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We aren't close to a Hitler situatin at this point. I think the protests would need to start before people become desensitized to brutality.

That's do-able. The BLM protests had more people than that. The problem is those became violent which makes peaceful people lose support for a movement. How to prevent the dictator from getting violent or provoking violence? I think you need to get people who look like the rulers involved. That means somewhat older white people. If they shoot minorties or White college students, unfortunately many will assume the victims are trouble makers. Would they dare start shooting old white people though?

If you can get enough people to protest, non-violent protests do work in combatting dictators. All it takes is 3.5% of the poulation to be actively involved in peaceful protests. https://commonslibrary.org/can-nonviolent-struggle-defeat-a-dictator-this-database-emphatically-says-yes/ https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54142487

My real social life is like that now too!

That sounds like my situtation. They just know it's not from my lower back. I think a lot of times they assume it's the back when this happens to people, but I was lucky enough to get an MRI to rule it out.

I have also fogotten about my knee (Meniscus surgery) until it barks at me on occasion. The last couple of years, I have been dealing with a nerve issue in my other leg which has been hard to resolve. I am still working on it. Nobody knows what's causing it, so I'm now trying to figure it out myself.

If Maeda and Mize look good all Sping, I think that Jobe will start the season in the bullpen as a way to limit his innings. I don't see him going to Toledo.

Trump is really leaning into the idea that things may get bad before they get good and is telling America to have faith in his plan. This goes against what he said in his campaign and really isn't his usual style. His core base is going to lap it up because ther heads are so far up his ass. It will be interesting to see how many moderates he loses though. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/09/trump-recession-tariffs-2025-economy-00220016

Mike Johnson brought up Gorge Soros today too. Whenever I see "George Soros" mentioned on social media, I know not to take the person seriously. Same with Fauci. When a MAGA brings up his name, I don't take them seriously.

Spring training stats mean practically nothing, but when you've got injuries and a non-roster invite has a big spring, they might take on some meaning.

Yeah, it's not a big deal in Ahlington.

Yeah, civil discourse is getting more difficult in general for sure.

My problem was with Romad suggesting we shouldn't have any MAGA posting on the Tigers board.

That is a legitimate reason to be upset at the individual, but I am not on board with shunning every MAGA in the baseball forum. This site is primarily male sports fans from the midwest. It is likely loaded with MAGA.

Why is that a problem? Are MAGAs not allowed to talk baseball with us?

The billonaires are right. There will be pain and it will get better. We'll feel the pain and it will get better for them.

The left created the term DEI. MAGA doesn't even know what it means. It just sounds like a good insult. They get to berate those ******** and those stupid pompous liberals at the same time.

I remember seeing Manning pitch in the minors a few times. He never impressed me. I don't have any scouting skills, but he didn't stand out the way guys like Verlander and Porcello did and his gun readings were always less than I expected. When he came to the Majors, he couldn't strike anybody out. I just never got really excited about him.

Baseball Prospectus Rankings Jobe 4 McGonigle 6 Clark 31 Rainer 56 Liranzo 58 Briceno 64 Jung 97

He did bring back plastic straws though.

This has been building up for a long time even before Trump won in 2016. It wasn't called DEI until recently, but it's been around a long time. It is why Trump has been running racist campaigns since 2015. What is now called "woke" used to be called "political correctness" This is not something that Trump invented. It's something of which he took advantage. And ,to be clear, the left is mostly right on these issues, but their messaging has not been good.

No, they don't care...like every big business! I think they do care about losing a years worth of big money though.

With all the money in the game now, for both owners and players, it's hard to believe they would give all that up

Yup, it's been around for a long time at Brandeis. Brandeis has always been based on social justice