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  • MAGA candidate releases video calling LGBTQ+ people "fa***ts" - LGBTQ Nation

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  • As an Innuendo Studios video put it, it's "last hired, first fired."

  • Fox News host Jesse Watters thinks men who vote for women ‘transition’ to women

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  • The fascinating thing about this is that, in context... it's still fucking weird, but for different reasons.

    He's technically joking about how it makes you transition, saying it's a claim he heard from "scientists." So he wants to call men women as a misogynistic insult, but also to poke fun at the concept of scientific study. It's wrong to distinguish between gender and sex as part of evidence-based medicine and basic conscientiousness. It's cool and good if you're doing it to be a dick, though. He's got to police gender roles, but also insist that they are completely immutable based on your sex.

    What a creepy weirdo.

  • Fox host demands video of JD Vance having sex with a couch

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  • My favorite part was that Vance, supposedly, wrote about it in Hillbilly Elegy. Reading the book would easily solve the issue once and for all, but no one wanted to.

    It's also why the AP article was retracted. They could obviously prove that it's not in the book, but like you said, it would be impossible to prove that he never, at any point in his life, when no one was around, fucked a couch.

    ...but also, the AP article didn't even involve reading the book. They just used Ctrl+F on key terms because, again, no one wants to actually read that book.

  • "Old and quite weird": Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it

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  • For sure, and it is absolutely true.

    I just like "weird" because it only works one way. For people who value individuality and diversity, it doesn't necessarily have a negative connotation. For people who value conformity, it's a devastating insult. Apparently Ben Shapiro went on Megyn Kelly's show to cry about it, which is great.

  • Wendy Carlos rule

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  • Totally understood, and I apologize for implying you might have. It was not my attention. I just meant that, even though it's something I avoid jumping to conclude, it does happen, and there's reason to believe it's the case with Rowling. She's got issues. It doesn't absolve her of anything, but there's a little pity in my condemnation.

  • Wendy Carlos rule

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  • Yeah. I know that calling bigots secretly closeted is problematic, but IIRC she has outright said that, if she were a young person today, she would question her gender identity.

  • Wendy Carlos rule

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  • JK Rowling did that not too long ago. (She didn't call it Jewish, but absolutely called it lies and propaganda that trans people and trans researchers were early targets for the Nazis and victims of the Holocaust.)

    I don't say this to obsess over the Harry Potter author, but to point out that you don't have to go cherry picking to find this shit. She's a prominent person using her platform to spread bigotry and misinformation.

  • D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax was Sexist. Talking about it is Key to Preserving His Legacy.

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  • I know, right? But it's not. You can check it out here.

    I forgot to mention. He thinks that there is no game, besides LARPing, that could possibly appeal to women (who he consistently refers to as "females"), so it is a waste of time for anyone to try.

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  • I am perfectly happy with how I presented myself, actually. And I think you also revealed a lot about yourself, too. If you're happy with what that is, then that's all there is to it.

    I do think it's worth pointing out that the thing that really seemed to set you off was asking you the same question you asked me. I answered it easily, and you took great offense while hurling insults and misrepresenting positions I've already put down in words. Why should I get into the facts when you don't really care about the facts, or what I have to say?

    If the question of whether Israel killing civilians is bad (not even unjustified, not even criminal, just bad) bothers you... maybe that's a good thing. I certainly have no problem supporting Palestine while condemning Hamas, or supporting Jews while condemning Israel. It's possible you just didn't want to voice an unpopular position, but maybe it bothers you that you can't say "yes, it's bad." If that's the case, keep pulling on that thread. I think you could use some self-reflection, especially given this last post. I'm sorry, but this was a lot of the pot calling the kettle black.

    I sincerely hope you have a better tomorrow. I know you're angry and frustrated, but I hope you can find peace and understanding.

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  • Alright.

    Firstly, I think a lot of how you're framing the pro-Palestine protests is either unfair or inaccurate. That's not to say that you are being unfair or inaccurate, but the sources where you get your information might be. (I will agree that antisemitism is on the rise, and demands a response. I just see more of it from the right, even from Zionists who either want to remove diasporic Jews or support a model of an ethnostate). So, if you don't draw a distinction between supporting Palestine and supporting Hamas, there's no conversation to be had, because we're not really dealing with what protestors do, say, or believe. While you compared this to MAGA, it's the exact same rhetoric used by MAGA to attack BLM, which itself mirrored the rhetoric used against the Civil Rights Movement.

    But it's also not worth getting into the weeds unless we can find some common ground, so I'd like to ask you the same question again: Is it bad when Israel kills civilians?

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  • So Hamas killing civilians is a bad thing too?

    Yes, obviously. Why do you ask? Since you asked, I may as well ask, is Israel killing civilians a bad thing?

    Gonna start calling out people showing support for Hamas at protests?

    Sure, if you see them, kick them to the curb. Do you agree that there's a difference between supporting Palestine and supporting Hamas?

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  • It's extremely frustrating to hold the apparently controversial opinion that killing civilians is, consistently, a bad thing.

  • D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax was Sexist. Talking about it is Key to Preserving His Legacy.

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  • For those wondering if Gygax grew beyond this kind of thinking, no, he didn't. There's an infamous forum post of his from 2005 where he calls himself a "biological determinist," and says that "females" are generally incapable of enjoying RPGs as much as men "because of a difference in brain function." Could it be that, for some reason, the women he played with just didn't enjoy the games he ran? No! It must be that RPGs are simply beyond their female brains!

    Also, anyone have links to a copy of the issue of Europa cited in the article? I'd love a primary document to cite in the future.

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    We coulda had Bernie...

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  • The mask ban shit is unreal.

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  • Well before covid, I knew Republicans would politicize almost anything. Covid made me realize I was wrong, because they will politicize literally anything, even a fucking virus.

  • Kyle Rittenhouse's family plead for money as they face eviction

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  • Typical leftist cancel culture. You commit just one white supremacist terror attack, and all of a sudden you're a pariah!

  • United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens

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  • As others have said, "in-ear monitors." However, it's not technically about the quality. Earphones sit in the outer ear, while IEMs go at least a little bit into the ear canal. They do better with blocking out sound, which is better for audio quality, but sometimes you want to be able to hear things around you, so it's a matter of context.

    Also, while audiophiles can get wild with it (and there's a lot of snake oil in that area), I just got some Salnotes Zeros for <$20 and they're great.

  • Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem

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  • Tankies: The word 'tankie' is meaningless because it gets overused by disingenuous people on the right.

    Also tankies: Everyone who criticizes my position is right-wing.

  • Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem

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  • It honestly reminds me of fascists saying that harsh criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic. It's a dishonest rhetorical game.