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The worst is how common it is for them to leave their children by a pool and just assume that whatever random adults are around will be watching their kids.

Edit: I didn't say that's what happened here. Clearly, it's not. That doesn't change that what I said above is super common.

That's not really commenting on my point, which is that these places also have gun cultures. The US is not unique in that.

This really does nail it. In the north, we do have the stereotype that black people like fried chicken. However, that is seen as neutral or positive. Fried chicken is delicious and black people tend to make great fried chicken. What's not to like?

How convenient for them.

Thinking more on it, I suppose you're right. A lot of the "politics" are specifically Church politics, but not all of them.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was simply a matter of someone knowing that oil burns and noticing how oily the fish is, then having the brilliant idea of trying to light a fish on fire (alcohol may have been involved).

That's how I like to imagine it, anyway.

This is not the no true Scotsman fallacy. This is people claiming a name while behaving in a way opposite, or at least unrelated, to what that name represents.

It would be like if I were to vocally claim to be a socialist while actively promoting capitalism in my actions and fighting against socialist causes.

Compared to the US, no other country on earth has a gun culture.

[citation needed]

Immediately, certain Middle Eastern countries where people celebrate by firing guns into the air come to mind.

I think this is about where it's important to remind people that the 24-hour news cycle is a relatively recent phenomenon. Many of us grew up in an era where the news played for an hour a couple times per day. One can hardly understate the impact this had on "the news".

To keep it short and on-topic: The news used to almost exclusively feature big news stories because there wasn't time to cover everything. Local news would have smaller, local interest stories. Individual crimes mostly made the news when they were especially noteworthy. Now, news stations need to find anything to fill an entire day. This is how we went from journalists reporting on big stories to commentators "reporting" on every little thing ad nauseum. This has led gun crimes to receive a lot more national attention than they would have previously.

No. They are a big part of the culture's problems. Let's not pretend other problems, like widespread spiteful hate, aren't part of that same culture.

Good luck getting a restraining order against your abusive partner when he's a cop.

Christian nationalism is not Christianity.

American media needs to start calling it like it is and pointing out how these groups are, in fact, anti-Christian. Not that that will ever happen. Just keep pretending they're legitimate and see where that gets us.

I hadn't been aware of the collaboration with the radio station until I watched the show Evil (episode 12).

It's just a fun show, not political, but I'd recommend watching that episode. Not that it goes into great detail, but the acting and writing make it feel so much more understandable, how a radio host calling minorities cockroaches can really matter. Stochastic terrorism and all that.

That's very generous of you. In my experience, the perspective I replied to is the one that is most prevalent and you can't mention being happy without kids without somebody chiming in to say or imply how happy you would be if you had them. It gets really old.

Troll bridge, bloody Lenin hands, naked bicycle parade Fremont.

Long live the Pacific Northwest.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I wonder why this isn't something that ever makes the news here in the US. You hear about meth in the US (mostly when an individual drug user does something crazy or when their meth lab explodes), but anytime another country is mentioned in regards to drugs, it's always about fentanyl or opioids or cocaine or even cannabis.

Everybody says so.

Historical, yes. They have recently realized that Russia does not have their back and the relationship has changed.

Adding an /s doesn't mean you can say things that make you come across as disingenuous and rude, and then suddenly everyone's like, "Ohh, okay. It's fine, they added an /s.'"

Pink Lady apples or bust