“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” former acting homeland security secretary Benjamine Huffman said in a statement announcing the new policy. “The Fuckhead administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.”

Man, I hate religion as much as the next sane person, but aside from institutional diddling, I don’t think that’s where criminals are hanging out.

Well then, carry on tilting at windmills and not getting a damn thing changed. For what it’s worth, I am no communist, just a strong believer that ludicrous wealth inequality is the leading indicator in a society’s dysfunction. If you feel the need, and actually believe, that almost 1/2 of the population of the US hasn’t been fucked by the 1%ers as well, then I guess we’ll just disagree. I wish you luck in your quest.

Anything other than class warfare is a distraction. If you drive through the rustbelt, the South, or many other parts of the country, the average white man hasn’t had it great compared to the 1%. We can argue about levels, but we’ve all been getting fucked by the boys at the top.

Man, forcibly exile me back to my grandparents’ Scandinavian village. Please.

I need to force myself to rewatch it. I watched it when it first came out and laughed my ass off. Then I watched it again about 10 years ago and didn’t laugh as much. It wasn’t a stretch anymore.

Honestly, the thread made for an interesting read. That person was like when you’re so angry you can’t even comprehend what the other person is saying. Or a troll, but it seemed more heartfelt than trolly. Either way, unwell is as accurate a keyboard assessment as I could come up with.

Well, from context it should be pretty clear. Sure, you’d need labels if you’re submitting it for a formal paper or something, but for a comment on Lemmy, seems pretty…I don’t know…petty.

Not Vim? WTF?

Have you seen these voters’ fucking voting record?

This shit show is no joke, but I can’t stop laughing. Every day. It’s all just so unbelievably (yet somehow easily predicted as well) stupid.

…I thought it was don’t vote for Harris? And yippee, it sure is great that you couldn’t be fucked to vote for the lesser of two evils. Although maybe the current burn-it-all-to-the ground (focused on both Gaza and the US), will allow some type of phoenix resurrection in a few decades. I guess time will tell if your one-issue non-voting really made a difference or not. Short term, pretty obvious fuck-up, but long term you might have been onto something all along.

I thought zionism was a belief that Israel should exist.

From WordNet ® 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

Zionism

n 1: a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine

2: a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine [syn: {Zionism}, {Zionist movement}]

therefore I’ve always taken anyone who says,“I’m not antisemetic, I just think Israel shouldn’t exist (IE, anti-zionist)” is a closet antisemite at best. Like a smug dork saying,“I’m not Republican, I’m Libertarian!” And I don’t really thinks it’s a game of semantics. It is semantics.

I can say that I really think the current Israeli gov’t should be exiled on St. Helena and not allowed to leave or communicate forever, but that doesn’t mean I’m anti-zionist. People who are anti-zionist seem to only have a selective and limited knowledge of a few thousand years of the history of the area.

Edit: Wow. A lot of “fuck the Jews” (historically from the area and persecuted in every surrounding country). Also a lot of “no, that means what I want it to mean, not what the word’s definition is”. Very right wingy. One of the topics I once again failed to keep away from. Freaking third rail on Lemmy to say anything about the problems in the mideast other than,“It’s the Jews fault.” I agree, fuck the settlers and the Israeli gov’t right now, but that doesn’t seem to matter. Again, very right wingy. Something doesn’t work to satisfaction, so instead of fixing it, just get rid of it. Seems like the current US gov’t approach to “fixing”.

Yeah, I spent 20 years living outside the US. The ignorance, even the “good” people, about the rest of the world has been painful to me for most of my adult life. It’s been really weird hearing all this rah-rah USA! USA! shit every time I moved back and just experiencing a place getting shittier every time. I’ve had way too many fellow Americans ask, “If it’s so bad here, where else in the world is as good?” That type of ignorance. Most of us can’t even imagine the idea of there being better countries. Propaganda is a hell of a drug.

Well no, you can’t trust the US for food safety. I live here and am starting to doubt it myself.

Samantha Bee had a prescient segment (not that it took much observation to get there) about Trump’s spreading taint back in 2017.

I’ve read that he was a bit of a pain in the ass to work with, but I’ve always appreciated the results. So many great rolls. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is great, Tombstone, etc. I’ve not met too many people who mention The Salton Sea. That’s in my top 3 for his performances.

I wish my grandparents had never emigrated from Norway.

I’ve had your same experience on here so many times. A relatively harmless, perhaps humorous, good natured little comment, only to have someone else to project their self righteous, bullshit assumptions into what wasn’t even said. It’s weird when people ignorantly assume you support values that you clearly don’t.

I really want to say something snarky, but in the end they are people and I hope they are safe and get the help they need to recover.

Most news sources use AP, but sensationalize the shit out of the stories. I agree with you, AP is fine. Not perfect, but what source is, but respectable.