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Free flying, & French, UK, Canadian and US politics. I'm probably not qualified to talk about whatever I wrote. Vancouver, BC
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Et une réponse sur ce point? Plus difficile à trouver, n'est-ce pas ? bsky.app/profile/flyi...
Et du coup, la seule réponse, c'est l'éradication de la population civile? Le processus de paix a pris un sacré coup dans la poire quand Yitzhak Rabin a été assassiné. Et l'assassin ? Ah oui, un extrémiste de droite, avec la même philosophie que le gouvernement israélien actuel. Cool 👍
Déresponsabilisation complète d'Israël. Comme s'il n'y avait aucune autre réponse possible que celui-ci.
Ok lady. Have a good weekend.
And now I'm picturing Schumer with a cape and sharp fangs.
Also, "Sausage" is an odd name for this show, isn't it?
Yes, yes. I'm here, reading your messages, giving some attention, there there.
More dramatic than a drag queen on a Saturday night.
you want to make every woman's life miserable if she wants to go out in public, in order to prevent smth that is already a crime in law, and barely ever happens anywhere, while ignoring the root cause of sexual abuse, which is... men, and how little rape is punished. Think about it before responding
her. Your "plan" (which would impede women's life immensely, and in the context of the fall or roeVwade, potentially put them at risk) would have helped in literally 0 of these cases. And you can barely find any case at all of trans people attacking women in public toilets either. To summarize,
who have been attacked by their dad (2 of them), their partner (2 of them), a grandad (1) and a friend of the family. In all these cases, we're talking rape. Only one person I know has been attacked by a stranger in a public place. He (not a trans) put his hands under my friend's shirt, and grabbed
The rate of women and girls having experienced assault in their lives is immense. The vast majority has, in one form or another. And it's almost always someone they know, from the list above. If you truly care about protecting women, this is what you should focus on. Around me, I know of women
could be something to improve, couldn't it? And finally, trans people attacking women in toilets is basically a fantasy with little bearing to real life. In reality, who rapes women and girls? Members of their families (dad, grandad, uncle, family friend), close friends, or even... Partners.
just a new law that does the same as a previous one. No progress for women here. 2nd. Sexual assault conviction rate is abysmal, so much so that it doesn't really act as a deterrent for rapists. It's much less than 1%. Not discouraging abusers at all. Maybe, if you want to protect women, this
Yes, and I wish I could eat chocolate all day and not get diabetes. So, back in reality, you don't actually have a plan, do you? Just a wishful hope. I'll remind you of another few things, in passing. Sexual assault is already illegal, so unless you can flesh out your "plan" a little more, its
How do you know there wasn't trans women in women's toilets before? Do you think... "You can always tell"?
What would the guard do? How would she (it's got to be a she, right? You can see how pervs would take that job in a blink otherwise) so how would she check that only biological women go through the door?
Other way around, mate. I'm asking you to convince me, by explaining how you control who goes in the female toilet without making women's lives miserable. I ask you to simply explain your solution to protect women, as you say is your wish.
No, I'm saying let's try your solution, let's make 100% sure that trans women can't get into women's toilets. So, please explain your solution.
This doesn't answer my question. How do you ensure that no trans whatever goes into the ladies'? A solution that doesn't make biological women's life miserable? Please?
stops right there, because this plan doesn't really survive contact with reality, but I'd be happy for you to prove me wrong here)
them to be on a register, or having their privates reviewed by an "inspector" (which could very much be the pervert you imagine sliding into women's toilets. So, how does it work when applied in real life, with no negative impact on biological women? (I'll tell you what, usually the conversation
Who is going to be in charge of checking if people trying to get into public toilets are biological women, and how do you propose to check? Try to come up with an answer that does not impact biological women, for the sake of arguing. You want to protect biological women, so I assume you don't want
The point being discussed here is that biological women will suffer when the laws proposed by their so-called "defenders" will be adopted. What do you think about that? Biological women being bothered at best, abused at worst, in your quest to exclude trans people from society?
Well of course. Almost like they don't actually care about "biological" women either, and their little female soldiers like Rowling don't seem to have considered this simple question.
Ah we're still at the "we can tell" stage... "This law won't affect biological women!" "How?" "Well... Come on now, we can tell." Trans excluding laws affect the same biological women these guys pretend to want to defend.
Whom and where, please?
Considering that "little reads about big things" could be a distillation of social media, and what's wrong with the world today... I'd take that as a very positive comment..!
August 28 2001? Enjoy the coming fortnight, it gets a little worse afterwards.
Please have a word for these entitled & self-indulgent asshats while you're at it.
Yes, except... Lithuanian food is... errr... Well it's not great is it? All pig's ears to chew on and stuff. They have that great cake though. But if you don't like pork or herrings, you're not in for a treat. Other than that, good metaphor.
Sure, but do refer to the last bit of my "bio", though..!
Ah, the Silent Majority©. The one with only a handful of people who can't shut up and are constantly in the media, yet complain about being cancelled...
news.uoguelph.ca/2022/07/why-... This tries to explain why appointed judges in Canada are less political than their peers in the US. As far as I know, it's the same system in France as well, whereas in the US, the president doesn't seem to have to receive any input from the legal world.
Just one more for the block list.
For all the practically religious devotion Americans have for their constitution, it turns out it protects them not a jolt when bad players get in power. At least the UK doesn't pretend to have a constitution.
I mean... If you have a system in which judges are elected, politics is a guarantee guest to the table. Here in Canada there's a movement to go towards the same system, in which judges apply the law differently according to what party they belong, and if elections are close. No, thank you!
Huh! TIL, as they say! Everyday is a school day, thanks for the new bit of knowledge! :)
Well, not in the US anyway. People should do well to invite historians and foreign experts how can (finally) tell them how *they* got rid of their tyrants. Because clearly not one person knows in the US. And if Americans still think they'll vote maga out next time, then they're not ready.
I'd be gutted if I had to throw myself on a grenade.
Doesn't mean there wasn't a scam company offering it, though.
Like wearing it like a piece of clothing? That's against the "Flag code" in the US, right?
From a foreigner who lived in the UK for quite a few years, and then moved on to another country... The comedy. I think that's what I miss the most from my time there. I guess GB news hosts probably aren't big on that either, are they.
Yep, it's called "access" and it has killed televised journalism. Of course, newspapers are essentially dead too. So who do people turn to for news? Anonymous posts on Facebook and Joe Rogan.
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Been saying this for a while bsky.app/profile/flyi...
"What? I thought it was an Italian flag?!?"
As a new father, I can't imagine leaving my partner with our baby when she couldn't move much, let alone properly look after the baby or even herself. No humanity in this, none.
"I know more about grass than any human being " and that's why I spend my free time at FOUR SEASON LANDSCAPING! Come for the mistake, stay for the grass knowledge!
This article was a painful read. Most ethical army in the world, isn't it? Greatest care to avoid civilian casualties, right? Just declare your own kills as dead terrorists, and there you go, no civilian was killed, lovely stuff, really.
Yeah, everytime someone says about Trump : "this is not America", I think "no, no I believe it truly is America" Denying this isn't much better than those who deny the impact of slavery or Jim Crow etc. This is very much America. This is you, America. You look like this to the rest of the world.
Man, they don't like what they see in the mirror, do they.
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What are they trying to "conserve"? Everything is about destruction, of norms, of protections, of rights, of rules and laws, of social progress. No conservation intended. Only "destroy everything that was done in the past 60 years". Except the taxation levels for the richest, of course.
Isn't Reform not *quite* a party, or something like that?
Foolproof proof that it's full. I fully approve!
shhhhh 🤐
Of course not, it's meant to remain secret.
Well, he's right, of course. Had Trump been president in 2022, the US would not have moved a finger in support of Ukraine, so there would be no war today. There would be no Ukraine either, obviously.
Ah, I'm sure Trump will pick up on this, and see through the trolling. ... Right?
Bullied by orcas. It was always going to end up like that. Wonderful beasts.
Forget nullification, that's jury cringe.
Pathetic
"border patrol" What the hell are they doing at a political press conference? Yeah, train America is pulling in fascism station. Hardly any pretense of any sort. We just send "our" guys to political opponents ' pressers. Next election round will be the same.
Rah rah history! We don't do negative stuff here! U-S-A! U-S-A! N.1 BABY!!! (shut your hole about slavery and the rest)
All this is, is Trump accepting all Putin's demand, transfers them to Ukraine and its allies, and when it's refused, he can check America out entirely. "We tried, they said no, to hell with it, we resume trade with Russia" Just the building of an excuse.
Hotel?
"Maybe people will now reassess their defence of Trump's Naziesque Madison Square Garden rally" Ahaha What are the odds?
in the streets. There will be protests, and the cops will be more and more violents, but protestors will have to keep going anyway, regardless of risks of injury, jail etc. Will Americans rise up to the challenge? Not convinced.
inflicted on people. The disconnection from reality in America seems to be on par with no other "Western" country, so I do not count on ICE agents or the military to begin disobeying orders, no matter how foul or evil. Apologies for being very pessimistic. I do not believe this ends with no blood
Well of course..! I'm just thinking in terms of "ICE agents will stop doing their jobs once they realize how inhumane what they do is". Personally, I don't believe they will, apart from a few exceptions. Too easy to convince yourself that you're doing the right thing, too easy to ignore the pain
someone almost fully uneducated on the topic, so I might be absolutely wrong. If you have some minutes to spare to send me some references, or correct me, thank you very much. If not, no worries, and I'm not leaving this convo thinking I'm correct *at all*. :)
American cops, who only experiment the pain they inflict in short, and shallow moments, and are kind of forced to keep going because the American society has fully trapped its workers in their jobs by removing nearly all social safety nets for unemployed people. Again, that's the point of view of
copper. Then they go home, only learning what happens to the people they arrest in distorted social media posts. So the exposure is limited in time and intensity. So, while the milgram experiment doesn't seem to me to line up all that well with nazi camps' life experience, it would work better with
Also they were not fully exposed to the "intensity" of the pain endured by the learners. Which goes against the experience of nazi camps guards, for sure. But... looking at what ICE agents have to do... they just round up people, and that's that. No more exposure to people's pain than a regular
to pay their bills and feed themselves - and let's be honest, a lot of them aren't going to find another job that's this well paid. So there is some kind of coercion to pursue as well. Then there's the issue with the experiment lasting only 1h or so, not giving time to the participants to reflect.
Oh I am aware that what I know about it is very surface level! I can't quite find some basics on why it is flawed (other than the ethical issues) though. It seems that the people tested were fairly coerced into finishing the experiment, and that's seen as a flaw in the test, but... ICE agents have
Well, she says Boston is going for a record number of homicides, eh? (a record low)
Weak, as always.
It's just friends, and people he wants to meet, isn't it?
Also, I've looked up criticism of that experiment, and apart from the matter of ethical treatment of the participants, the only question some people seem to keep wondering about is whether it's applicable in real life. Which baffles me a bit, since, err... I feel like it's been repeatedly seen IRL.
Fine. "Nazi Germany" There you go. Plenty of people who knew what was going on and did nothing.
I'd expect the exact opposite. The milgram experiment showed that if an authority tells you to do something horrible, most people will do it, whether they like it or not.
What the hell is up with wearing a baseball cap backwards, and talking like that? Is this the 3rd act of A Clockwork Orange?
The only economist that went on TV to defend leaving the EU in the Brexit debate clearly stated that Brexit would destroy agriculture and manufacturing industries in the UK, and that "it would be a good thing". Patrick Minford, in case you want to look him up. So, you know...
"tête à claques" in French
Here in Canada, we're getting echoes that Vegas is getting much fewer tourists than usual. These pictures look a bit like those from western tourists in North Korea. A few people scattered around in large liminal spaces...
(mangled English in this message. More coffee needed.)
So, non-white people buy this thing from Musk, who thinks there are too many people like them, and not enough like him. If someone hated me, I don't think I'd go give them my money...
This is only a limited, personal experience, but the few "cybertrucks" I've encountered were all driven by non-white people. Now, I find this amusing, considering how obsessed Musk is with "depopulation" - except the population in the world is not coming down... only white people's number are...
Could be argued that Russia has almost the same claim on Alaska as they say they have on Ukraine. They even kept the Russian name, after all. Must mean they actually want to be Russian. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but these are ridiculous times.
I hope the weather is nice these days over in DC! At least, they get to do some tourism while getting their steps in for the day. Nice job if you can get it! :)
prepared to lose everything, to go to jail. Gather around the white house in your hundreds of thousands and do not let anyone through. Make them shoot at you, arrest you, throw you in jail. The only weapon you have against Trump is that there's more of you. Everything else is in his favor.
actually throw the kitchen sink at this *now*, or do not expect judges, Congress, elections or any other bit of normal proceeding to save America. There's no guardrail left, just small, meaningless fights in some courts that only delay the inevitable. Americans, seriously. Go on strike *now*. Be
Yeah, the rule/law/tradition/whatever is that [X] otherwise Congress and the judiciary jump in. But they won't. So Trump can do [X]. People still think they will take America back from the jaws of fascism with the courts and elections. Would they say that about Russia? I don't think so. So either
today. But the boiled frog of a party that is the GOP has been accustomed to worse and worse people and policies year after year. So when MTG says "I'm out", it will be no problem. Someone crazier will take her place, and she'll distance herself from what will happen later on.
Arrived, making Trump look almost reasonable. And now, MTG is saying "ok this is getting to crazy, too far right even for me, I'm out" and someone even worse will take her place, and become the new normal. A GOP supporter fallen into a coma in the mid 00's would not believe what they'd see waking up
