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eppur_se_muova

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3. Once again, "conservatives" prove they are fine with discrimination, as long as it's in their favor.

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Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:04 AM

15 hrs ago

Every accusation is a confession.

Before modern steel and aluminum technologies were developed, every pot was black cast iron, and every kettle shiny copper. So when the pot looked at the kettle, it saw only its own reflection, and assumed its own characteristics to be those of the kettle. Thus "the pot calling the kettle black" is a very old acknowledgement that people who are desperate for some basis to attack those they disagree with often engage in what we now call projection.

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A Defining Choice for Higher Ed [View all] Passages 15 hrs ago OP

About Columbia, I know their endowment fund runs Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #1

I agree. I also wish I could hear their boardmeetings opinions. Passages 15 hrs ago #2

Once again, "conservatives" prove they are fine with discrimination, as long as it's in their favor. eppur_se_muova 15 hrs ago #3