USCHO Fan Forum
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
-
The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.
Headline News Thread
- Thread starter MinnesotaNorthStar
- Start date
- Status
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Headline News Thread
As long as they are consistent and don't allow people to wear crosses, stars of David, ash of forehead on ash Wednesday, etc. then I don't really have a big problem with it.
As long as they are consistent and don't allow people to wear crosses, stars of David, ash of forehead on ash Wednesday, etc. then I don't really have a big problem with it.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Headline News Thread
I'm OK with it (with that proviso) too. I'm sure the motivation is gross, but if the crux of the argument is that religious symbolism is so central to the identity of the believer that this constitutes an impossible obstacle against a particular faith in that workplace, that's a problem with that faith, not that workplace.
Just because the people behind these bans are probably bigots doesn't mean the target of their bigotry can't be all sorts of f-cked up as well. Don't be a totalitarian philosophy. Easy peasy.
I'm OK with it (with that proviso) too. I'm sure the motivation is gross, but if the crux of the argument is that religious symbolism is so central to the identity of the believer that this constitutes an impossible obstacle against a particular faith in that workplace, that's a problem with that faith, not that workplace.
Just because the people behind these bans are probably bigots doesn't mean the target of their bigotry can't be all sorts of f-cked up as well. Don't be a totalitarian philosophy. Easy peasy.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: Headline News Thread
Yep. Not a fan of the ruling, but consistency is required. As noted plagiarist Dennis Leary joked about sagging, "If I see just one millimeter of underwear - YOU'RE OUT!"
Yep. Not a fan of the ruling, but consistency is required. As noted plagiarist Dennis Leary joked about sagging, "If I see just one millimeter of underwear - YOU'RE OUT!"
Re: Headline News Thread
The one thing I see possibly being a problem, is if you allow one religion to wear their stuff, where is the line? I mean, the infamous Flying Spaghetti Monster? Festivus material? Scientology? So, ban it all.
The one thing I see possibly being a problem, is if you allow one religion to wear their stuff, where is the line? I mean, the infamous Flying Spaghetti Monster? Festivus material? Scientology? So, ban it all.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Headline News Thread
This should be his official introduction at all events.
Re: Headline News Thread
The "headlines" don't always convey the actual "news."
I saw a headline the other day that said "2020 Census Will Not Count LGBTQ."
I thought, "that can't possibly be right. I worked on the 2000 census, and you are supposed to count everyone. We went to Walmart parking lot to count people who live out of their RVs, we went to the homeless camp to count them..."
Then in the actual article it says [paraphrase] "of course LGBTQ people will be 'counted,' it is just that they won't be reported in a separate category all their own."
I guess that headline is a good example of "clickbait," eh?
Say something that appears outrageous, then walk it back. I read somewhere else that something like 40% of people link to news stories on social media that they have not even read, based purely on the headline alone.
Like the "old days" in the supermarket checkout line, National Inquirer breathless headline: "Did star of day do something outrageous?" then you turn to the article and it says, "of course not...wherever did you get that idea?"
The "headlines" don't always convey the actual "news."
I saw a headline the other day that said "2020 Census Will Not Count LGBTQ."
I thought, "that can't possibly be right. I worked on the 2000 census, and you are supposed to count everyone. We went to Walmart parking lot to count people who live out of their RVs, we went to the homeless camp to count them..."
Then in the actual article it says [paraphrase] "of course LGBTQ people will be 'counted,' it is just that they won't be reported in a separate category all their own."
I guess that headline is a good example of "clickbait," eh?
Say something that appears outrageous, then walk it back. I read somewhere else that something like 40% of people link to news stories on social media that they have not even read, based purely on the headline alone.Like the "old days" in the supermarket checkout line, National Inquirer breathless headline: "Did star of day do something outrageous?" then you turn to the article and it says, "of course not...wherever did you get that idea?"
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Headline News Thread
I had absolutely no trouble understanding what that headline meant. You're either lying or exceptionally dense.
I had absolutely no trouble understanding what that headline meant. You're either lying or exceptionally dense.
theprofromdover
The Original Dope Detector
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Headline News Thread
It was at that point that you should have realized you were short on sleep.
It was at that point that you should have realized you were short on sleep.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Headline News Thread
Even if it isn't difficult to figure out what they were saying, it is obviously a headline that is meant to get extra clicks.
Even if it isn't difficult to figure out what they were saying, it is obviously a headline that is meant to get extra clicks.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Headline News Thread
Sure, but they don't expect smart people to fall for it. The headline writers will even tell you as much. They're interested in those who are either foaming at the mouth of the subject of the story or simply dumb enough t believe what the headline reads.
Sure, but they don't expect smart people to fall for it. The headline writers will even tell you as much. They're interested in those who are either foaming at the mouth of the subject of the story or simply dumb enough t believe what the headline reads.
MinnesotaNorthStar
Minding the gap
Re: Headline News Thread
I knew what they meant, but it was worded poorly, if one didn't want to consider it "clickbait."
I knew what they meant, but it was worded poorly, if one didn't want to consider it "clickbait."
Re: Headline News Thread
So traffic around Atlanta is really going to SUCK for months now.
So traffic around Atlanta is really going to SUCK for months now.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Headline News Thread
Yes, that's exactly it.
You should understand the context of what the census is and how that headline relates to it. It's Constitutional law that all people be counted. What's not mandated, however, is whether or not LGBT consideration is a demographic within that count. When the headline reads that something will not be counted, then you know it's a demographic breakdown context and not whether someone merely exists.
Yes, that's exactly it.
You should understand the context of what the census is and how that headline relates to it. It's Constitutional law that all people be counted. What's not mandated, however, is whether or not LGBT consideration is a demographic within that count. When the headline reads that something will not be counted, then you know it's a demographic breakdown context and not whether someone merely exists.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: Headline News Thread
<img src="http://savenewport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wrong-trump-1-660x330.png" height=250 width=450></img>
Check the headline - https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/03/29/us/politics/ap-us-census-lgbtq.html?_r=0
<img src="http://savenewport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wrong-trump-1-660x330.png" height=250 width=450></img>
Check the headline - https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/03/29/us/politics/ap-us-census-lgbtq.html?_r=0
- Status