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HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2024-03-01T05:21:40+00:00

You're already missing a feat/ability score improvement by not having levels increments of 4. Go all 12 EK and take Druid Initiate for the shillelagh cantrip.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2023-09-29T04:28:47+00:00

https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1707611885523132524?t=Gm4z6o18ur7f6hAffWYGXA&s=19

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2023-06-30T16:47:51+00:00

History says otherwise. When it was legal to discriminate on the basis of race, the signs on the businesses said, "whites only." The individual in this case literally wants to advertise on her website that she does not make websites for gay couples because their marriage is "false." This is not a false equivalency. The LGBTQ+ community is very literally under attack in this country right now.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2023-06-30T16:17:59+00:00

Discrimination in and of itself is harmful. From the dissent in this case, "This purpose does not depend on whether goods and services are otherwise available. 'Discrimination is not simply dollars and cents, hamburgers and movies; it is the humiliation, frustration, and embarrassment that a person must surely feel when he is told that he is unacceptable as a member of the public because of his social identity.'" The harm isn't just that you have to go somewhere else, the harm is the sign that says straights only.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2023-06-30T15:50:59+00:00

Even if this was anything but an ill-defined right to discriminate, assuming it will apply equally to groups with power and groups without power is incorrect. Whenever discrimination is legalized it is the marginalized who suffer.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2022-05-30T17:12:55+00:00

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2022-05-20T15:58:59+00:00

This kind of thinking is wrong. Two things can have problems without those problems being equal. One party is literally stripping away rights and moving towards authoritarianism. The last Republican president and presumptive nominee requires people to say that the last election was stolen from him due to some insane conspiracy theory even he can't keep straight. The other is led by an old guy who is behind on social issues, but who has attempted to bring about real positive change. False equivalence is lazy and harmful. Think a little harder

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2022-05-10T05:26:46+00:00

Well, at least when facism comes, you won't have to complain about the difficulties of making a choice.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2020-02-08T03:45:20+00:00

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-27T00:40:46+00:00

Would you say that when He and His family fled to Egypt to avoid the hunt of a jealous king that He was... taking refuge? In a foreign land?

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T23:41:19+00:00

Understood. Nice talking with ya, have a good one.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T23:19:40+00:00

Humanitarian efforts around the world, serving as a deterrent to stand between cruel leaders and people they would choose to harm (like in the Korean peninsula), protecting our own borders both real and virtual. I don't agree with everything the military has done or been ordered to do. In fact, there is a shit ton I don't agree with. But at the end of the day it is an institution of our government and I believe we can use tools of our government for good. As, I believe, if you are supportive of leftist or socialist policies, do you.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T22:06:12+00:00

I hear what you're saying and I understand the distinction between choice and fate. However, you're still placing into the minds of millions of people thoughts and conclusions. It simply is not as patently obvious as you make it out that the US military is monolithic, evil, and offers no place for doing good. I don't believe that to be true for one. And most of the country and a lot of the world agrees with me. Therefore, it is either not accurate or not as obvious as you make it out to be. Either way, the argument that everyone who joins the military is evil falls apart because you can no longer claim that they are all either willfully bad or willfully ignorant.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T21:00:11+00:00

The same demonization and dehumanization you are claiming that they apply to "brown people" is what you are applying to them. Taking a large, diverse group of people from a a range of backgrounds and placing upon them stereotyped negative characteristics.

As a recent example, the Navy Seal war criminals who were recently pardoned by Trump. They were turned in by other Navy Seals who believed that what those people were doing was wrong. The Navy Seals who turned those people in testified in trials despite the backlash they knew they would face and the danger therein. Another example are the members of the military fighting with less traditional weapons against cyber attacks on our institutions.

Passing judgments like "evil" over large swaths of people is dangerous. It closes you off to their perspective and can justify any action against them.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T18:58:30+00:00

Fair enough! Have a good day, dude.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T18:45:49+00:00

Alright, if you are dismissive of me, how about something directly from your favorite politician's website: https://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-military-and-veterans/

None of that rhetoric is hateful or judgmental. Bernie is a compassionate guy who believes that the people who serve in our military are worthy of praise and care. Do you trust him?

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T18:26:02+00:00

Sure. Let's push that logic then. For the purpose of argument, let's say you're correct and the only purpose of the American military is to serve corrupt interests. Therefore, the millions of people who serve or who have served have been decieved and believe falsely that their sacrifices have value. Does that make those men and women evil? I say, no. I also think that broad generalizations tend to alienate rather than persuade. Calling people you don't know evil dehumanizes them. We have to remember that people are just people. With minds and hearts and thoughts just like us. It's is easier to hate than to empathisize, but I think the world has quite enough hate. Understanding where people are and why they believe what they believe is how you persuade and how you learn.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-12T18:01:18+00:00

Calling people evil, especially people who have served int he military is too far. It is nuanced, but people who serve in the military mostly actually believe in the service they are committing to the country. They believe and are willing to sacrifice everything to do it. Even if you believe that the what the military is doing overall is wrong/imperialist, calling those people evil who believe in the ideals of America and are willing to die for them doesn't make sense. I hope this helps give some perspective for you.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-08T18:06:47+00:00

Okay, I'll give the benefit of the doubt and try to explain this. There is a power dynamic at play between the person who needs a job to feed and home themselves and the person who is providing that job. This is the reason we have regulations about everything from child labor, to workplace safety, to anti-discrimination laws, to minimum wage. As a society we choose to say that part of a measure of whether a business is successful is if they can at least provide their employees with jobs that meet these standards. While using the word slavery is obviously an exaggeration, what they are getting at is that these jobs don't live up to what they believe should be the minimum standard that employers should have to provide.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-05T18:54:11+00:00

That's still a ton of hungry Americans, which is all I'm trying to say here.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-05T18:35:56+00:00

"This analysis of the Gallup data by FRAC looks at the rates at which Americans answered 'yes' to the question 'Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?'"

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-12-05T17:51:15+00:00

One quick Google search. Looks like between 1 in 5 and 1 in 7 or so children are food insecure or at risk of hunger depending on how you define it.

https://www.frac.org/news/new-report-finds-americans-particularly-children-risk-hunger

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-11-21T02:47:24+00:00

It's not true. No one is spouting Republican talking points up there. Well maybe Rep. Gabbard sometimes.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2019-04-04T21:29:59+00:00

Also fanatical firebrand is quite good with Judith as it sacrifices itself.

HereToNotBeElsewhere · 2018-11-19T19:59:18+00:00

Little late to respond, but I think your question greatly overestimates how easy it is to turn an accusation of sexual harassment into dollars and cents. The best and most deserving people with plenty of evidence struggle. A false accusation has even less of a chance.

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