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reACTIONary's JournalWhat is a maroon?
Bugs Bunny often quips "what a maroon", taken to be his idiosyncratic way of saying "moron". He is sometimes quoted on DU.
The word, however, refers to "a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also a descendant of such a slave."; “runaway black slave,” “wild runaway slave,” “the beast who cannot be tamed,” or “living on mountaintops.”
https://www.britannica.com/topic/maroon-community
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maroon#:~:text=1%20%3A%20a%20person%20who%20is,Sentences%20Learn%20More%20about%20maroon
Like a lot of cartoons of a certain age, the humor of bugs is sometimes crude and racist, even if a bit obscure.
DNC meddling led to Iowa caucus debacle
A lot of this "lessons learned" audit report is straight forward lessons learned in tech management. A lot of it is just a pissing contest. But there are some bigger lessons to be learned buried in the report and the article.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/12/iowa-caucus-dnc-report-444649
“The DNC has certainly taken the position that there should no longer be caucuses in any state and has imposed requirements that make it even more difficult to carry out caucus,” the report concludes.
Since 1972, Iowans have held the nation’s first presidential nominating contest, a position that has come under attack from Democrats who argue the state’s overwhelmingly white population is not representative of the country and therefore should not play an outsize role in picking the party’s nominee.
In particular, the audit points to the difficulties the state party faced in increasing participation while avoiding any processes that were similar to primary voting because of New Hampshire’s insistence on being the first primary state in the nation.
* Get rid of caucuses. Just fucking get rid of them.
* Who the fuck cares if your state is the first state. Or the first 'primary' state. Just fucking get over it.
Also, get your tech act together - sheesh.
Obama's 'defund the police' comments showcase a radical cynicism
Obama dismissed “defund the police” as a “snappy slogan.” Obama’s concern was tactical: “You lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want done.”.....
Still, as much as Obama may be correct about White anxiety, he is wrong about the supposed toxicity of “defund the police” as a slogan. The people it turns off were unlikely to support the effort anyway, and the phrase carries with it the power to compel attention — and, with it, long-overdue change.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/06/obamas-defund-police-comments-showcase-radical-cynicism/
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