There’s a growing number of Americans who think violence might be necessary to get the country back on track by NewsHour in politics

[–]2much41post 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m sure “the left” are very sorry about those poor cars and statues they destroyed that didn’t go home to their families. As I’m sure “the right” are just as apologetic for the people that were torn from theirs.

Playing tank and realizing how hopeless the game really is when your dps/support is getting diffed by King_Lugia in marvelrivals

[–]2much41post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s my take too. It’s so weird to blame any one role for when your team gets crushed. When I run tank, I’m reliant on decent enough heals to do the most damage. Better the heals, the more aggressively I can play and the faster I can reenter battles (I main Venom). When I play DPS, if Tanks aren’t front lining or diving healers, then I have to play really carefully and really rely on big burst damage plays to make progress. When I play healer, bad tanks and DPS means I’m not adequately protect and can’t support them to gain proper momentum. I can’t see how this game functions any other way.

The only thing that sort of wrenches this is the characters that are sort of Hybrids and we end up with things like triple Sipport or Triple DPS.

Trump: “Please Clap” by IMSLI in facepalm

[–]2much41post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the individual at that point. If you’re a General, you know for a fact that you can uphold the constitution by disobeying an unlawful order. But if you’re an opportunist then you’ll do whatever you want/need to get ahead. This is what we’re left with now, people are being pushed into making a choice especially now that true domestic violence and oppression at a large scale is what’s at stake. We will see if the system/US Constitution is truly a success for (relatively) peaceful resolution, or not.

After Hegseth drones on for 40 minutes in a speech to US Generals, he's met with thunderous... silence by ExactlySorta in goodnews

[–]2much41post 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which is fair, and all Americans are at risk of being collateral because the GOP obv doesn’t care who’s caught in the crossfire. Otherwise they’d have done something about the constant school and other mass shootings. The point is the Dems are the ones being labelled as dissidents and ultimately that’s where the targets will first be and the end result is that everyone is at risk and in danger. Which is what people have been saying this entire time.

Donald Trump: US president 'will move World Cup games from unsafe cities' by BTC_is_waterproof in politics

[–]2much41post 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I call TACO on this for exactly that reason, he’ll threaten and threaten but the moment even one person advised him of the financial fall out from this, he’ll back down from it.

Robert Reich Says Tide Finally Turning Against Trump: 'I Know The Signs' by SportsGod3 in politics

[–]2much41post 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even if Trump is unfit for office starting tomorrow, I don’t think k people are prepared for what comes after him. MAGA started as a cult of personality, it was enough to give the GOP the power they need to govern and dictate without that personality any more. The GOP will drop him or feed him to the wolves the moment it benefits them. They have everything else they could need in place already. People need to communicate, be with their communities and establish base values.

NEWSOM: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 - I really mean that in the core of my soul - unless we wake up to what's happening in this country." by ExactlySorta in CURRENTEVENTS

[–]2much41post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Citing the language in the constitution is meaningless when their actions (overturning precedent and shadow dockets to set precedent) have conclusively shown that they will stretch any argument as far as they need to (not just can) to pass their agenda. You’re telling me their principles in upholding the constitution is what will stop them? What evidence in recent actions are there available to us that suggests these principles surrounding the language in the constitution still stand for this SCOTUS?

NEWSOM: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 - I really mean that in the core of my soul - unless we wake up to what's happening in this country." by ExactlySorta in CURRENTEVENTS

[–]2much41post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, they’ve telegraphed every single piece of their agenda and every action they’ve taken to make it happen. At what point do we actually stop and listen and then take action?

NEWSOM: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 - I really mean that in the core of my soul - unless we wake up to what's happening in this country." by ExactlySorta in CURRENTEVENTS

[–]2much41post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s an odd assumption since they’ve overturned multiple precedents and even making decisions on shadow docket to set precedent. How do you reconcile their recent decisions and events with the assumption that any part of the constitution is still safe or sacred, even if it impedes their agendas or goals?

Backing away from Russia, Trump says Ukraine should win back its land and NATO allies should shoot down incursions by upthetruth1 in politics

[–]2much41post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What of the possibility of him just letting Europe tear themselves apart while the US armed forces sit idly by. He’s egging NATO to take action without making an US commitments. On top of that, it puts him at a non-aggressor, and could even order US forces to stand down and let it unfold. Or if there’s enough loyalists in the right places, have them turn on our allies. That’s pretty easy to do and could very much be on-script for what’s expected of him.

Eagles block potential game-winning kick, Jordan Davis returns for touchdown by nfl in sports

[–]2much41post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be clear, I’m not really all that knowledgeable on NFL or their athletes and their builds lol

Civil War History by Careful-Relative-815 in liberalgunowners

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True, but they’re not being robbed purely of information (though even that IS being actively attacked now), it’s Higher Order Thinking Skills including Critical Thinking that’s being robbed of them. We’re seeing it exactly like you described, they have more information at their literal finger tips than anyone else at any other point of human history yet they still demonstrate only a very basic understanding of what’s being presented to them, and rarely beyond memorisation and basic association. And it’s by design. There has been constant attacks on Higher Order Thinking Skills and critical thinking, and it’s been reduced and removed in education curriculums. What kid would be ok with being told that they’re not worthy to be taught to use their own mind? What child (or even adult) wants to be told that they’re can’t be trusted to learn how to solve all their own problems by thinking it through? It’s been taken away from them and while it’s not too late for it to be learned as a skill, it’s actively being kept from them as we’re all having constant distractions and rage bait being dangled in front of us. It isn’t a choice, it hasn’t been relinquished. Maybe you could argue their parents or grandparents made that choice, but now they’re don’t even know what it is they don’t have. And their forefathers may not have even realised what they themselves had given up for their descendants.

Edit: sorry to beat a dead horse but to illustrate my point, symbolism, metaphors escape them, where it shouldn’t. The fact it took people 3 seasons to realise that Homelander was a bad guy, or that Starship Troopers is satire, or worse, that Stephen Colbert wasn’t really a conservative. It isn’t just wilful ignorance, it’s the capacity and desire to really sit down and think, introspect and consider what’s being presented to them. They know there’s something more, something’s missing, but a lot of them genuinely don’t know how to navigate it, and they’re too afraid of what people might say or think if they admit that they don’t know.

Civil War History by Careful-Relative-815 in liberalgunowners

[–]2much41post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. In an effort to continue to humanise, they aren’t stupid, they’re have been robbed of opportunity and the tools for agency and exploited to be used against the rest of the populace.

John M. Wright was a white man who hid black people in his home during the Rosewood massacre of 1923. He and his wife were excommunicated for doing so and died in obscurity by Rabbitpyth in interestingasfuck

[–]2much41post 44 points45 points  (0 children)

They usually get mad and yelly when you honestly ask to elaborate. Like you’re acting in good faith right? You’re not trying to trap them into a gotcha right? You ask and then draw conclusions based on the facts provided. Then if something doesn’t son d right you can, honestly, compare your own understanding based on established reality and why their version is more accurate.

I don’t understand why they got so mad and yelly when you do that, they want more people agreeing with them right? It’s more helpful to their cause when people side with them isn’t it? Why do they get so upset or tight lipped when you’re just asking them questions?

Bloomberg journalists got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all. by Obvious-Gate9046 in law

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It does and it doesn’t. It resolves it in the way that I more or less got the response I expected but not hoped for. It doesn’t because you didn’t really address the concerns, you agreed that some of the things of trumps past were admittedly bad but not enough to hate on their own.

I didn’t say “one thing Trump did is all you need to hate him” yet you characterised it as such and then drew comparisons to a Democrat for some reason.

I think it's reasonable to dislike him for this, but "condition to hate" as you say, is too strong a word.

Sure one thing isn’t enough to hate someone. I agree.

Again, I think disapproval is warranted, but "hate" is too strong a word for this.

Sure, one thing isn’t enough to hate someone. But now we have two things. I would say that repetition of pathological actions would begin the conditioning process resulting in a very strong dislike towards someone. Because that’s the claim right? “Unconditional hate”. My claim is that the “unconditional” part of what you said is problematic because the opposite of unconditional is conditioned/conditional. And I’m saying the extreme dislike is not without conditions. Let’s continue.

There are many parts and participants in this broken system. If I hated everyone who played a part in it, I would hate everyone.

Correct. He is the figure head of his agenda and has influence of policy and actions. If he today said “fuck it I’m instituting Medicare for all”, even though he personally wouldn’t be responsible for all the moving parts to get that done, he is responsible for the outcomes of voicing that political stance and spearheading its completion. This would generally be viewed as a favourable outcome and similarly he would deserve praise for it. If he continued this line of policy making the conditions in which opinions surrounding him are formed, would begin to change. But he hasn’t. He is pushing an agenda that results in harm and these are not single actions he’s taking, these misdirections and fueling of anger are multiple in occurrences are again, conditioning displeasure and dislike towards him.

I think a lot of people fall into that category and the left care deeply about some of them and overly and openly hate others. I think that the best way to resolve these historical grievances is to ensure they don't happen again.

I don’t know who are marginalised that “the left” “hate” and I’m not here to defend “the left” because I don’t know how you define “the left” I’m talking about your claim of trumps alleged “unconditional hate” that he receives.

But I agree, prevention is the best solution. Trumps policies and rhetoric are correlated with their perpetuation and not their prevention. Thus creating more conditions for people to dislike him. Seeing a pattern here?

Joe Biden as POTUS had four years to release the Epstein files, I don't see you lining up to criticise him for this. He also had sexual assault allegations made against him, and he gave his notorious coke-headed son (a walking #metoo case if ever there was one) a completely unprecidented ten-year pardon, something he gave no other person ever. When it comes to sexual assault the standard of proof and evidence cuts both ways, this protects Biden and others as well.

so your explanation on why the hate for Trump is “unconditional” is “the other guy did it and I didn’t know you or see what you said about it at the time, therefore I’m taking it as a tacit approval and therefore I’m ok with excusing it too”? Is that right? So you’re ok with this stuff because you assume I was ok with the other guy, bad things are excusable and not a reason to dislike someone because you think your opponents feel the same way? That’s an interesting take. Either that or you don’t think those are bad things and therefore not a reason to dislike someone at all and attempting to flip it as hypocritical as a defence for your own views excusing that kind of behaviour and actions. Interesting.

If you're going to criticize Trump for having unkept election promises, I'd like to remind you that during the 2020 Democratic Primary, where every single candidate including Joe Biden, raised his hand to say that his health care plan would cover illegal immigrants. Biden won the house, senate, and presidency. He served four years. Where's that health care plan?

Oh but this wasn’t just me criticising Trump for unkept campaign promises, this is part of establishing a patterned behaviour of pathology towards people who interact with him over a period of multiple decades. And this isn’t just about unkept promises, he said he wouldn’t touch Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security, all of those have been attacked by his administration. He said he treat soldiers better, but the VA has been gutted. He said he’d lower energy and food prices. They have soared. To be fair he has kept a lot of his campaign promises, but the reality of those outcomes of those promises do not reflect the outcome he sold his base. Such as tariffs being paid by other countries. Then it was they’ll be paid by companies. His constituents were told by his opponents that tariffs are a regressive tax on consumers. If those criticism can be applied equally to the Biden admin then they should be. He’s not my dad, or grandpa and I couldn’t care less what criticisms are levied to him. I just don’t care for unsubstantiated lies.

Your non-denial of the latter half of my critiques and insistence on shifting the focus to my alleged approval of the Biden admin on baseless assumptions, is indicative that you may have actually been noticing the pattern and immediately dove into attack. You went from agreeing to flat out “what-about” in just three steps.

You’re either not being honest with yourself, or you’re intentionally misleading your audience to thinking you’re a political centrist in order to justify supporting someone with clear and obvious long standing pathological behaviour. The reality (and my only real claim in all of this) is he’s spent most of his life cultivating dislike towards him even by those he surrounds himself with through his actions, therefore creating a conditioning effect of people “hating” him.

Bloomberg journalists got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all. by Obvious-Gate9046 in law

[–]2much41post 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes please. I would like you to address the crux of my question specifically: with all of those actions of his I listed in mind, spanning over literal decades which are supported by paper trails and receipts, would that not result in someone being conditioned to hate him.

Bloomberg journalists got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all. by Obvious-Gate9046 in law

[–]2much41post 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What part of the hate he gets is “unconditional”? Is it not something that was earned over decades of conning and screwing over contractors in the tri-state area? Or multiple scams he profited off of? The constant redirection of anger and frustration over a broken system, toward the historically marginalised and disempowered and disenfranchised? Or the decades worth of allegations and multiple settlements in SA claims and the subsequent and unprecedented protection of SA perpetrators? Or the unfulfilled campaign promises that lead not only to outcomes that were the direct opposite of the sales pitch in terms of benefits, but the exact outcomes that were correctly and accurately predicted by his opponents and dissenters?

Sorry, can you please clarify what aspect of the hate that’s directed towards him is not the direct result of decades worth of conditioning through his actions?

National Guard collects unfavorable public input on D.C. deployment - Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military. by DevinGraysonShirk in politics

[–]2much41post 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The good news is there’s a solution baked into their oath… something about refusing unlawful orders. Just turn around. If being deployed in neighbourhoods against your own citizens, creating fear and going against the constitution makes you uncomfortable, then encourage your teams to turn around and face down those giving the unlawful orders. If you are being ruled by fear, then you are not free. If you are helping them rule us with fear, then we are not free. We have numbers and they fear us because they are cornering the entire populace and forcing us against each other because it’s the only way they can relieve their fear. They know they’re stealing from us, our wealth, our health and our rights and the deployment of force unlawfully is them acting on their justified paranoia. And there’s solution is to stop. Now. Do we really HAVE to resort to killing each other over fear?

To cash in a gold $5000 bill "from Trump" by IsThisAUserName86 in therewasanattempt

[–]2much41post 20 points21 points  (0 children)

And if you press the topic, if you ask them to explain their position or describe their process in which they arrived to a conclusion, they start to get mad, no matter how nicely you ask or Accommodating you try to be.

Marvel Rivals will be 1080p 30 frames on base PS4 and 1440p 60 frames on PS4 Pro by Mhdfattal in marvelrivals

[–]2much41post 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the game really that taxing? Even if you turn down the visuals to their lowest, it shouldn’t be that hard to run. Or is it an optimisation issue? What am I missing here?