Because it’s not only about how much I have, it’s about how much you people don’t have!

I mean, it can be a bit of an issue everywhere.

Hilariously this post was just above this one in my feed.

An excellent diatribe on a very interesting god

Here’s one

When the ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ is a douche like this, it’s really not that surprising that women continue to be ignored.

That wasn’t for the Nazi, it was for other people reading what the Nazi wrote. I don’t want people to get taken in by the poorly structured arguments and the constant moving of goalposts.

That’s an ad hominem and not a valid argument. I know the internet breeds bad habits in people, but you really should try to do better.

‘What the staff says’ has nothing to do with citing and linking to primary sources, which is what is important and the focus of this discussion.

Meanwhile, actual headline I saw in a paper from my city: Trump’s Tarriffs Spell Big Trouble for China!

In case anyone was wondering why there are no riots, it’s because most people are reading drivel like that.

Obviously you’ve never heard of the concept of ‘citing credible sources’.

Keep in mind too that they’re not always accurate. I know of one in my city that regularly takes photos of people going through on the green because it’s a bit of a wonky intersection. And that means a person gets to spend their day in court instead of at work fighting a ticket they did not deserve.

So Octarine, basically.

There’s no reason to be afraid of Opiliones. Their mouthparts are the wrong shape and too small to do harm to a human. Also, unlike spiders, there are no known Opiliones with venom. Their chelicerae are for grasping only.

The prison is a labor camp you twat.

It is true.

You might want to switch news feeds if you missed that memo.

I’m going to post this idea by agent_nycto, because it’s another good way to deal with them, especially if you run into them IRL:

I don’t think you should be quiet, it makes them feel like everyone is agreeing with them and makes everyone miserable. Time to introduce you to my favorite game to play with conservatives, Politics Judo!

So you hear them rant about a thing. Some dumbass talking point. Let’s use gun control. It’s pretty easy to know in advance what the talking points are since they never shut up and parrot the same problem and solution over and over. “Shouldn’t take guns, it’s a mental problem not a gun problem”.

Things are basically boiled down to a problem and a solution. A lot of people try to convince people that the problem isn’t what people think it is, and that’s hard to do. Even if they are just misinformed, it feels like trying to dismiss their fears.

So what you do is you agree with the problem, then use lefty talking points as the solution.

“Oh yeah, gun violence is pretty bad! And I love the Constitution, we shouldn’t mess with that!” (Use small words and also throw in some patriotism, makes them feel like you’re on their side. You want to sound like a right wing media con artist) “so instead of taking guns away, we should instead start having more, free, mental health care in this country. Since it’s a mental health problem and these people are crazy, that is the solution that makes the most sense!” (Don’t try to get them to agree to your solution, just state it as the obvious one)

It becomes weaponized cognitive dissonance. Their brains fry because you said the things you should to agree with them, flagged yourself as an ally, but then said the thing they were told is the bad and shouldn’t want.

If they try to argue with your solution, rinse and repeat to a different talking point. “Oh yeah it might cost more, and we shouldn’t have to pay more for it, so we should get the rich people who are screwing average hard working Americans over by not paying taxes to do that. We should shut down tax loopholes and increase funding to the IRS so they can go after them instead of the little guy”

Always sound like you’re agreeing with them, but giving solutions that they disagree with that seem to be off topic but are related.

This is a very good analogy!

Although to be pedantic, there are white crows; there was one living in my neighborhood some years back.

I think you might need to brush up on your reading comprehension, and maybe your empathy. You’re coming off a bit condescending her. e

The republicans haven’t been the ‘good for business’ and ‘fiscally responsible’ team for a while.

They made a deal with the devil a few decades ago and hitched themselves to the evangelist religious nuts when they realized they were starting to lose political ground (instead of, you know, trying to come up with policies that people wanted to vote for). They’re fully the party of ‘Jesus’ and the super-rich now; the megapastors and other millionaires, and the billionaires, are the only ones that benefit when they get in power.

Which is what makes them so dangerous, and Canada needs to be aware of this. Neither group, the super-rich or the super-religious, will accept losing, or even any dissenting voices against their actions. And they will do whatever it takes to maintain control.

You say no-one is in favor of it, but notice how none of the republicans running the show are so much as shushing him.

As an American, let me assure you that is a very bad sign. It means they either think they can control him—which they can’t—or they do approve for whatever reason and just plan to make him the fall guy so they can have plausible deniability.

Unfortunately the people smart enough to realize what’s happening are also smart enough to realize how terrible things will get if we do truly kick off a civil war.

For now we’ve moved past the Soap and Ballot boxes, and now we’re watching the Jury box. Once that fails…