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My take on this, for whatever it’s worth, is that people are reading into it a depth that it doesn’t have. The simpler read is that American liberalism has been intellectually enfeebled by having it too easy for too long. All liberals had to do was mouth a few incantatory words, and the world would cower before them. Now the magic has lost its power, and some are realizing it more quickly than others.
Marco Foster@MarcoFoster_
Ta-Nehisi Coates: “I think Charlie Kirk was a hatemonger. I take no joy in the killing of anyone no matter what they said. But if you ask me what the truth of his life was I would have to tell you it’s hate”
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i know russell henley didn’t play that great but this seems extreme
Alan Bastable@alan_bastable
not a sight you see at every golf tournament 😳
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On this day in 1776, a 21-year old man from Connecticut named Nathan Hale was hanged by the British after going undercover to help George Washington defend New York. His dying speech, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," inspired millions. RIP patriot
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@razibkhan What changed is that the imprimatur of our most reputable institutions has been (sometimes tacitly, other times explicitly) put behind the claim that to not affirm every self-conception of trans people is an act of identity erasure tantamount to physical violence.
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@grinnell555 @jasetaro @LauraPowellEsq The Founders believed that “all men are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,” and “that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.” That this is the foundational premise of our system is not even kind of in dispute.
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@jasetaro @LauraPowellEsq If your point made any sense - there wouldn't need to be a bill of rights. But you answered it yourself when saying it was the govt's job to protect them. And the govt does restrict those rights, as well.
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“The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes. It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Sharia law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities. And they do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.” @timkaine
Incredible that the current Senator from Virginia rejects the core principle of the Declaration Of Independence.
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@AliceFromQueens Recognizing that more things being locked up is a response to increased theft, and feeling uneasy bc increased theft may mean an increase in the number of people potentially willing to do you harm, seems…not that crazy. “Just order online” is not a response to that
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Trying to teach the olds about this thing called the internet where you can buy soap and toothpaste and moisturizer and—here’s the crazy thing—they deliver it to your door.
tedfrank@tedfrank
I live in a culturally diverse cosmopolitan city where 146 languages are spoken, and I haven’t had to ask for direct access to a shelf since the 2022 nationwide baby formula shortage forced me to shop at Walmart for the one item they lock up. Which is no small part of the reason groceries are 30% cheaper here than when I shop in DC. Not locking up criminals is the dumbest and most pointless tax politicians ever impose on the law-abiding.
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@Godel_number @H_Kissingher @wanyeburkett I took it as him essentially brushing off the moral question as posed — I’m not sure it’s even arguable that “all” the civilians “deserve” to die — and saying that, if they kill all our people, he’s killing all theirs, full stop
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@ccoooopppp @H_Kissingher @wanyeburkett Based on his tweets about this and what hes responding to, thats what he’s saying. Hes welcome to clarify his point if im mischaracterizing it
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@Godel_number @H_Kissingher @wanyeburkett Never did he make that claim; all he said is that he *would* kill them
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@H_Kissingher @wanyeburkett Wanye is saying that he thinks all the civilians in the nuking country *deserve* to die. He isn’t making a game theory point. Do you think they all deserve to die?
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Old Soviet joke:
"Why was the flight delayed for an hour?"
"The pilot saw a problem with one of the engines, but it's okay now."
"Wow, you've replaced an engine in an hour?"
"No, we've replaced the pilot."
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Talking to a group of pleasant, clever socialists last night, it hit me that the defining characteristic of the Left is not compassion; rather, it is the conviction that compassion is unique to their side, leading to a grotesque misunderstanding of what the other side thinks.
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RT for awareness. Tax code is already punitive to poker players (you get taxed on winning years but can't write off losing years unless you file as a pro; it's easy to have a down year even as a good player) and Senate-passed version of OBBBA would make it considerably worse.
Phil Galfond@PhilGalfond
This new amendment to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would end professional gambling in the US and hurt casual gamblers, too. You could pay more in tax than you won. Contact your representative quickly.
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@Vibutler_ @dictator_energy @whstancil They’re demonstrating that they don’t want to lose their livelihoods and are explicitly resisting in the name of their fellow countrymen alone. Nothing wrong with that in a vacuum, but there’s no sign of any sort of principled stance against fascism for the sake of America itself
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@ccoooopppp @dictator_energy @whstancil Are they not demonstrating affection for this country by standing up to fascist thugs?
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Them being Mexican has everything to do with Trump’s attacks on LA and it is impossible to separate their ethnic identity from this issue. It is indeed nativist bullshit to tell people who are under attack because of their identity not to celebrate their identity.
Armand Domalewski@ArmandDoma
I am just not doing this 2020 “it’s racist to criticize protester tactics” thing anymore. It was a catastrophic failure on every level
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@CantEverDie What @YIMBYLAND is obviously getting at here is that people would be far more sympathetic to this resistance if they felt that the resisters wanted to stay *because they love this place*, which could be signaled by, among other things, waving an American flag. Seems indisputable.
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dumbest argument going on right now. ICE and rightwingers would absolutely not be on our side if the left dressed up in american flag iconography while protesting. giving any credence to this is ridiculous
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND
Dog. Please stop flying other countries flags when protesting against deportation. It’s reallllllly not helping your cause. Y’all should be rocking Old Navy USA tees, American flag bikinis, and flying the Stars and Stripes 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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It makes me laugh since the Lakota stole it from the Cheyenne who stole it from the Arapaho who stole it from the Kiowa and so on and so on.
Brandon@LibOrNormal
How does this make you feel?!?!
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@ladidaix @wavelettes There’s nothing *morally* wrong with it, but it’s factually wrong by pretty much any measure of human well-being and an irritating sentiment to bear given that it seems to come almost exclusively from those most well off relative to an all-around-better-off world
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@wavelettes i mean. there’s nothing wrong with that stance?
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