The word reparations should be striken from the dictionary and political discourse and never used again along with woke and other similar phrases people use without any intelligence. No one owes anyone reparations. Japan invaded and brutally raped northern China. Germany decimated Europe. Dutch fucked over South Africa. Britain was a brutal colonial power..... This is sad history and those responsible were forced out of power, defeated in war, overthrown or subsequently replaced. I understand the idea of fixing the direct harm you caused and being responsible to assist those you decimated but those are immediate actions as was done after WWII. To talk about something 200-300 years ago up to 70 years ago and make a country pay money to another as though that fixes something or that victims will even see a dime assuming you can locate actual victims or descendants..or even limit it to a real group because then everyone will claim they need to get paid. Fix the problems you have now and remember history...that is the reparations that need to be "paid". It took the U.S. over 100 years to even TRY to fix the horrors of slavery, Japan only recently apologized for China actions. Dutch gave up apartheid after it was ripped from their hands. That is the problem..not writing a check.
I hate to be the one to admit it... You owe this forum reparations because of your avatar pic. It's like a cross between a Wookiee, Himalayan, and an Ewok. It is so scary looking our dog howls every time it comes up on the screen. So there is mental K9 trauma there. I understand your catness. I get it. But can't you be a bit more gentler and nicer with your catness?
CNN Just Suffered Its Worst Ratings Week in 9 Years https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-just-suffered-its-worst-ratings-week-in-9-years/
Adam Kinzinger just joined as a CNN contributor. Probably Liz Cheney will soon if not already. Let's see if that helps.
Jeez. CNN a complete dumpster fire now. more at link CNN bosses are calling for patience as views plummet 61% while CEO tries to lose woke credentials (msn.com)
If anyone is owed reparations, it should be the Native Americans. We slaughtered them, stole their lands, gave them disease, ran Christianity down their throats, and instead of reparations what did they get? Reservations. When California became part of the Union in 1850, after the Mexican-American War, the state government sanctioned the mass genocide of Indigenous populations by local militia in the wake of the Gold Rush. By 1852, there were less than 1,000 Ohlone remaining, a 90 percent loss in their pre-colonial era population. By the 1880s, the Bay Area Ohlone population was dramatically reduced. Do the right thing Gavin... kick out all the bleeding hearts and return the entire Bay Area to its rightful owners. Ditto for Seattle and its indigenous people. The hypocrisy is ridiculous.
Is there a 'mental illness day' that CNN sponsors or is that just something you get when you work there? https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/31/opinions/transgender-day-visibility-wellness/index.html