Zephorah

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

At risk of sounding like that dipshit Vance, you guys don’t have free speech, not really. The uk seems to exist in a “yes, but no” realm. The press can’t report on trials such that it might influence outcome. 1988 law iirc. That’s smart, but it’s still a guardrail on speech. Some of the arrests and even sentences over there, for speech and sometimes even ideology related infractions, are a bit wild. I remember reading something about a woman being fined for calling her ex a leprechaun on social media.

That said, I feel a need to reiterate how crazy this defense of war and slaughter is. I’ve been a casual observer at best but I do not understand why either government cares if a people across an ocean (who are not and never will be boots on the ground for either side of this war) say they don’t like a war. So what? The war will rage on regardless of wether or not college students in Michigan walk around outside on a nice day holding signs. Or if some guy in London posts an objection on social media. That’s not even a speed bump to this war or either government if either government even sees or hears any of it. So why does either government even care? Why even spend energy on that? For them, it’s like a volume setting that maybe can’t be turned to zero, but in the end it’s just a bit of noise to them. So why bother? The war will continue. As such, their reaction makes no sense whatsoever.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 7 points 1 day ago

What regulations?

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What you’re saying isn’t in doubt, but it doesn’t fit the pattern of what I’m describing. Ofc there are people who oppose the Israel/Palestine war. I never said no one opposed it. I also never said I was for it.

The point of the description is there was a deluge. Daily multiples across forums, subs, endless. The deluge abruptly stopped on Nov 5. The genocide didn’t stop on Nov 5, but the endless fury of posts across social media did.

I understand that no one likes to face or feel manipulation, but there it is.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 15 points 1 day ago

Yeah. We’re pretty much over as a country.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 0 points 1 day ago

Maybe take a moment to watch Jon Oliver’s “AI Slop” show from 2? weeks ago.

I strongly suspect the endless spam of Pakistan/Israel horror posts across Lemmy and Reddit last year that abruptly cut off on Nov 5 was more of the same.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 3 points 1 day ago

It’s a free show. With the right people it’s good, but I understand your feeling.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago

MAGAs are the gun owners. Mostly.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 3 points 2 days ago

This is why I worry. It’s likely correct in that we’re heading for fallout. But here we are.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is not my area. I’ve simply consumed a lot of Heather Cox Richardson. She’s a Harvard educated American History professor. Posts on YT. Not very popular last check.

It’s calm, historical perspective which I rather enjoy.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Here’s another issue. Can we believe any of the numbers being posted on federal .gov sites any more?

I’ve been reading a lot about the inception of the welfare Queen idea, as pushed by Reagan first in California and then in our government as a whole ever since. So I initially started reading this as Trump numbers to support that nonsense.

I want to believe it is what it says it is, a warning sign to us all.

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