Carborendum Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Most of the time, the phrase "They had it coming" tends to mean a negative thing. But sometimes it can mean a positive thing. I'd like to make a comment about the reality panning out today vs when I was a child. As a kid, when we saw the natural consequences of someone's actions, it was obvious "they had it coming." This meant that if a someone was always choosing to do stupid things and he got hurt, people could see that a mile away. (e.g. you do drugs, you'll get health issues and a lot of other bad stuff.) And if a lot of people warned him that it was just asking for trouble, he didn't listen. He'd insist that it didn't affect him the way it did others. On the good side, if a person was very capable and worked really hard and was very sociable as well, they would get promotions and succeed in their chosen profession. It was said of a reward well earned. And everything good or bad meant that these were fairly obvious, natural consequences of their actions. Today we see a completely different values system and that system chooses different things to reward that are not "natural" consequences. But they are what people force onto a situation with the woke mind virus. Instead of someone being capable, hard working, and having good social skills, being promoted, we find a man can be promoted or paid more based on intersectionality that has nothing to do with the work involved. Did the average IQ, black, trans-man, without a degree "deserve" the position of the hospital administrator because of intersectionality? Obviously not. But that is precisely what people are saying now. And it isn't just employment. It is in every facet of life now. A woman targets a rich man for ME TOO fraud/shake down. When the woman is asked if she felt that she did anything wrong, "No, he's rich. He shouldn't have that much money." So, again, just by being rich, "He had it coming." Trans-activists shoot up Christian Schools full of children. And we ought to be more sympathetic to the mass murderer because "They (Christians) had it coming." "Israel's response to Hamas is illegal and immoral." This is just veiled language for: "Israel had it coming, so Hamas should clearly be forgiven for performing the third largest act of terrorism in history, and staging their base of operations in the middle of hospitals and schools and high civilian population areas." Do people even understand cause and effect anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhold Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 38 minutes ago, Carborendum said: Do people even understand cause and effect anymore? No, they don't. Modern "progressive" society teaches people that it's all about "I", that the needs and desires of the individual should always trump everything else. LDSGator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 13 minutes ago, Ironhold said: No, they don't. Modern "progressive" society teaches people that it's all about "I", that the needs and desires of the individual should always trump everything else. What’s interesting about it is that leftism never has acknowledged individual rights. It’s always been the American right who correctly talks the rights and freedoms of the individual. You aren’t wrong-it’s just weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 (edited) In related news, Diversity Hire Claudine Gay is out. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67868280 It's totally related to this conversation, because she blamed her resignation on "racial animus", and the Harvard board is all mad about all the repugnant racist vitriol, and falling all over themselves to reaffirm their support. https://www.harvard.edu/blog/2024/01/02/statement-from-the-harvard-corporation-president-gay/ And in case you've been living under a rock, here's what's wrong with intersectionalism taking the place of traditional morality: https://rollcall.com/2023/12/13/transcript-what-harvard-mit-and-penn-presidents-said-at-antisemitism-hearing/ Quote ELISE STEFANIK: Dr. Gay does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard’s rules on bullying and harassment? CLAUDINE GAY: The rules around bullying and harassment are quite specific. And if the context in which that language is used, amounts to bullying and harassment, then we take — we take action against it. ELISE STEFANIK: Can you say yes to that question of, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard’s rules on bullying and harassment? CLAUDINE GAY: Calling for the genocide of Jews is anti-Semitic. ELISE STEFANIK: So yes? CLAUDINE GAY: And that is anti-Semitic speech. And as I have said, when speech — ELISE STEFANIK: And it’s a yes? CLAUDINE GAY: Crosses into conduct — ELISE STEFANIK: And it’s a yes. I’ve asked the witnesses — CLAUDINE GAY: When speech crosses — when speech crosses into conduct, we take action. ELISE STEFANIK: So, is that a yes? Is that a yes? The witness hasn’t answered, Madam Chair. Is that a yes? You cannot answer the question. CLAUDINE GAY: When speech crosses into conduct — Edited January 5 by NeuroTypical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carborendum Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 4 hours ago, Ironhold said: No, they don't. Modern "progressive" society teaches people that it's all about "I", that the needs and desires of the individual should always trump everything else. Thank you, Mr. Spock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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