jwheat.bsky.social
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You don't wait until a law has been challenged to enforce the fucking thing. Once it's been challenged & enjoined, then you wait for the court to interpret it. This law *is* black & white in its language. Preventing the actions it allows that aren't remotely debatable is simply breaking the law.
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Don't get me wrong, I was horrified watching it, so I can't imagine how he was feeling. But it does seem like he could have defused it with, "Did you ever call your teacher, 'Mom," in school?" Poor dude just completely fell apart.
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No, no, you're right. Financial ruin, potentially having your reputation destroyed, and perhaps getting shot or spending the rest of your life in prison crumbles in the face of James Kennedy's good vibes.
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Awesome, I'm sure your unmitigated support will relieve them of the massive legal, financial, and social costs they would face.
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I have a one shush policy. If they continue, I get a theater employee. They usually either warn them or stand in one place where the talkers can see them. If those don't work, I go full fucking Karen and demand they be kicked out or give me my money back.
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Jesus Christ.
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Good god, grow up.
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Yep, I forgot about him. They aren't subtle about their biases.
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...and it's a pre-emptive strike against Chappel Roan's The Giver. People of color and LGBTQ folks? Takes both birds out with one stone.
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You are the bad guy. You are bragging about working with the bad guys. You are handing the internet to only the most powerful, wealthiest sites. This is the last time in our history that bi-partisanship is something to be proud of. Jesus Fucking Christ.
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How about you start doing something about you fucking shithead?
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I'd like for the note to also have pointed out that we are in the U.S.A. where we have a First Amendment that allows us to fly whatever fucking flag we want.
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Where the hell do you get your news such that you think most or even a significant percentage of these people are actual criminals?
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Your boy isn't just going after criminals; the overwhelming majority of the people caught up in this mess aren't criminals. And L.A. was peaceful until the cops and ICE got involved. Are you also ok with Trump and his flunkies openly threatening anyone who merely disagrees w/him?
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One for the ages. Belongs carved in marble.
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And they'd vote for Trump again.
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You killed it, you looked comfortable and polished.
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I mean, your headline was probably rhetorical, I admit.
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Because the WNBA is poorly run.
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Yes, I remember reading stories from Soviet defectors who walked into the gigantic, well kept, insanely well-stocked Costcos and said, "It's just like home!"
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I obviously can't speak for the U.K., but the fighting words doctrine in the U.S. has been greatly narrowed such that it is very difficult to use as a defense. If it is broader in the U.K. we can agree to disagree on what it should entail. Dingus.
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My apologies, yes, a "slap" in our parlance is an open-handed strike to the face. Which is undoubtedly assault and can even be injurious, but is most often seen as much less than a punch.
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"Rude and loud," = criminal. Great.
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And they drew the line at, "You got stabbed for hurting someone's feelings. You're guilty."
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Even if someone does something that puts them at risk for being attacked, the point of a legal system is supposed to be to punish the attacker, not say, "You asked for it and you actually committed a crime in drawing attack from lunatics."
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Tangent here, but the sound of the phasers in that battle is one of the greatest sound effects ever. Totally unique, not some variant of "pew pew" or a high-pitched tone. It actually pissed me off that they never used it again.
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*Looks for someone saying it is*
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Ah yes, the universal belief that we have a basic right to not have our feelings hurt. Functioning human beings would have ignored this idiot, and the goddamned legal system sure as hell shouldn't have semi-endorsed the use of deadly force for what amounted to being rude.
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I might not think you are morally out of order, depends, but slapping someone is rather different than stabbing, and I would expect you to face legal repercussions.
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Yes, it was the legal system here that supposed to figuratively put the religious idiots down. Instead, it found that the religious idiots' hurt feelings mitigated the evil they did.
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That it exists is obviously true. But humans invented legal systems to deal with it. And in this case, a very advanced, modern democracy blamed the victim of a violent crime for being the victim of a violent crime.
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Mature adults don't generally burn or stab people when they get offended.
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Jesus Tapdancing Christ. Perhaps actual functioning adults should learn that hurt feelings do not justify deadly force.
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I can criticize the American legal system as much as anyone, I think much of it needs to be burned to the ground. But one thing I am proud of is how we (at least aspire) to protect expression. We don't do it perfectly to be sure, but we've got the right idea.
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What the fuck is wrong with you?
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Why doesn't the DNC or some other wealthy PAC put on simple national commercials explaining this shit? I mean, is it some reason other than incompetence?
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To be fair, there's nothing to indicate she, "had to."
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I'm not sure who's worse. Republicans can't help being shitty human beings. What the fuck is your excuse?
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Those would have been my first two gueses. I can't figure it out. Is it, "SomeONE's Watching ME"? Or is it, "SOMEONE'S WATCHING me." Maybe, "someONE'S watchING ME."
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These videos are so great. The only thing wrong with them is that they make me unreasonably angry at the creeps who are lying about the people who make them and their movies look good.
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This goes back to something Todd has hammered home: shot design, shot design, shot design.
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A New Yorker thinking New York is the center of the universe? No way.
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So? If he doesn't want to deal with them, why do you care or have a problem with it?
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I thought it was pretty simple. In real life situations you wouldn't fault someone for ignoring or removing themselves from someone they thought was being an asshole. Why should online interaction be any different?
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That is utter fucking bullshit. You'd kick someone out of your home if they were being colossal assholes, why should anyone put up with it here?
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Autistic does not equal asshole.