Federal charges. Which, like duh. He’s going to be charged by the state, though

I had no idea what you were talking about until I opened this outside of connect. Apparently my line break formatting got eaten.

There’s a race. WE GOTTA WIN THE RACE! Secure the profits for our shareholders

They’re laying the groundwork for when one of their untrained cowboys is killed by a civilian protecting themselves to justify their overblown response. Or to instill fear so it doesn’t happen.

Was just watching Digimon 2020 and realized how much the show anglicized the names of all the kids.

Taichi became Tai. Hikari became Kari. Yamato became Matt. Izumi became Izzy. Sora became Sara.

Same vibes

“No, that did actually happen. Why do you think I knew all those details about it?”

“This graph shows the Somali community is poor. Clearly they must be evil”

As a Minnesotan, I’m fucking tired of this rhetoric. It’s blatant racism with no other quality to it.

Gotta give the administration infinite leeway. That way they don’t crack down on us and we stay profitable - the article writer

Democrats: Man, that’s a whole lot of words my corporate donors aren’t paying me to read. Guess I better move more right to capture those moderate Republicans.

Yes, I’m aware of the Iron Rule Law of Oligarchy. Doesn’t change the baby with the bathwater of it all.

Get the fed to lower rates. It’s why he’s attacking Powell now, he’s not lowering them fast enough.

It’s a stupid as shit plan, cause this is the only lever the federal government has to pull for a recession and pulling it early causes increased inflation, but Trump ain’t much of one of those thought-havers.

Spoiler: T’weren’t

She’s not saying “don’t react”, she’s saying “this is the only explanation for this behavior”.

She’s not saying “don’t give the bully ammo”, she’s saying “this is bullying behavior”

Please read articles and not just headlines

Yes, those things are insulting to the people who belong to that group. There’s an entire style of joke where the setup and punchline is “what are you, ____?” And when the person responds yes, the original speaker is chagrined. Almost like inferring that someone is lesser because they have different capabilities is a shitty thing to do. Who’d’ve guessed?

But really the only difference between these and slurs is impact. Those groups that are impacted are the ones who decide if they’re slurs.

Well… not really. It’s the zeitgeist that really decides the difference between the two. Some group gets a little too shitty with using a word as an insult and it can expand into a cultural slur. I mean, that’s how the Euphemism Treadmill operates. Some word is determined to be naughty by the zeitgeist, so the group that was using the naughty word switches to another word, implying it has the same meaning, which just adds another word to the naughty list. Sometimes words that were naughty stop being naughty because people stopped being shitty with them. It’s the way of living languages, railing against it just makes you seem childish at best.

And I didn’t say shit about “moron”. Keep up, please.

It’s right fucked that this headline is so diminutive and primed to be the subject of derision, cause this shit is based as hell. “I saved these rams that capitalism decided had no value cause they wouldn’t fuck ewes and use their wool to make pro-LGBT clothing” is fucking amazing.

This is the issue with arguing because something made you mad rather than understanding what the other person is saying and then responding in a way that makes sense.

Asshole isn’t a slur. It’s an insult because it compares the target of the insult with something that is dirty and spews only filth.

A slur is a slur because it compares the target of the insult with a member of a lower caste in society, implying that the target is of the same value as those society has dehumanized. When you use a slur, you reinforce that that caste designation is correct and worthy of scorn. That you think that people are less valuable for belonging to that caste and that that belief is good.

So, when you use a slur as an insult, it tells those around you that you’re an asshole. But it also tells members of that caste that you think of them as subhuman and, therefore, you’re not safe to be around.

So, to reiterate my point, you can talk like an asshole if you like, but don’t be shocked when people treat you like one.

The sabotage manual is designed to mimic behaviors others do naturally, but to an exaggerated extent.

Lots of people get promoted due to their relationships with their leaders, but it’s your relationships with your peers that actually makes you qualified. Since the filter doesn’t match the optimal outcome, you get suboptimal results. So, it’s a mostly self-selecting incompetence rather than malice (in most cases).

“Words that I use as insults cut people deeper than I probably intended. Clearly it’s their fault for getting cut by them rather than something I could be introspective about.”

That’s how you sound. Sound like an asshole if you want, but don’t be surprised if people treat you like one in turn. That’s all I’m saying.

This is one of the those “this system has the potential for abuse, so the system can’t exist” conundrums. Doing no moderation because “free speech” is throwing the baby out with the bath water. It’s just that the moderation needs to be answerable to the population is moderating.

I have very little knowledge of what happened in this convo, but the term “spazz” is not a super great look. It’s a slur. Like, use it if you want, but it’s a bad look.