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i'd feel better if the quieter back-end organizing efforts among police and military officials got less soft-touch from the state, received a microcosm of the attention pro-Palestine protestors are surely getting... but my expectations there are always quite low, authority loves an Authoritarian
I doubt one gets to that scale of power by caring about all of your constituents equally, especially those without institutional power.
Of course there's pandering to conservative bundlers, megadonors and PACs, but he's not inconsistent in his support.
I suppose there's also the subset of posturing podcast bros who suggest that leftists need more red-brown "class" alliances and to drop the "woke", more helpful advice from someone who is more invested in reactionary ecosystems than pulling anyone out (let alone themselves.)
"These are the voters the Democrats will bend heaven and earth [t]o try to reach."
I usually get the centrists telling *me* that everything is my fault for me not reaching out to reactionaries, their contribution to society appears to be sanctimonious, extremely valuable advice like that.
anyone who says a not nice thing about me is an "ad hom" especially when the slights ring true
anyone who says something that threatens my beliefs is using the fallacy fallacy fallacy fallacy
I never ever want to alt-text this stuff again but the RET VERN set are also a couples' twitter account and certainly post like it
this isn't by accident, it's by design. he doesn't respect anyone enough to deign to explain. he's right and you're wrong and every response is just evidence of his supremacy, for reasons.
why waste valuable seconds on deep thought when you can regurgitate
"nobody has ever offered me a single rebuttal that I accept"
with the unshakeable confidence of any mediocre, disposable dude?
“why would evidence presented and debated in a court of law have any impact on my argument?”
so much of this sin-cursed earth is rooted in not just Calvinball but the lowest possible energy devoted to such magical thinking, just spraying this shit out on full auto
"Debate me!"
"Nobody will debate me!"
"These fools think they can best me in the Free Market of Ideas."
"Why will I never be presented with a worthy opponent?!"
Addressing points with research, independent insight and *good faith* takes valuable time away from grandstanding and moral supremacism
Emotional truth and Vibes-based journalism, I suppose.
Maintaining the desired emotional outcome over any trace facts rattling around in the can.
Slightly oblique, I was responding to his rationalization.
Auth-right "Trad" abusers love conflating harmful actions as validated by evolutionary biology to the point where there's an entire academic wing (Evolutionary Psychology) used to justify the worst of human structure and practices.
the entire field of "evolutionary psychiatry" being just-so stories from reactionaries who want to post-hoc normalize/ rationalize/codify eugenics and all other forms of violence towards their usual targets
at some point insurers and "Benefit" Coordinators (first against the wall) are going to only cover "wellness" through partially subsidized meditation and daily affirmation app subscriptions
Generational trauma, ofttimes as well.
I didn't have the same childhood as the parent raised by a MilAuth guy who never told his kids he loved them or took interest in any strengths (a sign of "rebellion" i guess?) but yet the patterns still weakly pass on :/
I imagine "consistently" is someone who never lets the ball drop, with kneejerk responses for any initial niceness and not just someone awkward at taking compliments before saying "thank you"?
...asking for a friend
debate bros never seem to step back to unwind that force of will and just-so statements aren't measurements of intelligence, just cocksuredness
you're not challenging anyone (let alone yourself), just getting huffy people won't "debate" you on your soapbox with whatever degree of un-earned gravitas
Nobody wants to "have a serious discussion" with deeply unserious internet nobodies.
Right, the selective application of rule and who is bound by them, who're the class protected by the same laws.
I mean it's in the selective application of rule, who is bound by them and who're the classes protected by the same laws.
those edgelords that don't really care about anyone so long as they can pick whatever "side" lets them engage from a position of supremacy
i mean people with that much money (paper or not) feel/know those laws don't apply to them
Propel themselves up in clout, get paid more on the backs of others ala the aspiring plantation-runners from the 4 hour work week.
They fundamentally don't wish to understand the work of others. Everyone is replaceable (but them!!!)
ugh to that response, i guess it set these people into a quick examination of their own mortality ("BUT WHAT IF ME!?")
bodily transformation and that "raw water" drinking podcast shaman territory, they're transformed their bodies to be somehow more than human and thus deserve Authority (for reasons)
I would also recommend food52.com/recipes/3932...
Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad Recipe on Food52
Thinly shaved brussels sprouts have a discernible recipe flavor that nicely complements the lemon, garlic, and Parmigiano flavors of the Caesar dressing.
food52.comApologies yes, I mean slicing the whole into wider sections for breading/frying. Ach I need to go to my local farmers' market this week now!
noticeable depending on strains but not *inedible* in other contexts (I'm not going to turn down good Thai food) just a preference that I can tune when I've got time.
I understand the general point about children and preferences, but neurospice surrounding taste and texture doesn't always change :D
and now have some guy making threats for failing to meet his definition of obsequious enough
"We were taught that we grow out of the super-tasting for the bitter chemical"
Adults were so incredibly full of shit!
And aubergines, even still i soak the bitterness out when frying planks.
Spouse's family liked to make hamburger helper and just tossed all the shit in one pot, boiling (not browning) meat and all.
(They took over cooking their own food as a very young child.)
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There's been a bunch of changes in plant husbandry as well!
"townie" is a subcultural phenomena as much as that dive bar in your home town where some abusive shithead has "always been there". their presence tolerated while others whisper warnings of concern to newcomers.
(I figure that's what large discords are like, at least.)