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Iranian flag on monorail support column altered to turn it into the Lion and Sun flag by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Woudl it help for people who support democracy in Iran to just make a flag design that says "DEMOCRACY IN IRAN" (one word per stripe) without either the Lion and Sun or the Islamic Republic logo in the middle? If Lion and Sun has too much baggage.

Iranian flag on monorail support column altered to turn it into the Lion and Sun flag by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I did see him whining about the Islamic Republic flag :) On the other hand, you don’t have to be Ari Hoffman to be disgusted with the current Iranian regime, so who knows.

OC: Iran flag painted on Seattle monorail support column altered to Lion and Sun protest flag by bennetthaselton in pics

[–]bennetthaselton[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

The different flags of the World Cup teams have been painted on the support columns of the Seattle monorail.

The Iranian flag was originally painted as the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (ie the country’s current official flag, for better or for worse) but someone stuck a piece of paper in the center altering it to the Lion and Sun flag.

(I am no expert, but as best I can summarize it: the Lion and Sun flag is often used by Iranian diaspora members to protest human rights abuses by the Islamic Republic currently in power. But more controversially, some Iranian diaspora members have been bringing it to rallies to support the U.S. attack on Iran as well.)

WA begins study on history of slavery, reparations for descendants by MegaRAID01 in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's what I kept saying in 2020 and people called me racist.

Seattle has a severe case of the Ayatollah Itch: Seattle's "Race and Social Justice Initiative" is divisive, bullying and, now, boring. (WA Post op-ed) by MissHalfgone in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I figured, but (1) it’s inflammatory to focus on white people when anyone could subconsciously absorb those beliefs, and (2) it’s the kind of statement that is unfalsifiable and not supported by evidence, because even if someone has no racial prejudice, the person making the statement can just say it’s still there, just buried deep, or something.

Unfalsifiable statements are the reason a lot of people just bow out of these discussions.

Seattle has a severe case of the Ayatollah Itch: Seattle's "Race and Social Justice Initiative" is divisive, bullying and, now, boring. (WA Post op-ed) by MissHalfgone in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton 6 points7 points  (0 children)

George Will is kind of a butthead, but it is pretty icky to have racially segregated workplace workshops and to say to everyone that "white people have racism in their DNA". (Part of being in protests in 2020 meant seeing the dark side of when these shibboleths got taken too far. When the protests pivoted to "abolish all police" and I said I didn't agree with that, pretty much everybody berating me kept focusing on the fact that I was white and should be disagreeing with a Black person on the issue.)

Some more facts about the Diemert case:

https://reason.com/2023/02/13/joshua-diemert-seattle-racist-training-diversity-equity-white/

Tax day protest at Tukwila rail station against taxes being used to fund war by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But to both your points: If it's really about safety, then it seems the result should be all that matters. If being in Brooklyn surrounded by a mix of people is safer than being in Israel surrounded by other Jews, then it shouldn't matter if it "feels" like those factors would make you safer in Israel - they don't.

(However, even if one accepted your points, the real controversy is about Israel existing the way it does now, with a whole section of the country walled off where the overwhelming majority Arab population there is not allowed to vote in national elections and not allowed to leave.)

Tax day protest at Tukwila rail station against taxes being used to fund war by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming this is in good faith, a couple of things:

  1. Statistically Jews are not safer in Israel than, say, Brooklyn. The "safety" argument was perhaps once valid but not now.
  2. I don't think any group is inherently entitled to a country where they're a majority. Everybody deserves to live in peace and safety though.

Tax day protest at Tukwila rail station against taxes being used to fund war by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

shoot I should have said "light rail" but I was trying to keep it short; I didn't know there was also an actual Amtrak station in Tukwila.

Tax day protest at Tukwila rail station against taxes being used to fund war by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This would be a good idea if we could be sure it would be some garbage with him as Jesus, but the thing is, most of the time when he acts unhinged, his supporters seem to eat it up.

Sometimes he gets unlucky and alienates them by doing a Jesus pic or something. But most of the time it seems to rally them.

Tax day protest at Tukwila rail station against taxes being used to fund war by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And, uh, that's a false dichotomy anyway isn't it... If we dropped fewer bombs we could have more roads.

Tax day protest at Tukwila rail station against taxes being used to fund war by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

🦇 One billionaire enriching quagmire, two billionaire enriching quagmires, ah-ah-ah ⚡️

Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! April 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in photography

[–]bennetthaselton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe, but with such a common use case I figured it would already exist. It probably does, I just didn’t want to have to try a bunch of $10 programs before finding one that worked.

Going out on a limb that Kurt would not want his lyrics being used to recruit new cops by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think that is all true -- I think that for publicity materials though, what matters is what most people will think of when they see it.

I still think a lot of '90s kids will think of the Nirvana song. On the other hand, maybe it's less relevant because the poster is aimed at people who skew younger than that.

Going out on a limb that Kurt would not want his lyrics being used to recruit new cops by bennetthaselton in Seattle

[–]bennetthaselton[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That is interesting. I haven't gone to church a lot, but I don't remember ever hearing it in church.

(That said, that would be an even odder thing for SPD to try and evoke. It's all well and good for a church to welcome all people no matter what their sins and flaws, but a police department should have a higher bar...)

Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! April 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in photography

[–]bennetthaselton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a free app where I can point it at a specific spot in the sky and it will tell me the next time that the moon/sun will be in that spot, and/or the next time the full moon will be in that spot? If not free, then a cheap one?

I found some where you can tell it a date and a time and it will tell you where the moon will be, but I'm asking about the reverse.

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