zarp86

When you draw the line of Liberal v Conservative so far to the right it includes George Bush, it ceases to lose all meaning.

That is all accurate and I don’t disagree with you. But the picture was of an invasion under Bush, not Clinton, so I responded as such.

The problem that I take is l:

Also all American politicians of “both” parties are liberals.

I’m wondering what your definition of Liberal is. Up until like 2020, it was Liberal v Conservative and when I look it up in the dictionary I get “Relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.”

But Liberal on Lemmy appears to be anything to the right of a theoretical Star Trek post scarcity utopia.

Ah yes, the famous liberal, George Bush.

Well Jesus fuck this escalated quickly.

It kind of makes sense in that 15 is the last single digit in hex.

I feel like it’s like trying to calculate if the nukes in WW2 saved more lives than they cost.

I know you are just using this as an analogy, but if you are curious:

According to most estimates, the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan killed between 140,000 and 210,000 people, with the majority of deaths occurring on the day of the bombings, August 6th and 9th, 1945 respectively

And:

During World War II, 1,506,000 Purple Heart medals were manufactured, many in anticipation of the estimated casualties resulting from the planned Allied invasion of Japan. By the end of the war, even accounting for medals lost, stolen, or wasted, nearly 500,000 remained. The total combined American military casualties of the seventy years following the end of World War II—including the Korean and Vietnam Wars—did not exceed that number.

I think the horrors of nuclear weapons were at least responsible for ending the war quicker and saving lives that would have been lost during a ground invasion if Japan never surrendered.

It is possible for two people in a situation to both make poor decisions.

Do not make yourself a target and a danger when the threat against you is just shitty laws that benefit the wealthy.

Bold of you to assume that’s the only threat.

Bold of you to assume they will bother looking at the papers.

Here’s the thing…

I’m not worried at all.

Why you gotta put that out into the universe?

Of all the hot takes I’ve read on the internet today, this is one of them.

Tianeptine.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/nx-s1-4865955/tianeptine-gas-station-heroin-drug

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venture_Bros.

They publish it for notable shootings, not just school shootings.

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/'No_Way_to_Prevent_This,'_Says_Only_Nation_Where_This_Regularly_Happens for a list.

Example of non school shooting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting

I can be mad about two things.

Yup

Have you considered purple?

Hey exhausted lemming! I get you. I really do. But try and look at it this way. Two years ago I would have said he would never be charged with a crime. A year ago I would have said he’d never see a court room. And yesterday, I was convinced that one MAGA in the jury would be enough to get a hung jury. But here we are. So I’ll be very surprised if Trump sees a single day in jail, but I’ve gone from pessimistic depression to cautious optimism. I hope you get some relief, too.

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