nwtreeoctopus @ nwtreeoctopus @sh.itjust.works

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Less than 2/3 of the country voted and less than half of them voted for Trump. Don't give folks a mandate/credit they didn't earn.

Sure. But context matters. I doubt everyone would have gotten too riled up if he was hailing a cab instead of showing alignment with neofascist ideals.

It's a tough one because we'd have to prove damages first. But if you could show specific damages, maybe the 9th would consider it. SCotUS is likely to slap it down, despite his absolutely BS status.

Edit: spelling

Hard to argue he's not a public figure already.

Gertz v Welsh: He probably is an individual who has "...assumed roles of especial prominence in the affairs of society. Some occupy positions of such persuasive power and influence that they are deemed public figures for all purposes. More commonly, those classed as public figures have thrust themselves to the forefront of particular public controversies in order to influence the resolution of the issues involved. In either event, they invite attention and comment."

Not gonna check if that's still good law. Westlaw, you are dead to me.

If "my" candidate wanted to do it, I'd seriously reconsider their fitness for office.

Just change every "X of Y" to "X of America."

Then we'll change the X, also to "America."

I always heard it "...as long as a liberal had to smell it."

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It is unimpeachably reliable! Top 10 vote lists are infallible.

Those claims regarding his nobility are pretty weak tea. Almost completely just slight expansions on the claim "killing the CEO was wrong."

Edit: Very Serious Counterpoint List of Arguments

There are still some out there, but so many businesses prioritize turnover to raise profits that it can be difficult to have a place to just hang out with friends.

"Your emotional and mental reality is less important than my physical appreciation/judgement of you."

Referenced in a lower comment, but that loss of a meet and hangout place is often called a "third place," as opposed to work or home. The show Cheers is a depiction of a third place in that it's a place where "everybody knows your name" and the norm is staying and chatting, not spending a few bucks and running out.

There are some interesting suppositions about how this loneliness became more and more endemic with the decline in bowling leagues. People, men in particular, just have fewer regular hangout activities and so get more and more lonely. Things like bowling leagues, lodges, and the corner bar all were meeting spots to socialize and they have declined or morphed over the years, losing their original social role.

Yeah. Maybe solar? But it's energy intensive. I sort of imagined these hypothetical folks were very wealthy and could afford tenders and the like to bring them food and fuel.