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[_EAllusion]

It's leftwing speak for the kind of extended family and shared child-rearing social circle arrangements people, especially Church-going folk, often normally have.

It's also leftwing speak for "pay up, ____".

- Doc

Uh, what?

[_EAllusion]

Though, "disrupt" is more tech-bro speak. What a wonderful blend of jargon they got going on there.

[_canpakes]

Black Lives Matter has the following statement on their website:

"We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and 'villages' that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable."

The number of folks who (1) think this means BLM is out to destroy the nuclear family, and (2) are outraged, is just absolutely baffling.

"supporting"?
please explain

This must seem difficult for you to grasp. You should aim to become more aware of the history of this land. As example:

What extended Native American families have in common is that they include not only spouses and their children, but also grandparents, siblings of parents, and people that are not related by blood. So called cultural families are bonded through clans, ceremonies, and cultural adoption (Day, 2014). Extended family members interact frequently, share daily activities, and express interdependence within their networks, as opposed to the independence that tends to be encouraged with respect to the Anglo-American nuclear family organization. Native Americans consider the knowledge of one's relatives to be in fact the basis of their tribal identities.

In general, Native Americans tend to think of themselves as not only an individual person but also a representative of their family, community, and environment.

[_Icarus]

Mark Cuban humiliates Sean Hannity and Hannity resorts to attacking Cuban, saying he has no idea how he became a billionaire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bpq9ft9sjU

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

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"supporting"?
please explain
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This must seem difficult for you to grasp. You should aim to become more aware of the history of this land. As example:

[quote]What extended Native American families have in common is that they include not only spouses and their children, but also grandparents, siblings of parents, and people that are not related by blood. So called cultural families are bonded through clans, ceremonies, and cultural adoption (Day, 2014). Extended family members interact frequently, share daily activities, and express interdependence within their networks, as opposed to the independence that tends to be encouraged with respect to the Anglo-American nuclear family organization. Native Americans consider the knowledge of one's relatives to be in fact the basis of their tribal identities.

In general, Native Americans tend to think of themselves as not only an individual person but also a representative of their family, community, and environment.[/quote]
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That’s a nice sentiment. I don’t see anything threatening with the concept that the family can extend beyond the nuclear unit. For example, Juggalos are renowned for their inclusiveness and drug use. And fondness for Faygo sodas. And gross sex. Wait. I’m not sure what point I’m making right now. They do call themselves a family, though.

Hrm. Maybe all organizations that want you to be a part of their family aren’t the greatest organizations for family values, whatever that means? Like. The mafia calls itself a family or consists of families. Don’t you have to kill someone to be part of their family?

Huh. Family values. Boy, this a potentially good conversation to be had. What does it mean to belong to the BLM family? How much are the annual dues for the average sibling?

- Doc

[_Chap]

canpakes explains that not every group has the fairly narrow definition of family common amongst people of Anglo-Saxon descent. He give the example of Native Americans, and paints a rather attractive picture of people who love and care about a lot more people than is common amongst most white people nowadays.

And what do we get from DrC?

Comparisons with drug users, people who do 'gross sex' and the Mafia.

Sometimes DrC's posts make him seem to be, shall we say, a little less than entirely nice. Thank the Lord I don't have to live in his head all the time, like he does. But fortunately he does have his better moments too ...

[_EAllusion]

It's common for leftwing discourse to favorably include comparisons to non-nuclear family arrangements and opposition to cultural pressure to conform to 1950's sitcom nuclear family model. The thing about that is this is passe' and feels like it's been barely updated from the 1970's disputes. Non-nuclear family arrangements are common. There's a tendency to exocitize it, as you see in the comparison to Native American cultures, but "it takes a village to raise a child" was a whitebread sentiment in the 90's that more accurately captures what a whole heck of a lot of people are doing anyway. Extended kinship circles acting as a family is something almost everyone at least knows about, and it wouldn't seem so foreign if you translated it into the kind of language a middle-class white family might use.

Then you have Doc enter the chat and be all like, "Like drug addicted Juggalos?!?!" No, like your close friend your children call "Aunt Susan" you absolute lunatic.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

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canpakes explains that not every group has the fairly narrow definition of family common amongst people of Anglo-Saxon descent. He give the example of Native Americans, and paints a rather attractive picture of people who love and care about a lot more people than is common amongst most white people nowadays.

And what do we get from DrC?

Comparisons with drug users, people who do 'gross sex' and the Mafia.

Sometimes DrC's posts make him seem to be, shall we say, a little less than entirely nice. Thank the Lord I don't have to live in his head all the time, like he does. But fortunately he does have his better moments too ...
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Chap's ability to miss the point by a country mile is legendary, as is his custom to avoid actually answering questions. How about it, ol' chap? Every family has its different dynamic. What does it mean to belong to the BLM family? How much are the annual dues for the average sibling?

- Doc

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

[quote=EAllusion post_id=1230614 time=1593714183 user_id=1078]Then you have Doc enter the chat and be all like, "Like drug addicted Juggalos?!?!" No, like your close friend your children call "Aunt Susan" you absolute lunatic.
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I'm not the one fetishizing a POC for my agenda. You, or someone else is. And what if Aunt Susan is a Juggalo, you absolute mongoloid?

- Doc

[_Chap]

The poor man is unwell.

I wonder who pays for his medications?

Or, rather, to all appearances has recently ceased paying.