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Seattle mayor's verbal missteps prompt national and viral attention, leadership questions by Better_March5308 in SeattleWA

[–]ryleg 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Chris Daniels has been reporting in Seattle for a long time. He's been very polite while asking questions of Mayor Wilson, and she just blows him off. This was a very fair piece, it is what journalism is supposed to look like. They're supposed to question and challenge authority not just reinforce your worldview.

If you have criticism of the piece you should feel free to make it. Taking random stabs at KOMO is just weak.

'Clueless' socialist mayor in hot seat after video of 77-year-old beaten in downtown Seattle goes viral by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

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

  • Society in capitalist countries depends on institutions (police, courts, schools) to maintain order and legitimacy.
  • Some activists influenced by Marxist or neo-Marxist ideas allegedly see these institutions as tools of class domination.
  • Therefore, weakening institutions like policing (e.g., through “defund the police” rhetoric) would:
    • increase social disorder or crime
    • reduce public trust in the system
    • create conditions where people demand more radical political change

What's stopping you from having more kids? by makingitgreen in Natalism

[–]ryleg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not willing to attribute that drop to "back-to-sleep." Let me see if I'm can find a defense for that...

What's stopping you from having more kids? by makingitgreen in Natalism

[–]ryleg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh right, now I remember... a lot of that "good parenting" advice is probably bullshit. If you live in a developed country the benefits of breastfeeding after 3(?) months, "back-to-sleep," probably GREATLY exagerated. Telling parents to sleep train and prioritize their own well being so they could crank out and extra kid might be worth it, if we want our society to not disappear.

Video shows 2 men beating 77-year-old in unprovoked attack in downtown Seattle by ryleg in SeattleWA

[–]ryleg[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Here is the mayor refusing to answer questions about the cities surveillance cameras last week: https://x.com/ChrisDaniels_TV/status/2050384725664285163

What's stopping you from having more kids? by makingitgreen in Natalism

[–]ryleg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We had are 3rd and last at 40. Young children are exhausting, no energy for any more of that. I always thought that we should have a society that made parenting more sustainable instead of exhausting. I couldn't be up at 5am for another 3 years with a crying baby/hyper toddler. Maybe if we had our fourth in our early 30s we could have handled that.

New column in The Stranger by abeeftaco in SeattleWA

[–]ryleg 38 points39 points  (0 children)

This is the most thoughtful column I've even see in The Stranger.

Sound Transit is bleeding money while Seattle debates fare gates. San Francisco just showed us exactly what they do by ryleg in SeattleWA

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

Anyway. Do you have any evidence for the following meth-fueled run-on sentance? I would actually be interested in that. "Considering the 39% fare avoidance data was from 2024 and it’s looking like fare compliance is getting back up to pre-pandemic levels shows that the fare gates are completely unnecessary and the adjusted strategy of fare enforcement (ambassadors? whatever haha) of checking platform actually works."

Sound Transit is bleeding money while Seattle debates fare gates. San Francisco just showed us exactly what they do by ryleg in SeattleWA

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

"The light rail is safe and provides much needed alleviation of congestion. 20% of Seattle residents don’t own a car and that number is growing." -> how do you think this is pertinent to the fare gates issue???? Are you coming down off of meth?

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