psvrh

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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Remember they made the Democratic Party primaries less democratic after Carter was elected because he was too left wing. And they’ve only been able to nominate neoliberals since.

It's amazing that a naval officer/peanut entrepreneur/devout Christian was "too left wing", especially since he got beat by a Hollywood union boss from California.

Mind you, we just had an anti-elite rebellion led by a thrice-divorced billionaire failson of a New York City real estate magnate.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago

No less than The Economist uses the BMI ("Big Mac Index") to compare economies.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I was going to say, this is how we get "I am Legend".

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 48 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The correct response is "If I'm going to jail because abortion is murder, I may as well kill my rapist"

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The people complaining about intolerance are themselves intolerant.

Umm, yes. That's the point.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Middle-aged white men have a lot of privilege. It's time we used it for good.

Is this white-saviour and/or patriarchial? Yup. Does it work? Also yup.

I don't know if we all realize this, but some shitlord being told "What the fuck is wrong you?!" cuts deeper when it comes from someone who looks like their dad, granddad, or their boss.

I'm a 47-year old white guy in a leadership position in a large company. I've done exactly this to both young-millenial edgelord types who think I'm in on the joke, and boomer or elder-Xers who are yelling at clouds. I will tell you that, not only does it smack down the dipshit who thought that "lol rape" or "brown people bad" was funny, it also sets the tone for everyone else in the room, and it gets word around that bigotry isn't acceptable.

Anyone can say this, but it hits harder when it's someone privileged. Women, LGBTQ folk and other vulnerable groups don't have this privilege, and get shut down, and if we don't want that to be the case, we need to speak up for them.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cellebrite isn't American.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Representives Omar and Tlaib would disprove that point.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ugh. That episode hits hard this week

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago

As a slow cyclist, I'd totally wear this.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

MAPA

Make Polio Great Again

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We used to have progressive income taxes that did this.

Reagan, Thatcher and their ilk pulled them because "trickle down, a rising tide lifts all boats, thousand points of light, blah blah blah"

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