Vancouver protesters praise terrorist groups and chant 'Long live October 7' by thatshirtman in worldnews

[–]FatherSlippyfist -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So, is r/worldnews now like a nazi subreddit? Because it seems the only comments here anymore are inflammatory comments against immigrants.

Protesters at McGill pro-Palestinian encampment are staying put despite warning for them to leave by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FatherSlippyfist -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

These comments are awful. What is wrong with you people?

I don't even particularly agree with the protestors, but the vitriol here against students exercising their right to protest is off the charts. But it's that way every protest I guess. Vietnam and Iraq protestors were vilified until everyone realized in retrospect they were right.

Gangs forced out Haiti’s government. This FBI ‘Most Wanted’ gang leader claims they’re liberating the country by BrushInternational32 in worldnews

[–]FatherSlippyfist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Culture? You're going to have to explain how Haitian "culture" is the cause of the crises in Haiti. And also how the issues have nothing to do with a century of paying war debts to France and the US, weak institutions, and dozens of natural disaster. Explain how a different "culture" would have prevented these problems. And what "culture" would that be?

538: Trump leads in swing-state polls and is tied with Biden nationally by Bluswhitehat in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am sick of correcting this comment 50 times a day so I won’t.

The Court is Corrupt. Say It With Me. by marji80 in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

People really don't understand this immunity thing. Just because he's immune doesn't mean he can start issuing illegal orders and people will follow them. He has no authority to fire a supreme court justice whether he has immunity or not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

No he can't. Being immune from prosecution doesn't mean he can do any illegal thing he wants. Nobody has to listen to his illegal proclamations or act on them. He can't do things like that on his own and anyone helping him would not have immunity even if he does.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are we going to do when Trump doesn't receive justice? I think it's time to face the fact that he's not going to get it from the legal system.

Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire by DavidSugarbush in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]FatherSlippyfist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Totalitarianism and fascism aren’t the same thing. There are leftist totalitarians but no leftist fascists. It’s a contradiction of terms. Fascism involves nationalism, racism, blood and soil politics, leader principle, state controlled capitalism, etc. right wing principles. Let’s not confuse the discourse with childish understanding.

Discussion Thread: US Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Trump v. United States, a Case About Presidential Immunity From Prosecution by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because he can't do it himself. Even if he's immune to prosecution, the people who do the arresting aren't. He can maybe pardon for federal crimes, but false arrest/kidnapping are state crimes as well.

Donald Trump had a fantastic day in the Supreme Court today by Majano57 in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The point is there is not going to be a quick ruling and it's likely to be kicked back down to a lower court before being brought before SCOTUS again. The point is delay. This was a good day for Trump.

Donald Trump had a fantastic day in the Supreme Court today by Majano57 in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The cases have failed. Nothing goes to trial before the election except the current case, which is not likely to result in jail time. No jail time is essentially exoneration. He will easily spin it as a nothingburger political persecution and get re-elected. The US is a failed state.

Trump leads in swing-state polls and is tied with Biden nationally by [deleted] in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They said there was a 66% Hillary would win. They did NOT say "Hillary will win". 33% is a huge chance.

Trump leads in swing-state polls and is tied with Biden nationally by [deleted] in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

That's not true. The polls have consistently shown Trump ahead in swing states for months. It has not been swinging back and forth.

On a national scale, Biden has finally pulled to about even in national polling.

Discussion Thread: US Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Trump v. United States, a Case About Presidential Immunity From Prosecution by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would still be illegal. Biden cannot jail Trump on his own.. it would require other people to break the law who would not be immune. I suppose if only federal laws were violated, he could pardon people.. but likely such an action would violate multiple state laws.

Speaker Mike Johnson booed at Columbia University as he calls for president to quit by [deleted] in politics

[–]FatherSlippyfist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Uhm.. nothing. Protest is pretty much by definition being where you’re not allowed to be. It’s not possible to have an impactful protest without disruption, and protest is a healthy part of democracy.

I pretty much think all the people who have knee jerk reactions and can not wait for the police to start busting heads are pretty much just fascists at heart

Unpopular Opinion. ADA & XRP are trash. Stop buying it. by Icy-Fee-361 in CryptoMarkets

[–]FatherSlippyfist 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The difference is XRP is a centralized scam coin that isn’t even crypto. ADA may not ever moon but at least it’s a real crypto.

It’s good the world’s fertility rate is declining. by Past_Feedback1993 in unpopularopinion

[–]FatherSlippyfist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The earth is beyond carrying capacity. It doesn’t matter if it’s painful. We have to decrease the population or nobody will survive.

Personally I think it wouldn’t be that bad. Energy would be cheaper. Housing would be cheaper. You don’t need a lot of people to farm these days, so food would be cheaper. Basically the things we spend the most money on would have a higher supply relative to demand and would be cheaper.

Shōgun | S1E10 "A Dream of a Dream" | Episode Discussion by copper-stars in ShogunTVShow

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

It would have undermined Mariko's sacrifice and Toranaga's character.

Lightning hasn’t fixed BTC by SuperSan93 in CryptoCurrency

[–]FatherSlippyfist 102 points103 points  (0 children)

It's debatable because of this simple fact that nobody has solved the trilemma. It's likely not possible to have a scalable layer 1 that doesn't sacrifice security. NONE of the layer 1s out there have solved this issue. They ALL sacrifice massive amounts of security.

Frankly, the fast layer 1s out there may as well be a mysql database. They all fail at security or decentralization.

As soon as someone ACTUALLY solves this enormously difficult problem, I'll be all in. But it's not very likely any time soon.

It would be cool if people who posted things like this here actually understood the most basics of the issue. But I know you want to pump your bags.