freemo

freemo, 10 months ago to Unions

I have always been a big supporter of #unions but lately I have been second-guessing that and debating with myself if I might actually change my views to be against unions....

My thinking is simple.. I am a huge supporter of anti-trust laws. Essentially I dont think companies should be allowed to create coalitions with the intention of price-fixing the market. This makes sense to me, companies must compete or else they can become too powerful.

If i believe in that logic then I should, by similar logic, be against unions. Unions are effectively large groups of people getting together to carry out price-fixing of their labour.

freemo, 11 months ago to random

Visual example...

#USPol
QT: https://qoto.org/@freemo/110693599356802527

freemo, 8 months ago to random

Can anyone suggest a candidate other than Biden or Trump that look fairly moderate and a good choice? I have ruled out all third-party, all alternative democrats, and of course Trump... This leaves me thinking maybe one of the republican candidates are worth voting for but so far every one of those I checked out are pretty horrific too...

Is there even one candidate that is remotely a reasonable and moderate choice?

#USPol

freemo, 2 months ago to random

My top 3 criteria for picking who I vote for this year will be:

1. Is not Biden
2. Is not Trump
3. Of whoever is left, the most honest, compassionate, and least racist/sexist choice.

#USPol #Biden #Trump #MAGA

freemo, 8 months ago to random

Remember everyone, we have gotten to the point where sincerely wanted to understand a liberals opinion and politely and respectfully ask for their views in an attempt to consider them.... we call that sealioning now... yup.. and people wonder why so many people are all of a sudden supporting fring right wing shit... people like this have pushed all the rational people away from the left towards the middle and in some cases even all the way onto the right.
QT: https://mastodon.social/@JoBlakely/111115890759371917

freemo, 4 months ago to random

Remember the days when tolerance and appreciating new perspectives and differences of opinion were considered a virtue?

Peppridge farms remembers.

freemo, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to politics

Which of the following reasons, in and of itself, would be enough for you to suspend, block or report a person?

#USPol #politics #mastoadmin

freemo, 11 months ago to Guns

Just a reminder, the Democrats, who have largely exclusively pushed for gun laws, have given us the following mess:

Guns must cause ear damage -- devices which lower the sound to just below the threshold of causing ear damage are illegal.

Guns with barrels less than 16" must be designed in a way that they are extra hard to aim, making it a much higher risk that you will shoot someone accidentally... Only guns longer than 16" can be easy to aim.

Yet somehow people are baffled when I say the democrats have largely done more harm to the topic of gun control than good... every time they propose or pass a law it is complete nonsensical, largely because they dont even bother to under the very thing they want to legislate.

#2A #gun #Guns

freemo, 8 months ago to fediverse

So its done! I finally released a fairly easy to install (from scratch) Hugo based Static Site generator with full ActivityPub support.

It has step-by-step instructions on how to set it up for your own blog or static website.

One of the coolest features for me, other than having your static site blog posts show up as posts in the Fediverse is the support for interacting with those posts. Any replies you leave, likes, or boosts will show up in the "comments" section of the website on the page associated with the post. How cool is that!

#Hugo #StaticSite #ActivityPub #Fediverse #mastoadmin
QT: https://fedipage.com/news/fedipage-v1-0-1-released/

freemo, 7 months ago to random

Shout out to that time a long-time friend of a friend who always had a crush on me was devastated when I called her out (and ultimately cut her off) for hitting her child.

No one is going to beat their child in public and expect to not get an ear full out of me. I dont care who you are.

freemo, 2 months ago to random

Reality...

freemo, 8 months ago to Israel

Another interesting fact about #Israel ... There is no historical evidence that a kingdom of Israel in anctient times ever actually existed. In fact most non-religious scholars feel that it either didnt exist or at the very least the writings about it were first written long long after it may have existed. This is evident because of countless anachronisms that we know couldnt be historically accurate (as they didnt exist yet for the time period)... so scholars have been able to reasonably conclude the account in the bible was in all likelihood made up at a later time.

In short, #Israel 's entire claim of it being an "ancient ancestral land" is based entirely on the bible and not accepted as historical fact by historians...

Yet again people kill for their gods, gods who tell them the first rule is not to kill.
QT: https://qoto.org/@freemo/111211544809488960

freemo, 8 months ago to random

Republican: fascist, authoritarian, Mostly rich old white dudes being racist towards blacks and telling them how they know whats best for them. Their politicians wear red ties

Democrats: fascist, authoritarian, Mostly rich old white dudes being racist towards blacks and telling them how they know whats best for them. Their politicians wear blue ties

#USPol

freemo, 4 months ago to random

Im watching cop interaction videos and one thing i heard a few cops say now to people who refused to answer questions or give them a hard time.. they ask "Why do you hate cops so much?".... no no no buddy, these people dont hate you, they are scared of you, big difference. People just dont tend to like people they are scared of, but that is secondary!

freemo, 1 year ago to random

Me: Most of the right and left in america are far left and right extremists.

Them: No we arent, you are extremist for saying that ::proceeds to block you for having a opinion::

Do these people even see the glorious irony in their response?
QT: https://sfba.social/@collette/110503158937589125

freemo, 10 months ago to random

Just a reminder, wealth is not a zero sum game. If it were we would still be living in caves.

freemo, 10 months ago to random

YAY The #Freemasons got back to me about my application and we will be begining the first steps soon with a discussion! excited!

freemo, 6 months ago to random

I hate to break it to you but the whole "tax the rich" thing is what the rich want you debating... why? Cause you can tax them all you want, but when our budget is 60% military they will still get rich and we will go in debt no matter how much you tax them.

Ya know what the rich really dont want? You fighting to get the military budget slashed in half leaving more than enough money to cut taxes for everyone (including the rich)... but noooo, any solution that saves everyone money, including the rich, is one that will never be supported.

So many people just get spoon fed a narrative and then its law.

freemo, 8 months ago to history

Interesting fact of the day: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation only freed the southern slaves and kept the north slaves legal and enslaved. It was a sort "screw you to the south" more so than to abolish slavery.

Lincoln only supported and pushed through the 13th amendment once slavery was voluntarily abolished at the state level first.

#Slavery #History #USPol

freemo, 7 months ago to random

I think I am very unusual in the sense that I believe abortions should be tax-paid, free to everyone, and pregnancy tests should also be free.... BUT I also think abortion should be very limited, to something around the first 10 weeks at most.

I've had both right and left leaning folks loose their shit over that. Always entertaining

#Abortion #Healthcare

freemo, 9 months ago to random

My god I've been gone for 2 years, I come back the medical system, under biden, has degarded to the worst I have ever seen.. I had to flee the country before due to medical abuse from the system... here we are same problems again... Cant wait for Biden to be out of office... cant come soon enough.

#uspol

freemo, 10 months ago to random

It only became an issue when it became political...

freemo, 1 year ago to random

Wow, democrats are really showing their colors today with this whole "boycott the CNN" thing... Unless I missed soemthing he is a presidential candidate, and one who so far hasnt been found guilty of anything that would disqualify him... and a popular one.

Yes he is a piece of shit, and yes he has no business being in politics... But its not CNNs job to make those decisions. Their job is to let the candidates say their piece and let the public decide from there (or the courts if there are legal questions).

As much as I hate Trump... I lost so much respect for the democrats today. Supporting censorship, specifically doing so with the intent of winning an election in their favor, is a new low... dont be that party...

#USPol #CNN #Trump

freemo, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

What makes murdering morally wrong?

freemo, 8 months ago to random

Old people: Dont be ageist, you shouldnt assume someones abilies based on age!

Also old people: 17 year olds shouldn't have the right to vote, drink, live on their own or have any of the rights of an adult because they having matured mentally yet...

#ageism