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Should schools be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for students?

Diversity training shouldn't even be necessary

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 @9RHK5N6Alliance from New York  commented…11mos11MO

Let me guess, you’re a straight white man?

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  disagreed…11mos11MO

What's wrong with that?

 @CivilRightsSerenityLibertarian from Illinois  commented…11mos11MO

Do you think young adults (who’ve never faced war but are making decisions that affect the lives of soldiers) should gain valuable perspective by talking to veterans? Maybe you could gain some valuable perspective talking to someone who has experienced certain challenges that you haven't.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  commented…11mos11MO

With respect, what on earth does that have to do with my question?

 @CivilRightsSerenity from Illinois  commented…11mos11MO

I didn’t make the statement you are asking about Im asking you a question.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington  commented…11mos11MO

You asked when I asked what was wrong with being a straight white man, so I assumed it had something to do with that. If it didn't, you should have commented somewhere else probably.

 @CivilRightsSerenity from Illinois  commented…11mos11MO

Its relevant to your question and im surprised you are avoiding answering it (as you havent already). I don't think @9RHK5N6 was saying its wrong to be a straight white man. Im guessing their point was that, as a straight white man, youre less interested in hearing about the experiences and challenges of an asian women executive in a male dominated industry - just as a liberal student at a progressive college is not interested in hearing about the experiences of a soldier in combat. I think both of you would benefit from hearing diverse perspectives.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…11mos11MO

“Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”

By Chuck Todd, NBC News:We are getting awfully close to the moment when it might be fair to say, “Throw out everything you thought you knew about this election.”We are now going from a presidential campaign that left the public disinterested and at times disgusted it to a campaign that I could see generating an electorate that might be as interested, if not more so, as in 2008 and 2020, two of the highest-turnout elections in the last 50 years.If the Democrats do end up with a new nominee — and it’s looking more likely by the hour that they will — that, too, is likely to suddenly trigger interest in what the new nominee has to say, which in turn could engage the electorate in a way that the pre-debate version of this campaign just didn’t.But before we get to this campaign reset, the Democrats have to figure out what their ticket looks like and, more important, how quickly they can get their ticket selected and certified by the party.As of this writing, my sources indicate to me that about the only folks who are still trying to rationalize Biden’s staying in this race all share the last name of Biden, with the possible exception of Biden’s longtime chief political strategist, Mike Donilon — who, as the gatekeeper of the data that makes it to the president's desk, is starting to get blame along with Biden and his family for Democrats’ being in this position.

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