Greg Abbott won’t toss 1st pitch tonight in GA protest!

[HenryBHough]

You heard it here first: Rockies Coors Field will get the 2021 All-Star game.

Hope they get a hail storm like they did in 1982, with grapefruit sized hail. It'd be justice for the commie assholes.

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You throw around commie like:

* you know what it means
* you think we're insulted
* you think it's a great burn, like Socialist and Liberal and.....I don't know....Hippie!

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Without illustrated instructions dumb ***** will only hurt itself trying to get a tissue out.

 

[marvin martian]

So whiny little ***** Republicans can't STFU about how those poor widdle small biz owners in Atlanta won't get their $100 from the All-Star game, then Abbott declares that he won't let small biz owners make $100 million in Houston or Arlington, as punishment?

Most of those "poor widdle small biz owners in Atlanta" are black, so that explains your disdain for them.

 

[Synthaholic]

So how can MLB have a deal like this with a country that has a history of well documented human rights violations?

MLB signs deal with China's largest tech company (cnn.com)

But Republicans don't care about Human Rights, so your post is bad faith.

Plenty of Republicans were very vocal about sanctioning China over the Hong Kong situation. Plenty were regarding Uyghur genocide as well.

C'mon.

The few GOP voices were used to jab China, not for Human Rights. Republicans certainly didn't speak out against the oppressive and excessive force being used on Russian, Polish, and Hungarian citizens. Among other authoritarian regimes.

By that standard, the Democrats also don't care about human rights.

No, by that standard they do, as they spoke out on each, in addition to crackdowns in Türkiye and Myanmar and the Kurds.

That would depend on the Democrat. Turkey is a good example. Many Democrats and Republicans have refused to vote in favor of the government acknowledging the Armenian Genocide due to lobbying from the Turkish government. Sure, it's a historical genocide, but denial of it is no different from denial of the Holocaust.

There are members of each party that will remain silent or will defend certain regimes if they have business connections there. It's like how corporations pretend to care about social issues here but ignore equivalent or worse issues overseas.

Very few people are truly consistent in supporting human rights.

Not the reason. Armenian and Hellenic lobbying in favor of it is just as fierce. The problem is, once we officially call it genocide, other nations will call what we did to Native Americans genocide - which it was. Same with the Japanese/Chinese.

The problem is trying to judge historical events through today's lens of morality.

 

[Synthaholic]

Meh,

Does anyone really care that Gov Abbott didn’t toss the first pitch...

He couldn't throw it past the mound.

 

[Utilitarian]

So how can MLB have a deal like this with a country that has a history of well documented human rights violations?

MLB signs deal with China's largest tech company (cnn.com)

But Republicans don't care about Human Rights, so your post is bad faith.

Plenty of Republicans were very vocal about sanctioning China over the Hong Kong situation. Plenty were regarding Uyghur genocide as well.

C'mon.

The few GOP voices were used to jab China, not for Human Rights. Republicans certainly didn't speak out against the oppressive and excessive force being used on Russian, Polish, and Hungarian citizens. Among other authoritarian regimes.

By that standard, the Democrats also don't care about human rights.

No, by that standard they do, as they spoke out on each, in addition to crackdowns in Türkiye and Myanmar and the Kurds.

That would depend on the Democrat. Turkey is a good example. Many Democrats and Republicans have refused to vote in favor of the government acknowledging the Armenian Genocide due to lobbying from the Turkish government. Sure, it's a historical genocide, but denial of it is no different from denial of the Holocaust.

There are members of each party that will remain silent or will defend certain regimes if they have business connections there. It's like how corporations pretend to care about social issues here but ignore equivalent or worse issues overseas.

Very few people are truly consistent in supporting human rights.

Not the reason. Armenian and Hellenic lobbying in favor of it is just as fierce. The problem is, once we officially call it genocide, other nations will call what we did to Native Americans genocide - which it was. Same with the Japanese/Chinese.

The problem is trying to judge historical events through today's lens of morality.

Actually, plenty of Americans acknowledge things like the Trail of Tears as ethnic cleansing or what we did during the Philippine War as a genocide. I don't see either acknowledgement as a problem.

I do agree that presentism isn't a good thing to engage in, but that's not the same as acknowledging genocides.

Presentism is best demonstrated by those on the left who want to tear down all references to the Confederacy, or those who want to remove all references to colonization figures (like what's happening in the UK).

 

[Synthaholic]

So how can MLB have a deal like this with a country that has a history of well documented human rights violations?

MLB signs deal with China's largest tech company (cnn.com)

But Republicans don't care about Human Rights, so your post is bad faith.

Plenty of Republicans were very vocal about sanctioning China over the Hong Kong situation. Plenty were regarding Uyghur genocide as well.

C'mon.

The few GOP voices were used to jab China, not for Human Rights. Republicans certainly didn't speak out against the oppressive and excessive force being used on Russian, Polish, and Hungarian citizens. Among other authoritarian regimes.

By that standard, the Democrats also don't care about human rights.

No, by that standard they do, as they spoke out on each, in addition to crackdowns in Türkiye and Myanmar and the Kurds.

That would depend on the Democrat. Turkey is a good example. Many Democrats and Republicans have refused to vote in favor of the government acknowledging the Armenian Genocide due to lobbying from the Turkish government. Sure, it's a historical genocide, but denial of it is no different from denial of the Holocaust.

There are members of each party that will remain silent or will defend certain regimes if they have business connections there. It's like how corporations pretend to care about social issues here but ignore equivalent or worse issues overseas.

Very few people are truly consistent in supporting human rights.

Not the reason. Armenian and Hellenic lobbying in favor of it is just as fierce. The problem is, once we officially call it genocide, other nations will call what we did to Native Americans genocide - which it was. Same with the Japanese/Chinese.

The problem is trying to judge historical events through today's lens of morality.

Actually, plenty of Americans acknowledge things like the Trail of Tears as ethnic cleansing or what we did during the Philippine War as a genocide. I don't see either acknowledgement as a problem.

I do agree that presentism isn't a good thing to engage in, but that's not the same as acknowledging genocides.

Presentism is best demonstrated by those on the left who want to tear down all references to the Confederacy, or those who want to remove all references to colonization figures (like what's happening in the UK).

Wrong. Confederate statues belong in museums. And no one has a problem with them being in museums.

Don't play stupid with me.

 

[Synthaholic]

Actually, plenty of Americans acknowledge things like the Trail of Tears as ethnic cleansing or what we did during the Philippine War as a genocide. I don't see either acknowledgement as a problem.

Yeah? Get the U.S. to officially acknowledge our genocide against Native-Americans. Good luck.

 

[Utilitarian]

So how can MLB have a deal like this with a country that has a history of well documented human rights violations?

MLB signs deal with China's largest tech company (cnn.com)

But Republicans don't care about Human Rights, so your post is bad faith.

Plenty of Republicans were very vocal about sanctioning China over the Hong Kong situation. Plenty were regarding Uyghur genocide as well.

C'mon.

The few GOP voices were used to jab China, not for Human Rights. Republicans certainly didn't speak out against the oppressive and excessive force being used on Russian, Polish, and Hungarian citizens. Among other authoritarian regimes.

By that standard, the Democrats also don't care about human rights.

No, by that standard they do, as they spoke out on each, in addition to crackdowns in Türkiye and Myanmar and the Kurds.

That would depend on the Democrat. Turkey is a good example. Many Democrats and Republicans have refused to vote in favor of the government acknowledging the Armenian Genocide due to lobbying from the Turkish government. Sure, it's a historical genocide, but denial of it is no different from denial of the Holocaust.

There are members of each party that will remain silent or will defend certain regimes if they have business connections there. It's like how corporations pretend to care about social issues here but ignore equivalent or worse issues overseas.

Very few people are truly consistent in supporting human rights.

Not the reason. Armenian and Hellenic lobbying in favor of it is just as fierce. The problem is, once we officially call it genocide, other nations will call what we did to Native Americans genocide - which it was. Same with the Japanese/Chinese.

The problem is trying to judge historical events through today's lens of morality.

Actually, plenty of Americans acknowledge things like the Trail of Tears as ethnic cleansing or what we did during the Philippine War as a genocide. I don't see either acknowledgement as a problem.

I do agree that presentism isn't a good thing to engage in, but that's not the same as acknowledging genocides.

Presentism is best demonstrated by those on the left who want to tear down all references to the Confederacy, or those who want to remove all references to colonization figures (like what's happening in the UK).

Wrong. Confederate statues belong in museums. And no one has a problem with them being in museums.

Don't play stupid with me.

You brought up presentism, and I gave an example of it. Sorry if you don't like that.

 

[Utilitarian]

Actually, plenty of Americans acknowledge things like the Trail of Tears as ethnic cleansing or what we did during the Philippine War as a genocide. I don't see either acknowledgement as a problem.

Yeah? Get the U.S. to officially acknowledge our genocide against Native-Americans. Good luck.

Nationally, it might take some time, but plenty of states wouldn't be against it. In fact, some states already have: “It’s Called a Genocide:” The Strength of Language in U.S. Government Apologies to Native Americans

I'm not exactly a fan of Newsom, but I can't disagree with him in that link.