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Threats and promises are your guiding principles?

This argument has bugged me since the early 2000s. The guy who did the McDonalds Super Size Me (somewhat fake, I now understand) documentary got a stupid reality tv show and some dumbass christian (who had to live with a Muslim family for a month) asked the same goddamned question.

He also wondered if the family, while saying prayers in their native language, might be saying something like "death to america." You know, in front of television cameras during the height of our "war on terror." That's how fucking stupid these people are.

They are holding us back. If their fear and hatred couldn't be weaponized, we'd have a much nicer society.

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MAGA Spirals After Pro-Israel Politics Loses Big-Time in NY Election

Appearing on Fox News, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller complained that the “Democrat Party has abandoned [centrism] and instead adopted this radical, revolutionary, and in many cases, violent ideology that wants to tear America down, and destroy everything that we know and love, from top to bottom.”

You're right. The dems are violent and reactionary and revolutionary. That's why they've been supporting the status quo for some multiple decades. It's certainly not people who are fed up with dems saying that they've had enough. There's no way that normal people think genocide is bad.

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Nothing makes them back off faster IME...

He could have a weapon or be emotionally unstable. That's what I think of first, though the point is 100% valid. See the discussion on HN two days ago about the danger of dating a cop's ex. Sucks to be anyone who isn't a cis white male in america, which sucks (said the cis white male in USA). We're terrible.

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don’t talk about hobbies or personal life,

Fuck that, I'm loud as shit (not literally) about the fun stuff I do (live shows, nerd projects, etc). Otherwise, no notes. We got chased by dolphins on a whale watching trip. You think I'm not gonna talk about that? It was awesome.

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How come people are stupid nowadays? Especially on social media

Tribalism. We care more about being accepted by our desired peers than being correct. At least, that's what articles and podcasts have told me. Also, stupid. Weaken education and make people stupid and unable to think critically. Do you think Ted Cruz (Harvard) was complaining about the Paris Accord because he genuinely didn't know that it wasn't Paris-only? His voters are goddamned morons and he knows it. The contempt is sickening, but they see none of it.

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17 states and trade group sue California over plastics packaging law

“Once again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country. If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities,” Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, who led the coalition, said in a news release.

Once again, we will drag you into the future because we're the fourth largest economy in the world and laws that we pass force compliance in other states. You can thank us for regulating the market ahead of the rest of the country. And backwater red states can suffer the progress inflicted upon them while allowing Elon to poison their constituents with gas powered generators and disenfranchising voters.

You're fucking welcome.

https://www.californiacarlaws.com/

Edit: Fuck the south

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‘I don’t know how to save my daughter from her husband’: the brutal reality of the Taliban’s new marriage law

She had never met her husband before their arranged wedding in the summer of 2024. Each time her family asked to see him, they were told he was shy. It was only on the wedding day, relatives say, that Fatima understood what had been hidden from her: her husband had severe intellectual and physical disabilities and could not eat, wash or dress himself without help.

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The decree also legalises child marriage. It allows male relatives to marry off children and says that once those children reach puberty, they may ask a court to nullify the marriage in limited circumstances.

Fucking nightmare.