In a democracy, this is what the party of the working class would sound like.
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In a democracy, this is what the party of the working class would sound like.
I'm proud to say I've never taken a selfie.
But he has lots of muscles, according to one random commenter, so he must know lots about health.
Kirk boasted to the disembodied Providers in "The Gamesters of Triskelion" that we survived our WW III, so it's canon that it happened.
New York Times readers already know what we're losing. That needs to be published someplace Trump voters will read it, if there is such a place.
You mean "The president [Biden] is not a threat to democracy, but running and suppressing other candidates is a threat when you are behind in the polls like he is. He's a good man and someone I respect, but this delusion that he can win is a threat to democracy."
"deep, widespread misunderstanding of the fundamental pillars of a free society." Yes. And we need to figure out a better way to teach this, maybe by studying how free societies fail.
I've only watched a few episodes, but it doesn't seem very exciting. I think the TOS was more suspenseful because of the dramatic music and the cliffhangers before every advertisement break.
How could anyone be so ignorant of the last 100 years of medical science? If you're posting such question on social media, you have no real interest in the answer.
No, it's stuffy, bureaucratic talk. It's amazing to me that Democrats can't absorb constructive criticism. These terms aren't being criticized by Republicans, they're being criticized by Democrats who want to win.
"others don't even know what the words" That's been my complaint. "Authoritarianism" is an abstract word and doesn't sound that bad. More visceral words are needed.
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She has "anti-racist" in the profile, with is a leftist ideology and bitches about white males. She's a leftist.
I clearly know a lot more about it than you. Have you like, ever read a book?
You're confusing the economic left with the cultural left. DEI is a project of the cultural left, which doesn't care much about economics. It's not surprising the DSA is mostly white.
No, they don't. If you don't understand that the entire ideology is far left, then you understand nothing about it. This is why it began in institutions dominated by the far left (universities) and spread out, first to other institutions dominated by the far left (non-profits).
The entire underlying ideology is far left. You'd have to be an idiot not to understand that.
Why are leftists such assholes online?
"They secretly support what Trump is doing to destroy DEI." No, they don't, because they created DEI. This is an ignorant opinion.
"Most of them Black men & women. " Probably untrue. Political scientists, historians predicted this and most of them are white male. Do you really have to oppose bigotry with bigotry of your own?
🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics. The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
We have a decades of scholarship on how pro-democracy forces win in competitive authoritarian systems: they form a united opposition that brings together people with otherwise profound political disagreements.
Let's not, since it's irrelevant to a city mayor's race.
It would be naive for the police to conclude he's had a change of heart. And he can't if he wants to maintain support of the far left.
The same techniques can be used by liars, too, right?
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Tattoos? That's for the faint-hearted. They smashed their hands with hammers.
They've probably lost all the records of who paid, if history is any guide to Trump competence.
I agree that those are not political issues. Their behavior might be to preserve their imagined social standing or perhaps due to conservative feelings of purity, which social scientists say is important to them.
"just a thing bigots were upset about" That just makes you look like a jerk willing to damage a family relationship so you can virtue signal. Someone with good interpersonal skills would say something like "I understand how you might feel that way, but let's put it in perspective..."
I'm not sure why everyone feels compelled to make excuses for them. It's simply untrue that cooking healthy takes longer. High fat, salt, and sugar are really tasty and it takes a lot of effort to move away from that and people just aren't motivated.
"partnered with Savi Provisions" Oh, I guess that's basically what they did.
Seems like all they had to do was offer a subsidy to a private company and would accomplish the same thing for less money.
Except the research shows they don't eat healthy even when they can. It's apparently not about availability.
The point is that Grant didn't do that. Or did it less than Lee did. And Grant actually had clever strategy.
While "unsupported by science" is the most accurate way to express the scientific research, it comes across to the lay public as a very weak statement. That probably gives more power to the anti-science people.
Try not being a sarcastic douchebag.
Political scientists have long said that the US is "under-policed and over-incarcerated", so what Bowser is saying is in line with that.
Yeah, the book "How Robert E. Lee Lost the Civil War" makes the case that that Lee was an inferior general to Grant based on many criteria, including casualty rate. Part of the Lost Cause mythology is that Grant just threw bodies at the South with callous indifference.
hmm, the AI history says it came out of the religious sanctuary movement in the 1980s. San Francisco was the first to declare itself a sanctuary city, which suggests a more ideological motivation than a practical one. If it were only a practical position, seems like they wouldn't brag about it.
Anyway, I personally do not care about hiring preferences--I have enough education that it doesn't impact me. What I loathe are the DEI training programs that employees must endure--they're indoctrination programs into far left-ideology. The far left is a cult, not much different from MAGA.
Ha, I missed that. But in the comic book lore, Lex Luther is eventually elected to be President.
They're not prevented from "taking the test". Discrimination has been illegal since 1964. DEI doesn't exist to give everyone equal opportunity, it's designed to give extra advantage to non-whites. Proponents SAY this, although they'll deny it when criticized.
Discrimination has been illegal since 1964, so to say that DEI is designed to address that is a lie.
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Yeah, it's really affected the way I view humanity. I saw the new Superman movie last night and what I found hardest to swallow was that the bad guy was actually arrested and the good guy was vindicated. That just doesn't happen anymore, at least not in the US.
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It's ironic that you say that white men can't compete when DEI programs are *designed* to cripple their ability to do so. So many progressive organizations state upfront they don't want white people. On a macro level, it doesn't really impact them, because DEI programs aren't actually effective.
You're like most progressives, having exposure to little outside of your little bubble, which is why it's amusing that you claim to value diversity of thought. Most of you never encounter it.
I've been through 2 DEI training programs in the past 10 years, read 6 books on the topic, dozens of articles, and discussed it extensively with people online and in real life. I likely know far more about it than you do.
"diversity of experience, thought, and ideology is a meritorious goal" Yes, but DEI doesn't do that. And it particularly discourages diversity of thought and ideology.
Or it could be the fact that so many of them keep voting for Republicans.
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
RFK Jr. will kill Americans, sure as death. You have the GOP to thank you for that.
More succinctly, virtue signaling.
People make reasoning errors because they love the conclusion.
And half those knives would strike hilt first.
I agree, but the risk is still very low compared to community gun violence, which can be several orders of magnitude higher for certain demographics. Insane to ignore it, but also probably not something to keep you awake at night.
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Maybe not permanent, but probably recurring, don't you think?
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Most importantly, those people made it happen.
"woke is core" God, no. Woke is far left shit.
Woke is a pejorative in the eyes of almost everyone. Not because of the right-wingers, but because of the bad behavior of the people who self-identify with the term.
The "woke" is a tiny portion of people on the political left; even liberals eye-roll at much of the woke ideology, so it's not a right-wing thing. My observation is that most pro-woke people know very little about woke ideology or woke behavior in the real world. They operate much like a cult.
And it's always amusing how the pro-empathy people are such assholes online.
Your opinion is very narrow-minded and generates hostility towards Democrats.
Burning flags is idiotic, helps nobody, and actively hurts the reputation of those doing it.
This is the way. ‘Weak, Woke and Whiny’ No More www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
"empathetic, compassionate people as weak and whiny." Then you're labeling 90% of everybody as "troglodytes". You sound weak and whiny.
No, from parents. They panic at not being able to contact their kids at a moment's notice. And a surprising number of teachers, too.
It's amazing that such an obviously good policy arouses so much hostility in the US. It's like we're alcoholics and become enraged when someone takes the booze away.
Men should start by losing some fat. I see so many trim women attached to obese men and I'm baffled at why they want to sleep with that.
Still the wrong attitude. If you desire to communicate effectively with people, you should be *delighted* to learn about better ways to do that. That list is a bare minimum, though, and good communication requires more than knowing what not to say.
The progressives are upset because they view rejecting those terms as a betrayal of the cause. They don't care whether the terms are alienating or not.
This is a petulant attitude. Dems need votes from people who find those terms irritating. That's all that needs to be said.
The fact that so many people here think that avoiding jargon and in-group phrases that are so clearly associated with left-wing Democrats would make Democrats sound like “1990 Republicans“ is part if the problem
This whole episode reminds me of a novel by Kafka I had to read in high school. "The Trial"?
it's the same as with abortion, something only a tiny group of Catholics privately cared about before evangelicals invented it as a "hot-button" issue so that they could keep their segregation academies
Yep. They want to spread as fast as possible before people find out. Of course, kids with rich parents tend to withstand teaching fads better than those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Agreed, but a surprising number of people embrace ritual humiliation; witness some of the fundamentalist Christian sects, where people are happy to express their worthlessness and beg for forgiveness. It's sometimes hard to recognize psychological pressure for what it is.
Sadly, almost no one in public view takes a stance against a too-powerful private sector, except for people like Bernie and AOC. There needs to be a broader consensus in the public that this is a problem.
The reason many voters are single issue voters is that they understand only one issue.
This must be very stressful for her (and every decent person still working for the government.)
This has been a major theme of self-help books for at least 50 years.
The cost is our loss of faith in our system of government.
And the fact they can do this in full public view is enraging.
Let’s be clear about what is happening: This man is being punished — and disappeared — because he embarrassed our pretender king. They trumped up a criminal case against him because he was embarrassing.
A regular loaf of bread is not $9.
The cost of ingredients is only a fraction of the cost of a loaf of bread. Transportation, power for the factory, storage costs, marketing, etc.
Right, but MAGA wants to change all that.
The point you're missing is that the difference between the terms doesn't. fucking. matter. You have to live some with imprecision to communicate well and it doesn't sound like you're comfortable that, which is fine. Different people are suited to different things.
God, you're wandering all over the place to keep from learning anything new. Muting this convo.
Pedants always justify their pedantry, but they're always poor communicators and they bore people. They shouldn't be allowed to communicate with the public.
Nope, you're totally wrong on that. Take a look at the video clip with Beshear and you can see what empathy looks like without jargon. Those of you opposed to Tom's simple, obviously correct point are simply bad at communication and there may be no helping you.
No, I didn't used a "banned" word. And you have a weird interpretation of the discussion.
"Reform" is a nebulous term. Some prison/police abolitionists hide behind the reform label. Obviously some reform is needed, but we still need to catch criminals and put them in jail. Not all progressives are on board with that.