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@Tactical_review @BigFatDave you go to the back porch, pour a bourbon, fire up a cigar and watch the sunset and get on with your life

@AdamKinzinger @CynicalPublius You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you, Mr. Kinzinger?

@CynicalPublius “Learning” things and “understanding” stuff is so dumb! I don’t care if you’re a “doctor” or “trained pilot.” I want someone not woke flying my plane!

RE: Credentialism I despise credentialism and believe it is a disease that is eating away at the soul of the USA in the same way that matters of class and nobility have festered in countries like England for centuries. I define “credentialism” as follows: A individual’s unwarranted belief that one is morally, physically and/or intellectually superior to others based solely on something written on a piece of paper (diplomas, resumes, etc.). When I speak on credentialism, I often have red herrings thrown in my face in a attempt to refute my position, so let me please make clear that there are two things that are NOT “credentialism”: 1. Indicators of basic competency are not credentialism. Certain fields require certain credentials to be trusted for a minimum level of competence. I WANT my dentist to have a DDS or a DMD. I WANT the guy servicing my A/C unit to have an HVAC certificate. I WANT my Army Infantry platoon sergeant to be a Ranger school graduate. These are all indicators of a basic level of competency in a chosen field, and a functioning society cannot exist without them. 2. Statements of lived experience are not credentialism. A survivor of a Nazi death camp possesses valuable views on the Holocaust that others do not. An experienced EMT has valuable views on the consequences of fentanyl addiction that others do not. An Olympic gold medal champion understands the discipline of athletic training better than most. When such people cite their lived experience to back up a claim directly related to that experience, this is not the same as credentialism. Credentialism eats away at our nation when presented as follows: -When a credential is presented as a marker of all-around intellectual, physical and/or moral superiority. -When like credentials are dismissed based on an unwarranted sense of superiority; i.e., a mistaken belief that a degree from Yale is somehow superior to a degree from Clemson. -When credentials are used as an unjust gating item to dismiss an otherwise highly qualified individual. -Credentials as exclusionary clubs—“Sorry dear, he’s not one of our kind.” -A mistaken belief that only one with a certain credential can understand certain things when knowledge about those things is generally available to all. -Dunning-Kruger credentialism: “Because I have credentials in one area, this makes me an expert in areas for which I have no credentials.” Put simply, credentialism is snobbery, and snobbery is antithetical to the American way of life. In America each of us can rise and fall on our own two feet based on what we demonstrate as INDIVIDUALS in our actual deeds, accomplishments and failures, and mere pieces of worthless paper do not change that. One last thing: nothing is more cowardly and despicable than the credentialist who trumpets their own credentials while dismissing the credentials they lack as being irrelevant. If one wants to commit the sin of credentialism, one also needs to accept that the credentials they lack are a mark against them, using their own standard. People who engage in such a practice are morally bankrupt, insecure, sniveling weasels. This was on my mind.

@gumiho_irl @softheavens Ooh, shiny

@softheavens Me and who?

@KrudoEl I don't blame you, it's bloody expensive for a small press/artist table here, plus the expense of getting here, staying here, etc.

@andyinsdca I will not be coming to SDCC anytime soon. I sell out at the smaller cons up here in the PNW, seems there are more people into indie stuff at the smaller cons than the larger ones. I did Emerald City a couple years back, which was a huge one, wasn't that great for us

Round two, let's do it!

@CynicalPublius A variety of credentialism is identity politics (or whatever you'd like to call it.) Because a person is (race) or (gender identity), they have some magic that the other does not have.

@vbspurs Hmm...yes, I live in San Diego, fish tacos are popular (and there's a place near my office that has taco Tuesday)

Hopefully, an euphemism. 😏

@JayJosephVet When I was in the Navy: Seamanship. I loved everything about navigation, line handling, lookout, whatever. National Guard: Driving/shooting my M1 Abrams.

What was that one thing that you actually really liked?

@vbspurs Happy Bastille Day! I had fish tacos for lunch🇲🇽

Happy Bastille Day, everyone! I am serving tapas. 😏

I've had a bag of bolts on my desk all week. I've no idea what they're for, but I'm sure it will come to me.

@intotheweids Hard tack (clack-clack)

Snackfact ™️

I'm tired, boss.

@tuuu28283 I had fish tacos for lunch, so I used my hands. Normally, I use a fork/spoon.

American brothers and sisters! 🇺🇸 Do you usually eat your meals with a fork? 🍴 Or do you use something else?

Civilians having the same weapons as the military is not a loophole of the 2nd Amendment, it is the primary feature of it.

@branchman68 @NewRightPoast x.com/kane/status/20…

@andyinsdca @NewRightPoast I’m just spit-balling here. What’s your answer? We’ve got to demand punishment or what little decent society is left will soon be a memory. My guess is public shaming would work with some, while others would require enhanced punishment.

Libs play a game I call "How Much Pain Can I Tolerate?" where they think, it's just chess pieces. Trivial to replace. Costs basically nothing. No big deal. Why would I put someone in jail for stealing them, are you insane? How selfish can you be? I can easily tolerate the pain of having to replace chess pieces for a couple of bucks every once in a while. My 1 point of discomfort for tolerating the behavior easily outweighs by the 9999 points of discomfort that punishing the behavior would generate. You want me to put some kid in jail over a couple hunks of plastic? Why would I arrest a guy for buying a banana with counterfeit money? Why would I chase someone down for Skittles and an Arizona Iced Tea? Why would I disrupt the houseless schizo shooting up and jacking off on the subway, it doesn't really affect me. It's easy to ignore. These people are already suffering. But the chess pieces keep getting stolen. Old chess guys stop using the park. Rowdy teenagers take over. Moms stop bringing their kids. The park fills up with crackheads. You see this phenomenon everywhere you look. Libs let petty crime slide because they think "I can take it." And maybe they can. But every time they do this, they add a little bit of pointless friction to every day life. A sliver of pain, a cost that adds up and up. Now your Rite Aid shampoo is locked up. Now the shop has to hire a security guard (and raises prices accordingly). Now there's needles under the jungle gym. Now there's no old people on the corner keeping an eye on things. Now your kid can't run to the corner store after dark. Now your wife gets catcalled on her way home from work. Now there's loud reggaeton playing all the time. Life gets a little shittier and shittier. But hey, you can tolerate it. No big deal.

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s official advice if your bike is stolen is to “consider the potential impact of calling the police” on the criminal.

Remember when instead of investigating the fraud the mainstream media decided to investigate the person who exposed the fraud? Why? Because they were complicit in the cover up I was right, they were wrong I work for you, they work against you The media is full of learers.

@MomsPostingLs Nose ring - ✔️ Fake nails - ✔️ Loopy earings- ✔️ Shitty personality - ✔️ Funny that men dont want to marry. Welcome to 2026. Thanks femenism!

People are talking about The 2014 Revolution

@JGinMD1 @iAnonPatriot Or the fact that the Brits ended their slave trade in the early 1800s.

@iAnonPatriot They also don't focus on the lives that were lost by white Americans to free them, those lives are reparations.

Things schools don’t teach about slavery. Africans owned other Africans as slaves and were selling them to other parts of the world. About 12.5 million Africans were sold in the transatlantic slave trade. Only 4% of these Africans went to the US. 40% of them went to BRAZIL. The rest went to the Caribbean and other parts of Spanish America.

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