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  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

    @Jolly said in The Gap:

    One thing I noticed in the article, was the concentration of journalists.

    Maybe we need a new news organization with its offices in Chicago or Dallas...

    It's absolutely a problem. I've worked with and for a lot of media folks in NYC. Not everyone follows this stereotype, so this is very loose, but generally:

    • a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble
    • they don't know the depth of that, but they do sense a disparity, feel kinda bad about it in a judgey sort of way, and so therefore have white guilt. From there's it's off to the woke races.
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    George K
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    #5

    @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

    a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

    image.jpeg

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

    CopperC Aqua LetiferA jon-nycJ 3 Replies Last reply
    • George KG George K

      @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

      a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

      image.jpeg

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      #6

      @George-K said in The Gap:

      @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

      a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

      image.jpeg

      That is 1 more than I knew at the time.

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      • George KG George K

        @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

        a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

        image.jpeg

        Aqua LetiferA Offline
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        Aqua Letifer
        wrote on last edited by Aqua Letifer
        #7

        @George-K said in The Gap:

        @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

        a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

        image.jpeg

        A little while back, I was listening to a panel discussion at Aperture (based in New York) on Robert Frank. They were commenting on his use of the American flag in his series, "The Americans." They were talking about it from the standpoint of his choice, like it was a creative decision. "All through the work you find flag stuff."

        1. He incorporated the flag into his work because he traveled through the south and the midwest, and in those areas the flag is every-damn-where. It wasn't a creative decision, he was accurately documenting what Not-New-York looks like.
        2. Flag stuff. That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."

        Please love yourself.

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        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

          @George-K said in The Gap:

          @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

          a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

          image.jpeg

          A little while back, I was listening to a panel discussion at Aperture (based in New York) on Robert Frank. They were commenting on his use of the American flag in his series, "The Americans." They were talking about it from the standpoint of his choice, like it was a creative decision. "All through the work you find flag stuff."

          1. He incorporated the flag into his work because he traveled through the south and the midwest, and in those areas the flag is every-damn-where. It wasn't a creative decision, he was accurately documenting what Not-New-York looks like.
          2. Flag stuff. That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."
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          Jolly
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          #8

          @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

          @George-K said in The Gap:

          @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

          a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

          image.jpeg

          A little while back, I was listening to a panel discussion at Aperture (based in New York) on Robert Frank. They were commenting on his use of the American flag in his series, "The Americans." They were talking about it from the standpoint of his choice, like it was a creative decision. "All through the work you find flag stuff."

          1. He incorporated the flag into his work because he traveled through the south and the midwest, and in those areas the flag is every-damn-where. It wasn't a creative decision, he was accurately documenting what Not-New-York looks like.
          2. Flag stuff. That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."

          Even more head-scratching for them is when they drive by a house that has the American flag and the Confederate flag flying.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • George KG George K

            @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

            a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

            image.jpeg

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            #9

            @George-K said in The Gap:

            @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

            a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

            image.jpeg

            My dad made this same point, without irony, in 1996 when Clinton beat Dole. He was shocked, since everyone he knew (all white, mostly male senior citizens in Ft Wayne IN) had voted for Dole.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

              @George-K said in The Gap:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

              a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

              image.jpeg

              A little while back, I was listening to a panel discussion at Aperture (based in New York) on Robert Frank. They were commenting on his use of the American flag in his series, "The Americans." They were talking about it from the standpoint of his choice, like it was a creative decision. "All through the work you find flag stuff."

              1. He incorporated the flag into his work because he traveled through the south and the midwest, and in those areas the flag is every-damn-where. It wasn't a creative decision, he was accurately documenting what Not-New-York looks like.
              2. Flag stuff. That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."

              Even more head-scratching for them is when they drive by a house that has the American flag and the Confederate flag flying.

              Aqua LetiferA Offline
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              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on last edited by
              #10

              @Jolly said in The Gap:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

              @George-K said in The Gap:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

              a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

              image.jpeg

              A little while back, I was listening to a panel discussion at Aperture (based in New York) on Robert Frank. They were commenting on his use of the American flag in his series, "The Americans." They were talking about it from the standpoint of his choice, like it was a creative decision. "All through the work you find flag stuff."

              1. He incorporated the flag into his work because he traveled through the south and the midwest, and in those areas the flag is every-damn-where. It wasn't a creative decision, he was accurately documenting what Not-New-York looks like.
              2. Flag stuff. That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."

              Even more head-scratching for them is when they drive by a house that has the American flag and the Confederate flag flying.

              Well c'mon, they'd never be caught dead in a place that had that. 😄 But yes that'd be a head-scratcher.

              Please love yourself.

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              • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                @George-K said in The Gap:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

                a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

                image.jpeg

                A little while back, I was listening to a panel discussion at Aperture (based in New York) on Robert Frank. They were commenting on his use of the American flag in his series, "The Americans." They were talking about it from the standpoint of his choice, like it was a creative decision. "All through the work you find flag stuff."

                1. He incorporated the flag into his work because he traveled through the south and the midwest, and in those areas the flag is every-damn-where. It wasn't a creative decision, he was accurately documenting what Not-New-York looks like.
                2. Flag stuff. That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."
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                #11

                @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

                That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."

                Oh, come on. That ain't no thing.

                Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                • Catseye3C Catseye3

                  @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

                  That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."

                  Oh, come on. That ain't no thing.

                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                  Aqua Letifer
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                  #12

                  @Catseye3 said in The Gap:

                  @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

                  That's why the rest of the country hates you and claims you're out of touch. Because you say things like "flag stuff."

                  Oh, come on. That ain't no thing.

                  I watched the seminar. You didn't.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    @George-K said in The Gap:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

                    a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

                    image.jpeg

                    My dad made this same point, without irony, in 1996 when Clinton beat Dole. He was shocked, since everyone he knew (all white, mostly male senior citizens in Ft Wayne IN) had voted for Dole.

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                    #13

                    @jon-nyc said in The Gap:

                    @George-K said in The Gap:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

                    a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

                    image.jpeg

                    My dad made this same point, without irony, in 1996 when Clinton beat Dole. He was shocked, since everyone he knew (all white, mostly male senior citizens in Ft Wayne IN) had voted for Dole.

                    And the left side would say the same thing about the election of 2016. And the right side about the election of 2020. LOL

                    Just reinforces why I like this forum board. People from all sides offering their thoughts and opinions.

                    George KG 1 Reply Last reply
                    • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                      @jon-nyc said in The Gap:

                      @George-K said in The Gap:

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in The Gap:

                      a lot of them have absolutely no idea how the world works outside of their own bubble

                      image.jpeg

                      My dad made this same point, without irony, in 1996 when Clinton beat Dole. He was shocked, since everyone he knew (all white, mostly male senior citizens in Ft Wayne IN) had voted for Dole.

                      And the left side would say the same thing about the election of 2016. And the right side about the election of 2020. LOL

                      Just reinforces why I like this forum board. People from all sides offering their thoughts and opinions.

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      #14

                      @taiwan_girl said in The Gap:

                      l eft side would say the same thing about the election of 2016.

                      And they did, again and again.

                      Link to video

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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