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I'm going to form a blue ribbon panel. That'll work.

I commented before that a Thai restaurant near us claims to have been the first established in Atlanta, 1977.  Imagine that, no Thai food here in a metro area at the time probably 2.5 million in population.

I know some folks discard the term "diversity" as a buzz word, and often it is, but there is an element to it important to me anyway, aside from food.  When I meet people from other cultures I am always fascinated.  I've had some long discussions with our neighbor about Turkey and China and South Africa and all the places he has traveled.

I hired back in the day two chemists from Iran.  I hired one fellow from China, one from South Africa, and one from California believe it or not, but never anyone from Wisconsin.  I used to do on campus interviews at Ohio State.  I've been able to travel a bit, not nearly like our friend of course, and I find it very fulfilling and stimulating.

We get "excited" when we hear about a Korean fried chicken place opening up near by, and the noodle place that just opened, and the two Spanish tapas places near us, etc. etc.  And of course wine from wherever is interesting.

My life as a kid was pretty predictable food for dinner, nearly all white people around the area, I think the first black kid in our high school showed up in 10th grade or so.  We didn't have Catholics and very very few anything elses.  Looking back it was rather boring.

That HS now is mostly black kids, they are a football powerhouse.  The area has changed quite a bit of course, and near there is the area with a ton of Mexican and Asian restaurants that line Buford Highway.

When I go to the park, I see all kinds of people, nobody seems to care about it.  It would be great if we could all just get along.

I find, generally, that MOST people are pretty nice folks.  I often wave at folks as I'm jogging.  There often are trainers out there holding classes, or doing one on ones with younger folks.  There was a small self defense class going on the other day, about 7 young women and a very athletic looking black male teaching.

Fairly often one of the trainers will say something positive to me, like "Keep it up, doing good."

I chatted for a while several times with one fellow whose daughter is out running and he's sitting keeping time.  I see a lot of young mothers out with young children playing in the sand or running around.  

Of course, I tend to have a positive outlook on things.

I find, generally, that MOST people are pretty nice folks.  I often wave at folks as I'm jogging.  There often are trainers out there holding classes, or doing one on ones with younger folks.  There was a small self defense class going on the other day, about 7 young women and a very athletic looking black male teaching.

Fairly often one of the trainers will say something positive to me, like "Keep it up, doing good."

I chatted for a while several times with one fellow whose daughter is out running and he's sitting keeping time.  I see a lot of young mothers out with young children playing in the sand or running around. 

Of course, I tend to have a positive outlook on things.

There are a lot of shitty people with excellent manners, bless their hearts. 

As they say in your neck of the woods...

In general, generalizations are often not accurate, broadly speaking.

There are a lot of shitty people with excellent manners, bless their hearts.

As they say in your neck of the woods...

I think you are being very pessimistic here. There are far more good people than bad. Like 95 percent good.

Well you either inferred or directly said:

the agenda of the BLM movement was not much beyond racial injustice,

questioned if any elected officials were supportive Of it

suggested that even if this agenda exists, it has little chance to see the light of day.

i just shared a factual ( yes, I challenge you to find one word of it that is not factual, as well as one word which is editorial opinion) news  release that 3 congresswomen considered to be rising stars unveiled legislation which damn near matches word for word of the M4BL published platform...

I would just say that your take, this is much ado about nothing, and inferring in an insulting way that it is like some crazy conspiracy theory, is just dead wrong and easily disproved.

The article does point out that this is not a bill yet, and if it becomes one it will likely not pass the House.  But acting like this is the end and not the beginning of such a platform, especially post November pending a variety of different election outcomes, is either not credible or maybe deceptive. 

based on your posts I would guesstimate that you would strongly support much of these initiatives, and that’s fine if you do.  But I also get the sense you would rather they slide in under the radar so to speak, which is what the game plan appears to be on a broader scale.

so no, you don’t fear any of this..

I honestly don't really want to get too deep in this, because in the end, you are going to be more concerned about this than I am. But I just keep getting pulled in. 

You're right. I overstated the focus of the coalition of groups BLM, and the part of BLM that has a website, is involved with (understated the breadth of its focus). I still doing think it's particularly well organized. 

I didn't question if any elected officials supported it. I disagreed with you that it was gaining to the power to rival the two primary parties. 

Factual challenge on the, I think, Fox News article: Headline: 'Squad' Dems Tlaib, Pressley introduce bill to defund police, give reparations."

Body: "The legislation has not been introduced."

You also wrote three congresswomen, but the article says two. 

To answer your much ado part, I suppose I'm just tired. There's so much to freak out about in the world. I'm worn down by all of it. And if the great worry is "The left is going to get its stuff together and push through pie in the sky stuff" I don't believe it'll happen. I'm just skeptical that way. 

I don't support a lot of what's in that proposal. I'm neutral on chunks of it. I assume 98 percent of it will never push through. I'm guessing you might agree with even a piece or two. 

Anyway, I find it weird that I'm calling for it to "slide in under the radar so to speak." The chunks of it are in a big presentation online. The loudest and most influential voice in media turned it into clicks with ease. Maybe I'm a sleeper cell so sleepy, I don't even know I'm doing it. 

Anyway, I wish we had enough sports to not be discussion this. Hopefully soon.