Pulpachair
20d ago
I would include a third constituency - those who find his antics juvenile, appalling and unbecoming of the Presidency, but who dislike/distrust the Democrats more.
Pulpachair
23d ago
It’s a quote from the parable of the talents, and is definitely meant to be from God saying that Charlie lived a righteous life and is now with God. That meaning will be patently obvious to any practicing Christian, and pretty clear to those of us exposed to a lot of the Christian memetic superstructure in American culture.
It’s a bit surprising to me that it’s non-obvious to you. That’s not meant as a criticism, more as an acknowledgment of my own blind spots. I suppose that the superstructure has significantly eroded over the last 50 years to the point that even the most basic points of the Christian memeplex are no longer part of the general culture.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
Social autoimmune disorder
Death by a holier than thousand cuts
Snitches need witches
Ouroboros to death
Pulpachair
1mo ago
It’s a common tool for things like snake training your dog. A dog’s prey instinct and natural curiosity can get it killed or maimed in a number of ways, so it CAN be useful as a training tool to help stop dangerous behavior.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
I would say it is more akin to slapping a child when you’re short-tempered and they are chewing loudly. Even then, you can explain things to the child later. The dog is just going to be confused by the pain and learn nothing except to fear its owner.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
Shock collars can be a useful training tool in extreme cases when normal tools are ineffective. But they have to be used in close temporal proximity to the bad behavior and coupled with other methods of training and positive reinforcement. The goal is always to move away from a shock collar as soon as possible.
What happened in the video was pretty much the opposite of effective use of a shock collar. He administers the shock for a fairly minor and random bit of animal behavior that isn’t putting the dog or person at risk, he administers the shock too late, it is not accompanied by clear warning or commands. From the dog’s perspective, this is just pain being inflicted at random. It is not meaningful cruelty, but meaningless. Piker gets angry and hurts the dog.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
It's utterly mind-boggling to me that someone would judge an entire country based on such superficial criteria, but, here we are.
Oh! Now I understand why no one likes the English.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
The entirety of the far left in the US is smaller than the lizardman constant when compared to the entire populace, so it’s hard to say. Honestly, it may have been limited to just some of the extreme radicals and nutters, but it wasn’t nonexistent.
Bernadine Dohrn of the Weatherman Underground (now a law professor with some influence on Barack Obama when he was starting his career) praised the murders. There were groups of supporters at the trial who shaved their heads and drew X on their foreheads as signs of support.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
The Manson murders were in 1969, and were rather infamously celebrated by portions of the far left at the time.
I think this monstrous impulse has always been there, but Twitter/social media generally tears away the walls that protect people from their neighbors’ sociopathic moments.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
He should have added a toll gate.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
Kimmel’s Karl Malone sketches were also a sword of Damocles for his career during the awokening, which made sure he stayed on the vanguard of the left.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
But if it’s not an actionable defamation, where is the financial pressure on ABC to preempt the case by firing Kimmel? There wasn’t even a threat of an organized advertiser boycott yet. The affiliate revolt and threat from the FCC appear to be the only real pressure.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
It’s not actionable, though. Even if a discrete class exists, how would they show measurable reputational harm from the lie?
Pulpachair
1mo ago
Colbert’s show has been losing money for years. I suspect Kimmel and other late night shows are as well. This may have just been giving Disney an excuse to do what they wanted to do anyway.
Really, really don’t like that the FCC threatened licenses and then this happens.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
I don’t believe this is common among Democrats.
Unless they’re jewish on the wrong side on Palestine.
Pulpachair
1mo ago
Not for nothing, but the Salt Lake Tribune is pretty notoriously one-sided in its political slant. Think New York Times or Washington Post, but without all the attempts at balance and editorial oversight. The article lists a bunch of things tying Zinn to republicans and sort of glazes over the things tying him to local Democrats. For example, the 2019 protest where he was arrested was a left-leaning protest over environmental issues. If I had to put money on it, I’d say he’s an opportunistic loon.
Pulpachair
2mo ago
Minor nit. “Con” as a shortened form of confidence game or man didn’t appear in the vernacular until the late 1800s. Vox is probably wrong about that reading of the spelling.
Pulpachair
2mo ago
Does the analogy still hold if it’s your son who dynamites the house because he is seeking your approval?
Pulpachair
2mo ago
Thanks for the correction. Updated.
Shooter is in custody. News conference ongoing. Turned in by his dad.
Edit: Antifa, trans furry and Helldiver 2 messages on the bullet casings. Guessing that this moves toward treating Antifa as a domestic terror org.
Pulpachair
2mo ago
Is there a case to be made for canceling in this particular circumstance? Contrast with Brendan Eich who was cancelled for donating to the wrong side of a roughly 50/50 split issue. The cancellation was a flex by the left. The right objected because Eich played by the rules and got cancelled anyway.
Cheering on and excusing political assassinations against peaceful political opponents should not be within the Overton window of a civilization. Enforcing a norm against that seems justifiable, though definitely in danger of being a slippery slope.
Pulpachair
2mo ago
Does supplying certain “less bad” drug cartels with arms and intelligence count? I would think so.
Pulpachair
2mo ago
Just a lot of recording, playback, and tweaks until you get it right.
Pulpachair
5mo ago
Only Nixon could go to China and only Obama could do kids in cages without the left losing their shit.
Maybe not, but it closes the gap considerably.
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