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Isgrimnur wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 2:18 pm Folks or y'all is acceptable.

A federally funded museum is telling Americans not to think. On June 24, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum instructed the public not to consider the relationship between its subject, other historical events, and the present, implicitly reprimanding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for calling American detention centers “concentration camps.” In doing so, it has made nonsense of the slogan “never again” and provided moral cover for ongoing and oppressive American policies.

Isgrimnur wrote:Folks or y'all is acceptable.

msteelers wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 2:50 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Folks or y'all is acceptable.

I live in the south, but I am not from the south. It’s impossible for y’all to cross my lips unless I’m making fun of something. Folks.... just isn’t me. “Heya folks!”... I cant do it.

Yinz is a dangerous word for me. A gateway word. If I say yinz then my western PA accent will come back, and that could ruin my career.

LordMortis wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 2:49 pm I'd also say "you guys" but apparently that's a nono. I'm not sure I've ever treated "you guys" as anything other than gender neutral. That's another I'm probably too old to change term.

Malificent wrote:Hey everybody

YellowKing wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:01 pm I live in NC so "y'all" is considered the Queen's English.

The other day I found myself saying "all y'all" which is when I realized I'm a lost cause.

LordMortis wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:05 pmI have no idea what yinz is. It sounds like holiday food I'd put a tiny bit of my plate, not trusting what it is.

More than 3,100 people will leave Bureau of Prisons custody starting Friday, part of what Justice Department officials call "a truly monumental effort" to comply with the First Step Act, a criminal justice law passed by Congress last year.

Most of the offenders being freed have been convicted of drug-related crimes, and have been living in halfway houses across the United States in preparation for their release, acting BOP chief Hugh Hurwitz told reporters at a news conference in Washington.

Approximately 900 of the inmates are subject to detention by local authorities or immigration officials, and their fate now will be up to states or the Department of Homeland Security, he said.

The Justice Department announced that 250 more inmates who are elderly or terminally ill have transitioned into home confinement or compassionate release programs since President Trump signed the law last December.

Those programs existed in some form before the First Step Act, but advocates for prisoners and their families said they were used only sparingly and now are somewhat easier to access.
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Authorities also unveiled a new risk assessment tool designed to identify prisoners who could benefit from prison programming that would allow them to win credits that count toward early release under the law.

Inmates will be reassessed every six months under that new program.
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The Justice Department enlisted a think tank, the Hudson Institute, to assist with the assessment effort. But that decision has come under fire from key Democrats in Congress.

"The Hudson Institute and its leadership have opposed sentencing reform, opposed the First Step Act's reforms, and authored an article entitled 'Why Trump Should Oppose Criminal Justice Reform,'" as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and subcommittee chairwoman Karen Bass said earlier this year.

Daehawk wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:55 pm Y'inz is incorrect it is you'inz...well unless its the short form that all the rage.

Skinypupy wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:44 pm I mostly just shrug at this stuff. I think it's entirely unnecessary and frankly rather silly, but it has no real effect on anyone's life so...meh.

Yes, it's annoying to hear the deplorables bray about it, but let's be honest, they're always going to complain about things that provide even the slightest impediment to them being giant assholes to everyone around them. It may as well be something like this that ultimately has no impact on anything.

Skinypupy wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:18 pm After spending the last decade working primarily with diversity and inclusion officers, I've become much more conscious about using "guys" as well. That one's a big no-no in the D&I community.

I always use "folks" or "everyone" now. I'll occasionally throw in a "y'all" as well, just for the lulz ("Wait...aren't you from Utah?").

Alefroth wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:59 pm

Daehawk wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:55 pm Y'inz is incorrect it is you'inz...well unless its the short form that all the rage.

Yinz is absolutely the most correct.

hepcat wrote:

Alefroth wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:59 pm

Daehawk wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:55 pm Y'inz is incorrect it is you'inz...well unless its the short form that all the rage.

Yinz is absolutely the most correct.

Daehawk is right. It’s always been “you’inz” or “you’uns” to those of us who grew up in what’s considered Appalachia...or at least the edge of it.

hepcat wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 9:44 pm

Alefroth wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:59 pm

Daehawk wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:55 pm Y'inz is incorrect it is you'inz...well unless its the short form that all the rage.

Yinz is absolutely the most correct.

Daehawk is right. It’s always been “you’inz” or “you’uns” to those of us who grew up in what’s considered Appalachia...or at least the edge of it.

hepcat wrote:It took me almost 4 years before I stopped pronouncing "wash" as "worsh". I also still find myself using "fixin' to" when I mean to say "planning to" at times. I'm a born hillbilly.

South Korea says its jets fired flares and machine-gun warning shots when Russian planes intruded.

malchior wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:38 pm Fuck McConnell. That it took this long is a travesty.

Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:40 pm

malchior wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:38 pm Fuck McConnell. That it took this long is a travesty.

Don't forget Rand Paul.

Three US university students have been suspended from their fraternity after posing with guns in front of a memorial honouring a slain civil rights icon.

The photo, obtained by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, shows the three brandishing firearms by the bullet-ridden sign.

The memorial honours 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose torture and murder in 1955 galvanised the civil rights movement.

The three may now face an investigation by the Department of Justice.

"The photo is inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable," said a representative of the Kappa Alpha fraternity's national order in a statement, adding that "it does not represent" the fraternity.

On its official website, Kappa Alpha Order calls Robert E Lee - a confederate general who fought against the US government during the Civil War - the group's "spiritual founder".

The fraternity's University of Mississippi chapter did not return a request for comment.
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It is unclear if the sign - pocked with bullet holes in the photo - was damaged by the students themselves.

Though the students have been suspended from their fraternity - temporarily banning them from activities hosted by the social club - they have not yet been disciplined by their university.

A spokesman for the school, Rod Guajardo, told BBC News that the students' actions are "offensive and hurtful" but do "not violate the school's code of conduct".
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Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said the memorial site honouring Till is the subject of constant abuse.
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Mr Weems added that the 50lb (23kg) memorial will be swapped out for a bulletproof 500lb sign made of reinforced steel. It will be dedicated on 19 October with the Till family and the Mississippi Center for Justice.

Isgrimnur wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 3:36 pm BBC

Three US university students have been suspended from their fraternity after posing with guns in front of a memorial honouring a slain civil rights icon.

The photo, obtained by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, shows the three brandishing firearms by the bullet-ridden sign.

The memorial honours 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose torture and murder in 1955 galvanised the civil rights movement.

The three may now face an investigation by the Department of Justice.

"The photo is inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable," said a representative of the Kappa Alpha fraternity's national order in a statement, adding that "it does not represent" the fraternity.

On its official website, Kappa Alpha Order calls Robert E Lee - a confederate general who fought against the US government during the Civil War - the group's "spiritual founder".

The fraternity's University of Mississippi chapter did not return a request for comment.
...
It is unclear if the sign - pocked with bullet holes in the photo - was damaged by the students themselves.

Though the students have been suspended from their fraternity - temporarily banning them from activities hosted by the social club - they have not yet been disciplined by their university.

A spokesman for the school, Rod Guajardo, told BBC News that the students' actions are "offensive and hurtful" but do "not violate the school's code of conduct".
...
Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said the memorial site honouring Till is the subject of constant abuse.
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Mr Weems added that the 50lb (23kg) memorial will be swapped out for a bulletproof 500lb sign made of reinforced steel. It will be dedicated on 19 October with the Till family and the Mississippi Center for Justice.