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Tue Apr 6 06:00:01 EDT 2021
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Slept from ten to seven.
Woke briefly around three-thirty.
Warmer.
Mostly sunny early in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 70s.
Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Work
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- investigate WN thin client
Done.
- order spare replacement router? (WN)
Out of stock.
- 2:30 PM bi-weekly Entrata call
Done.
- review credit card statement
Done.
- revenue management research
No.
Twenty-minute walk at lunch.
Sunny, hot even.
Home
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- call doctor's office about prescription renewal
No.
ED: Sounds like I am missing the point but I’d be interested if you want to tell me what you’re talking about
ED: What moral values and beliefs are you talking about?
ME: Racism and xenophobia, chiefly. Your views have either grown more extreme over the last few years, or you now feel safe expressing the beliefs you previously hid.
ED: I think the window of acceptable thought has moved. Now it is racism to think that the rioters last summer were unjustified and should have been crushed. It is xenophobia to think that our country should maintain an actual border and enforce immigration laws. It is racism to not want to become a despised minority in my own country
ED: These are beliefs every single person up through our grandparents’ generation held as a matter of course
ME: Racism and xenophobia are wrong, regardless of the position of the Overton window, and there have always been people who found them odious. Your statements sound like the type of easy prejudices Tucker Carlson would cynically exploit to gin up a popular fever of grievances, but I find it incredible that someone with your intelligence and education would thoughtlessly adopt them. I have to assume these are your sincere and considered beliefs. Please let me know if you reconsider.
He goes on go argue that "racism" has no definition, so his ideas can't be wrong.
At least I feel relieved that I'm not projecting my horror of the right wing onto Ed — his views are truly extreme.
Servings: grains 5/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 2/2, meat 1/3, nuts 0.5/0.5
Brunch: pineapple, omelet, carrots
Lunch: apple, cucumber, bean taco, coffee
Dinner: cheese curls
121/75
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