SuddenDownpour

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[–] SuddenDownpour 17 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Or in a less ludicrous example, Romani people. It would still be met with relentless opposition from whoever you were trying to take the land from.

[–] SuddenDownpour 2 points 5 months ago

AOC - Pelosi's protege? With all respect that is possible, this opinion is disconnected from reality.

I'll just paste the top headlines of Googling "AOC Pelosi":

Inside Nancy Pelosi's War With AOC and the Squad - Apr 15, 2021

‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-Pelosi clashes - Nov 30, 2023

Why AOC is behind Biden — while Nancy Pelosi is not - 5 days ago

Video features deepfakes of Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria ... - Apr 28, 2023

The clash between AOC and Nancy Pelosi is now a play - Jun 26, 2024

AOC says her life 'completely transformed' for the better after Pelosi stepped down from leadership - Nov 30, 2023

Ocasio-Cortez Said Nancy Pelosi Mocked Her Because Of Her Age, New Book Relates - Nov 30, 2023

[–] SuddenDownpour 13 points 5 months ago

People are far too weird with socially awkward people.

[–] SuddenDownpour 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Does that mean that if enough of a minority of people use a neutral word with ill intent, other people should be careful of using that word? For instance, if a bunch of racists started using the word "black" venomously day and night for months, should everyone else start considering the word "black" to be a slur? What if it's a term that's otherwise used by scholars with ample consensus? And if there's no other other to refer to it, and by avoiding it, you cannot refer to the concept at all?

[–] SuddenDownpour 22 points 5 months ago

He's a non-binary boymoder. Lots of "traditionalist" friends and family, you see, so he's taking his time to test the waters and hasn't even changed pronouns yet. Please be patient with him 🙏

[–] SuddenDownpour 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They want a plant in Europe to produce cars locally, rather than importing them from China, which will soon have pretty high tariffs. The mere fact of not having them be transported across half the globe is great for the environment. Spain isn't at the top of the EU in terms of green energy percentage, but given how efficient solar energy is here (and the fact that we're mostly disconnected from the central European grids), it will also be a positive in the medium term. And on top of it all, MG produces electric cars.

The only downside I see here is the reliance on foreign capital.

[–] SuddenDownpour 2 points 5 months ago

Twitter has 368 million active users, a huge chunk of which are presumably European. As a communication platform, it must be regulated if it's doing social harm.

[–] SuddenDownpour 1 points 5 months ago

And don't forget the last step, which is also the most dangerous of all: the crazies get so organized that they become politically relevant.

[–] SuddenDownpour 1 points 5 months ago

Also, Reddit is flooded with coomer level maniacs who are desperately looking for any kind of discussion. To the point they misread shit intentionally just to start some shit.

That's extremely frequent here too.

[–] SuddenDownpour 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe one day we'll experience it

Not until you American liberals stop getting all pissy about people pointing out that Democrat politicians are terrible reformers at best and blatant hypocrites at worst. "Democrats defend universal healthcare!" And they don't built a public healthcare system, instead sustaining the debt-based private healthcare that you all always complain about. "Democrats are forgiving college loans!" How about making public colleges competitive and granting ample public scholarships so that people don't have to go into debt to get an education? "Republicans are outlawing abortion!" Yeah, after Democrats did nothing to enshrine it in federal law, despite the opportunities they've had while they controlled both the presidency and Congress.

And you cannot even lay things clearly on the table either because the moment you denounce the farce for what it is, countless shills will come out of the woodworks to shout "Why are you supporting Republicans!?", despite me not having said at any point of this post how you should vote at all, and well intentioned fools on the side will buy that thought-terminating cliche and assume that the Democratic party must not be criticized, at the very same time they lament themselves of how far from good enough it is, that no one is reforming, and that the party doesn't listen to them. I guess they expect good things to materialize in front of them from nothing. Good luck with that.

[–] SuddenDownpour 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can't have truly public healthcare without public clinics and hospitals. How many public hospitals have Democrats built or bought lately?

Edit: I'll see you all at the next thread where you're complaining about health-related bankruptcy after you downvote me for this post. You morons deserve what you got.

[–] SuddenDownpour 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

We don't even really need to check who has been defending or denouncing what if you want to see who's committing violence, there's an even more damning statistic.

Number of People Killed in Deadly Attacks in the Post-9/11 Era, by Ideology

  • Far Right Wing: 134

  • Jihadist: 107

  • Ideological Misogyny/Incel Ideology: 17

  • Black Separatist/Nationalist/Supremacist: 13

  • Far Left Wing: 1

It should also be noted that Jihadist terror attacks have almost as many victims as far right terror attacks because the former are just more efficient, but far right terror attacks are far more common. Check the graph in the article.

The fact that the far right candidate has been under a murder attempt by another far right loon is just the cherry on top.

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