taylorgrayson.bsky.social
Heathen, political pragmatist, aviation instructor, software developer. Please do not follow me.
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Charles Breyer, not Stephen. Stephen was a SC justice.
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I'm not sure much of the public realizes that reporting is skewed; if you read a lot of articles that talk mostly about "how will it play?", it might be easy to think one has been educated on the subject.
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god, no.
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I wonder what the overlap is with those still waiting for the 2nd Coming of Jesus?
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No, the language police does exist and you're now acting on their behalf. I know why the expression exists and the reasoning is stupid. It's almost as bad as "people with wombs". Y'all are almost as annoying as the MAGA folk. Almost.
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They weren't quoting from the act, so they don't have to use the expression.
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Using the expression "experiencing homelessness" makes you look ridiculous, as if you take your marching orders from the language police on the far left. You'll come across as more credible if you use language like normal people.
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Good for him. Still, he has a ways to go to make up for giving a platform to right-wing nuts on his podcast.
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Only 6 *admitted* they would attend.
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They have options to make money, but not many options to influence opinion. Tucker Carlson essentially disappeared after getting fired from Fox; he probably has a right-wing audience somewhere, but he's evaporated as far as everyone else is concerned.
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Podcasts are just preaching to the choir. Borderline useless for changing opinion.
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Disney and some other corporations have a reputation of being liberal, which matters to them because they employ lots of creative types who swing left. But all corporations are inherently conservative, which becomes obvious when issues come up that affect profitability.
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Not gagged, but no platform, either.
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I think the trend goes back a lot longer than that; there's been a backtracking away from institutional caring since Johnson; political scientists talk about the unraveling of the New Deal coalition.
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I don't think most people understand the broad variety of skills and knowledge needed to sustain our civilization.
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Right, I'm not convinced the latest actions will change anything, but we can hope.
It baffles me that people can be OK with such aggressive action against harmless people.
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The polls were before the troop deployment, though, which is what Josh was remarking on.
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No one claimed they were celebrating violence.
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Yes, I'm confused. I don't know what's really going on there.
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We can build a popular front or we can demand purity, but we can't do both.
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They would have trended towards Trump, according to analyst David Shor, so just as well they didn't vote.
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If you don't realize that right-wingers do the same thing, including those praising Jesus in their profile, then you are very naive. As Jesus said: "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." He lives up to his promise.
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Yes, it would have been a more dramatic statement. A good artist knows when to stop.
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If these people actually believed in press freedom, they would have celebrated Moran's right to say what he said. I can easily see a Democrat doing that.
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Yeah, I've seen very little in my feed on what protestors are actually doing.
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It's well-documented that violence generates a more violent repression. And peaceful protests are more effective, anyway. David Shor, a well-known left-leaning data analyst, pointed this out during George Floyd protests and lost his job for his trouble.
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They were probably right. It's amazing how courageous people are with the lives of *other* people.
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Yes, because otherwise they'll get shot with much worse.
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No, it's not, but that's irrelevant to the original claim, which wasn't about the nature of the protest.
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If it's like the civil rights protests, videos of terrible cruelty inflicted on protestors is what it takes. But the bar might be a lot higher these days. People are inured to cruel videos.
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It was the National Guard that killed the Kent State students, though.
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That always seemed like a dumb product to me. You can buy dumbbell bars to which you can just add regular plates.
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"military parade could offer an opportunity to counter misperceptions about the armed forces. It could bring Americans closer to service members"
That's pure fantasy.
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I don't think the post is quite serious; he should know that Musk isn't interested in that sort of Republican party any more than Trump is.
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Coming back to face charges still seems like an improvement in his condition.
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The fact we're a big, powerful country and they're a little, weak country also suggests we can control who goes there and who comes back.
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If he's acquitted, there's a good chance they'll keep trying until they find something that sticks. I've read that the average American commits three felonies per day, so they can always get you if they want you.
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huh, I was assured this was impossible. Was that a......lie?
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What little "work" I've seen is just the conclusion that too many Americans are irredeemably racist and sexist.
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I dunno, doing so would be a good lesson for right-wingers about why due process is a thing.