Lewis2
3d ago
Most of those European ethnicities used to be poor and underperforming, and weren't considered "white" until they gradually integrated into the melting pot culturally
A common liberal myth, usually mentioned with specific regard to the Irish. But no, not counting the idiosyncratic views of Ben Franklin, no one considered southern or eastern Europeans to be anything other than white. This is especially obvious when looking at their legal status in states that banned miscegenation. WASPs may not have been legally permitted to marry blacks, but they were always allowed to marry the swarthy Italians, Poles, Slavs, Spaniards, etc.
Lewis2
3d ago
I was having trouble all day yesterday and part of the day before. It seems to be fixed now.
Lewis2
4d ago
The Motte is very, very slow… again.
Anyone know if this is a new problem, or just a recurrence of the old?
Lewis2
4d ago
I'm sure in 73 people knew the Exorcist wasn't real, but maybe they felt like it could be real?
It was advertised as “based on a true story,” and it really was, insofar as a 1949 exorcism helped inspired the novel that the movie was based on. I imagine viewers at that time may have been less skeptical of “based on a true story” claims than they are today, not realizing just how tenuous most of those connections are.
Lewis2
17d ago
Reynolds v. Sims has a lot to do with it. To summarize, in 1964, the Court ruled that having fixed districts (e.g., one state senator per county) unconstitutionally violates the “one man, one vote” rule.
Lewis2
22d ago
Whether they achieve much, I don’t know. I do know that in my industry, the “young” group also has a cutoff age of 40. I wonder if that is perhaps somewhat common in well-established organizations and clubs.
Hmm, never mind. The site’s still having issues.
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