SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the obesity rate in the United States dropped last year for the first time in half a century."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/watch-rfk-jr-announces-obesity-rates-america-first/
Signs was better.
Masters of the Universe was better.
Sheep Detectives was better.
Disclosure Day starts off well, then weakens before ending with a face plant.
94% of jobs are going to only one gender. Systemic sexism or something else?
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/10/men-fall-behind-as-women-get-most-new-jobs/
"That's oligarch thinking... The hippie commune knew it in 72 hours. How long is it going to take everyone else?"
#Colorado's cost of living crisis feels entirely caused by the leftist government. My mortgage escrow is jumping $400 per month. Why? Higher taxes AND the cost of insurance is jumping because new regulations are increasing the cost of building in the state.
By the time I finish paying off my mortgage, my monthly cost may be the same as it was year 1, but just for taxes and insurance.
@light I know few people who are against immigration altogether, but I do know some, which is odd. I think it's likely a reaction to the American leftists/mainstream media dropping any distinction in how illegal immigration is talked about, just referring to 'immigrants.'
"Deportations without due process" seems to be a political (rather than factual) phrase that's only been used during the current administration. The same with "brutality against protestors." We fall prey to the availability heuristic here, rather than having any factual data to make any kind of comparison.
I do think back to the "kids in cages" that were popularized by american leftists during Trump's first term, with no attention paid to the fact that these were from Obama's administration.
Given the trend of political slogans being taken as actual fact, I think the honest assessment is something more like: "Well, my corporate news sources didn't broadcast this stuff when it was a president they liked."
Which while more honest is a pretty weak statement.
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I sure hope that #NorahODonnell is okay after getting attacked by #Trump, live on #60Minutes! Hopefully she isn't too badly hurt, and can return to her regular #CBSNews duties soon.
https://www.tvinsider.com/1260494/60-minutes-norah-odonnell-trump-interview-video-cbs/
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Reporter: Have you been able to determine whether the gunman fired shots? If so, how many shots he fired and who exactly? Whose bullet hit the agent?
Blanche: We’re still looking at that.
@light But back to the actual topic of the conversation, no, I wasn't being sarcastic. It is fascinating to interact with someone who in response to a video showing recent democrat presidents formally presenting the same policies that the current republican president is acting on is: That dems haven't changed, it's Republicans who have, and then throwing around fascism and brutality and so on.
It seems disconnected. Which IS fascinating to me. No sarcasm there.
If you showed me a video of Trump saying the opposite of what he's doing now and asked if he's changed... the obvious answer would either be "Yes" or at least something addressing the content of what was shared.
You didn't address the content... at all.
Very different approaches to interaction and thinking about things. Fascinating. Like I said.
@light Interesting take. Do you feel that sarcasm can not be used in a civil conversation?
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Strongly considering switching Mastodon instances. What are you on and do you recommend it?
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@ProfMJCleveland: "BREAKING — Everything the Iranian Government Says Is True and Everything the American Government Says Is a Lie, According to Multiple Sources in the Iranian Government."
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@DschlopesIsBack: "JUST IN: Party that started the KKK shockingly still funding the KKK [image]"
https://x.com/DschlopesIsBack/status/2047097931681972438
(H/T @instapundit RT )
"PNC Bank to lay off 777 from Lakewood facility" - The FirstBank HQ.
#Firstbank is no longer the "#Colorado bank for you."
Policy changes, surcharges, proactively closing customers accounts by taking all their funds in new fees meant it wasn't the bank for you.
I closed all of my accounts there, which had been open for decades.
Ends up that was all to make the books longer better for the merger.
Now that the merger is done, they're laying off nearly eight hundred Colorado staff.
They're not a bank for you. They're not a bank for Colorado.
Despite initial projections of meager growth, #Colorado lost 11,700 jobs in 2025—the first decline since 2010, outside of pandemic losses—according to revised state data released last week.
Since 2000, Colorado had only reported job losses during recessionary periods: the early-2000s dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis, and at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Though Colorado’s job growth of minus 0.4% fell below the U.S. average of about 0.1%, 27 other states lost jobs in 2025, and nine lost more than Colorado.
Nationally, the slowdown has been linked to factors like federal government downsizing, tech industry contraction, and high tariffs. A Broomfield economist suggests unsustainable state spending may have contributed to Colorado’s downturn.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/09/colorado-lost-jobs-and-saw-its-labor-force-decline-last-year/
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@DailySowell: "'A careful definition of words would destroy half the agenda of the political left and scrutinizing evidence would destroy the other half.'
— Thomas Sowell [image]"
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A bookstore is just a library that collects the overdue charges in advance.
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If you missed Easter Sunday, you can try again next weekend. Most Christian churches do something to commemorate the resurrection each Sunday.
https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116357968010746950 a post decrying that ICE is NOT separating children from their families.
"People under the age of 18 have often been held with their families..."
@redwhitebluedude I don't think Ellen ever gave up her citizenship. She just moved. Right?
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
