volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
@patamystic Well I think the two options are just fundamentally different with different meanings.
I reply when I want to engage the person I'm replying to, but I quote boost when I want to build on something to a broader audience, especially when I don't want to actively engage the original author.
@olives a lot of it has to do with the voting system used in the US and the federal structure that's presidential instead of parliamentary.
Thanks to the way it's organized voters will naturally tend to organize themselves into two parties to avoid wasting of votes.
@jmcrookston Oh yeah I would point out how stupid and incoherent he is. I just wouldn't waste time trying to find meaning that probably doesn't exist, in part because that detracts from the lack of meaning.
It actually kind of helps him out. If he can't barf out coherent sentences, why should we pretend that his brain is functioning enough to do so?
Really that's what we're working with. He just ran a campaign saying that the other guy doesn't have a functional brain, let's not pretend that Trump does any better than that.
@Ryan it could be that they are thinking about the laffer curve and just trying to protect revenues regardless of votes.
Honestly, there's no sense trying to parse what he's saying. That gives him too much respect, too much credit. Just say he vomited something new out today and move on.
No, #Trump didn't blame yesterday's crash on #DEI during his press conference today. What he did was much more obscene: since he didn't make the causal connection, that means he used the occasion to politicize a tragedy to go off on a different political tangent that rambled out into the utterly bizarre as he started reading off of his printed out papers.
When folks say things like Trump blamed DEI, that only increases his support among voters who are obsessed with taking down DEI. Don't give him that. Just be honest that he spewed a bunch of garbage and politicized a tragedy.
After all, misrepresenting Trump in ways favorable to his base is part of how we got him reelected in the first place. If we were honest about him, even his own supporters would reject him.
@heafnerj Well the US government is really set up the other way around the president can't do anything unless authorized by law.
Basically, everything is assumed to be illegal unless legalized, and yes there is an enumerated list, it's the the US code.
For better or worse, it is a long list.
@heafnerj Well the US government is really set up the other way around the president can't do anything unless authorized by law.
Basically, everything is assumed to be illegal unless legalized, and yes there is an enumerated list, it's the the US code.
For better or worse, it is a long list.
It's funny that everybody seems to be claiming #Trump is blaming the crash on different things, almost like it doesn't matter what Trump actually said, people are just writing whatever headline they think is going to get the most clicks.
This is probably the fourth different claim I've seen in the last couple of hours.
@Tharpa four years of Democratic power suggests that maybe Trump wasn't the cause.
We'll never push Democrats to improve if we don't hold them accountable for what they did in power, and for choosing candidates so awful that they lost the biggest election to a felon.
@billyjoebowers I mean, or start yelling at your representatives to fix the laws that they are enforcing.
And consider electing someone different. We keep reelecting the same representatives who fail us.
@XenoPhage Tillis is one of the dumbest politicians I've ever seen voted into office.
No sense trying to look for, well, sense, out of him.
@cdarwin Well that's a bit hysterical.
No, The two aren't the same so this ends up coming across as sensationalism from HRW. It only serves to undermine the brand.
@Lana he didn't, though.
@chasewnelson did he actually suggest that? Because so far people making that claim have produced clips saying different things, and that seems significant.
If you have the clip where he actually suggests that please share it, because so far people are not backing up what they're saying.
@Tharpa I mean, anyone the president hires works for the president. That's just how the system is set up.
It's how we hold the president accountable, and impeachable, for the actions of his branch of government.
@MadeyeTheCarnaptious What?
It seems like FAA regulations dictate that the crash was caused by the military helicopter, based on the ATC recordings that are out there.
It seems like this should be without controversy.
There are certainly questions about why the helicopter caused the crash, but it seems pretty clear that the helicopter caused the crash.
@someGuyNick he did! Multiple times!
@MaxPow3r11 when I look at the video, that's not what it looks like to me.
So all these people yelling about Musk giving Nazi salutes... I actually end up being a little worried about why the accusers seem awfully eager to associate with Nazi stuff.
It's like a Rorschach exam, and you're awfully interested in projecting fascist stuff.
@servelan geez, Klobuchar comes across as unhinged in this.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
