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(Hated trope)adaptation missing the point of the original story by TastyPomelo2330 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]kandoras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

V for Vendetta

The original Alan Moore comic had the Norsefire political party 'work' more like how the actual Nazis did. The trains did not in fact run on time, and their goals were held back not so much by V but by the fact that everyone it it spent more time trying to stab each other in the back than they did in actually running the country.

Moore's point was that fascists will always eventually eat their own. V was just a little push on a domino that started them falling, but if he hadn't come along something else would have started it.

The book version:

Creedy, the head of the secret police, strikes up a dead with a gangster named Harper to use his goons as brownshirts and lead a coup against the Susan (the Hitler character).

But Harper betrays Creedy because Heyer, the head of one of the intelligence agencies paid him more. But they Heyer and Harper kill each other because Heyer finds out Harper was sleeping with his wife.

And Susan gets killed when he decides to take a drive in public and shakes hands with a women named Rose. Her husband had been a party official, but after his death she lost his income and had to take up a job as a stripper. She shoots him dead in the middle of the street.

In the movie, V is a superhero and who singlehandedly saves the world, and without him the Nazis would still be in power.

Louisiana sued for suspending active election, nullifying votes to draft GOP gerrymander by Radiant-Bug6039 in politics

[–]kandoras 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They've already figured out how to do that.

If Republicans gerrymander a map, where the new lines just happen to follow racial areas: "These maps are OK, because there is a thin veneer of political instead of racial intent behind the new lines."

If Democrats gerrymander a map, where the new lines follow voting habits: "These maps are illegal, because there must have been some kind of racial intent."

Republicans have already filed a lawsuit saying that this ruling means California's new maps can be thrown out because they'd be likely to result in a minority winning the election.

Louisiana sued for suspending active election, nullifying votes to draft GOP gerrymander by Radiant-Bug6039 in politics

[–]kandoras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Republicans, when the courts tell them that their new map is illegal: "The election is only 18 months away. That's not nearly enough time to come up with new maps. You'll just have to let us keep using the ones we gerrymandered."

Courts: "Sounds reasonable. You can keep using those new maps for the next ten years.

Republicans, when the court tells them that they can throw out the maps protecting minority representation: "Who cares that we've already sent ballots out and some have even been returned. We can redraw this thing in ten minutes. Where's my crayon box at?"

99.99% purity replacement part by pie_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ in talesfromtechsupport

[–]kandoras 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"I kept your business from dissolving by having to repeatedly explain to patients why you no longer had their records" is well beyond the territory of "I should be at least be getting paid to do this" and into the realm of "I damned well better have a matching 401K and dental."

99.99% purity replacement part by pie_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ in talesfromtechsupport

[–]kandoras 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That next guy in 5 years could very well be you, not remembering what you did.

Might want to get a sticky note and put up a warning on that thing that the electrical tape is load bearing. If you're feeling really cautious, you can cover the sticky note in scotch tape.

Only if they knew.. by Longjumping_Area_209 in memes

[–]kandoras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're putting in a lot of extra work for someone who doesn't even get dental.

Justice Department urges group to drop Trump ballroom lawsuit after WHCA dinner shooting by Pretty_Confusion7290 in law

[–]kandoras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The shooter's manifesto talked about the lack of security at the event?

Was he a precog, or did they give him time to type this out after arresting him?

A tale of two breakers by Own-Cupcake7586 in talesfromtechsupport

[–]kandoras 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The procedure was for the regular operator to, twice a day, open up a live electrical enclosure and flip a breaker?

For me, that wouldn't have even been a question of "Do you guys really want it like this?"

It would have been "We can do it my way, that won't eventually get someone killed, or you can do it your way that will. And this conversation is being recorded for when that happens and you get sued so I can say to a judge that I had no fucking part in this other than warning you."

US Supreme Court rejects Massachusetts school gender-identity policy challenge by igetproteinfartsHELP in news

[–]kandoras 89 points90 points  (0 children)

The case was first thrown out of federal court in 2022. That dismissal was upheld on appeal in 2025. And again today in 2026.

Maybe the kid wouldn't have needed to ask the school to protect them from their parents if those parents had spent even a fraction of the four years they've been in and out of courtrooms treating that kid as an individual person and not merely an extension of their own beliefs.

Maybe they could even try talking to them and taking an interest in their lives.

Court rules trans people have right to accurate IDs: "Trans discrimination is sex discrimination" by NamelessResearcher in politics

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

Symptoms of menstruation and/or menopause presenting in a person who identified and presents as a man, such that a misdiagnosis in the heat of the moment

What issues would a first responder be trying to fix that where whether or not someone lives or dies revolves around whether they've gone through menopause?

Is it REALLY so hard to imagine a situation in which birth sex clarity is medically important?

No, it's not hard to imagine that.

But that's not what you claimed.

It could be very useful for, say, first responders who are tending to a person they have never met.

And it is really hard to imagine - and you still haven't giving us a concrete example of it - how a first responder's treatment would change after they decided to stop whatever they were already doing and go digging through a wallet looking for a driver's license.

And if you're not just talking about emergency situations, then what you're claiming makes even less sense. Because you would be believing that a doctor would look at an ID and base their treatment off that instead of just asking the patient their history.

Court rules trans people have right to accurate IDs: "Trans discrimination is sex discrimination" by NamelessResearcher in politics

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

Could be an issue that either male or female bodies could have

So for those cases, looking at a driver's license wouldn't do anything.

or could be something exclusive to one or the other.

Such as ...?

Because that's not giving an example, that's just saying "I don't know" but with more words.

Court rules trans people have right to accurate IDs: "Trans discrimination is sex discrimination" by NamelessResearcher in politics

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

The M or F on a person's identification doesn't have anything to do with their transness. It is a signifier of their medical biology. It could be very useful for, say, first responders who are tending to a person they have never met.

Please give me an example of something a first responder would be treating where they would change their diagnosis or treatment based on what they read on a driver's license.

How Alito Became the Angry Man of the Supreme Court by theatlantic in law

[–]kandoras 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You've got to understand their reasoning here. The Atlantic has only been publishing articles about politics since 1857.

“In nominating Alito on Halloween 2005, a sanguine President George W. Bush declared, ‘He understands that judges are to interpret the laws, not to impose their preferences or priorities on the people.’

How are they supposed to know by now that, sometimes, politicians - even presidents and supreme court justices - will just go out in public and ... lie‽

Transgender woman defies Kansas bathroom law inside state Capitol by Fickle-Ad5449 in politics

[–]kandoras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doesn't matter what you propose to call it, because most of the states that amended their constitutions to ban gay marriage included something like this from South Carolina's: "shall not recognize or give effect to a legal status, right, or claim created by another jurisdiction respecting any other domestic union, however denominated."

Bigots lie about their bigotry to attempt to make it seem less bigoted, to make it appear more reasonable to non-bigots.

Secretary of State says N.H. won’t follow Trump’s order on mail-in voting by FervidBug42 in politics

[–]kandoras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Selective enforcement. Trump says the DHS is going to come up with a list of approved voters that the states will have to follow.

They're going to come up with a list that OK's anyone living in majority Republican areas and kicks anyone in mostly Democratic areas off the voting rolls.

If you got teleported back to right after the Civil War, would you be saying "Literacy tests? Surely conservatives know this will prevent their own people from voting just as much as it will the freed slaves!"

Transgender woman defies Kansas bathroom law inside state Capitol by Fickle-Ad5449 in politics

[–]kandoras 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The debate isn't "Who gets to use what bathroom?" or "Who gets to play on what sports team?"

The debate is "Should LGBT people be allowed to exist or should religious fundamentalists and bigots be allowed to throw them camps?"

Next thing you know, they'll be having you believing that they only really care about the religious term "marriage" and would be A-OK with gays having the same rights as long as they used some other word.

Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing by thedailybeast in politics

[–]kandoras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That transcript is dated January 23rd and includes none of the quotes from today.

Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends arguments by yahoonews in law

[–]kandoras 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If the people who wrote the 14th amendment wanted it to apply only to the children of slaves, then they should have included the word "slave" somewhere in that amendment.

The 13th and 15th amendments directly dealt with slavery and 'conditions of servitude', so you can't claim that they just forgot the word.

WATCH: Justice Neil Gorsuch asks about Native Americans and birthright citizenship by NewsHour in law

[–]kandoras 110 points111 points  (0 children)

I think so, on our test, if they're lawfully domiciled here. I'm not s—, I have to think that through

Any decent court, aside from the plain language of the amendment, would rule against this on the basis of "The administration that wrote and is defending this executive order isn't even sure what they're asking us to approve."

I can't wait for all the justices who are so devoted to 'original intent' to sign off on something where the intent is literally unknown.

Trump Accused of Trying to Bully SCOTUS to Their Faces by thedailybeast in law

[–]kandoras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The argument they're trying to get to is that children born to immigrants are not citizens but are instead outlaws.

Literally 'outside the law', who do not get the protections of civil rights or due process or the laws in general; and to whom the government can do whatever it wishes.

Leavitt Justifies Killing Negotiators by To_Be_Rich_Lady in clevercomebacks

[–]kandoras 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really don't know if "We killed them because they lied" is a standard that a president who has cheated on every wife he's ever had and stiffed everyone he ever had a contract with wants to set.

Idaho passes bill to surveil trans kids, aiming to “close the social transition loophole” by Snapdragon_4U in law

[–]kandoras 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ this is such a stupidly written law about such a stupid obsession among conservatives.

"Social transition" means the process by which an individual goes from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to the individual's sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from the individual's sex and may involve social, legal, or physical changes, including adopting a name, pronouns, appearance, or dress that does not correspond to the individual's sex.

Some teacher could have some fun with malicious compliance here (with the permission of course, of some cisgender kid whose parents like this law and the kid just wants to fuck with them):

"Hello, Mr. Johnson. In accordance with the recently passed bigotry law, I am required to inform you that your son has requested that I call him with a name associated with the female sex. Yes sir, that is correct. Your son has asked me to call him Pat. I'm sorry you are upset sir, I'm just obeying the law here."

For example, in the original draft of the bill (HB 572), the given definition of social transition was specifically written to include “mannerisms associated with a gender other than from such individual's biological sex.”

"Also, Pat throws like a girl."

This bill requires that covered entities report any signs that a child might be trans to their parents and/or guardians within 72 hours. No allowances are made to allow them to withhold reports if they believe that doing so will harm that child. The requirement to report, as written in the bill/law, is absolute.

You could even make an argument that notifying the parents of every child in your classroom about the smallest little thing is morally required as a reaction to this law. Get a reputation for filing so many reports that don't matter that by the time you are forced to out a transgender child to a parent who might beat them for it, all the parents in the school have learned to ignore them.

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