It's not about the checkbox, it's about them not wanting to conform to a society where everyone picks their pronouns and should learn each other's too, they don't understand it and see it as a problem being accepted as reality instead of treated, and also don't want to society to become overly complicated because of it.
Essentially the problem is that people with low empathy (who statistically also tend to be bad people) can't and won't understand this foreign concept unless they live through it themselves, which usually won't happen.
I actually am, usually companies force their shit down the consumers throats and they happily gulp it down, buying their new products when they come out as well. This is a pleasant surprise to me
I'm not from the USA, but all sensible people from there that care about living in a non fascist state should be panicking right now. Your "democracy" is now in direct threat and the people need to rise up and show that they won't let this shit pass. Besides voting, get out in the streets and protest. Do everything that needs to be done to show that the loud minority is just that, a minority.
To keep fascism from rising up, you need to be intolerant of the ones who show no tolerance. Your enemy has no moral bounds and will do anything to achieve their hateful goals, if it comes down to it then violence is not immoral if you're violent against someone who gets off on people suffering, it's self defense.
On the contrary, they're doing an exceptional job at it. One would imagine the US like a utopia if capitalism was designed to improve everyone's lives like rich fucks and their aspirants love to say.
I don't often watch TV, but I get what you're saying. Sometimes it's fun to just watch through the ads and make fun of them with my gf until a movie comes on, it's sort of a guilty pleasure
I disagree with karma as a concept, but I agree that there should be restrictions of this kind in place. It's not user friendly, but if it minimizes the chance of someone uploading sick stuff on Lemmy then I support it.
There's no such thing as 'apolitical'. The very idea of leaving politics to our superior politicians is what brought us and keeps us in this state.
This is not at all a political issue however. This is about not being a trash human being. Being racist is not a political opinion, it's spreading hatred in the world and being a waste of skin.
Not really, the one is a whistleblower leaking highly confidential information and the other is a simple person speaking out against their government's actions.
I'm not by any means saying that Manning didn't do the right thing and deserves jail, just that it isn't the same case.
It does make sense why it works the way it works but I still don't want it on my system