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Punish the Democrats, she says

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It shouldn't. It's basic harm reduction.

One side probably won't stop it, but they're on our side so there's a sliver of a cintilla of a chance we could pressure them into it.

The other side absolutely would not, vocally stated he would help accelerate it, and would laugh in our faces and do even more to accelerate it for no other reason than it made us mad.

The choice should have been obvious, even if I and everyone else would have preferred better options.

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ICE shoots paintball gun at face of protester point blank to surpress protests against killing of female protester

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Saw this posted somewhere. Not my words, but I and many Americans I know agree with this:

"To everyone outside the US who's angry at Americans right now, especially those of us who hate Trump and feel trapped: Please understand this. We do not elect our president the way you think we do. Millions of us voted against him. Millions of us are terrified of the damage being done. We are not cheering this on. We are living inside it. If you're wondering why we don't just "revolt like the French" or "fix it" here is the reality of being an American right now:

Our system is rigid, slow, and stacked in ways that make "just revolt" a fantasy. We don't have a culture where mass strikes shut the country down overnight. We don't have a centralized government you can pressure in one city. We have fifty states, militarized policing, surveillance, debt, and jobs tied to health insurance. For many people, losing a job for protesting means losing healthcare and housing.

France is smaller than Texas. Organizing a "national" revolt across 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square km) and 330 million people isn't just difficult, it's logistically close to impossible. That doesn't mean we're complacent. It means we're constrained. Anger at US power is fair. Fear of US decisions is fair. But blaming every American, especially those who are fighting, exhausted, and scared alongside you, misses the mark.

We're not watching this from the sidelines. We're stuck in the same burning house. Just closer to the fire."

Edit: I believe credit goes to Jason Gervase, ASL Pinnacle

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If that's actually the reason then I must be doing pretty good mentally because it would've taken me a while to think of that, not a "we all know because it's obvious" tier thing

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There's so many...

You can believe women and tend to their psychological trauma while also waiting to condemn the accused until they are convicted in court.

Now, the Epstein stuff is very different, there's overwhelming evidence and it's very obvious. But as a general rule otherwise, just ruining a life based on someone's claim shouldn't be okay.

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Streamers but instead of a face cam they have sometime's elaborate 3d models created that look like anime girls, and track with their actual body movements.

As others have said they can frequently look like young girls, but in my limited experience the ones that are leaning into the sexual aspect in any way are obviously adult models, and the ones that look younger are more silly and goofy