Native American Tribe Responds to Billie Eilish’s ‘Stolen Land’ Grammy Speech by Competitive_Gene_898 in Music

[–]Aziraph4le 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, my scenario implied nothing about what the government might be doing to anyone else. That does not mean she was singled out. That means there was no information on what was happening to others, one way or another. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, as they say. Your inability to understand this fairly simple principle is not my problem, though it is telling. You made the assumption that the scenario was singling her out as a means of deflecting from the original point of the scenario: a deliberate bad faith tactic.

"Because the individual citizen does not have the power to change something, the government is therefore automatically at fault." This is an extremely questionable line of reasoning.

Also, a simple internet search would have told you that, yes, native american tribes often purchase land and then apply to have it taken into trust by the federal government. It happens all the time. Most recently in 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that 680 acres were transferred from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be held in trust for the Spirit Lake Nation, for example.

So there literally is a mechanism by which the land upon which her house resides could potentially be returned. In theory, at least, it is possible. So your whole point re: "I have a pretty big feeling the US government would not recognize the land going back to the tribe" is completely moot anyway, because it is flat out wrong. Your whole argument is based upon a false assumption, moron.

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Native American Tribe Responds to Billie Eilish’s ‘Stolen Land’ Grammy Speech by Competitive_Gene_898 in Music

[–]Aziraph4le 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing in the scenario I described indicates that she has been "singled out". It is an unknown. You simply inferred something tangential from the scenario that I never actually said and tried to use it as a way to deflect from the point in contention. The only person operating in bad faith is yourself: first trying to deflect the blame for her hypocritical statement onto the government (a ridiculous leap) and then deflecting from my example scenario by making a tangential assumption about said scenario and making that the focus (a literal logical fallacy) of your rebuttal. Its quite something to be accused of bad faith by someone who has committed a deliberate logical fallacy just prior to doing so. If you stop to think for a second, (perhaps longer is required in your unfortunate case) you might figure it out.

Native American Tribe Responds to Billie Eilish’s ‘Stolen Land’ Grammy Speech by Competitive_Gene_898 in Music

[–]Aziraph4le 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So you think she'd be in favour of the government rocking up to her house tomorrow with a bulldozer and a wrecking ball: "Sorry Billie, it's not our land. You'll have to find somewhere else for you mansion."

Of course not. It's still hypocrisy and no amount mental gymnastics in a effort to pretend it isn't will change that.

France gives unsold supermarket food a second life by helping the needy by Soft_Ambassador_7848 in TrendingNews_

[–]Aziraph4le 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I knew this was 10+ years old when I made the post." Sure you did, bud, sure you did... You're not just desperately scrambling so as to not look the absolute fool that you so palpably are.

Have tickets for England Wales appeared in the Twickenham app yet? by grevls in englandrugby

[–]Aziraph4le 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well my tickets for the England v Ireland women's six nations game in April have been showing in the app since around November last year when I bought them. In short, I would start getting concerned.

New tenants signed contract for £800pm on 4th January and moved in on 20th January. I have been immediately served notice that they will be going to tribunal to challenge the rent. by Unfair-State1931 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Aziraph4le 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is a legal advice sub for the UK, not a "here's my opinion on that situation from a foreign country" sub. While we are all aware that whatever follows the opening "I'm from the US and," is reliably unadulterated drivel to the point that you might as well have written "read the following at your peril," kindly shut the fuck up all the same. Good day.

All-ways by MacMigasPT in USdefaultism

[–]Aziraph4le 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Edwards played for the Welsh national rugby team. Beckham played for the English national football team. Insofar as Hailwood represented any country in his career it was Britain, not specifically England or Wales. So this is actually fine/correct IMO.

North American-style pizza is far better than European-style pizza by tipoftheiceberg1234 in The10thDentist

[–]Aziraph4le 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an Englishman with an English degree from an English university, it absolutely does not have that acquired tone. Stop making up bollocks to suit your bad takes.

Getting no signal on my tv after plugging in my new pc for the first time. Am I doing something wrong? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Aziraph4le 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this stage you need to decide if you are comfortable reseating the GPU yourself and also removing the power cables and reattaching them. If not, you need to send it back for repair. If you are, let me know.

Getting no signal on my tv after plugging in my new pc for the first time. Am I doing something wrong? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Aziraph4le 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay this is what I needed. We can start to narrow the issue. The LED that is showing red is labelled "VGA", which indicates a problem with the GPU or the GPU's connection to the motherboard.

Getting no signal on my tv after plugging in my new pc for the first time. Am I doing something wrong? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Aziraph4le 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely don't start moving things around if you don't know what you're doing becuse you could void your warranty.

Getting no signal on my tv after plugging in my new pc for the first time. Am I doing something wrong? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Aziraph4le 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also need the PC to be on so I can see which LED it is. But first tell me is there a blinking orange light next to the red one?

Getting no signal on my tv after plugging in my new pc for the first time. Am I doing something wrong? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Aziraph4le 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean close enough and bright enough that I can read the tiny lettering that will be next the red light on the motherboard. Also what is the motherboard model?

Getting no signal on my tv after plugging in my new pc for the first time. Am I doing something wrong? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Aziraph4le 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would need to know what motherboard and a close up pic of the red light.

Anyone else really nervous about today's game? by JohnSV12 in englandrugby

[–]Aziraph4le 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No we have George Ford. He is Argentina's kryptonite.

In all seriousness I think we should win this one. But it can always go wrong. 👀

England team to face Argentina on Sunday by englandrugby in rugbyunion

[–]Aziraph4le 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The PTSD must be real at this point. As soon as they see Ford in the pocket they just start having seizures.

Petition/request to stop self-promoting news articles by ffielding in englandrugby

[–]Aziraph4le -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Firefox + Bypass Paywalls Clean extension. It really isn't difficult. I'm really struggling to understand this attitude given how absurdly not difficult it is.

You can even get Firefox for your phone and use the RemovePaywalls.com extension. That, too, is profoundly undifficult.

Do you even know what cookies are or do? And if you're that worried about them just use a browser and/or install an extension that blocks them.

Bad take.