ExFed

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[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

That's how cults do their work. They convince people that what they're doing is perfectly normal and okay. Stop the negative thoughts. Don't question your leader. Your leader would never lie to you. Other people want to poison your mind. You're the normal one, everybody else is crazy. Don't leave or bad things will happen...

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

It's sorta like how "Christmas season" feels earlier and earlier every year... I'm a Grinch until Thanksgiving, and a patriotic non-partisan until Independence Day, thank you very much.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago

Like, I know the "no ragerts" thing is funny and all ... but this is legit a great take. I wish more people took this approach. Take the small failures in stride.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Not to attribute too much credence to the phrase, but I think it's worth considering "there's no such thing as bad publicity." Maybe the free publicity isn't so bad for Biden, no matter the light, because it's time not spent broadcasting his opponent's name into people's ears.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

There's a "block user" feature in Lemmy. It's useful in situations like these. Some people never learn the limits of vulgarity.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Pretty sure they're either a troll or wildly ignorant. Either way, it's probably safe to just ignore them.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unless you're willing to claim we're in a civil war, then I'm not willing to call Republicans "the enemy" ... That's that the real enemies of America want of us: to divide and conquer from within.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I think you're just projecting your own beliefs onto him.

That's fair; my statement was pretty strong. But I think we can agree that by comparison Biden cares more about it than his opponent, a known insurrectionist.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 30 points 3 months ago (19 children)

Yes, because he actually cares about what the Constitution stands for, not just some adversarial power game. Claim the paradox of tolerance all you want, but fighting fire with fire here is just participating in the same race to the bottom that's destroying our democracy here in the USA.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How can a group of people give that to other people, when you don't mean equal rights?

Because the point of the post is mental health, not the merits of egalitarianism. I just wanted to point out that, for the gross majority of human history, men's muscles and reproductive expendability were uniquely valuable traits. With automation and intellectual pursuits, those traits aren't quite so necessary.

Or am I misunderstanding?

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