Celestial-body-NOS
Supra tumulum tuum, astra nobis.
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Celestial-body-NOS
Supra tumulum tuum, astra nobis.
2d ago
I got him to kill six kids and then off himself! Top that!
Crowley: replaces customer support with dodgy LLM chatbots
Celestial-body-NOS
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3d ago
Or August 1914; "Our boys will be home by Christmas."
Celestial-body-NOS
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3d ago
lowering temperature is a billion times harder
The kabbalistic implications are obvious.
Celestial-body-NOS
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3d ago
...or maybe he had some beef with German high-speed trains?
Celestial-body-NOS
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4d ago
"throwing something out the window", which was probably cigarette butts
A crime on which we are too lenient.
Celestial-body-NOS
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4d ago
Yes, and?
AND, it is an act of injustice for society to demand such.
Celestial-body-NOS
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9d ago
The best illustration of a microagression I know of was in a Garfield comic, in which a television host asked his two-headed guest whether he had ever heard the expression "Two heads are better than one", to which the guest responded "Ever hear it eight gazillion times a day!?".
The Dixie chick's were never censored...Some of their fans didn't buy more CDs.
That's not how I remember it; I recall that 'Clear Channel' EDIT: 'Cumulus' radio removed them from the airwaves, many people sent them nasty letters, and one pundit told them to "shut up and sing" (how would that work, even?).
Celestial-body-NOS
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11d ago
some hatred cannot be negotiated with
But Mr Kirk could be! That was his whole thing!
Celestial-body-NOS
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12d ago
The problem is that, for the left, fascists and Nazis are the worst thing they can think of--secular counterparts to demons and devils. There is nothing redeemable about Nazis, and they shall be given no quarter. They are like orcs and goblins, enemies you can kill without moral qualms. They are not to be humanized, sympathized with, or shown in any way to be reasonable. Nazis are the villains of your story when you just need someone for the good guy to punch and shoot. Violence against Nazis is always righteous. This is the only culture I have ever known, and this messaging about Nazis has been drummed into me and everyone else by decades of movies, books, TV shows, videogames, and whatever else.
From UNSONG, by Scott Alexander, (interlude ח):
But – okay, personal disclosure time. When I was little, six or seven, I thought Nazis were a kind of fictional monster. You’d see movies where the heroes fought zombies. You’d see movies where the heroes fought vampires. And then you’d see other movies where the heroes fought Nazis. Zombies spoke with a silly slow droning voice and said BRAAAAAINS a lot. Vampires spoke with a silly Eastern European accent and said “I VANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD” a lot. Nazis spoke with a silly German accent and said “HEIL HITLER” a lot. Zombies dressed in ragged clothes that were falling apart. Vampires dressed in stylish black capes. Nazis dressed in brown uniforms with snazzy red armbands. In any case, the point was that they were this weird subspecies of humanity that didn’t follow normal rules, that was out to kill everybody for unspecified reasons, and you could shoot them without feeling guilty.
The trouble with otherising the Nazis is that one then fails to notice when one is making the same mistakes that led Germany down that skull-lined path.
their version of a Nazi is likely worse than the real Nazis were
Certainly doesn't leave any room for an Oskar Schindler or a John Rabe.
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17d ago
Either you believe trans women are women or you believe trans women are men.
I believe that whether a transwoman is a man or a woman depends on why you're asking.
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20d ago
...until the neighbour of whichever country to which he moves decides that they would like more clay....
Celestial-body-NOS
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20d ago
If he ends the war, and loses ground, there's a good chance he doesn't live for very long afterwards.
The war ending with territorial gains by Russia leads to a greater likelihood of further wars of territorial aggression, which in turn leads to a greater likelihood of a Third World War.
Therefore, if Mr Zelensky ends the war and loses ground, there's a good chance none of us live for very long afterwards.
Celestial-body-NOS
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22d ago
Something about leopards and faces....
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25d ago
People are concerned about Trump doing the fake version of fascism ... because they think it's the real version of fascism ....
Or they're concerned that the former is a Camel's Nose for the latter.
Counter-offer: You concede that most Communists were, even at their worst, less evil than the Nazis, and I will acknowledge that some Communists were as evil as the Nazis (e. g. the Khmer Rouge).
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