Agreed, there are lots of instances, and that may be one thing that allows Lemmy to actually have space for different political leanings. As I understand, conservative circles are not very large here, but that can change, and smaller communities generally are healthier. Check those out and recruit your pals- be the change you want to see in the world!
We killed god and replaced it with Google.
Yes, but all Minecraft villagers are also war criminals.
All Texans are war criminals
I mean I do agree with the points that it would be torture for Trump to have to choose between being the focus of a witch hunt or the pitiful disgraced president who only was saved by the kindness of his opponent. When I heard Biden is “throwing down the gauntlet” to debate Trump again, I let out the biggest groan. If I were him I wouldn’t give Trump a platform to look like an equal. I know it feels good to want to beat the living shit out of Trump, but I understand from a political perspective that it might not be the best strategy to win in 2024. I liked it better when Biden was acting senile and not childish.
After that it’s hard not to see the negative consequences of pardoning Trump. There should be a message to other politicians that we are not afraid to send you to jail.
They’ll figure out another way to get their slaves :/
As a Chicagoan, I can’t wait for the day we pull that god awful name off that building like a Saddam Hussein statue.
Oh absolutely. I remember when rent prices dropped in the deep pandemic- absolutely newsworthy.
“Accept certain inalienable truths; Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old” -Baz Luhrmann
Oooooh I see the misunderstanding.
When I said “right wing cancel culture” I meant how the right wing cancels people. So the right cancels people through legal means while the left cancels people through social means.
What you said is a perfect example of what I mean.
Exactly. Historically the left cancel culture has been in the private sector, which is protected. A company can fire you for saying racist shit, and you can be shunned by your community as they are individuals exercising their right to shun.
Right wing cancel culture exists in Congress and local governments, where they pass laws to silence teachers, make it illegal for trans people to exist, and send the national guard to beat up protesters.
This is an instance where a left wing group may experience the other side of the former.
Edit:
It seems I didn’t communicate my idea clearly and people think the exact opposite of what I meant. I meant left wing folks tend to cancel people through social means, like when no one wants to see a film with Kevin Spacey, whereas the right wing folks cancel people legally, like how you can’t be a communist in office or it’s illegal for an atheist to hold office in 7 states.
My last statement is how students having trouble getting a job is part of a “social canceling”.
I was super confused as to why I was getting down voted since I was trying to agree with what was being said and add to the conversation.
I mean SS troops had to kill the dog that they raised as a puppy through their entire training to prove their dedication to Hitler.
Right? Like we all saw that Iran was going to for tat, and their attack was pretty much neutralized. At this point Israel is just accelerating the conflict.
I don’t want to believe our media is biased either, but like let’s take a moment and remember that we’ve been told the reason Iran and the Taliban hate us is because we have and love freedom. Like seriously, take a moment if you were alive and conscious in 2003 and what messaging we got then. It’s so stupid.
Israel is defeated like the US was defeated in Afghanistan. It’s not that the Taliban managed to get tanks rolling through DC, but they killed our international image and took away prescious time, money, energy, and lives. They suffered magnitudes more than us, so just like in any war, there were no winners.
We keep saying “we don’t negotiate with terrorists”, but I’m starting to think that we should consider negotiating with terrorists*.
'*Understanding the definition of terrorist is very subjective
I’m doing my part!