I suspect that you're correct. It's happened in the past that mysteriously even when some comments get +3,+4, or even +5 I get no moderation points. I emailed asking about it and they essentially said I'd been shadowbanned but didn't see why and they 'fixed' it. I've noticed that it's happened again. I get that I'm not the most PC person but I am generally polite and make my points. Far more citations than the average poster. I can take a hint though, it's time to take a break and move on. Any similar and less thin skinned sites people could recommend as a going away present?

Generally protesters haven't broken the law. Rioters have. The news media can't seem to differentiate between the two. This is why nobody trusts media anymore because their bias is just to big to ignore.

Ah, calling racist names. What's a discussion on the internet without someone throwing racial slurs. Just because this one passes the ivory tower list doesn't make it less racist to a non-trivial number of people.

It's easy to fix this.

Step 1: Bait Trump into giving a couple tweets against Google (hint: he's easy to bait)

Step 2: Democrats will suddenly support Google just because it's the opposite of what Trump said.

People really are that easy to control.

What is 'good' about saying that they will read some books that describe racism (usually from very racist people BTW)? Talk is cheap. You're assuming that they are doing something good, I'm saying that actions speak louder than words and their actions don't seem helpful to what should be the goal: treating all employees fairly and without regard to race. I agree that good people do the right thing because it's the right thing, and often I live up to that. I just don't think that prioritizing people by race for any reason is ever the right thing. I live by the old school definition of racism, the one that applies to everyone, where it's treating people differently based on their race.

That describes things well, thanks for pointing it out. Well worth the quick read.

Seems that the intelligencia abandoned rational thought long ago. Plain logic carries exactly zero weight in college humanity departments when topics like Racism or any other grievance are involved. My all time favorite is 'Math is Whiteness' but in general it's obvious that the inmates are running the asylums. Cancel culture is probably at least in part because they know that if asked 'hard questions' they just don't have answers. You know you're winning the argument when all they can do is call you names like racist. Citation: https://www.independent.co.uk/...

You're not wrong but as someone who isn't caught up in the group think the emails from coworkers and massive over the top virtue signaling are interesting to watch. It must be a bit how truly brainwashed people, constantly looking to one up each other in 'how much they have to learn about racism' and 'how to be a better ally'. It really is a bit fascinating if you take a step back and just observe. You're remarks about all thinking going being tossed couldn't be more accurate. I will never understand the duality of being white yet hating 'whiteness' all the while drinking wine in a house decorated according to 'white' magazines. I think that's what causes urban folks to hate 'rednecks' with such a vengeance, as if all the sins of white people past and present are somehow cast upon terrible racist rednecks.

I hear you that nothing to fear isn't perfect, but deliberately protecting rioters and looters seems like even worse policy. So far we've seen that people talk big about supporting riots until the riots get near them, then they change their tune like this guy https://districtherald.com/you...

Good thing all races and creeds can rally together to protest injustice under BLM. Oh wait... BLM is a textbook case of dividing people. That's exactly why the media pushes it so hard.

Protesters are peaceful and have no cause to be arrested. Looters steal, rioters start fires, break and vandalize, and generally cause trouble. Protecting looters and rioters is bad policy.

I think only Bigfoot and UFOs get more press for less evidence than the ever present, super sinister far right white supremist. Unlike Bigfoot a few exist but their power is negligible and the actual causes to problems are far more ordinary than a conspiracy of white supremacists who are portrayed as simultaneously super dumb yet super adept at causing mayhem. Now if you want documented agents causing problems and violence allow me to present Antifa goons. Here they are bravely harassing old people https://www.washingtontimes.co...

To be fair depending on the OPs age they may only know executive orders. I'm old enough to remember the cartoon that's being referred to below but younger viewers may only know Obama as someone the media fawns over. Most of the powers Trump enjoys were initiated during the Obama years, with a few dating earlier to Bush II. Prior to Y2K there was a lot more process to governing and bi partisanship was more common, partially forced through things like needing 60 votes in the senate. Even liberal outlets occasionally were appalled at how over the top Obama was as well described here https://youtu.be/JUDSeb2zHQ0 (the I'm a bill scene from SNL, certainly a liberal outlet).

I'm old enough to say with confidence that it's getting worse through the decades. You're correct that states are supposed to buffer this a bit, but even that has been less and less effective as increasingly the supreme court (an unelected body) gets used as having the final say. Social media doesn't help either, nor does the childishness of cancel culture. What allowed it to work was melting pot mixed and everyone is free to their own opinion largely without repercussions. As both of those have largely gone away the whole enterprise is being pulled apart.

Agreed that the current bout of riots wouldn't come close. However it's been growing apart for decades. Bush II was polarizing. As was Obama. Trump obviously is, though Hillary would have been too. The basic values are no longer shared between blue states and red states. The contempt blue states have for red states is palpable. The most bigoted people you will meet are liberals when talking about a 'redneck'. It's making everything very ineffective at the national level and shows no signs of slowing down. I root for a peaceful split because a hot war would be an even bigger mess for everyone.