deniers,  and abortion. The voters basically told us what anti-Trumpers have been saying for years. Trump is way more of a detriment in the long term. It’s validating for the anti-trump Republicans like me. 
 
The republicans who distanced themselves from Trump (Kemp, Sununu in NH, Desantis) won. 

It also could be cataclysmic for your party unless the economy improves. Gender issues mean nothing if you can’t feed your family. Hillary Clinton in 2016 can tell you about that. 
 
Finally, it wasn’t all great for your side. Florida went solidly red, Texas stayed red. Wisconsin kept Johnson, Beto the rockstar got slapped in the face again. You also barely beat someone in Arizona for governor that you should have absolutely crushed. You guys also struggled in New York because of COVID restrictions and party arrogance. 

100% agree. The “churches should open their doors to the homeless” :: ahem :: “argument” is almost always used by people who don’t even give to charity, much less open their own doors to people in need.
 
Classic NIMBY behavior

The church has to main thrusts and effort to long these lines.  The first is the church welfare system, used to take care of our own.  For helping others in the world, the church focuses mainly on disaster cleanup efforts.
We also do other things like bring power and clean water to places, who are team up with other charitable organizations for various global efforts.
If you do a word search on “the poor” in our scriptures, you see an awful lot of admonition for disciples to act as individuals in their communities. In my stake, we’ve partnered up with the Catholics who run a soup kitchen, and non-denominational folks who run a food bank. The stake will often ask for 15 to 20 volunteers a quarter to go work in these various places.

100% agree. The “churches should open their doors to the homeless” :: ahem :: “argument” is almost always used by people who don’t even give to charity, much less open their own doors to people in need.
 
Classic NIMBY behavior

Voice actor Kevin Conroy (long-running voice of Batman in animation and video games) also just passed away.