Adam Scheidegger

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@Elijah_Moree @richvillodas Well I think you now agree that past systemic unjust racial structures existed and have lasting effects. My hope is you can reflect on how the ripple effects of that continue to produce unequal outcomes, and adjust your views or have better arguments ready.

@AdamAndrew @richvillodas Of course discriminatory systems have lasting effects. The question is not whether the past system was discriminatory - every system has been to some group or another. The question is if there are any discriminatory systems currently.

My dear Wormwood, One of the most important tactics to keep injustice present is convincing the humans that racism is strictly an overt act of discrimination by an individual. Don’t let them focus on the systemic nature of it. Keep up the good work. Your Uncle, Screwtape

@Elijah_Moree @richvillodas Moving on pretty fast there huh? Even if I did provide a more recent example you’re glossing over lasting effects that most surely hurt a ton of people systemically. And even if I did provide something else it doesn’t change the fact that people can still act in agreement today.

@AdamAndrew @richvillodas I'm familiar with redlining. Are there any current examples of Systemic Racism towards black or brown people in the US?

@Elijah_Moree @richvillodas A good faith start that they’re possible! Redlining:Federal policy literally graded neighborhoods by race, denying mortgages to people creating 90%(?) of today’s Black‑white wealth gap. Passes the test. Any evidence would convince you a structure like that is racially unjust?

@AdamAndrew @richvillodas They are possible. I do not believe they are plausible based on extensive research into this topic, if we are speaking of structures unjust towards black or brown people. Is there something in particular you would point to in our society as a System that is racist?

@Elijah_Moree @richvillodas Do you agree that, given universal sin, unjust racial structures are at least plausible—even likely—in a nation with our history? We can discuss specific examples after agreement. Not dismissing these important foundations is the goal here.

Note that the original post contrasts Systematic Racism in opposition to an act by an individual. Individuals can act and create unjust systems. Nobody denies that. The point of Systematic Racism as a blanket statement is so that you have no burden of proof to actually point to where it is - you just vaguely attribute all societal ills to it. If you want to end unjust discrimination - you need to point to it and let us discuss solutions. If you can't point to it I must suspect that it is simply a socio-political tool.

I can already tell I’m going to get stupid replies. So just so you know: a drivers license is not necessarily proof of citizenship. And lots of people don’t have birth certificates or passports. If you want a national ID card fine, but for those of you with goldfish memories, there was a time when conservatives were rabidly opposed to national ID cards. Oh and if you think requiring proof of citizenship (or even voter ID) will cleanly benefit the GOP, you haven’t been paying attention to the changing demographics of the GOP coalition. thedispatch.com/article/voter-…

@Elijah_Moree @richvillodas And if you hold to that view it is not inaccurate to hold that many such individuals could work together to build systems of injustice or systemic sin that others would follow in its depraved nature. Have you also not recalled the story of Babel?

@AdamAndrew @richvillodas Yes. If that's a defense of Systematic Racism you're going to be dismayed to hear that you just described simply the aggregation of the depravity every individual holds.

@philvischer Yeah that seems very plausible and accurate.

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@JayMallow3 @alisa_childers Haha her response doesn’t refute systemic racism it just points the lens at another form of human sinful depravity. Signs she’s not willing to see through the lens that human depravity absolutely works out in systemic ways sinfully with regards to race.

@alisa_childers “Why can’t we just focus on the gospel” was used in the 60s to excuse racism. What is this?

My dear Wormwood, Great idea. Redefine words and divide Christians against one another. If everything is seen through the lens of race, they will start believing they are nothing more than the oppressed or the oppressor. This will distract them from realizing they are sinners in need of redemption. Best of all, have their own pastors say it. Delightful work. Your Uncle, Screwtape

@Elijah_Moree @richvillodas Do you believe in total depravity especially manifesting in unregenerate humanity that has not repented and received the Holy Spirit?

The funny thing is, if Screwtape had actually written something like that, he would have been able to expound in detail on the nature of systemic racism. That literally cannot be done however, because systemic racism is guilt without guilty parties. Thus any references to it have to be as vague as possible.

@Ike_Saul The writing has been on the wall. Amazon is so proud of Alexa…for no reason other than dozens of millions of people have it with Prime. They also had the controversy with Echo’s communicating with other echos in your neighborhood. Trash. I tell everyone to avoid smart Amazon

This has gotta be one of the biggest self-owns in advertising history. You literally spend millions of dollars for a 30-second Super Bowl spot to tell everyone you're spying on them, immediately destroying your brand reputation and unpending your business model.

@jenniferwilkin Jen, we know who you are. And more importantly, so does your Father in Heaven. Keep going, sister. You are a treasure to the church. ❤️

@jenniferwilkin It is a very strange place where you live Jen! These people are peculiarly pernicious in a way that is hard to grasp.

@philvischer @gplawhorn Imagine someone doing a thing called "thinking" and coming to a different conclusion than they had previously.

The President should not be posting images of a former Black president as an ape regardless of the context. This is not controversial.

@NeilShenvi The toxic empathy crowd STRAINING that gnat while swallowing the camel: Matthew 23:24! Hard to watch the fundamentalism gears cranking.

"Empathy is bad but sympathy and compassion are good." I don't think this works. If empathy can be toxic and weaponized, then so can sympathy and compassion. There's a legitimate argument here, but we should be careful about how we state it. x.com/NeilShenvi/sta…

Hold on Josh, #1 I'm not a Democrat neither do I support Democrats. Your response to my tweet seems to be a pivot by saying "Trump is not rigging the dems are!". We can talk about the Dems but first you have to address Trump's nationalizing votes comments, Bannons comments about the midterms and what that means for elections. #2 Trump already tried to steal an election with his False electors scheme. You had folks in Trump's own corner admit the scheme under oath, you had false electors testify under oath that admitted the same and you had state legislatures (even those that supported Trump) clearly come out and say he was asking them to do something that was unconstitutional when it came to not certifying their state's votes due to fraud that the could NOT prove - even when Pro-Trump state legislatures ASKED them for proof. There's a reason Trump doesn't have the same VP because his "I hope Mike Pence does the right thing" speeches was him wanting the VP to join him in is false elector's scheme and Pence rightly said that what Trump wanted him to do was unconstitutional and rejected Trump's desires - which showed Pence to be a man of integrity in that instance. You have a president that couldn't accept that he lost so he tried to steal the election with his own team of crackpot lawyers (Gilluiani, Cheseboro, Eastman, Powell, etc.) because the fed's legal team told him the TRUTH - that he LOST and there was no outcome determinative fraud. He couldn't accept it. So he brought on people that would do his bidding. And it didn't work. Rudi Giuliani: Disbarred in NY and in DC John Eastman: Judge in CA ruled that he should be disbarred Sidney Powell: Took a plea deal in the GA election cased and has been sanctioned by FEDERAL courts Ken Chesebro: Drafted memo that laid the foundation for the electors scheme LINK -> (politico.com/news/2023/08/0…). Chesebro took a plea deal in the Georgia case in 2024 and faces additional charges in Wisconsin Don't tell me about Dems trying to steal an election if you're not going to be honest about how your president tried to steal one in 2020. If you put a high premium on TRUTH (As all of us Christians should) then you should be FOR truth no matter who its FOR or AGAINST. Call out the Dems if they are plotting (EVERYONE should be called out no matter what side of the Isle they're on if they're wrong) BUT... It will be hollow and HYPOCRITICAL if you can't admit when Trump tried to plot, scheme and steal an election as well when it was objectively clear and proven that there wasn't any outcome determinative fraud that caused him to lose.

Hi Speaker @MikeJohnson! If you tell me which 3, I'm happy to explain how ballot reporting works in that state and how it can sometimes lead to a red mirage. In Arizona, we have the opposite (blue mirage). For example, in the November 2020 election, Democrats were winning big in all the state and countywide elections. That's because in Arizona, we pre-process and pre-tabulate all mail ballots that are returned before Election Day. Those ballots came disproportionately from Democrats. That meant that the first results released at 8:00 PM were wayyyyy bluer than the final results. When Election Day in-person votes, and Election Day dropoff votes, are aggregated into the county later in the evening and over the next 48 hours, the races got redder and redder. I was a Republican candidate in Maricopa County in November 2020. I was down 90,000 votes to the Democratic candidate with the first results. I eventually came back and won. My Democratic opponent understood how it worked, did not cry foul, and conceded the race. Again, here to help! Let me know which 3.

@edstetzer Apple will eventually keep iterating on it, but until then this is an Editor's Choice in the App Store (all Apple device compatible) flexibits.com/cardhop?pk_cam…

The contacts app on my Mac is the worst piece of technology in the world. Anyone have a better suggestion for a Mac?

@GarretMJ @PastorTrey05 This claim lacks any data, & shows you only care about having an opinion- not an informed one. People who can’t smell can say shit doesn’t smell bad- does not mean that formulation is true to reality.

@AdamAndrew @PastorTrey05 Well he brought up the erasure of blacks specifically and cited slavery or the trans Atlantic slave trade. I’m of the opinion the erasure of black Africans was their own doing. They killed more and colonized more of their own on their continent than Europeans ever did

Less “whiteness” IS better. The reason there’s less ethnic diversity in China/Yemen (a disputable claim, btw—she’s erroneously conflated race with ethnicity here) is because they weren’t colonized by Europeans who then imported labor from around the world & invented “whiteness”.