@DaltonRh89 @thatsKAIZEN One of those human rights I'm fond of is freedom of religion
People are free to practice as they wish, as long as they respect the rights of others
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Adam 'in the rear, with the gear'
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like a librarian, except I get my hands dirty he/him/his
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@wheellock @thatsKAIZEN Legal vetted immigration is the only one we should accept. As far as Islam it offers America nothing. 57 other countries to immigrate to for the followers of that religion. Illegal immigrants being offered self deportation packages is the kindest way to deal with it.
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3 weeks ago, two radical Islamists threw bombs at protesters in NYC.
This month, a man in a ‘Property of Allah’ shirt killed 2 people in Austin.
In Dec, 2 jihadists killed 15 at Bondi Beach.
We need to have an honest and respectful conversation about radical Islam in the West.
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@AiPinfu2003 I also like the idea of 7→8→9, but pause it when Palpatine is introduced
1→2→3, Palpatine's rise to power
watch more of 9, but pause it again when Rey is flashing back to past Jedi
4→5→6→maybe some of the video games, now you know his weakness
Then finish off 9 if you must
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@AiPinfu2003 There are some fun complex ones
I like the idea of watching
4→5, but pause it when Vader makes his big reveal
1→2→Clone Wars animated series→3, now we know who Anakin really is
finish off 5, 6
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アメリカ人、スターウォーズを観る順番を教えてくれ。
4→5→6→1→2→3がベスト？
1→2→3→4→5→6でもいいかな？
あと7,8,9は堆肥ゴミなのか埋め立てゴミなのか分別はどうなってる？
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@trouble_man90 It's pretty easy to oust a sitting president if he loses the support of his party or his staff
Unfortunately, that hasn't happened with Trump
Which means we shouldn't trust his party or his staff ever again
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It is functionally impossible to remove a sitting president. Even more so for this one, who has a literal cult behind him and was given full immunity by the Supreme Court. Our only option was to stop him beforehand but many of us were mocked for suggesting such a thing.
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Why is the USA incapable of removing an obviously insane and incompetent President?
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@jtimsuggs I loved *The Last Jedi*, but I found little to like in *Rise of the Skywalker* so I'm afraid it failed for me as a trilogy
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They’re all genuinely great IMO, but I’m not even kidding when I say that The Last Jedi is legitimately one of the greatest mainstream blockbusters to come from the previous decade.
All The Right Movies@ATRightMovies
What's the best film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy?
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Why didn’t we choose him??
Ten Years Ago Today@tenyearsnow
A clip goes viral of a bird perfectly landing on Bernie Sanders' podium during a rally
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@m_takewaka Those are all great options, but they're all very different options
America is a large place; we don't all eat the same food
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My American friends, I'm facing a major problem here.
When I say I want to eat American BBQ,
some Americans say, "come to Texas," others say, "come to South Carolina,"
and still others say, "come to Missouri."
I'm confused.
Are you guys going to start a BBQ civil war?
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@jim_stoltz7 @thatsKAIZEN "Our Jewish brothers and sisters deserve to worship without fear."
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@jim_stoltz7 @thatsKAIZEN "But let me be clear: That is not an excuse," said the mayor, flanked by police and city councilmen. "These actions do not reflect our values as a city. This is not who we are. There is never an excuse for violence, especially violence directed at a sacred space."
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@jim_stoltz7 @thatsKAIZEN If you trust those people, I guess your mind is already made up — I don't personally put much stock in influencers
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@jim_stoltz7 @thatsKAIZEN I live near Dearborn
There may be some religious zealots there, but no more so than in small-town Christian communities
In neither case are the fanatics representative of the larger community
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Thanks for asking. Read their Quran. It highlights their “requirements” as Muslims. Listen to what their Imam’s (scholars) say loud and proud and teach. I’ve met a few Muslim’s that didn’t talk like a (my words) fundamentalist, but the crowds in NYC and Dearborn are not chanting Kumbaya. If they are “only” the radicals then where are the centrists to speak up against them? There have been a very small number that I have heard of, how about you?
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@DaltonRh89 @thatsKAIZEN You want your country to become a theocratic autocracy like Saudi Arabia?
Myself, I'm happy to live in a place that at least pretends to value human rights
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@wheellock @thatsKAIZEN The strict caps on immigration in those countries are held in check and illegal immigration is not tolerated. Why do we and others have to tolerate it? And why is everything a phobia or ism if we want immigration to be legal? There is no true comparison. 20 to 40 million? Come on
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@vauxphantasma @ct_girlie I wasn't disagreeing, just commenting why I hadn't considered it
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@wheellock @ct_girlie “not that many people seem to be ace” is such a wild way to disagree. not many people are sent to space on a one-way earth saving mission either
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"there's no one to have sex with there" but people get mad if you try to headcanon ryland as ace
Adam 'in the rear, with the gear'@wheellock
@wonpilesqued His attachment was to his students, so it's significant that he has new Eridian students, making it plausible that he'd choose to stay Still, he's confined to a small habitat on Erid, there's no one to have sex with there
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@LaunchPadMcQck @LeaveHeardAlone I took that more as an understanding of what it's like to be a teacher
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@LeaveHeardAlone Wasn’t there a scene at the beginning when a bunch of his students were asking about the sun dying and he straight up tries to avoid talking about it. Literally saying, “idk, ask your parents” along with some other stuff like, some people believe the sun is dying.
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I really, really disagree that Project Hail Mary had “no political agenda” actually
Gretchen Ronnevik@garonnevik
I know I'm late to the party, but FYI "Project Hail Mary" is a really fun movie. We took our 9, 13, and 15 yo, and loved it. Not a remake, not a franchise, no political agendas, no sex scenes, no swearing I can remember. Some intensity. It was just a good story.
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@jim_stoltz7 @thatsKAIZEN The first thing radicals do to recruit is demonize the enemy
Do you think most Muslims are having everyday discussions of throwing their coworkers off buildings?
...or do you think people who want to incite violence against Muslims want you to believe that?
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@wheellock @thatsKAIZEN And “throwing pork” is not the same as having everyday discussions about beheading, stoning, and throwing your neighbors, coworkers, family, off buildings. Not the same at all.
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@ct_girlie Fair enough
There are a lot of characters out there who could plausibly be ace, including Grace
I think the case is stronger for the book version though — I felt the movie has more chemistry between him and Stratt (though of course, some ace folks are still romantic)
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@wheellock i am ace. a lot more people are ace than you probably realize.
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@TSue6987 @thatsKAIZEN Yes, and I appreciate that
The next step is to realize that the folks throwing pork want to drive all Muslims from the country, and their actions are productive towards that goal
At least some of those are willing to use violence in furtherance of that goal
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@wheellock @thatsKAIZEN He clearly acknowledged throwing pork as radicals, unproductive, & he did not condone.
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@Ike_Saul I had more confidence in WaPo's international reporting before they fired most of their international correspondents
"You can't trust social media" is a fine message, but disheartening when coming from a traditional media that has also lost people's trust
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Are the U.S. and Israel actually making decisive progress in the war in Iran? How bad are the social media feeds warping all our views to negative? An interesting perspective in WaPo from U of Pitt School of Public and International Affairs professor Jennifer Murtazashvili:
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