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
uspol, coalition, media
The new administration transition team is a coalition team including 2 who ran for the presidency in the Democrat Primary?
Tulsi got more support from Democrats than Harris in the 2020 primary, RFK took a shot at the primary which Harris avoided. This is weird. It doesn't seem divisive, it seems like a coalition. That doesn't match the media narrative. Could the media narrative be wrong?
"Other transition team members include Vice President-elect JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-transition-team-reveals-whats-next-after-historic-victory
uspol, hate, anger, love
What are the chances that post-election Americans will look at their neighbours and consider they may not be the embodiment of pure evil, but neighbours with diversity of background, experience, priorities, and ideas?
The seething hate for the majority of voting Americans who just elected both a president and vice president who are both married to immigrants is.. unhealthy and possibly unsustainable.
In a healthy way we can reconsider our hatred for each other, be gracious, kind, and learn to love our neighbours. Or the growing hate will explode, damaging relationships at a minimum and possibly actual lives. Anger and hate are not far from murder.
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell." - Jesus, Mt 5.
Trump election
These wild eyed "apocalyptically bad" predictions...
Like many times divorced Trump outlawing divorce?!...
Are on the one hand hilarious because they're so divorced from reality (pardon the pun) but also tragically sad that people have themselves bought into this disconnect from reality and are in psychological anguish because they've bought the big lie that anyone not a Democrat is the embodiment of evil. It's like a mass psychosis. What a world.
Trump election
SecondJon
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I genuinely hope that you guys having mental breakdowns over #Trump winning are doing better in a month or two.
SecondJon
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Don't blame the voters.
Obviously there are plenty of bigots in the GOP base, but many of them are simply ignorant or outright misinformed by the media they consume.
It's literally the job of a campaign to gain more votes than their opponent. Accepting the border hysteria, not distancing from the incumbent, flopping on progressive policies like single payer, caring more about getting Rep votes and taking dem. ones for granted, misogynists didn't do that. The Kamala Harris campaign did that.
uspol, evil, faith
Seeing posts of people being scared, broken, paralyzed, angry from the news that democracy worked today - votes were peacefully cast and counted - but their preferred candidate lost.
We place too much faith in our politicians and our government. We all get emotional about things we're invested in. Fair enough.
But the core problem in society is sin; and no government or politician can fix that.
"the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart" - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Government can't fix these problems. It's a form of idolatry to believe it can. Folks from all sides can easily fall into this, as our hearts are idol making machines.
@UptownGirl only 14 minutes from now until 3am eastern time...
uspol
History question... Have we ever had a president AND vice president both married to immigrants?
@theintercept real clear politics called it as well. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/live_results/2024/president/
SecondJon
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Mark Cuban, congratulate Donald Trump.
#trumpPresident #donaldtrump #electionnight #trump2024
uspol
And... they're calling it. Just a few outlets so far. Others still have #Trump at 230, 246,247, 267.
Trump is winning both the electoral college and the popular vote, and is winning in all yet-to-be-called swing states.
Interesting to see the different outlets calling states very differently. American conservatives seem to be overconfident given the surprises the last 2 elections.
8 years ago we watched melt-downs on live TV as Clinton lost to Trump. 4 years ago we went to bed thinking Trump had won and work up with states having flipped in the night.
SecondJon
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When I first came to the U.S. 12 years ago I was annoyed that everyone was telling me that this is the greatest country in the world. Now I am tired of hearing that this is the worst country in the world.
It’s true that this country has only extremes
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Most software devs are not hired to reinvent the wheel. It's a difficult temptation to fight because we all have the confidence that we could build a better wheel. And we lose focus on delivering business value to spin our wheels.
Repost this if you voted for #Harris in both the primary and the general election.
When I read 1984 and the Two Minutes Hate, I didn't expect that to one day be the entirety of a presidential campaign. Yet here we are.
"The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Minutes_Hate
#uspol #1984
Today at the eve of the Era of Joy with President Kamala Harris's election victory I am dedicating this day to one final total mocking of Donald Tr...
@steele If the only option is to vote on one day that would make sense... Here in Colorado, everyone is mailed their ballot and has two weeks to return it or vote in person, so a holiday to show people to vote doesn't seem necessary.
I'm not sold on ranked choice voting. Maybe I just don't understand it enough, I keep thinking of scenarios where one party locks in the general election ballot, or the worst choice wins.
@darthstar and also if he wins he'll prosecute his political opponents and put them in jail, amiright?
@duanegran feeling like I'd seen a few, I took thirty seconds and found a lot. Here's a few to get started...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/opinion/trump-age-decline-behavior.html
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/30/trump-would-make-history-inaugurated-age-78-busy-s/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/06/16/how-old-is-donald-trump/7615888001/
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
