The Democrats mistakenly believe that Republican voters want the government to function. If they did, Biden would be a perfect candidate: he’s drilling for more oil, he’s caging more immigrants, he’s owning the libs by going full police state on critics of “Israel,” he’s even conducting a genocide on a predominantly Muslim country (way more manly than a travel ban). The problem is, Republican voters aren’t paying attention to things that happen. Kinda like Democrat voters, who will think all the above things are bad again in about 9 months.
Straight up just listening to Behind the Bastards/It Could Happen Here, the Dollop, or Knowledge Fight will make you sound like a crazy person if you talk about them to someone who has no interest in history or current events
Yeah, I want to see the TST’s tenets up there next to the commandments. That ought to stimulate some interesting discussions.
For those not familiar,
One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.
Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.
People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
Liberals, and I count myself as one, always bring this “need” argument. Meanwhile, there is no other right where they would question need.
I have shitloads of guns I don’t “need”. The vast majority are for fun. Even the more practical guns are mostly for fun.
Know why? Because I can do that if I want to. The 2A exists and the courts have historically upheld it. That’s one sentence, two facts.
While we’re at it, let’s question why the largest gun purchasing demographic “needs” guns. Ya know, women, minorities and LGBT folks. Go ask them.
Also, “The fascists are coming! Disarm yourselves! And if it’s not too much trouble, we’d like the government to know exactly who owns what.” (In case Trump wins again!?)
It’s nice you haven’t had to live this. You don’t arrive in this situation because some mean kid doesn’t like your politics: it’s the result of being unwilling or unable to respect boundaries or civil discussion. Nobody gets cut out of regular family interactions because someone saw how you voted over your shoulder, it’s from being a raging, crusading, evangelizing toolbag.
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
Why did nobody ever think to just win over Trump voters? Well, the Biden team did, and sees that their path to victory is spending $200mil on ads in small, rural areas where Trump won by a landslide. (hexbear.net)
Life would be so different and so easy if you could just make a living being as stupid as the consultants who came up with this plan....
Overthrow a Government and Install a Puppet Dictator? The CIA will do it for Bananas! (slrpnk.net)
Supreme Court won't hear Maryland school district gender identity case (www.nbcnews.com)
I urgently need to come in!!! (lemmus.org)
Sarah’s Scribbles by Sarah Andersen.
Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools (www.axios.com)
Stop Arming Cartels Act makes it unlawful to make, sell, possess a rifle ‘capable of firing .50-caliber ammunition’ (www.wavy.com)
Another classic (kolektiva.social)
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26217 for the Canary Channel ✈️ (blogs.windows.com)
Today Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26217 to Insiders in the Canary Channel. Details as follows:...
JK Rowling slammed for asking if she can be Black if she likes “Motown & fancy myself in cornrows” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
4th Circuit to cops: arresting someone for following your instructions means you don't get any immunity (www.techdirt.com)
Which are the most fucked up books you've read?
Do ya gotta do it? Do you really? Nah. (lemmy.ml)
Just putting this up to contrast with this post and because Eli Valley is a great political cartoonist.
Why there is so much communist propaganda on lemmy?
Even from people that never lived in a communist state...
Literacy is a Damyankee conspiracy
Lab mice might be doing their own experiments (www.popsci.com)
The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad (www.theverge.com)
Big Handsome (lemmy.world)
Old man Hairy. We call him Big Handsome.
Trump seems to get cold feet about testifying in New York hush money trial (www.independent.co.uk)
As Climate Crisis Grows, Youth Environmental Movements Are Radicalizing (truthout.org)
Narcissistic conservative parent Facebook is wild (lemmy.world)
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
When you get your ideas from the Bards' Guild (ttrpg.network)
This comic follows on from the Previous comic which might help provide context....