"And fight to break up Big Tech so you’re not powerful enough to heckle senators with snotty tweets."
It makes her sound like an entitled senator princess. After reading it several times,
I think she was actually trying to make a joke. That only makes sense as a joke if she considers herself as one of the little people, not as one of the most powerful people in the country. She is firmly in the 1%.
She is your elected representative. By heckling her Amazon is mocking you, and how powerless you are to make tax rules that big corporations have to follow.
In a democracy you are in charge, via your representatives. Corporations are supposed to operate at your pleasure, under your rules. Amazon is saying that they have taken over and subverted your democracy.
Elizabeth Warren needs to be mocked. She doesn't represent anyone but herself. She's the last person you want in your movement if you want it to have any chance of success.
She'll forever be known as Pocahontas or Fauxahonthasx after claiming she was native American but it turned out "the results of the DNA test, showing that she had between 1/64th and 1/1024th Native American ancestry" which is less than the average among white Americans
She'll forever be known as Pocahontas or Fauxahonthasx after claiming she was native American but it turned out "the results of the DNA test, showing that she had between 1/64th and 1/1024th Native American ancestry" which is less than the average among white Americans
She claimed that she had a family story that she was some significant part native. Then she got the DNA test and admitted publicly that she wasn't despite the story, which she didn't have to do. Odds were against it coming out. I note you omit these details from your narrative.
She claimed that she had a family story that she was some significant part native.
Warren claimed her mother was "part Cherokee". Even if one were to believe her version of this "family story", the biggest "part" one can be is half, so by her own statements Warren herself could be no more than ONE QUARTER Cherokee.
Apparently, 1/4 Cherokee is enough to list "American Indian" as her one and only race on several documents, including her Texas Bar Association registration. [vox.com]
I'll give her one thing, though. Warren hated being white before it was fashionable to hate being white.
Warren claimed her mother was "part Cherokee". Even if one were to believe her version of this "family story", the biggest "part" one can be is half, so by her own statements Warren herself could be no more than ONE QUARTER Cherokee. Apparently, 1/4 Cherokee is enough to list "American Indian" as her one and only race on several documents,
Well, it is. You only have to be like 1/16 native to qualify as one for legal purposes, IIRC.
I'll give her one thing, though. Warren hated being white before it was fashionable to hate being white.
I'm 1/4 Mexican. When I am asked my race, have to pick something, and can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other" I choose "hispanic" for two reasons. One, representation. Two, benefit. I've gotten school money for being hispanic and poor before. Well, so what? I was hispanic and poor.
The real question, which is probably unanswerable, is whether Warren genuinely believed the story of her supposed heritage when she was be
Well, it is. You only have to be like 1/16 native to qualify as one for legal purposes, IIRC.
No, it isn't. You recall incorrectly. For a person to be considered "Native American" by the United States government, [bia.gov] they must be on a tribal registry and have a CDIB card.
I'm 1/4 Mexican. When I am asked my race, have to pick something, and can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other" I choose "hispanic" for two reasons.
LOL! Can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other"? Those options have been on every damn government/corporate/educational form for at least 20 years.
I've gotten school money for being hispanic and poor before. Well, so what? I was hispanic and poor.
You are *one quarter* hispanic. My great grandmother was a Kenyan woman, so I'm 1/8th black. But if I ticked "black" as my race/ethnicity on a form in order to get benefits of any kind, peo
No, it isn't. You recall incorrectly. For a person to be considered "Native American" by the United States government, they must be on a tribal registry and have a CDIB card.
Actually, I know about the tribal registries. One of the bands of Pomo in Lake County went through a whole scandal where they removed a bunch of people from the registry for political reasons, because they're always fighting amongst themselves.
Can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other"? Those options have been on every damn government/corporate/educational form for at least 20 years.
No, no they have not. Many, many forms don't have such options. I know because I've run into them.
You are *one quarter* hispanic. My great grandmother was a Kenyan woman, so I'm 1/8th black. But if I ticked "black" as my race/ethnicity on a form in order to get benefits of any kind, people would be all over me like stink on shit.
Well, that's fucking stupid in a nation where the "one drop" system pervades. Everyone says you're black if you're any percentage black. That makes you black.
"Hispanic" literally means descended from spanish speakers, which I am. My family (the one I'm named for) came into this country through Texas in the 1850s.
Your question has now been answered. You can't claim native american heritage for legal purposes because "my granny said I was part Cherokee".
Apparently you can; Warren did and suffered no consequences outside the court of public opinion.
you're a tall white redneck who *knows* he's only 1/4 hispanic, yet puts "Hispanic" on applications to get school money and who knows what else.
As above, I am hispanic by definition. I know I've been targeted for negative treatment because of it, as far back as elementary school. Why shouldn't I receive some benefits?
I *don't* hate Warren
Then why did you come in with the stupid shit about hating being white? I think you're full of shit, and afraid to admit it... coward.
How Dare They (Score:5, Insightful)
How dare they heckle senators.
She's a Senator, you know!
Re: (Score:3)
I couldn't believe she actually wrote this:
"And fight to break up Big Tech so you’re not powerful enough to heckle senators with snotty tweets."
It makes her sound like an entitled senator princess. After reading it several times,
I think she was actually trying to make a joke. That only makes sense as a joke if she considers herself as one of the little people, not as one of the most powerful people in the country. She is firmly in the 1%.
Re: (Score:0, Troll)
She is your elected representative. By heckling her Amazon is mocking you, and how powerless you are to make tax rules that big corporations have to follow.
In a democracy you are in charge, via your representatives. Corporations are supposed to operate at your pleasure, under your rules. Amazon is saying that they have taken over and subverted your democracy.
Re: How Dare They (Score:4, Informative)
Elizabeth Warren needs to be mocked. She doesn't represent anyone but herself. She's the last person you want in your movement if you want it to have any chance of success.
She'll forever be known as Pocahontas or Fauxahonthasx after claiming she was native American but it turned out "the results of the DNA test, showing that she had between 1/64th and 1/1024th Native American ancestry" which is less than the average among white Americans
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2019/08/19/elizabeth-warren-sc
Re: (Score:0, Troll)
She'll forever be known as Pocahontas or Fauxahonthasx after claiming she was native American but it turned out "the results of the DNA test, showing that she had between 1/64th and 1/1024th Native American ancestry" which is less than the average among white Americans
She claimed that she had a family story that she was some significant part native. Then she got the DNA test and admitted publicly that she wasn't despite the story, which she didn't have to do. Odds were against it coming out. I note you omit these details from your narrative.
Re: (Score:1)
She claimed that she had a family story that she was some significant part native.
Warren claimed her mother was "part Cherokee". Even if one were to believe her version of this "family story", the biggest "part" one can be is half, so by her own statements Warren herself could be no more than ONE QUARTER Cherokee.
Apparently, 1/4 Cherokee is enough to list "American Indian" as her one and only race on several documents, including her Texas Bar Association registration. [vox.com]
I'll give her one thing, though. Warren hated being white before it was fashionable to hate being white.
Re: (Score:2)
Warren claimed her mother was "part Cherokee". Even if one were to believe her version of this "family story", the biggest "part" one can be is half, so by her own statements Warren herself could be no more than ONE QUARTER Cherokee.
Apparently, 1/4 Cherokee is enough to list "American Indian" as her one and only race on several documents,
Well, it is. You only have to be like 1/16 native to qualify as one for legal purposes, IIRC.
I'll give her one thing, though. Warren hated being white before it was fashionable to hate being white.
I'm 1/4 Mexican. When I am asked my race, have to pick something, and can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other" I choose "hispanic" for two reasons. One, representation. Two, benefit. I've gotten school money for being hispanic and poor before. Well, so what? I was hispanic and poor.
The real question, which is probably unanswerable, is whether Warren genuinely believed the story of her supposed heritage when she was be
Re: (Score:0)
Well, it is. You only have to be like 1/16 native to qualify as one for legal purposes, IIRC.
No, it isn't. You recall incorrectly. For a person to be considered "Native American" by the United States government, [bia.gov] they must be on a tribal registry and have a CDIB card.
I'm 1/4 Mexican. When I am asked my race, have to pick something, and can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other" I choose "hispanic" for two reasons.
LOL! Can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other"? Those options have been on every damn government/corporate/educational form for at least 20 years.
I've gotten school money for being hispanic and poor before. Well, so what? I was hispanic and poor.
You are *one quarter* hispanic. My great grandmother was a Kenyan woman, so I'm 1/8th black. But if I ticked "black" as my race/ethnicity on a form in order to get benefits of any kind, peo
Re: How Dare They (Score:2)
No, it isn't. You recall incorrectly. For a person to be considered "Native American" by the United States government, they must be on a tribal registry and have a CDIB card.
Actually, I know about the tribal registries. One of the bands of Pomo in Lake County went through a whole scandal where they removed a bunch of people from the registry for political reasons, because they're always fighting amongst themselves.
Can't choose "multi-ethnic" or "other"? Those options have been on every damn government/corporate/educational form for at least 20 years.
No, no they have not. Many, many forms don't have such options. I know because I've run into them.
You are *one quarter* hispanic. My great grandmother was a Kenyan woman, so I'm 1/8th black. But if I ticked "black" as my race/ethnicity on a form in order to get benefits of any kind, people would be all over me like stink on shit.
Well, that's fucking stupid in a nation where the "one drop" system pervades. Everyone says you're black if you're any percentage black. That makes you black.
"Hispanic" literally means descended from spanish speakers, which I am. My family (the one I'm named for) came into this country through Texas in the 1850s.
Your question has now been answered. You can't claim native american heritage for legal purposes because "my granny said I was part Cherokee".
Apparently you can; Warren did and suffered no consequences outside the court of public opinion.
you're a tall white redneck who *knows* he's only 1/4 hispanic, yet puts "Hispanic" on applications to get school money and who knows what else.
As above, I am hispanic by definition. I know I've been targeted for negative treatment because of it, as far back as elementary school. Why shouldn't I receive some benefits?
I *don't* hate Warren
Then why did you come in with the stupid shit about hating being white? I think you're full of shit, and afraid to admit it... coward.