themeatbridge @ themeatbridge @lemmy.world

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Americans fucked around. We took our democracy for granted. We were too polite to challenge the bigots in our lives. We were too afraid of being called elitist or communist or soft, so we sat on the sidelines with furrowed brows and clutched pearls while shitty people steamrolled our freedoms to pave the road to their own successes.

We're all to blame. The Conservative shitbags, the opportunistic centrists, the ineffectual progressives, and the shiftless appliticals who never bothered to try. Trump didn't happen to America. Trump is the inexorable conclusion of America.

So basically Republicans want to end protectiona for endangered species.

Evidence? That's one of them fancy treasonous words. You want to end up in El Salvador, too?

I think "selfish" is a better word for it in all instances, because some people are just selfish. Like, if you can't be bothered to return your shopping cart or pick up your dog's shit, then that's selfish. It's not anywhere near the same category as being too burnt out to do the dishes after a double shift, or wanting to sleep in on a day off.

Calling all of it "lazy" creates some imaginary obligation to the universe that simply does not exist. You don't owe the universe clean dishes or your time in the morning. If you have roommates and you left dishes in the sink, you are being selfish. If your kids have an early baseball game, and you are too hungover to show up, then you're being selfish. You are always obliged to return your cart and pick up after your dog.

It isn't easy, but it's worth it. I find I'm calling a lot of local stores lately, because I hate shopping in person, and selections are limited. I find I am spending about 10% more per item on average, but I'm also buying fewer things in general. I'm still shopping at chains, like Microcenter, Staples, Dick's, and Lowes, but I'm trying to be intentional about going to local or thrift stores first.

I also shop on AliExpress more now, when I need some cheap garbage, but I'm trying to stop that, too.

No, that's.... it's like the whole story. He's in a concentration camp in El Salvador for no legal reason. None of them can leave because it's a prison, and they may be dead. They can't come back from Venezuela because that's not where they were taken after being abducted.

Not arrested. Abducted. We need to use clear language. He was here legally and violated no laws. He was detained without charges or due process.

There's more living bacteria inside of you than you, and it will eat your decomposing corpse if you let it. Embalming or creamation will kill what remains of you after your brain dies.

Literally zero victims sent to El Salvador received a trial or due process of any kind. None of them. They were identified by ICE and summarily deported. This one guy is a test case because it was proven to be a mistake, but dozens of others don't even have enough of a paper trail to examine. 90% had no criminal record. Even if he is returned, the administration has proven that they are willing and capable of eliminating anyone.

The Supreme Court is entirely corrupt.

Just a reminder, Blue Lives are supposed to matter less than everyone else. That's why they sre issued a badge and a gun. They are supposed to put themselves at risk to protect the community. At least, that's the story we're told as kids. It's the justification used to obtain our consent to be policed.

If police are so afraid for their safety that they kill innocent civilians, even by mistake, then they do not deserve our consent. The do not deserve authority over us, they do not deserve the free use of force, and they do not deserve the legal deference provided them by our justice system.

Blue Lives Don't Matter, or it's fascism.

We say it thats way for the benefit of the British.

Feels like you haven't seen the pictures out of El Salvador. The heinous shit has begun, and we should stop it before anyone else dies.

Why do you think they are targeting birthright citizenship? Just gonna declare all those minorities illegal immigrants and ship them to the concentration camps in El Salvador.

My parents took me to see doctors, who told them it was just growing pains and suggested I exercise more to lose weight. I saw three specialists and had a bunch of xrays before anyone noticed the shady spots on my cartilage. Osteochondritis Dissecans occurs in 15-30 people out of 100,000, and most of the primary care doctors I've had in my life had never heard of it.

I can't blame my parents for that. I can blame them for a lot of things, but they did their best.

I think you're conflating justice with karma, and in that sense you aren't wrong. Cosmic justice would be as you described, but that's not the pillar upon which civilization is founded. Justice is a function of society where humans try to impose a sense of fairness and order. Justice is a consistent and dispassionate. We tend to confuse justice with vengeance, and it's one of several critical causes of our current societal collapse.

I talk to a lot of people who think voter ID requirements are no big deal, because they have always had an ID. They cannot fathom anyone living a life that doesn't conform to their experiences.

There's no justice in his death. Only an end to the madness. Justice would be him sharing a cell with his cronies, enablers, and bosses.

OINO, which could be pronounced like "oh, I know" just dripping with sarcasm.

Knee pain. Everyone told me it was normal growing pains, until one little league coach notice I run weird. Queue years of doctors and specialists and tests and scans and surgeries, and now I'm a 40 something guy with advanced arthritis that could have been much much worse if left untreated.