Schadrach

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[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

They're marching in the hopes that someone will attack them in a fashion they cannot reasonably flee from? Or does Ohio have stand your ground and we could knock the part about fleeing off?

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 hours ago

Pardon them for what? Unless their possessing firearms wasn't in line with the law, or that "physical altercation" mentioned that questioning apparently went nowhere reemerges as a thing then I don't know what they'd need pardoned for based on the article.

The marching with Nazi shit and spewing whatever hateful bullshit is protected speech, because speech protections in the US are extremely broad.

And that's before getting into whether or not the hypothetical crime is federal (which he could hypothetically pardon) or state (which he can't).

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago

It literally seems like he's just picking a mix of Republicans who are most notorious on social media and people who would make Putin the most happy, so you're not wrong but I don't think it's the actual criterion he's using.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All the more reason to angle for approval voting instead. It's much easier to explain to folks - you just pick everyone you're OK with winning, and whoever gets the most votes wins. No spoiler effect since there's nothing to spoil, dead simple to explain to folks, no moving votes around or instant runoffs or any of that, fully inclusive of third parties and already supported by the voting machines you already have.

You only want Trump, just pick Trump. You want anyone outside the main parties, check every box except Harris and Trump. You want anyone but Trump, check every box but Trump. You just don't want candidate in Russia's pocket, check every box except Trump and Stein. Etc, etc.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago

And same for the boys. By saying such dumb things so publicly at such a young age, will they face repercussions from their peers and get inoculated against manoshere-type-misogyny? Or will those beliefs become more ingrained in them and become a core piece of their identity?

Honestly, it will probably do little or nothing. A lot of adolescent boys make a habit of saying whatever they think is shocking and will get a reaction, and kids that age in general try ideas on like they're changing clothes. It's just generally not going to "stick" in the way you think. Once the next shocking thing comes along they'll drop it and probably never think of it again until it's 2040 and they think back about what idiots they were as kids.

Although in the era of social media, they may never get the chance to do so.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago

I think nowadays they just use Facebook groups to shame men they don't like. Are We Dating the Same Guy is the usual name for them.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

...and they did this because they'd agreed not to do superdelegates in 2020 which meant they couldn't use the same levers they'd been wielding in 2016 and before to put a thumb on the scale.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And it will be the greatest book you have ever read, just so bigly yuge, tremendous! Not like those Democrats and their small books, with the tiny writing and confusing words and no pictures.

...I tried. Just imagine the pitch gradually increasing and the first part being all enthusiastic, then him dropping to a low pitch and trying to sound all grave for the second sentence. Someone else better at channeling orange asshole-ese?

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Was there a single state, where the popular vote was for Bernie but the super delegates swept in and gave it Hillary instead?

Mine. West Virginia. Hillary got 35% of the primary vote while Bernie only got 51% and therefore she got one more delegate than Bernie. She literally only ever needed 30% of the primary vote in any state because of superdelegates.

We had a local candidate who only ran in WV, whose whole purpose for running was to try to draw national attention to economically gutted regions of the state caused by the so-called war on coal who got 9% of the vote, and even he managed to outperform Hillary in one county (taking second, because Bernie won every county in WV) - when you're behind a protest candidate anywhere, you done fucked up.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 days ago

My point was there was lots of space in which to be anti-feminist which doesn't mean "based in the idea that women shouldn’t be equal to men", because defining feminism as the idea than men and women should be equal and thus anti-feminism as the opposite of that is grossly ignoring the difference between dictionary definitions and practice.

It's like saying someone is anti-Christian means that they hate their neighbors and oppose charity and community, and just ignoring all the things done by people placing themselves under that label allegedly in the name of that label.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

Keep in mind, reasonable force might include running away.

Depends on the state. If you're in a Stand Your Ground state, there's no duty to flee. If you aren't, then you probably have a duty to flee an attacker if possible, unless this is at your house, they have entered your home illegally and refuse to leave.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

ghee or clarified butter, both of which

I thought ghee was clarified butter?

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