Tedesche @ Tedesche @lemmy.world

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Good. As an American, I say we need this. We have shown the world our cowardly, ignorant stripes by electing Donald Trump as our president for the second time, after witnessing the shit-show of his first term; clearly, we have not learned our lesson. We deserve to be abandoned by our allies for how our chosen president is treating them.

I'm not ashamed, as I voted for Kamala against Trump, but clearly too many of my countrymen need a wake-up call.

I agree. This is just intended to cause civil unrest to distract from everything else they’re doing to tear America apart.

But also, Musk is a Nazi.

That’s u/spez?!?!?

Holy shit, 10,000 switches in my brain just clicked and the output is “Schadenfreude Upgraded.”

I’m paid $60k/year, have a caseload of 70 for 35 hours/week work, and work conditions force me to work 50 hours/week to complete my duties, no additional pay, overtime LOL.

We are not the same.

Mental health (masters-level therapist), shit.

“I prayed on it and God told me to say something that goes against everything I’ve stated I believe in. So, yeah.”

Pick mah nose.

You could try a litmus test with your friend, based on the criteria you personally have for a friendship breakage.

For me, with my (now ex-)friend, it was a simple question: “Can you not see that Trump is a malignant narcissist who will—like at the end of his first term—not cede power at the end of his second?”

My (ex-)friend refused to render a judgment, so my response followed: “That cements it. I no longer have respect for your judgment of character. For you to support this transparent a wannabe dictator makes it clear you lack the basic moral fiber I expect in a friend. I’m sorry, but I no longer can call you someone I want to associate with, let alone a friend. I’m a truly, deeply disappointed in you, and will no longer tolerate your companionship. I have to draw the line somewhere. I tolerated your choice of husband, I tolerated your choice of political party, and I tolerated your first vote for Trump based on the idea that you didn’t understand the person you were voting for. No longer. You have had plenty of time to see the true character of the disturbingly mentally disordered candidate you voted for in 2016 and yet you still support him in 2024. I have such a low opinion on of you at this point that I can’t stomach keeping your company, even civilly.

Goodbye.”

Her response: a “HaHa” reaction to my comment.

We haven’t spoken since.

Nah, Trump won’t be satisfied until his face is on every single piece of American, Canadian, Mexican, and Greenlandian currency.

Was going to make this exact point. You’re spot on. Downvoters are simply in denial about the reality of slander laws.

The real question is: why are we spending resources creating speed bumps when pot holes accomplish the same thing?

LOL, only Trumpers think Zelensky was the one that looked bad in that altercation. Everyone else in the world knows Trump and Vance were behaving like angry children at him fact-checking them, and he took their tantrums like a champ. You’re the one with a distorted view of reality.

I don't know if this is one of those situations where I should pick my battles and let it go. I feel they steal my free time.

Getting along in work environments is always a matter of which battles to pick and which compromises to make. You will always have to make some. To my mind, starting your shift five minutes early is a pretty minor concession to not irk your colleagues and get on everyone’s shit-list. But…you can always search for a new place to work. Just bear in mind you may be walking into an even less compatible environment for yourself.

Days later, the Silvers said they received their son’s medical records, which showed less than two weeks before his death, Biruk told his therapist twice that he was suicidal and had a plan – similar to the way he died. Katy said she couldn’t believe what she was reading. Katy emailed his therapist, asking, “You spoke to me every day. I called you every day. How could you not tell me?” She told KSL she received no response.

I work in mental health and that’s pretty much grounds for having your license suspended. Along with all the other investigations into this organization, it’s hard to justify why they should be allowed to continue to operate.

ITT: a lot of dumb, presumptuous comments that completely miss the legal point of the case.

That being: should majority groups (e.g. Whites, men, heterosexuals, etc) have to provide a greater amount of evidence to prove they’re being discriminated against than minority groups.

But no, forget about that. Just call the plaintiff a worthless Karen, completely ignoring the fact that employers regularly choose arbitrary reasons for firing people or denying them promotions which have nothing to do with their actual reasons for doing so.

“Maybe if they weren’t trying to do their jobs, I’d have some sympathy!” LOL.

For me, it’s on a case by case basis. True, you do have some sociopathic cops out there who just enjoy harassing and assaulting people, and they need to be put in prison. But you also have cops that are just trying to do their jobs and have to deal with some unreasonable and violent members of the population. They deserve the right to protect themselves and the public.

Your suggestion that all cops use violence because they want to hurt people just demonstrates prejudice on your part, and is good grounds for me to dismiss your opinion completely.

They should just send him some human feces topped with lettuce, onions, and tomatoes, in a hamburger bun, in a bag that says “Enjoy your ass burgers, Elon.”

It’s weird having a branch of my family that has these values and family structure. They’d probably support the idea of the male head of a family having the only vote. And yet, they clearly don’t agree that men should be able to beat their wives, because it happened to one of their daughters and they quickly helped her leave her abusive husband. Good people with very backwards ideas.

On Oct. 16, 2023, Mr. Cure, 53, was traveling to his home outside of Atlanta, Ga., after visiting his mother in South Florida, when Sergeant Aldridge stopped him on Interstate 95, not far from the state line.

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office said that Mr. Cure was pulled over for driving more than 100 miles per hour in a 70 m.p.h. zone. It later released camera footage of the encounter, showing Mr. Cure saying that he had done nothing wrong and pulling his arm away from the deputy.

After Sergeant Aldridge told Mr. Cure that he was being arrested because of speeding and reckless driving, they continued to argue and Mr. Cure refused to put his hands behind his back, according to the footage.

The footage also showed the deputy using his Taser on Mr. Cure. The two struggled, with their arms wrapped around each other. The footage shows Mr. Cure grabbing the deputy’s face, pushing his head and body back and cursing at him, while Sergeant Aldridge hit him with a baton. The sergeant then shot Mr. Cure.

As much as I think police brutality is a problem, particularly for racial minorities, my sympathy drops substantially when people engage in violent resistance to arrest. You make yourself a danger to officers, you make them defend themselves and the public via whatever means necessary. Not saying reasonable force considerations don’t apply, but if you get violent, don’t be surprised when violence is used against you.