Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

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@tehwatever
Hmm… that’s certainly worth considering. But I do consider saving people’s lives in the short term higher priority than solving what to do with them in the long term. Especially the children who make up the majority of the Gazan population.

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@BlitztheDragon
Good job of reminding me why the Tories have to go even if the replacements aren’t very inspiring.

@Background Human
I’m kind of hoping they do just well enough to be able to govern… in a coalition with the Lib Dems.

(Now if only the Lib Dems would pull their heads out of their arses…)

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@Dustcan
Related to that, a Starbucks in DC was recently vandalised by Pro-Palestine protestors too

I understand not wanting to support companies if they are in support of Israel, but this and the McDonald’s incident i posted about seem less like spreading a message and more about wanting to be praised for committing vandalism and being an asshole

(Not to mention this shit isn’t gonna hurt the higher ups, the only people it’s hurting are the normal store employees who have to clean this mess up)

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Dustcan

Dogs

@Background Pony #1F81

Well as far as the protests go last night’s in front of the White House only resulted in 1 arrest from the vandalism. There was no violence, thankfully.

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@Dustcan
Well that’s good to know

Protests escalating to violence is only going to taint whatever cause you had in the eyes of everyone else

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So I was told that my comment on >>2987636 belonged here. Love how whatever mod deleted it didn’t even have the guts to name himself, but called my comment a “diatribe”. Well, since I’ve been told by a mod to post it here, there’s no way they’ll delete it now or blame me, right? (j/k, mods make up whatever rules they want cause that’s the only way they can get a feeling of power.)

Anyway, this was my comment, paraphrased, since I didn’t save the original:

@Background Pony #2B05

I don’t understand. Why was Zipp wearing a tuxedo in that episode? Zipp is a female!

Because a girl can wear what she wants to and still be a girl. (Without having to belong to the alphabet community.) We understood that in the 90’s but nowadays any girl who doesn’t like dressing or behaving in a girly way gets asked her pronouns, implying that she isn’t performing girlhood correctly. In terms of gender expectations, we’ve regressed, and it’s not just due to the conservatives. Plenty of so-called progressives now see any non-stereotypical behavior as proof of some gender identity ie. you’re not a girl if you don’t behave the way society expects a girl to behave.

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BlitztheDragon

@Background Pony #26A2

Oh this still has a good chance of being removed for spending some of it complaining about prior mod actions. That tends not to fly well in this thread.

You know I’d agree that Zipp can wear whatever she wants and still be a girl. Can’t say I’m too impressed with your usage of “Alphabet Community” though. I have yet to hear that phrase used in a way that wasn’t expressing dislike of people who aren’t cisgender or heterosexual (which is probably a reason why you were asked to repost the comment here, alongside your complaint that conservatives and progressives alike are trying to enforce gender stereotypes).

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The Smiling Pony

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@Background Pony #26A2
Every day I meet someone more insufferable than the guy I met the day before. Today you’re that guy.

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Ciaran

Senior Moderator

友情は魔法だ

@Background Pony #26A2

Because girls can wear what they want and still be girls. (Without having to join the alphabet brigade.) We used to know this back in the 90’s. Nowadays if a girl doesn’t like girly things, she gets asked her pronouns, implying she’s not doing girlhood correctly. In terms of gender roles, we’ve regressed, and it’s not just because of conservatives. A lot of so-called progressives will see any non-stereotypical behavior and assume it’s proof of a gender identity.

FIFY

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CaptainXtra

STOP KOSA!

So this Video shows that Mike Johnson is a creepy fuck which should surprise no one.

https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1721301837955940690

Text from the Tweet if you’re too disinterested in visiting X:

Speaker Mike Johnson admits his son monitors his porn viewing. 😳

Speaker Mike Johnson “admitted that he and his son monitored each other’s porn intake in a resurfaced clip from 2022,” Rolling Stone reports.

Johnson talked in a video about how he installed “accountability software” on his devices in order to abstain from internet porn.

Said Johnson: “It scans all the activity on your phone, or your devices, your laptop, what have you; we do all of it.”

He added: “It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17.

So he and I get a report about all the things that are on our phones, all of our devices, once a week. If anything objectionable comes up, your accountability partner gets an immediate notice.

I’m proud to tell ya, my son has got a clean slate.”

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@tehwatever
I like fake phony people, I love it when workers kiss your ass with a big fake smile on their face. It takes courage to be fake. Real people are rude and mean.

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@The Smiling Pony
Every trend you start will inevitably be turned against you. When they right takes power they will melt down statues of leftists in retaliation

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@The Smiling Pony
Free healthcare isn’t free, it’s paid for with taxes and it means the government controls your health. Some people don’t want to be slaves in a socialist welfare state with no freedom. Everyone knows no Democrat genuinely supports the first or second amendment. The proof is that you never object to no other country having them

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CaptainXtra

STOP KOSA!

Hey Spammer BP:

Anyway, how is the UK not even in a massive state of anarchy 24/7 post Brexit?

That I want to know…

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Ciaran

Senior Moderator

友情は魔法だ

@Background Pony #0D69
Please name one. Name a ‘leftist’ statue that you honestly believe would be taken down and melted as an act of government under a ‘rightist’ government. I don’t think you can.

American Republicans change the names of post offices and schools. They erect statues to their favorite insurrectionists.

They, as a civil unit, don’t take down statues. That’s not their thing.

They have other things they want to melt down instead.

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Vivace

“ShimSham my GlimGlams”

@Background Pony #0D69
Aren’t you delightful.

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Meanlucario

Time to get spooky

@Background Pony #0D69
You must have grew up in the 90’s, during the “grim and gritty is realistic” era if you think that. Humans have a wide range of personalities. Some are rude, some are nice. Some are sour, some are sweet. And the vast majority are complex and a mix of all emotions and personalities. I think it says more about you if that’s how you see people, like actors for your.

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Commune

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So in other news, 3 children and a woman are killed by an Israeli strike in Lebanon. Coincidentally they are related to a journalist who was injuried in the strike. This is not the first time Israel airstriked journalists in Lebanon, a few weeks back they airstriked a Reuters journalists and injuried six as well.

The total amount of journalists killed in the Gaza war far exceeds the amount of journalists killed in Ukraine

Most Moral army in the world huh

@Background Pony #0D69
Who the fuck are you

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Meanlucario

Time to get spooky

@Ciaran
I think you mean “melt down over.”

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Wiimeiser

(Foil Hat)

From what I understand the problem with Israel and Palestine is that in asking for both to be free you’re asking for the geopolitical equivalent of having two game cards in the same Switch, which is something that’s not physically possible.

@Background Pony #26A2
@Ciaran
What would the Alphabet Brigade say about a 6YO boy who’s madly into MLP? A 3YO girl who wants army toys? A 16YO girl who hates dresses and tea parties and loves horror and sci-fi, chiptunes, and engineering? A nonbinary (biologically female) 16YO who is obsessed with Starcraft and in particular is in love (platonically) with Artanis? A 15YO girl who’s a sociopath obsessed with violence? A 16YO boy who wears a midriff-baring outfit with a skirt and ties his hair into a ponytail? A 16YO boy who’s outwardly a jock but secretly a tortured artist?

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The Smiling Pony

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@Background Pony #0D69
That’s an insanely cringe thing to admit, holy shit. I’d feel sorry for you but honestly you just disgust me.

@Background Pony #0D69
Statues of Lenin and Stalin are already a common thing to tear down. Venerating assholes regardless of slant is bad. I’m sorry you’re so delicate.

@Background Pony #0D69
Who said anything about “free”? Of course it comes out of taxes, actually well managed taxes in an organized system focused on the welfare on the populace. Meanwhile the glorious US system is solely focused on profit, with massively overinflated prices for everything from bandaids to ER visits to lifesaving medication.

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Ereiam

Monde de merde

@Background Pony #0D69

Free healthcare isn’t free, it’s paid for with taxes and it means the government controls your health.

That’s the stupidest thing I’ve been given to read. Not overall, but probably for this week at least.

I mean, it’s like saying the government controls where you can go because your taxes fund roads. How dumb do you have to be to think like that?

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Meanlucario

Time to get spooky

Yeah. It’s almost like that’s the purpose of taxes.

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Dustcan

Dogs

We tried privatised healthcare. That just lead to things like insulin being produced for only like $2 a vial but sold for $140 a vial.

Government run healthcare could be corrupt and inefficient. But the current system already is, so even without all of Europe proving it does work I’m ready to roll the dice on a “maybe”.

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BlitztheDragon

This is an activist poster down in San Francisco. Goes hard imo.

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