We are, despite centuries upon centuries of evolution, civilization, philisophy and education, deeply tribal creatures. While right wing propaganda most blatantly and directly calls upon our tribalism to dehumanize the "other" of the day, it is a trait we all share. Frankly when you look at how far some people take the denial of easily verifiable reality to stick to a feeble story and prop up the most deplorable of men, it's easy to feel they are terminally lost and can no longer be part of any kind of moral and positive society. But that way we just end up dehumanizing them as much as they do to us.
Even as they have been brainwashed and molded to be perpetually scared and angry and to reject other feelings, they are people nontheless who need to be treated fairly.
To some extent I understand that murderer, misguided as he is. It would, for me be a better world if I could remove people I see as harmful to the world from existence. If someone were to remove a bunch of republican supporting billionaires, the whole of that parties leadership and the heritage foundation from the world I would not be angry at all. Not because I hate them. I don't really, I don't know them personally. But because they are so harmful to all of us.
We may say things like "eat the rich" but we don't really do that, at most we affectionately nibble a bit, without breaking skin. I'm too well aware that to people who live in actual abject povery, my middle class ass could be part of the group of rich folk on the menu. Once we start killing the people we see as harmful, where do we stop. Where do we draw the line? Who makes the grade? We could easily end up in a situation where, like in post revolutionary China or France anyone could be accused and convicted for not being revolutionary enough. Accused by an angry neighbor, a jealous lover or your own kids.
So while I understand the feelings that lead to the actions, I cannot condone murder, nor do I take such action myself, besides, I have a job to do, kids to care for, bills to pay etc, etc, etc.
And no, I have no solution for any of this, it's way too complex to solve with rigid ideology or easy to shout slogans.
Headline translated: in the US state of Minnesota, police are on the hunt for the 57 year old shooter who shot 2 Democratic politicians and their spouse in their homes. Two victims have died.
The attacs seem politically motivated. A list of names of politicians was found in the suspects car.
This is from a national news site. I haven't seen their television news of today yet but usually their television news and the site story are identical.
I'm not saying the news reporting here is not colored a bit, but it tends to be non sensationalist so there is that.
Luckily, there is a lot of vaccine research and production outside of the US so once you pay the tariffs you will have vaccines despite your government, as long as you don't get a disease endemic to the US.
If there was one funny thing Trump could do was weaponize the doj against Musk and get his companies seized in civil forfeiture. It certainly would be a win for the US, so he is not going to.
Ford might have been a bastard, at least he was a smart bastard who didn't let the idea that someone might benefit from something that also benefitted him stop him. Which is a major problem with the current batch. And I know he was a fascist. He was bad, somehow people strive to be worse.
Indeed, while Israel is indeed a Jewish country, it does not represent all Jews, nor do all Jews agree with the way the Israeli behave. Condemning Israel is justified, hating all Jews because of Israel is not.
In Dutch you get fun stuff like 16.35 being vijf over half vijf, being 5 past half five. I'm sure German is similar in that regard.