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
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While I have no love for Trump, and will be quick to admit he is the worst president we ever had, the truth is, the electoral college is important. The main issues with it that I have personally are the changes that were made to laws around how the electorate can choose to vote. But the fundamental principle of the electoral college was a positive one in its original form.
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Men are actually more disadvantaged than women in most developed countries - new study https://on.rt.com/9lu8
The terrible horrible no good very bad 2018 in review:
After withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, the U.S. exceeded the annual percentage of carbon reductions of most countries that are part of the agreement.
#uspol #impeachnow
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/04/the-facts-show-the-us-actually-had-a-pretty-good-year-in-2018/
The terrible horrible no good very bad 2018 in review:
"In 2018, unemployment fell to a near-record peacetime low of 3.7 percent. That’s the lowest U.S. unemployment rate since 1969. Black unemployment hit an all-time low in 2018."
Is this good? Oil will continue to be used, is it good for the US to lead in its production - perhaps there will be a greater emphasis on doing it as well and as clean as possible here in contrast to middle east counties and Russia?
"In December, the United States reached a staggering level of oil production, pumping some 11.6 million barrels per day. For the first time since 1973, America is now the world’s largest oil producer."
Instead of nightmares, I have a kiddo who says "night mirrors" which really seems like a more accurate term.
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Remember, one of the reasons we hate Trump is his uncouth, uncivil tone.
Rashida Tlaib’s First Day in Congress: ‘We’re Gonna Impeach the Motherf**ker.’
"Young girls like my daughter and niece now have officials they can see & aspire to be like one day!" - seen on the Twitters
This. Must. Be. Stopped. Impeach now.
Last month, [the number of employed Americans] grew to a record 156,945,000, a gain of 4,869,000 in two years.
At the same time, the number of unemployed Americans increased by 276,000 last month, to 6,294,000, as more people were actively looking for work but had not found a job...
In December, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose 11 cents to $27.48. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 84 cents, or 3.2 percent...
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DuckDuckGo served over 9 Billion private searches in 2018 (and is on pace to shatter that record in 2019)!
Despite our traffic growth, though, the number of personal profiles we store remains unchanged.
It's still zero.
https://duckduckgo.com/traffic
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1080837949779034112
18 deaths now at the southern border under a single administration.
"The reviews of these 18 detainees’ deaths demonstrate that the US government continues to fail to ensure that all detention facilities provide adequate health care to immigrants in detention. This failure is all the more egregious because many people in immigration detention should not be there to begin with...
The Obama administration should take immediate action... "
#uspol
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/07/07/us-deaths-immigration-detention#
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RT @thehuli@twitter.com
How is complaining about cultural appropriation any different from telling people, "Act your race and keep to your own kind"? And how is that any different from how actual white supremacists would talk?
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Well that's that. Trump isn't literally Hitler, he's WORSE than Hitler because he supports fracking. Imagine how things would have gone in Hitler was focused on energy instead of murdering millions.
Thanks Noam.
@stsmith .. journalists continue to drop the ball.
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#mastodon makes the internet fun again, we need more places like this online. Places to have adventures and explore.
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I'm old enough to remember 5 minutes ago when Michael Moore's allies bemoaning how uncouth and inappropriate it was to express a desire to see one's political opponents locked up. When they were aghast at the idea of questioning the integrity of a presidential election, etc.
No integrity, maybe among public figures on all sides. May we the people do better and not condemn in others that which we cheer in our own.
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-moore-trump-family-2019-indicted-1274541
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google working toward unilateral control of the web
amazon working toward unilateral control of commerce
facebook working toward unilateral control of data
kinda makes you think, don't it
amazon working toward unilateral control of commerce
facebook working toward unilateral control of data
kinda makes you think, don't it
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The longer I've followed the news, the more of it reads like nonsense to me. It's mostly just a heap of non-newsworthy stuff presented as if it actually matters.
It's the same with political debate, really. It doesn't really matter what arguments are presented, because I've heard most of them before, and they didn't convince me the first time either.
When you boil down politics to its essentials, it's all just a big game of justifying various feelings. You present an argument, but it's just a decoy for your true feelings. Defeating the decoy doesn't change those feelings; it merely forces the person to find a new decoy argument for the same feelings that didn't go away. The only way of resolving such conflicts is to vote according to your conviction, or if that isn't enough for you, go to war over it.
In my opinion, personal experiences can change political convictions. If you're anti-gay, discovering that your beloved son is gay might trigger a change of heart. If you can't stand black people, positive experiences with black people might make you feel otherwise. Living in a properly functioning social democracy might make you change your views on socialism.
Arguing on the Internet is usually a rather futile exercise. When I share things on here, they're more like conclusions than the beginning of a debate. I have reached that stage of life where I'm fairly settled, perhaps even a bit stubborn, in my ways.
It's the same with political debate, really. It doesn't really matter what arguments are presented, because I've heard most of them before, and they didn't convince me the first time either.
When you boil down politics to its essentials, it's all just a big game of justifying various feelings. You present an argument, but it's just a decoy for your true feelings. Defeating the decoy doesn't change those feelings; it merely forces the person to find a new decoy argument for the same feelings that didn't go away. The only way of resolving such conflicts is to vote according to your conviction, or if that isn't enough for you, go to war over it.
In my opinion, personal experiences can change political convictions. If you're anti-gay, discovering that your beloved son is gay might trigger a change of heart. If you can't stand black people, positive experiences with black people might make you feel otherwise. Living in a properly functioning social democracy might make you change your views on socialism.
Arguing on the Internet is usually a rather futile exercise. When I share things on here, they're more like conclusions than the beginning of a debate. I have reached that stage of life where I'm fairly settled, perhaps even a bit stubborn, in my ways.
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I have a theory that the popularity of the super hero genre of movies is the (mostly) complete escape of the mind-numbing wall-to-wall SJW/NPC regurgitation you get 24/7 - 365.
We'll see if Captain Marvel refrains from being "preachy" and is a success like Black Panther... or if is succumbs to SJW/NPC madness and ends up like Solo - A (boring) Star Wars Story.
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
