A lot of it boils down to abortion. When you see abortion as baby murder, it would take an awful lot to offset that moral significance. In other words, many who support Trump wouldn’t exactly condone rape, corruption, etc, but they feel abortion is a much larger moral issue.
WTF are you talking about? I’m sorry, I can’t parse what you’ve said as a response to what I said. I do, however, hear that you are very angry. I’m sorry for your frustration and hope you are able to figure out some positive way to channel that energy. I agree, there’s a lot going on in the world that is super-upsetting. I just don’t think we’ll solve anything by dehumanizing broad swathes of the population. Sure, some people are assholes and they’re certainly over-represented among Trump supporters. But, for example, the other dude who responded about his mother. Someone like her is not such a black-and-white case. And, generally, more is accomplished by trying to understand the motivations of others than by dismissing them as bad people.
Edit: But, yes, some people are bad (Trump, for example). And, it is not a good use of time to try to understand their motivations. I guess it comes down to how and where to draw that boundary of empathy, so-to-speak.
Also how would one come to recognize reality’s irrationality anyway? By which I should clarify, when I say reality I mean the whole of existence, beyond everyday society which is a mush of reason, emotion, and ambiguous causation. In turn, when I’m talking about irrationality, I don’t mean emotionality or ambiguous...
In fact, reality is not apparently basically rational. Why does anything exist at all? Surely, the trivial solution would be a simpler state of affairs. Why is existence not nothing forever? Why there exists anything instead of nothing (let alone you and me, in particular) does not stand to reason.
Shall we unite behind God-King Trump then? The more decentralized and “competitive” the system, the better for most individuals. Sure, there is inefficiency, but those inefficiencies might save us from fascism.
Defiant Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on opposition to Palestinian statehood, deepening the divide with Israel’s closest international allies, as cracks in his wartime “unity” government became increasingly evident....
It’s jangling keys. So long as there are enough headlines about cousins banging, we won’t have enough time left over to get upset about corruption, fascism, etc.
Business and conservative interest groups that want to limit the power of federal regulators think they have a winner in the Atlantic herring and the boats that sweep the modest fish into their holds by the millions....
I’ve been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I’m looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will...
What a cute couple. One is a dictator and the other, desires to become one. (i.imgur.com)
Donald Trump Loses London Case Against Ex-MI6 Spy Over Kremlin Dossier (www.bloomberg.com)
Donald Trump will not win a war against the Swifties (www.businessinsider.com)
Oh no the neural implant project backfired, I must now spread the logs throughout the building an leave a distress message in Latin (feddit.de)
It's not that MAGA doesn't believe E. Jean Carroll — they just don't care that Trump abuses women (www.salon.com)
If reality weren't wholly rational, could one ever come to terms with it, or would one rationalize it instead?
Also how would one come to recognize reality’s irrationality anyway? By which I should clarify, when I say reality I mean the whole of existence, beyond everyday society which is a mush of reason, emotion, and ambiguous causation. In turn, when I’m talking about irrationality, I don’t mean emotionality or ambiguous...
E Jean Carroll to spend $83m defamation award on 'something Donald Trump hates' (www.bbc.com)
Ms Carroll, 80, told ABC News on Monday: "I’d like to give the money to something Donald Trump hates....
Private and/or cheap places to register a domain
You have 5 seconds to answer 😃...
Joe Biden Faces Growing Calls to Federalize Texas National Guard (www.newsweek.com)
Choose carefully (startrek.website)
Netanyahu defies Biden, insisting there’s ‘no space’ for Palestinian state (www.theguardian.com)
Defiant Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on opposition to Palestinian statehood, deepening the divide with Israel’s closest international allies, as cracks in his wartime “unity” government became increasingly evident....
Kentucky Republican pushes bill to make sex with first cousin not incest (www.newsweek.com)
A little fish at the Supreme Court could take a big bite out of regulatory power (apnews.com)
Business and conservative interest groups that want to limit the power of federal regulators think they have a winner in the Atlantic herring and the boats that sweep the modest fish into their holds by the millions....
Congress announces major tax deal to expand child tax credit and revive breaks for businesses (www.nbcnews.com)
The bipartisan agreement between the House and the Senate tackles priorities for both parties....
Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking?
I’ve been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I’m looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will...
There Is No “Both Sides” to Donald Trump’s Threat to Democracy (www.vanityfair.com)
A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956 (sh.itjust.works)
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GOP Congressman Stands By Accusation Some Fellow Members Have Been Compromised (www.huffpost.com)
Korn - Blind [America, 1994] (www.youtube.com)
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