In response to Lisse (she/her).
How could it take me so goddamn long to understand that song?
08:11 AM - Aug 11, 2023
In response to W4TERLILY.
I understand your perspective, but the devil is in the details: exactly what rules do you think will somehow improve the situation, rather than simply open up a number of loopholes through which the "fallible/corrupt humans" can legitimize their authoritarianism?
02:54 PM - Aug 07, 2023
In response to ecsbrooklyn.
Not to be argumentative, but it was more "take over" than "take hold". The VRWC/RRR ("vast right wing conspiracy"/rich racist Republicons) bought up every AM radio station they could, mostly displacing sports radio but in the latter years also targeting any profitable "liberal" talk radio stations.
08:14 AM - Aug 05, 2023
In response to StDunstan.
Why the heck not? I was very upset to learn from this article that "most of urban America" was burned down in 2020. /s
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06:17 PM - Aug 04, 2023
In response to T. Max Devlin.
"[...]our politics have regressed to the point that so many Americans can no longer distinguish what’s real and what’s not."
The truth is this isn't at all restricted to politics. The problem of postmodernism is pandemic. "Real" isn't as simple a thing as we're used to assuming. 5/5
The truth is this isn't at all restricted to politics. The problem of postmodernism is pandemic. "Real" isn't as simple a thing as we're used to assuming. 5/5
06:11 PM - Aug 04, 2023
In response to T. Max Devlin.
"that our parties can’t mitigate the problem[...]"
The use of plural here is problematic. It is inaccurate. 1) One party does mitigate the problem of the paranoid style, one party doesn't. 2) "Our parties can't" suggests the parties, rather than the elected officials, control the government.
4/5
The use of plural here is problematic. It is inaccurate. 1) One party does mitigate the problem of the paranoid style, one party doesn't. 2) "Our parties can't" suggests the parties, rather than the elected officials, control the government.
4/5
06:08 PM - Aug 04, 2023
In response to T. Max Devlin.
"that too many of our elected officials aren’t responsible leaders,[...]"
It seems reasonable to bemoan the fact that many officials aren't leaders, but "too many" is a bit strawman-like, particularly when no effort is made to quantify or analyze which are and which aren't.
3/5
It seems reasonable to bemoan the fact that many officials aren't leaders, but "too many" is a bit strawman-like, particularly when no effort is made to quantify or analyze which are and which aren't.
3/5
06:04 PM - Aug 04, 2023
In response to T. Max Devlin.
"After January 6, it’s obvious that we’re failing, [...]"
Ironically, such an evaluation is a bit paranoid. The J6 insurrection failed, and many involved have been imprisoned after fair and legal trials.
2/5
Ironically, such an evaluation is a bit paranoid. The J6 insurrection failed, and many involved have been imprisoned after fair and legal trials.
2/5
05:58 PM - Aug 04, 2023
In response to Reet Petite.
An interesting and insightful analysis. Such a shame the author completely botched his conclusion.
1/5
1/5
05:55 PM - Aug 04, 2023
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In response to ecsbrooklyn.
It started with Rush Limbaugh, years before Fox News even existed.
03:59 PM - Aug 04, 2023
In response to W4TERLILY.
Truth is all self-govt is, has always been, and can only be based on this "you'll have to trust me to be trustworthy" principle, and the Founders were well aware of this, accounting for it rather than denying it. Checks & balances, separation of powers, they help, but they do not end the conundrum.
03:57 PM - Aug 04, 2023
In response to Vlada Knowlton.
Plenty of countries with popular vote presidents have descended into tyranny. In fact, it's even easier that way.
08:17 PM - Apr 04, 2023
In response to Qasim Rashid.
It's a weird inversion of "American exceptionalism" that makes people think this is particular to America. Certainly we need to improve the USA, but I think we also need to stop fantasizing there is some utopia elsewhere (btw, not coincidentally in the whitest of white areas of Europe, amiright?)
06:01 AM - Mar 27, 2023
In response to ManKillah Fruitface.
NOTHING matters more than voting. ***Literally*** NOTHING. People who say that their vote doesn't matter are confusing voting with their candidate winning. It's a failure of education, imagination, and patriotism to think that only votes for the winning candidate "count".
01:05 PM - Mar 26, 2023
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In response to Rob E.
Forgive me for being blunt, but shut up with that nonsense. I appreciate that YOU BELIEVE that Trump predicting violence would ensue constitutes a directive or threat, but that doesn't make it an actionable crime.
12:24 PM - Mar 24, 2023
In response to Malcolm Johnson.
Could be fruit juice, could be poison. No Labels, so maybe it's just pee...
I kind of like the labels "Democrat" and "liberal". Anyone who wants "no labels" is trying to suggest otherwise.
I kind of like the labels "Democrat" and "liberal". Anyone who wants "no labels" is trying to suggest otherwise.
06:58 PM - Mar 15, 2023
In response to T. Max Devlin.
... I can't see any other way to be so 'typical' in usage that you stay "normal 0%". Plus, once the algorithms have been reverse engineered, bots can be programmed to still be bots while maintaining such a profile. There's no such thing as an algorithm that can't be gamed by another algorithm.
09:21 AM - Mar 13, 2023
In response to Miriam.
I think it would be a tiny bit less controversial (not that it matters; the whole point of this thread is that uncontroversial is not the same as accurate) if they used the term "mundane" rather than "normal". It is, in fact, not "normal" to be 0% interesting, and without knowing the details...
09:17 AM - Mar 13, 2023
In response to Siobhán Maree.
I am in complete agreement. BUT...
Until you can deal with the reasonable-but-**illogical** idea that people are not *identical* but are still *equal*, you're a postmodernist, and can't understand truth.
Until you can deal with the reasonable-but-**illogical** idea that people are not *identical* but are still *equal*, you're a postmodernist, and can't understand truth.
03:13 PM - Mar 11, 2023
In response to Headbangerwoman.
That is an incredibly awesome picture. I want a print of that on my wall!
01:40 PM - Mar 11, 2023
In response to MaJoad.
I think he's just a run of the mill disaffected cynic, of the progressive persuasion.
07:59 AM - Mar 07, 2023
In response to Henny Miranda.
What makes you think there's any "vaccine only strategy", or that the President could have saved any lives by harping more about COVID? CDC guidelines are definitely not "vaccine only", and when people ignore them, it's hardly Joe Biden's fault.
09:16 PM - Mar 06, 2023
