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 ;)
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@BeAware@social.beaware.live
It's like saying everybody obeys gun laws since I've never been shot.
No, this is important because a lot of people in this platform don't realize how tenuous the privacy controls actually are. We really need to emphasize that so much on this platform is based on good faith expectation instead of actual engineered control.
People need to know how little guaranteed privacy they have here because people rely on the system that isn't actually nailed down.
@flyoverproj you are misunderstanding what I'm saying since what you are repeating back to me is not my position.
So, yeah.
@CodieneC the incredibly important thing to emphasize is that presidents don't have the authority to do that.
The way to counter #Trump is to point out what a failure he has been to his own cause, to his own supporters, as he has failed to live up to promise after promise because he made promises that were impossible to keep under the design of the US government.
We've only made him more electable by speaking as if he could do stuff like this, when he can't. We actually support him by buying into this sort of rhetoric.
If he gets reelected, it's because we played his game. We need to stop playing his game.
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@BeAware@social.beaware.live
We can see that blocks aren't honored by the protocol by the fact that people don't honor the blocks as they engage with the protocol.
Again you're misunderstanding what I'm saying.
I'm not deflecting criticism, I'm explaining why it's important to know your audience when you're trying to make an argument.
@BeAware@social.beaware.live
Right, and the standard is basically broadcasting for anyone listening, and that's my point.
@IAmDannyBoling Well that's not true.
They have not decided to act. They have not acted, as is the normal course of their operation.
That's just how the US judiciary system works. Go through their democratic process, the other branches, if you demand action.
@GNUmatic keep in mind that propublica is itself corrupt, with a long record of promoting conspiracy theories that get debunked long after publication, so you can't really trust them to speak about corruption.
@BeAware@social.beaware.live
You say If it's like a normal activitypub instance, but firstly there's the big if there, and secondly that assumes there is such a thing as a normal instance.
I'd say the whole point of a distributed system like this is to allow different instances to operate differently, not to be all under the same umbrella like the centralized social media platforms.
So basically, it's considered a feature that what you're talking about doesn't really exist.
Everybody needs to realize that anything they post on this platform is effectively public to anyone who wants to access it, including #threads
@JeremyMallin I mean, not all of us fall for the conspiracy theories...
@BohemianPeasant again, as an appeals court they would not hear a challenge to an executive order because that's not how that works.
The courts hear challenges to impacts, not orders.
Resignation? No. You have to know your audience so you can address them and see what you're working with, so you can move forward.
It's the opposite of resignation.
@BohemianPeasant firstly, that's not how the Court works.
Generally the Supreme Court is a court of appeals addressing questions related to lower courts' actions.
They do not decide whether an executive order stands. That's just now how the US legal system is designed.
But to the point: an EO banning abortion nation wide would not be a Comstock Act executive order since the Comstock Act does not ban abortion nation wide.
It's just fantasy nonsense to tie the two together.
@flyoverproj sadly, misinformation about the functioning of the SCOTUS, and the US Government in general, is absolutely rampant these days.
It's pretty safe to assume any audience is misinformed.
@BohemianPeasant no, the Comstock Act doesn't allow a president to ban abortion nation wide.
@PattyHanson that's not what happened, though.
SCOTUS did not grant Texas the authority of the US government. They cannot do that, and they did not do that.
Media outlets spreading that claim don't understand how the US legal system works, at best. Or maybe they do understand but they're more interested in getting clicks than accurate reporting.
@BohemianPeasant why?
The Atlantic is wrong and misleading readers. Quips about the traditional naming of legal documents is a distraction from that important point.
@BohemianPeasant but lots of opinions shopped around by outlets like The Atlantic are simply wrong and misleading.
And they need to be called out because too many in society act on the misinformation.
It's no excuse to hide behind the label "opinion"
@Free_Press never forget, though, that so many Trump supporters want to watch these fights play out, so their fundraising went exactly where they wanted it to go.
They weren't defrauded. They were knowingly buying admission to these wrestling matches.
So often people get distracted by yelling at #Trump and miss that the core problem is the people around us who want exactly this outcome, who want Trump to do exactly what he's doing.
Whether or not Trump is on the scene, that problem exists.
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
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