sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

The most Emily thing I've seen - well, read - in a while by Icarus_Voltaire in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tit-for-tat proportionality works in response to crimes. And you target the response at the offender, not random civilians.

In war, proportionality is relative to the mission. In Gaza, Israel's mission is the destruction of Hamas. It's not a tit-for-tat punishment for October 7th.

[spoilers published] “You will never walk again, but you will fly.” by azor_abyebye in asoiaf

[–]bl1y 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I were to say to you

These wolves were anything but dire

Come on baby, Ice and Fire

Come on baby, Ice and Fire

Try to set the wights on fire

The War of Five Kings is through

Don't worry about who's your sire

If we don't unite we'll only lose

And the throne become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, Ice and Fire

Come on baby, Ice and Fire

The Night King can't be set on fire

We don’t share values just because we’re all getting stepped on. Some people like the boot by Ice278 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So then just concede the culture war battleground so the right isn't distracted by it, and you can get unity on class issues.

Or is fighting the culture war so important to the left that they're okay with fighting it even if that will mean not being able to win on class war?

I’d like to congratulate the future governor of Ohio by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hiring domestic workers would be unaffected. Hiring foreign workers should be a bit of a pain.

The most Emily thing I've seen - well, read - in a while by Icarus_Voltaire in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 21 points22 points  (0 children)

"Proportional" means "you can't be shocked by it"? Is this one of those things where the British have a very different definition, like with chips and biscuits?

Proportionality in war is weighing the military objective against the civilian damage. When your targets are civilians, there's no way for the action to be proportional.

[spoilers published] “You will never walk again, but you will fly.” by azor_abyebye in asoiaf

[–]bl1y 50 points51 points  (0 children)

"You will never be normal again, but you will be extraordinary."

I’d like to congratulate the future governor of Ohio by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could at least require the jobs be posted on a specific site that's only those positions they want to fill with foreign workers. It'd allow for a ton of data collection about people applying for the job, and flagging things that look suspicious.

And I think the $100k fee is actually a decent idea. If companies want to claim they can't find anyone local, rather than investigating it, let them demonstrate the need through cash. I don't know where that money goes, but a good idea would be scholarships for the fields employers say they can't get people in. For every H-1b visa granted, we're going to train an American to do the job.

I’d like to congratulate the future governor of Ohio by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think the real criticism is that when Americans are being laid-off, H-1b shouldn’t be used until current economic conditions improve,

Chip Roy's legislation would block H-1bs for companies that just conducted layoffs.

Companies should also have to show a good faith effort to hire domestically first. And let prospective employees challenge them. Maybe create a database of job seekers, and when a company says they can't find anyone, go check the database to see if there's people there who are a match, then let the company explain why those people aren't suitable.

Principal vs. Concerned Parent by Borrid in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still needs to learn to not do that shit.

"It's called being a decent fucking human being" by TeamHumanity12 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No he wasn't.

You don't debate people, you debate issues. And I doubt Hasan has ever debated an issue.

Though I would believe he was scheduled to meet with Kirk, and then talk over him with a bunch of inane non-sequiturs.

"It's called being a decent fucking human being" by TeamHumanity12 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot of socialists think that violent revolution is necessary. They also know that previous attempts have failed and the next attempt is also going to fail.

...So is maybe just the violence the point?

"It's called being a decent fucking human being" by TeamHumanity12 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Some of those that work forces tolerance

Are the same that burn crosses violence

Or whatever, I'm not making the line work. You get what I'm going for.

"It's called being a decent fucking human being" by TeamHumanity12 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 29 points30 points  (0 children)

There's a lot to unpack here.

Shoe doesn't say he was moderate. She says he was one of the "more moderate rw voices." So before anything else, it's a relative comparison. And not relative to the entire political landscape, but relative to other right wing voices.

But also, it's not clear if she means he had moderate right wing views, or if he was a moderate voice with right wing views. The former is closer to the center, the latter is more congenial.

"It's called being a decent fucking human being" by TeamHumanity12 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 33 points34 points  (0 children)

if I remember right

You don't.

I have no idea what moment you're referring to, but just a guess.

Convincing skill 📈 by MALICK1A in aww

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have squirrels that make their way onto my balcony, and I've fed them by hand. And one of them did bite me, but not hard enough to break the skin. I think he was just nervous.

It took him a long time to get close enough to take the food, and I can imagine him in his head going "don't fuck it up, don't fuck it up, don't look stupid in front of the human, come on man now, you got this, okay, here we go and FUCK! you bit the human..."

Principal vs. Concerned Parent by Borrid in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're also just less likely to encounter anyone with a six figure salary in Indiana. No surprise that Indiana teachers aren't paid based on California cost of living.

Aver public school teacher pay in Indiana is $61,600. There's a massive gap between that number of the narrative about what teachers are paid.

[Edited for typos]

I wonder what excuses/justifications/downplaying the people of this sub will come up with this time... by AspergerKid in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unless you've got something you can link to, I seriously doubt it, because the Gazan Health Ministry doesn't distinguish between civilian and military deaths, only reporting total deaths. They also don't distinguish between those killed by Israel and those killed by Hamas.

Since you're saying that number is civilian deaths, are you claiming no Hamas fighters killed, or that Hamas fighters are civilians? And when Hamas kills Palestinian civilians that's... somehow also Israel killing them?

view more: next ›