Mr. Ed Wrote:
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> The Woke-ness Monster Wrote:
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> > I thought our conversation was being limited to
> > commemorative locomotives. Thus far, there has
> > been no locomotive painted in a unique paint
> > scheme to honor straight white men, and we all
> > know there never will be. As I mentioned,
> years
> > ago KCS painted some of their units solid
> white,
> > but that was in a pre-bleeding heart liberal,
> > woke, progressive, politically correct,
> corporate
> > pandering era when railroads painted
> locomotives
> > without a concern for identity politics.
> >
> > As for the earlier era you mentioned where
> > straight white males were honored, it was
> probably
> > deservedly so. James J. Hill built the Great
> > Northern, John Stevens found a way over the
> > Cascade mountains, William Hood designed the
> > Tehachapi Loop . . . are you suggesting that,
> in
> > the name of political correctness, all of the
> > recognition should have been bestowed on
> > people-of-color who didn't contribute nearly as
> > much, merely because of the color of their skin?
>
> > Thankfully, woke politics and political
> > correctness didn't plague that era like it does
> > now and, besides, that would have been going
> > against what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke
> of
> > in his 1963 speech. These days we practice
> just
> > to opposite of what he was talking about
> regarding
> > skin color and content of character.
> >
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> How long are you gonna keep beating this dead
> horse?
Until Bob2 can make us all believe it's all about him.