circularfish

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[–] circularfish 5 points 1 year ago

I feel that the Satanic Temple could have fun with this one.

[–] circularfish 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed! We’ll pursue you if you don’t check back in with updates.

[–] circularfish 6 points 1 year ago

Good grief. Actual adult conversation and intellectual growth on the internet. It is sad that things have gotten so bad that this sort of exchange stands out, but FWIW you are both awesome.

[–] circularfish 43 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And yet, senior citizens will vote in droves for any candidate who opposes this.

[–] circularfish 23 points 1 year ago

“We ought not promote, celebrate or support what scripture condemns,” said Dana Gonzalez, who was in favor of withdrawing, before quoting scriptures from the Bible she said condemned “what Emily has stated,” referring to the ALA president-elect.

I am sure that the American Libraries Association is shattered that they are losing the learned theological commentary of Dana Gonzalez and the rest of the Montana State Library Commission.

[–] circularfish 1 points 1 year ago
[–] circularfish 26 points 1 year ago

There is a rising GOP faction that wants a white ‘Christian’ authoritarian regime so badly that they will adopt one in Russia.

[–] circularfish 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cool project. What is it like on the inside?

[–] circularfish 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think there is a similar moral calculus here to that in WWII with decisions to bomb urban areas. Once you have been attacked and find yourself in an existential struggle, use of weapons becomes a question of the scope of innocent life lost versus the likelihood that lives will be saved.

In this case I think it is understandable that people are uneasy about the use of cluster munitions. The risks are well known but the benefits here seem … less so. That take may be wrong, but the point is that people have a right to feel queasy about the situation.

[–] circularfish 6 points 1 year ago

Usually when an argument proceeds from crossing out what someone actually said and replacing it with what they did not say, it is going to be a staggeringly bad take.

[–] circularfish 15 points 1 year ago

With Russian leadership rattling the nuclear saber, the PRC eying Taiwan, and the Middle East a mess of low grade conflict, it is astounding that one Senator is allowed to hold the entire military leadership structure hostage.

It is almost as if he and his apologists view uppity women who demand bodily autonomy as the greater threat to the nation.

[–] circularfish 4 points 1 year ago

The Dobbs v. Jackson Woman's Health decision is starting to make sense.

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