Are these experts also concerned about the capitalist hellscape we live in? People aren’t loving the murder because it was murder. People love it because the guy who got shot was a huge asshole that profited from needless suffering.
All this hand wringing is bullshit
I think corporate America has ill will towards us.
Does this mean they got a grand jury to issue an indictment already? If so, disappointed that jury didn’t refuse to indict.
Guilty people need legal defense too
Why are they removing these?
I don’t think we should have private schools. Letting rich people pull their kids out means those kids will benefit , and the rest won’t. That’s not a good outcome.
None of those things you list are inherent to public vs private. They just take money, and a lot of people are selfish and short sighted so they don’t want to fund schools
If the private school is also for profit (likely), all that profit is waste and theft.
Remember that jury nullification exists. If you’re being asked to convict on something that’s bullshit, you can just say not guilty and the court can’t tell you that you gave the wrong answer.
This is a double edged property. It can be used as easily to shield some guy smoking pot from jail as a hate crime.
Just don’t tell them you’re nullifying because they’ll remove you.
They really are spending a lot of resources on this guy that they wouldn’t spend if the victim was poor.
I hope they never find him.
No. I never really used it much. Facebook is bad and everyone should delete it. Staying in touch with friends can be done with email, chat, or federated services.
Big, centrally owned platforms aren’t a good idea.
Reddit did some API nonsense, and that was when I left there. I was already off twitter, and never used facebook stuff.
I need somewhere for my meme and internet highlights supply, and lemmy has been ok so far.
Lies of P. It was pretty good. 30 hours for the first run through. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’ve already played sekiro and some dark souls, as I think they do it better.
Nine Sols. Haven’t started it yet.
I’ve had that argument presented to me and gone with “you would rather they suffer? Maybe die?”
If they’re nominally Christian it’s kind of an easy shot (good Samaritan, sheep and the goats), but I have to avoid making them feel like shit (because their position is shit and they deserve to feel bad). But by framing us as both believers in some of jesus’ teachings, they can see me as in-group and might actually listen. I’m not really a Christian scholar though so I’d probably lose an argument with someone who’s ready to bring down some prosperity gospel or actually knows any scripture.
Even without Christianity, engaging on “why should they suffer and die over the happenstance of their birth location? If the situation was reversed, what would you prefer happen to you?” Making it about them is usually a good move.
“Well I’d go through the proper channels”
“Cool. Your asylum claim is denied. Now what?”
Right. But it doesn’t matter that much that they’re fake problems because people believe in them, and act as if they’re real. So when asked “do you want to vote for nationalized health care / unions / whatever”, some people will say no because of these nonsense reasons.
Telling them it’s a false conscienceness isn’t going to convince them.
The main thing, maybe the only thing, that matters is emotion. And that means in-group over out-group. Facts and figures won’t overcome “OUT GROUP BAD”.
You’d have to get them to see the black/femme/whatever as part of their in-group, and that’s pretty hard.
There’s also the racism. “I don’t want my tax dollars paying for no {racial slur} seeing a doctor!”
And the misogyny. “MY tax dollars shouldn’t pay for some {sexist slur} to {misunderstanding of sexual healthcare}”
Which I guess are both power problems, too.
Mayor Adams is a human turd.
Basic ass Linux mint (xfce desktop) for my desktop. I mostly use it for video games and watching media.
Android for the phone. Gotta have those emulators (though I think you can get them on iPhone now, android is still cheaper).
I should probably do some de-googling though.
Work has us on Macs. They’re… fine. I wouldn’t buy one because they’re expensive and not great for games.
Well, yeah, he was a ghoul that profited from the suffering and death of many. He deserved something, and I find his death acceptable. I think the world is better without him in it.
There are a lot more ghouls I wouldn’t mind seeing shot dead, too. Dragons hoarding wealth. Making the world a little shittier so they can enrich themselves a little more.
Not my kid, but someone I was dating had a toddler. She was not religious, but her parents were Catholic. She tried to intercept any religious stuff before it took hold in the kid. Firm words were exchanged when the grandmother was telling the kid that her great-grandmother was in “heaven”.
We broke up so I’m not sure how it’s going.
They also told the kid that Santa is basically a fun game people play. It’s not literally true but don’t spoil it for other kids.
I don’t think there are good arguments for eating meat, and I think people get mad at vegans because of the cognitive dissonance. “If eating meat is bad, and I eat meat, then I’m bad. But I’m not bad! They must be bad! They suck!”
Sometimes you see this with other things. Like if someone walks or takes a bike instead of driving for the environment. “If driving is bad for the environment, and I do a lot of driving, I’m doing bad. But I’m a good person! Fuck them for making me feel bad!”
Most people are just large children.
Sometimes people try to justify eating meat. Some reasons are more defensible than others. Someone with severe allergies might have trouble getting nutrition from vegan options. Someone saying “but I enjoy it” is acting like a child.
In short, most people are operating mostly on emotional levels. Facts don’t really matter. Feelings drive them. I think this is the root of most of our problems, honestly, that people can’t put aside their emotions.
Personally, I try to minimize how much meat I eat, but I’m okay with accepting sometimes I do bad things.
I see no need to install an app for what is essentially a web site.