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American politics

monkeybarry said:
Or.... maybe we didn't. Maybe we just kept electing them?!

On a bit of a tangent - there is a film on Amazon called Civil War. It's about the US in a modern day civil war
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You might be right. Marjorie Taylor Green looks a bit iffy.

Yeah I saw that movie a while back. Very good.
 
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ricky2tricky4city said:
What a dingdong

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I. Fair play to her for speaking up
II. The irony of Christianity defending gay and trans rights...
III. That does feel significant. Naturally there is a more extreme branch of Christianity in the US, but a vocal church standing up to Trump will be interesting as it will press buttons on the morality of Middle America
IV. Did Trump basically just say "are you not entertained?!" (Sorry, couldn't resist that! Too funny not to post. Albeit somewhat of a cheap joke)
 
Craig_J said:
As for the salute by Musk...

How insulting it is people say it is because he has Abergers


I don't for one second doubt that Musk has the condition and that it is somewhat responsible for a lot of his odness..

But in all his career he hasn't done this once...

I so hope someone is able to deubnk that and explain it away.

But it comes across as if he has chosen a huge moment to dog whistle...

And it is deplorable to blame it on neurovidversity.
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Agreed!!!!! I found that particular line appalling. Funny how manjy neurodivergent people I know (including my own daughter) who manage to go about their lives without thrusting their right arm straight at 11 o clock in an aggressive 'fashy' manner; how do they manage it I wonder? I suppose not being a Technocratic facist helps...
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
Unfortunately for humans the timing of social media turning up in our lives couldn't be worse.

Yes, one would think 'what a tool for connection, calibration, a vehicle for the hive mind'

But instead we have ....polarisation on virtually any subject you care to mention, evaporation of the middle ground, misinformation, critical thinking on its way out, long form discussion a thing of the past, an information feed on fast forward, time wasted on mind numbing brick, potential brain developmental issues for this generation of kids (yep the guys and girls who'll be in the thick of it in 20-30 years), and as we have seen, sovereign individuals using the (their) tool and placing themselves in control and/or with influence in the running of countries.

Certainly sounds like bad timing when there's an issue that will effect us ALL needs ALL to pay attention.
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Agree with all of this and would add that I think there have been brain development issues in the 40-somethings too. In fact, most people have suffered some form of brain stunting. I distinctly remember when I got my first iPhone (a week after they first came out) and I think it has certainly stunted me to some degree, as I have to practice mindfulness to do things which would've come naturally before i.e. put the thing down and read a book, etc, etc...
 
Grays_1890 said:
Why would he pardon that dark Web drug dealer?
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Because Donald says........

"The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me," Trump said in his post online on Tuesday evening. "He was given two life sentences, plus 40 years. Ridiculous!"

Ulbricht was found guilty of charges including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking.

During his trial, prosecutors said Ulbricht's website, hosted on the hidden "dark web", sold more than $200m (£131m) worth of drugs anonymously.

He ran Silk Road under the alias Dread Pirate Roberts, a reference to a character in the 1987 film The Princess Bride.

Prosecutors said he also solicited six murders-for-hire, including one against a former Silk Road employee, though they said no evidence existed that any killings were actually carried out.

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Land of the free................to do whatever the f.ck you want.
 
thfcsteff said:
Agree with all of this and would add that I think there have been brain development issues in the 40-somethings too. In fact, most people have suffered some form of brain stunting. I distinctly remember when I got my first iPhone (a week after they first came out) and I think it has certainly stunted me to some degree, as I have to practice mindfulness to do things which would've come naturally before i.e. put the thing down and read a book, etc, etc...
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100% agree Steff. You'd hope that people of an older age would know better or at least harbour an awareness of the effects that could be occurring. And at least we have a memory of 'how things used to be'.

Beyond the behavioural traits, I just think in adults it's the (type of) content consumed and the stark reality of how many people are open to manipulation and persuasion. How that external source has become their umbilical cord, exclusively feeding them, relentlessly ,having gained their undivided attention.
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
100% agree Steff. You'd hope that people of an older age would know better or at least harbour an awareness of the effects that could be occurring. And at least we have a memory of 'how things used to be'.

Beyond the behavioural traits, I just think in adults it's the (type of) content consumed and the stark reality of how many people are open to manipulation and persuasion. How that external source has become their umbilical cord, exclusively feeding them, relentlessly ,having gained their undivided attention.
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This all day. It's weird to see us living in a Vonnegut/Philip K dingdong/dingdongensian miss-mash world...
 
True to form Trump is gone after the bishop on Truth Social. This is an open goal for dems if they can just get their brick together. All they have to do is imagine what the GOP response would be and do that i.e. 24/7 outrage on all media platfoms calling him the devil incarnate (which is not far off anyway), tiki torch marches, mass prayer sessions, burning black people out of their houses (maybe leave that bit out) etc.
What they will do is the square root of fudge all.
 
Rorschach said:
True to form Trump is gone after the bishop on Truth Social. This is an open goal for dems if they can just get their brick together. All they have to do is imagine what the GOP response would be and do that i.e. 24/7 outrage on all media platfoms calling him the devil incarnate (which is not far off anyway), tiki torch marches, mass prayer sessions, burning black people out of their houses (maybe leave that bit out) etc.
What they will do is the square root of fudge all.
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He's not bashing the bishop is he? :)
 
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