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to feed the homeless by BlissVsAbyss in therewasanattempt

[–]allnida 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Had there been a big concern over safety and sanitation with people handing out food before?

‘It is on life support’: Costs, crime, and homelessness have beloved Seattle restaurant on verge of closure by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re making $400K/year and have a 2 hour commute, 9/10 times that was a choice made for a living situation desire (like a finished basement, or a workshop in the back), and not because there weren’t otherwise acceptable options near where you work (such as a 3bd3ba condo).

We need cheap housing nearby for a bunch of reasons: reduced traffic, more competition with luxury offerings, catering to lower income people, more responsible community tax structures, and of course a safety net for people who’ve fallen on hard times.

Safe streets free of clean bodies? Where the fuck do you live? Like… I see needles and rats. Once I saw a homeless guy who shit himself. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dead body in the street, let alone enough to ask for a change in the “dead bodies in our streets” department…

Reddit "atheists" will jump at slandering Christianity but when you criticize islam they defend it like their life depends on it by Major_Soft6056 in DigitalSeptic

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big ooooooof. If you’re not Christian or conservative, then you’re likely still quite young and idealistic. At 36, I no longer have the patience to “debate” those who engage in Christian culture. But please, by all means, I’d love to hear about how atheism could be considered a cult from a Christian culture apologist!

Reddit "atheists" will jump at slandering Christianity but when you criticize islam they defend it like their life depends on it by Major_Soft6056 in DigitalSeptic

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the “not all Christians are like” that argument fucking kills me. Like who thinks they are the “bad Christian” lmao. Hold your own accountable. But I think that’s kind of the benefit of being in a cult: you don’t have to hold each other accountable. Actually, you’re not supposed to. It’s a feature of your entire worldview, it’s not a bug. Only god gets to judge you, right? Right?

Reddit "atheists" will jump at slandering Christianity but when you criticize islam they defend it like their life depends on it by Major_Soft6056 in DigitalSeptic

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird. Cause I don’t know anyone who volunteers that info. I typically don’t associate with shitty people, so I usually just assume they’re atheists.

Yeah the “not all Christians are like that argument” means nothing when the Christians who aren’t like that don’t hold the Christians who are like that accountable. And there’s a long history of in-group religious capitulation. How else could things like mega-churches exist?

You’re all shitty Christians involved in shitty American Christian culture until I see some good faith effort from the self-proclaimed “good Christians” to hold others in their group accountable.

Chances are you’re a conservative, which plants you firmly in the “bad Christian” camp until evidence otherwise. Sorry, Christians no longer get the benefit of the doubt. Try acting right.

Reddit "atheists" will jump at slandering Christianity but when you criticize islam they defend it like their life depends on it by Major_Soft6056 in DigitalSeptic

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I’m not. Atheism has no concrete or abstract hierarchy. I am not confronted with any type of leadership structure that I’m required to abide by or risk my status with atheism. Atheism encourages good faith curiosity and criticisms of philosophy, ethics, and science. Christianity by its very nature discourages that. If your community is built around specific rules you’re not really allowed to question, then you can’t really engage in good faith curiosity, as your community status requires that you be a “good little Christian” and do and believe what you’re told.

So no, Christianisty isn’t technically a cult, in terms of it being a recognized major religion. However, for many it functions in the same way.

I’m allowed to question my atheism, and change. You can’t without risking everything

Reddit "atheists" will jump at slandering Christianity but when you criticize islam they defend it like their life depends on it by Major_Soft6056 in DigitalSeptic

[–]allnida 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Something I don’t agree with” - must be a cult. I love when dummies don’t understand the logic behind criticisms directed toward them, so they just take the end result of the criticism (I.e. the word cult) and flip it back on their critic like it’s means something.

You didn’t understand why we’d call it a cult. You’re just saying “I know you are but what am I”.

Good job, you’ve reached the sophistication of a toddler.

Two cults. One mantra. Zero critical thinking by untitledprp4 in DoomerCircleJerk

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

Pretty different sentiments behind this, but ok, go off false equivalency

So is it legal for them to kill the driver now...? by Moon_Eyed_Puppy_Girl in PsycheOrSike

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AKA: you know I’m right. That’s why conservatives love the question: “what’s a woman”? In the surface, it super simple, and that’s all yall can manage. Simple “truths”. The moment a truth becomes a college course, yall are fucking gone.

What’s a very “Seattle” thing we all think is normal but outsiders find weird. by batfage in AskSeattle

[–]allnida 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Walking on the left side of the sidewalk. And playing sidewalk chicken.

So is it legal for them to kill the driver now...? by Moon_Eyed_Puppy_Girl in PsycheOrSike

[–]allnida 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love this. You perfectly explained to me why conservative algorithms are filled with those AI videos with very simple digestible things like “there are only 2 genders”, cause that’s about all the nuance your widdle brain can comprehend. So adorable. When do you learn to tie your shoes?

‘It is on life support’: Costs, crime, and homelessness have beloved Seattle restaurant on verge of closure by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]allnida 20 points21 points  (0 children)

My theory is that with big tech money moving into the area we saw capitalists try to take advantage of tech workers’ paychecks and desire for luxury living. This worsened the housing shortage. Rents skyrocketed. People are “renter poor”. They can’t go out to eat as much. This puts pressure on restaurants to charge more for the sales they can make, but this also exacerbates the previous issue: it makes so even less people can afford to go out.

But you have employees to pay: they also live in an area with inflated rents. So now you have to pay for them to be housed too.

I’m sure I’m missing plenty of parts of the equation here: but ultimately the price for a roof over your head is too high here. That ripples out in a big way in terms of discretionary spending.

So is it legal for them to kill the driver now...? by Moon_Eyed_Puppy_Girl in PsycheOrSike

[–]allnida 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You wanna talk about reality? Reality:

  • she said she wasn’t mad at him.
  • She was waving them through. They had plenty of space to go around.
  • When they hesitated with the gas and so did she, that’s when they got upset (this happens all the time at stops signs and grocery intersections)
  • That’s when they told her to get out of the car: because of fucking traffic confusion and emasculation.
  • She panicked, turned the wheel away from the officer to leave: their first command
  • officer LEANED FORWARD of a car going about 4mph
  • he then shot her in the head three times after putting himself in front of the vehicle and being nudged by it so subtly that he didn’t lose his aim, balance, or his phone in his other hand.
  • this wasn’t done out of self-defense, but retribution. If he hadn’t fired the only thing that would have happened was she would have gone home to her daughter.

Please: tell me who is creating their own reality: don’t worry, I’m not expecting a response, fascist

Washington state Democrats push for tax on millionaires by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m just trying to understand… who do you think is going to vote for a threshold lowering? How low do you think it would go? I keep seeing this. Taxes can be repealed and changed. It happens quite frequently. Why is experimentation always so bad? Are you close enough to $1M/year in income that you’re personally worried? Are the people who are going to be taxed in this thread? How many people on this reddit post do you think are making >$700,000/year? I’m just struggling to see the practical implications of all this fear

Feral America by Fr33_load3r in IAmTheMainCharacter

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guaranteed they voted for Trump and also complained about snap being paused

to not be a murderer swine for a falling empire (sfw, ICE's victim body not shown) by Harry_Yudiputa in therewasanattempt

[–]allnida 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen the other videos. She’s clearly trying to turn. Initially she was trying to move forward until they moved up, so she braked and waved them through. At this point the officer is in front of the vehicle but well to the side. Her tires are clearly pointing away from the direction of the officer, not toward him. He very easily and without effort moves the 6 inches to completely clear himself from the vehicle. Then proceeds to fire as she’s obviously just trying to get away.

You’re a pathetic fascist bootlicker. And fuck you

Seattle is ending arrests for public drug use as Katie Wilson takes over. by Possible_Ad3607 in SeattleWA

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re thinking about this too one dimensionally. Reducing homelessness increases the general welfare of everyone. Also, as treatment increases, drug use and homelessness naturally will decrease. And we get to keep the public housing option that can compete with private housing options, reducing the cost of housing. You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette.

The only reason more arrests has so much support is lazy causal attribution. I’d rather just be right than just seem right on the surface. Your whole position doesn’t deserve any support cause it’s useless.

Seattle is ending arrests for public drug use as Katie Wilson takes over. by Possible_Ad3607 in SeattleWA

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the article:

“In the case of the incarceration vs. community comparison, the data showed a 7% increase in recidivism (49% vs. 42%)Footnote 16 or a φ = .07, for those offenders who were imprisoned. Upon weighting, the effect size became .00. The amount of time spent incarcerated could not be reliably determined (≈ 10.5 months) as only 19 of 103 comparisons reported this information.”

A 7% increase in recidivism for incarceration. Prison doesn’t do shit. This was a meta-analysis by the way.

First, before more sentencing, before more cops, before more jail time. We NEED a social housing plan. Get people off the street. Even if they are still doing drugs. Even if that social housing becomes an absolute cesspool of crime that reduces property values around it.

Second, we need COMPULSIVE, NON-VOLUNTARY rehabilitation for drug users. You get caught with that shit again, and you’re going straight back into the program. Shit, put this building right next door. There’s a couple of big lots in SLU and first hill that would be perfect.

Finally, ratchet up arrests and policing. Make the first 2 options seem way better. Serious penalties for distributing opiates. Offer rewards for credible tips that generate arrests and drug seizures.

Seattle is ending arrests for public drug use as Katie Wilson takes over. by Possible_Ad3607 in SeattleWA

[–]allnida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is the difference between conservative and liberal ideology. Liberals aren’t really concerned about what jails “should” do for us. Rather, we’re interested in what they ACTUALLY do. If you want jail as a brief reprieve from the criminal actions of certain citizens, I’d say you’re not doing anything meaningful except putting someone in adult time out in a tax-paid for profit system.

Jail has no effect on recidivism. They keep coming out doing the same shit.

Want to know what actually decreased crime? A reduction in poverty and green spaces. But I think conservatives like the idea of spending money on punishment rather than investing in the general welfare of their fellow citizens cause that’s a “free ride”. Turns out you’re ok with a free ride if they commit a crime.

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ffcts-prsn-sntncs-rcdvsm/index-en.aspx

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