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I also grew up poor and was able to completely change my life outcomes thanks to help from gifted programs. The cruelty of people pushing for equality of outcom

I also grew up poor and was able to completely change my life outcomes thanks to help from gifted programs. The cruelty of people pushing for equality of outcomes is that we're all afloat in the ocean and they don't care how many people drown, just making sure nobody has a lifeboat if there aren't enough for everybody. They don't love the poor, they hate the rich. It's a race to the bottom

stop_asian_hate 5y ago
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AnimalMuppet 5y ago
The new privilege is having an intact, mostly-functional family. (Note well: not rich, functional.) That's the lifeboat that will prevent equality of outcomes. Pity that so few have it.
- 908B64B197 5y ago
  Exactly. Gifted programs were providing that, via extra supervision and easier classes to manage (everyone wants to be there). These activists are now robbing these kids of their only alternative at having a functioning environment for 8 hours a day.
- stop_asian_hate 5y ago
  No it isn't. Twin studies have shown that family environment doesn't have much effect on IQ. The problem is the scientific reality of race differences in cognitive functioning, largely due to natural selection, founder effects etc. Somehow this is a problem but race differences in athletic ability are considered perfectly fine, and nobody protests against too many black people in basketball.
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- dennis_jeeves 5y ago
  >The new privilege is having an intact, mostly-functional family. Rarely have I see as profound but very simple statement as this. I'm not being sarcastic in case you are wondering.