acronymesis

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Haven't they heard??

A Trump never pays their debts.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Republican senators say they are alarmed at how many Republicans, including those with higher levels of education and income, buy the unsubstantiated claims that the last presidential election was stolen.

A second Republican senator who spoke with The Hill said the growing strength of radical populism “makes it a lot more difficult to govern, it makes it difficult to talk to constituents.”

“There are people who surprise me — I’m surprised they have those views. It’s amazing to me the number of people, the kind of people who think the election was stolen,” the lawmaker said. “I don’t want to use this word but it’s not just a ‘red-neck’ thing. It’s people in business, the president of a bank, a doctor.”

How far up your ass does your head have to be to not see that your party is practically driven by conspiracy theories and falsehoods after the last decade??

acronymesis, 10 months ago

The long and short of it is that the pledge of allegiance is exactly what it says on the tin; you are pledging that your loyalty is to the flag (by proxy, to the United States). However, as a US citizen, one has a 1st amendment right that is supposed to protect you from being forced by the government to say the pledge (otherwise known as compelled speech). Constitutionally, you cannot be arrested or otherwise punished for not saying the pledge, or for expressing distaste for the pledge, leaving out the "under God" part while reciting the pledge, or even saying that you think the flag is nothing more than a nationalist propaganda symbol.

That all said, I feel like there is at least one or two stories a year where a student is accosted by a teacher because they refused to recite the pledge. Any teacher who does this is setting themselves and the school up for a lawsuit, as accosting/punishing a student for not reciting the pledge is flat out unconstitutional..

On a different note, as an American who grew up mindlessly citing the pledge throughout my K-12 years, it was a pretty harsh realization when I learned that this is essentially a kind of indoctrination. I honestly feel a bit gross when I go to my kid's school events and the first thing they do is trot out the flag and start the pledge. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a push to have it removed as a regular thing at public schools in the US (nor would I be surprised at a reactionary response from the "patriots" in our country if there was a movement against the pledge...).

acronymesis, 10 months ago

We were forced to attend John Birch Society events in school

Damn, that sounds unconstitutional as hell. I imagine you went to some time of Christian private school?

acronymesis, 10 months ago

The schadenfreude from election deniers suffering the consequences of their own actions sustains me. 😌

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Couldn’t help but notice this issue (or something similar?) happening on Reddit before I left. Pretty sure something funky is going on on imgur’s end.

acronymesis, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Oppositional Defiance Disorder

Oooo I love learning a term that perfectly describes something I previously couldn’t!!

ETA: Oh my.

Oppositional defiant disorder (Also called: ODD).
A disorder in a child marked by defiant and disobedient behavior to authority figures.

Bruh, “in a child”? These are full grown adults!

Some children with ODD outgrow the condition by age eight or nine. But about half of them continue to experience symptoms of ODD through adulthood. People with ODD report feeling angry all of the time, and about 40 percent of them become progressively worse and develop antisocial personality disorder.

Wow. WOW. So many things in the world just made so much more sense to me in the last 5 minutes. Holy shit.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Karens banding together to form the Ku Klanned Karenhood.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

I mean, hell, we can forget the “c-word” and we still have this huge issue with foreign (and even domestic!) bad actors stirring shit up with disinformation campaigns in our society. When will our government acknowledge it and actually fucking DO something??

acronymesis, 10 months ago

“She is missing birthdays and holidays for this. She truly believes this is all real and we are the crazy ones for trying to get her to come home. But she won’t, I don’t believe she will ever come back from this. We are in mourning.”

We truly have a sickness in our society. Sure would be nice if certain politicians - who are quick to blame mental health issues for our societies woes - could focus on things like the Qanon Qult tearing apart families rather than, oh, you know, the gays.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Hard to imagine losing a professional license for someone who dropped you like a sack of potatoes after throwing caution and profession to the wind to go to bat for them.

This, folks, is the result of actual Trump Derangement Syndrome. 🤷🏽‍♂️

acronymesis, 10 months ago

There’s a particular satisfaction I feel knowing these engagement chasers are wasting their time. 😌

acronymesis, 10 months ago

God, I love it here.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Every once in a while I catch that off-brand Fruity Pebbles (Fruity Dino-Bites!) with marshmallows in it. Just blend that shit up and shoot it directly into my fucking veins please.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

I want everyone to know that this post right here is what solidified my decision; kbin is my new home!

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Exactly. It’s making an a actual legal decision based on the equivalent of an argument someone had with themselves in the shower.

It’d be laughable if it wasn’t actually serious and legally binding.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Prima Farcie

Ha!

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Is there an equivalent Magazine for r/NotADragQueen on kbin?

acronymesis, 10 months ago

Well, would you look at that? When it comes to DeSantis, the user you replied to respectfully asks that "If you have criticisms, please back them up with facts and citations." But Democrats? Apparently, dems "oWn MaRxIsM" and aren't afforded the same respectful criticism backed up by factual data.

Funny how that works!!

acronymesis, 10 months ago

You can craft features which promote a behavior or inhibit it.

To add to your point, let's not forget that a certain social media site used their algorithm to boost content that angers people because it also boosts engagement. It shouldn't be controversial to want a social media that, like, doesn't exploit negative behaviors to generate more dollars, and I think your working towards something that specifically doesn't do that is admirable.

This argument that a social media platform not doing evil things also exclusively means it cannot attract an audience in some other way is a false dichotomy.

acronymesis, 10 months ago

You're telling me I can just block Meta/Facebook altogether here in the Fediverse?

I think I'm going to like it here. :)

acronymesis, 10 months ago

OP wants criticisms backed up with "facts and citations" (though I'm sure actual facts will be conveniently ignored), so please allow me!

Ron DeSantis is a fascist, full stop.

Early Signs of Fascism

Credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

• Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: https://news.yahoo.com/sc-campaign-stop-ron-desantis-235300263.html

• Disdain for Human Rights: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/15/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard

• Identification of Enemies as a Unifying Cause: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/04/desantis-republicans-woke-big-business-war/10947073002/

• Supremacy of the Military: https://thebradentontimes.com/house-seeks-to-expand-desantis's-state-guard-p26177-158.htm

• Rampant Sexism: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/politics/desantis-signs-anti-trans-bill/index.html

• Controlled Mass Media: https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-book-bans-libraries-republicans-9f3c944117e58bb5a3e4c9fef0d3b0e0

• Obsession with National Security: https://apnews.com/article/florida-texas-national-guard-desantis-986db9ff82c92e49890173ab4ba9da12

• Religion and Government Intertwined: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/09/12/what-message-is-desantis-sending-with-religious-full-armor-of-god-rhetoric/

• Corporate Power Protected (He's turned this one on it's head! Rather, it's stripping power from corporations who don't toe the line): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/28/florida-gov-ron-desantis-legal-feud-with-disney-world-explained/70361872007/

• Labor Power Suppressed: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-anti-union-bill-into-law-calling-it-paycheck-protection-34156024

• Disdain for Intellectuals and The Arts: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-05/florida-liberal-arts-college-gov-ron-desantis-wants-to-take-over

• Obsession with Crime and Punishment: https://www.wesh.com/article/desantis-news-conference-monday/43753550

• Rampant Cronyism & Corruption: https://www.aft.org/press-release/new-report-reveals-gov-desantis-role-florida-home-insurance-crisis-workers-and-allies

• Fraudulent Elections (This is another one turned a bit sideways, if not on its head; prosecuting "fraudulent" voters who believed they were eligible to vote to deter others who might not be sure of their eligibility): https://www.aclufl.org/en/news/why-ron-desantis-voter-fraud-bust-already-falling-apart-court