Thunderbird4
@Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
- Comment on Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers 1 month ago:
And if they force the applicants to fill out the salary requirements portion of the application, they get data they can use to argue against raises as well.
- Comment on Never give up 5 months ago:
People always forget about the lurkers. Most people with less-informed, more impressionable views on a given topic aren’t posting and debating, they’re reading and learning (despite the unfortunate exceptions). Seeing some wacko extremist nonsense or voter suppression tactic go unchallenged by a more reasonable argument may be enough to sway a not-yet-fanatic in the wrong direction.
- Comment on You're in the right place 5 months ago:
Turns out it’s just a canoe rental place that’s named “Laundromat Bingo Tanning Notary.”
- Comment on Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈 6 months ago:
Pretty low, actually. Viking _Hippie is actually a pretty legit Lemmy contributor, despite having some utter garbage takes on American politics and making occasionally disingenuous arguments for them, as above. Pretty sure he’s Danish though, not Russian.
- Comment on Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈 6 months ago:
And Obama broke the legal Occupy Wall Street and killed civilians in Yemen with drone strikes. So he takes the title instead? “Most progressive” is a comparative qualification, and he does not need to BE a progressive to take the title.
While I agree that the strike shouldn’t have been broken and that the rail workers should have the right to stop as much work as they control in order to make their demands heard, Biden also became the first president to walk a picket line during that strike and ultimately got the rail workers a deal that their unions all were reportedly happy with. He may not be everything you want, but he IS the most pro-union president of my lifetime. Again, not a high bar to clear. Recognize progress when it happens, even if it’s not your dream come true.
Furthermore, with all the terrifying examples of actual rising fascism that surround us right now, don’t muddy the waters with BS like that. It just makes you look like a troll.
- Comment on Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈 6 months ago:
Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump. Take your pick.
“Most progressive” is not a high bar to clear. It’s a reasonably fair claim that Biden has been more progressive than Obama, and definitely isn’t outrageous enough to justify ranting about crack smoking and traumatic brain damage.