spujb
@spujb@lemmy.cafe
- Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content 1 day ago:
that’s fair, i’ll edit to say speaks unclearly rather than misspeaks. thanks for the clarification :)
- Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content 2 days ago:
@Kecessa@sh.itjust.works misspeaks when saying “public space”—the term they are thinking of is “public forum.” source
The rules around what constitutes a true public forum and what the public forum doctrine even means are fuzzy, but in all cases the term refers to a space owned or created by the government.
Thus, a shopping mall, parking lot, or internet forum, being owned by a private company, is not a public forum and can’t really be defended on the basis of the public forum doctrine.
Finally, as @Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online points out, none of this matters anyway in cases of incitement to imminent lawless action like threats or terrorist speech, which the First Amendment does not protect.
- Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content 2 days ago:
on occasion one logs into the internet only to be confronted with the darnedest things said with such confidence
- Comment on Anon doubts WW2 Germany 2 days ago:
normie ❌: being anti nazi and anti confederacy because they are evil murderers
based ✅: being anti nazi and anti confederacy because they suck at winning
(sarcasm)
- Comment on Not voting for genocide, explained 2 days ago:
and yet we still find the time to accuse a miniscule proportion of Arab-Americans struggling through trauma most of us can’t imagine instead of literally the men doing the violence
- Comment on Not voting for genocide, explained 2 days ago:
so close! it was actually
- harris
- trump
- and some third parties
on the top of the ballot. this post is to cause division and make you angry, nothing more. nothing is as simple as this bullshit oversimplification and i’m sick of this narrative of attacking a provably insignificant minority instead of attacking the individuals who are still fucking giving unquestioning aid to an apartheid and genocide state
- Comment on The doctor then had to go and treat that lawyer for being a burn victim 1 week ago:
There should be a counterpart to “copaganda” for legal shows and media that depict the court as a pristine, high-stakes, yet ultimately fair process. It’s intriguing to witness people’s initial confrontations with corruption in this context—I understand their defensiveness, as the introduction of cognitive dissonance can be super uncomfortable.
On another note, it’s disheartening to consider how what you experienced likely contributes to the disproportionate legal contempt faced by POC compared to white individuals. Perceptions of rudeness vary widely across cultures, which can definitely influence systemic racism in the legal system.
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 2 weeks ago:
Late but here’s my model of the situation. Sort of a WIP and very new but a /gen effortpost so I welcome thoughts:
It’s individualism versus collectivism. The collectivist understands intimately the function of working together for the protection and future of the group. There is no doubt in her mind as to the practical nature of her actions because she can see them play out in her community. Th individualist operates solo; everything for him is about your vote your candidate. This precipitates in a divorce between the individualist and the material outcomes of his actions. This gap, this absence of practicality we could call it, leaves a vaccum where symbolism can enter—this becomes a problem not when symbolism is simply encountered by thr individualist, but when the symbol becomes the act, the vote becomes a kind of personal expression, and any thought for collective consequences fall by the wayside.
“Ordinarily,” if we imagine such a thing exists, these two identities intermix and act in a complex and altogether non-problematic way; I don’t wish to imply that individualism is simply “bad” while the collective action is “good.” For example, concepts of individualism are fundamental to bearing forward the human rights to consent and bodily autonomy.
However, the setting and background of your question is the USA, a country that has deep deep historical ties to white supremacist, capitalist, colonialist, even fascist values, all of which hold the individual as intrinsic over the collective. The result is that hyperindividualism is catastrophically rooted into the heart of US society—even in progressive and leftist spaces!
So, when you see a pro-Palestinian proclaim abstention or that they voted third party, you are witnessing the complex outcome of the intermingling of genuine compassion with the values instilled by white supremacy and individualism. And so you hear the phrase “I just can’t in good conscience vote for XYZ.” To degreesy varrying between people, the vote loses its material value and becomes nothing more than a symbolic moral statement.
This doesn’t mean that the leftist non-voter is a white supremacist of course! Rather it’s that they have been deeply affected by the presence of those values in their cultural context and have not yet had the opportunity or experience with group frameworks to question their assumptions and reassert the significant importance of collectivism.
So, in conclusion the unnuanced TLDR is “cuz America is a racist capitalist hellhole.” The good news I conclude from this though is that collectivism can be learned and promoted. Cultural values are definitely not static and perhaps with education, support and time, mindsets among leftists can be shifted to better support the whole of the community.
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 2 weeks ago:
OP asked for a steelman but good try
- Comment on I Drank Every Flavor Of Red Bull In A Row To See If It Would Give Me Wings 3 months ago:
article author is tragically misinformed, everyone knows it’s wiiings that redbull gives you
- Comment on Povertymaxxed and bolognapilled 4 months ago:
1 bread
- Comment on poni 4 months ago:
also real life doesn’t usually have unsquare rugs or gas pumps indoors
- Comment on poni 4 months ago:
ai
- Comment on Anon notices a trope 4 months ago:
yes! i wanted to mention this, that hair can be a sensory overload problem too so cutting hair can just be a way to optimize sensory performance in a state of stress as well. but i forgot so thanks for the reminder!
- Comment on Anon notices a trope 4 months ago:
it happens in movies because it happens in real life too. when in crisis, often there is sense of loss of control or autonomy. for most, something that can provide an outlet for such a frustration is one’s appearance. and, while men do too, women broadly tend to have the more intimate relationship with their hair. so: haircut (or hair dye, or both).
- Comment on Trump Airpods 4 months ago:
donald trump if he was a horned ram
- Comment on Trump Airpods 4 months ago:
there isn’t even a joke here lmao it’s just some pretty lukewarm concept associations
- Comment on silly goose 4 months ago:
it’s not being downplayed dawg it’s the media doing due diligence. this was breaking news at the time they have to wait till, usually multiple, reports verify the story.
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- Comment on be on the lookout for the giant rake from the sky 4 months ago:
i can hear this gif
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- Comment on mods finally doing the holy work ❤️ 4 months ago:
reality was always fucked
- Comment on mods finally doing the holy work ❤️ 4 months ago:
I also love that they say it’s “not very funny,” conceding it’s a little funny but still worth mod action anyway
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- Comment on cringemaxxing and nonsensepilled 4 months ago:
green is just a chromacuck and wouldn’t get it
- Comment on Part of this complete breakfast! 4 months ago:
well, we all know everyone who does science speaks english 🤷♀️
- Comment on Part of this complete breakfast! 4 months ago:
Do we know the root of the history behind this? Were there any genuine reasons or minds behind it or was it reactionaryism, plain and simple?
- Comment on Part of this complete breakfast! 4 months ago:
i’m jerking their chains🤣
- Comment on Part of this complete breakfast! 4 months ago:
Yeah, my good buddy is from Genovia, where they use a regional version of the periodic table with more human-friendly names. They use Ca for calcium, Ir for iron, Hy for hydrogen, and Ox for oxygen. This change was their answer to the metric system—a way to make science more accessible to everyone ostensibly I believe.
Back in the 1960s, Gennovia was looking to bolster its local industry and economy. The government decided that simplifying scientific terms would help more people get into science and technology fields. It seems to be working because their literacy rates in science are through the roof? Somehow. They even have Ni for nickel and Si for silver, making it so much easier to remember what’s what. I didn’t know it was prevalent enough that it made its way onto package branding tho. Interesting stuff.
- Comment on There’s a lot going on here 4 months ago:
it would ruin the tour
