gurn.bsky.social
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I was confused the first time I encountered it in the wild. And I'm left and was a philosophy major. So after seeing it a few times I got what was being pushed.
However, I'd never try explaining it to my proud, liberal 75 yo mother who has only heard it negatively used as a slur from the right
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Durbin needs to go, but Duckworth isn't looking much better. I received a generic reply to an email about the Laken Riley bill on March 6. So nearly 2 months to click copy and paste?
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Not just transphobic, but that person is also clearly sexist. Girls can't beat boys gibberish.
Just as a practical manner, seems it would be easier to call them all girls and streamline that bigotry. I would not be taxing those remaining brain cells.
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At the same time they bemoan the loss of the "real Americans" from their caucus. As someone who grew up in Appalachia, you know who the hill folk hated the most*? Cops, Pinkertons
Maybe not reachable because of the other shifts. But it was. It could be.
*Maybe second most because, well, ya know
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I think Poland had a similarly interesting map. I remember noticing it and Germany in a previous election. I think there's another country or two that has a pretty stark divide. Obviously Ukraine has, or at least had, a big east/west split.
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My greatest fear from this mess is nuclear proliferation and I'm certain Harris would have been better. But if your response is, "I just couldn't, she killed my family." Fair! That's a respectable position and makes me feel some shame (which I'm guessing is the source of a lot of this garbage).
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Thank you for this framing
I think it was irresponsible not to vote for Harris, however, any non-cultist understands there is something any politician could do to lose your vote. You're just arguing where the line is.
It's like the free speech weirdos--everyone has a limit, stop pretending otherwise
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It's also just nonsense. I met my born-in-NYC wife when I lived there for ~5 years. And I already knew all 5 boroughs better by the time I even met her.
When we left we hadn't even checked off half of the "NYC bucket list" we made.
The best way to know a place is to be an immigrant, always.
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You can work with that normal, lawful evil. Sure, when the time comes you might need to drive a few stakes into a few hearts. But at least you're operating in a shared universe and you all have goals.
A centrist is a piece of driftwood. What do you do with that? Can't even start a fire.
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I will absolutely not give it up for Bill Kristol, but man, is the contrast stark. I'm shocked-He actually does believe in things! Yes, most of those are bad things, but not all!
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Kevin, confirmed class traitor and og member of the #resistance
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I appreciate that even with a nearly 9% sales tax that Kevin was a decent tipper. Youths in the mid 90s pushing back against the 15% standard
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I just said the same thing yesterday. I think this is actually true
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I worked in that mall!
As a teen, I moved to SW KS from the South and immediately encounted so many brand new, never heard of, racist ideas directed at Mexicans. I thought at the time, "It's weird, but at least they don't hate seem to really hate black people."
Then Obama was elected. Oh, no.
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Living memory matters a lot more than I'd have expected. As soon as you don't have people alive who fought fascism, it doesn't seem so bad any more?
Portugal and Spain seem to have have been a bit more resistant to the right takeover than other European countries.
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When I first saw this show existed I thought that perhaps it may be cute and focusing on kids could help.
Do I dare dream that perhaps I'd make it more than 10 minutes into a new Star War? No, seems no.
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This.
I have little energy to devote to Hunter fucking Biden. But whatever the merits may or may not be, it does seem nakedly corrupt to issue pardons at the end of a term. Doubly true for family.
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I shouldn't have been, but I was startled the first time I saw it in the wild.
"Wait, they're really against...wow."
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I don't know how you keep minorities AND money together in the coalition when faced with fascism.
Which is probably why, Moulton and the rest said how much they love money
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The thing to do (for my politics) is to jettison the billionaires. You can have a people's party against "the bosses". The man is screwing you, individual freedom, etc. You need a unifying enemy.
The money told us to ditch Biden at the last second and *gestures around wildly*
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This is a site that supports trans people. Go away then
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It's not true, of course, but a common complaint seemed to be Harris and the party had no positions.
A potential solution, to me, would be to develop even more clearly defined positions in order to breakthrough. Not "uhh whichever way the wind blows."
But I'm not a great politics-understander.
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Can't be 25th amendment-ed if you don't have a cabinet.
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Different age, but after 2016 I had my South Bronx 7th graders write down their feelings on a sticky note. If they wanted to share it they could, otherwise they ripped it up and threw it in the trash.
I like to think it went well but their takeaway was likely only me sharing I was, "fucking pissed."
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I think the fact that we haven't seen him 24/7 gloating is the biggest sign he's completely gone.
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But see, it's funny. Because she called him a lady for...reasons? Not weird at all.
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I forget why he said his first term didn't count. Clinton's cheating or something? So expect that to come back pretty quickly.
But that only matters as long as they need to pay lip-service to that "rule"
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It's the same as last time. It sucks, but it's also just the same. For whatever that means...
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My personal memory of this is when I went to cancel my Uber account after they scabbed while the cabbies protested at the airports. Uber told me if I want my account removed it's permanent.
And then everyone forgot (?) and kept on using Uber, well, except me.
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That's exactly it. When I finally got to see my parents in person, post-2020 covid. I remember wanting to bring up the "trans issue", slightly afraid to find out if they had brain worms.
Nope! The 75 yos barely even registered it. It was the same crap as the gays in the 90s all over again to them.
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I remember sometime in the early 90s my dad mentioning I should listen to this Prince. It wasn't his type of music, but said the guy is a genius and that's always something worth checking out.
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That's why I was stunned he picked Vance. I've been making that "joke" every time something surfaces about how much Vance hated Trump. Of course he's going to 25th amendment him. He appointed the poisoner to be his food taster.
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This seems similar to the, "Don't give fans what they say they want, give them what they need."
People can be surprisingly terrible at identifying their own wants and interests.
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And this is how I found out what the bugs were in my mother's backyard she asked me about two days ago. Thanks!
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Exactly. I'm out with my mom in BFE KS working on moving her back to KY. We were just doing her finances yesterday. Everything is fine, except this. I looked into options, and there's really nothing that makes sense other than die quick and easy like dad did a year ago. It's grim.
This is hope.
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Although, when writing fiction,I do visualize.
Maybe because it's a slower process vs being a very fast reader
@ctphipps.bsky.social
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If this is what it takes to eventually reach Garfield discourse, it may be worth it