HostilePasta

joined 1 year ago
[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 22 points 8 hours ago

No way. The guy who said he'd give Netanyahu a blank check to destroy Gaza opposes Islam? Color me fucking shocked.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

"So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide."

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 weeks ago

No no, you don't understand. Just like imperialism, it's only bad when "the West" does it.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 weeks ago

This is exactly it for me. If you give me cash, I will appreciate it but just end up saving it. If you give me a gift card I will use it to buy something I wouldn't have otherwise.

Plus, you can be more intentional with gift cards. Was your dad talking about how much he'd like a new fishing pole? Getting him a gift card to an outdoors store shows you were paying attention. Maybe your wife really likes manicures but never gets them for herself. A gift card to a spa shows thought.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The entire US government is the image of war crimes they egged on, regardless of party. Don't act like you're not immediately a war criminal by becoming president. Trump is a war criminal. So is Biden, and Obama, and every president before then with precious few exceptions.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

led to them ordaining Biden

You understand he's not running now, right? The rest of the post is a non-sequitor because he's not the candidate now.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Similar to Harney Peak being renamed Black Elk Peak. Though Harney wasn't a Confederate, he did massacre Native American men, women, and children. Tribal/indigenous naming is so much better.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Fuck dude, it's all so goddamned depressing. The only sliver of hope I have is that I can pass my knowledge to my kids and teach them better much younger. Hopefully enough people do this sort of thing that we might finally pull ourselves out of our bullshit ignorance. I know it's worth nothing, but I'm sorry all the same.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think you're correct. We were taught about manifest destiny but not the genocide of Native Americans, and that's just one instance of the institutionalized racism we were taught was good. SO MANY PEOPLE never grew out of that or tried to be better.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

I was also gifted firearms as a child. They were kept inside a locked safe that I didn't have the combination for when not being used for hunting or target shooting. As much as I enjoy guns, hunting, and shooting, I can also see that responsibility goes beyond "it's guaranteed in the constitution" or equivalent bullshit.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago

Drag queen story times are of the devil! ( The Christians say while attending church where someone dresses up and reads stories).

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Except responsible gun owners wouldn't buy their child a gun and give them access to it whenever they please. Any firearms I may or may not possess would be locked in a safe which no one but any spouse I may hypothetically have had access to. Unfortunately I lost all my firearms in a tragic boating accident a few years back.

What I'm trying to say is that, while the government shouldn't be allowed to come check that people have their guns locked up when not in use, there should absolutely be repercussions for anyone found to not be doing so.

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