this is, flatly and subjectively, intolerable to anyone who fancies themselves free people. simply intolerable

Whenever this dumb cliché comes up it helps ask for clarification. For instance, does it apply to John Brown too? Should we condemn John Brown because he was literally tried and condemned to death according to the standards of his time? Or does this weird moral relativism only work in one direction?

Hi it's me, Peter Thiel, visibly moist as usual for unexplained reasons. As you may already be aware I have spent decades obsessively attempting to become immortal via the blood of children and that's why I want you to know I think Greta Thunberg might be the Anti Christ

Stephen Miller: Do you Antifa at us, sir?

Frog: I do anti the fascist, sir.

Miller: Do you anti the fascist at us, sir?

Frog [Aside to T-Rex] Is the law of our side, if I say ay?

T-Rex: *shrugs*

Frog: No, sir, I do not anti the fascist *at you* sir ... but I do
anti the fascist, sir.

This is how dumb parents talk to their kids about a dead dog.

"Charlie went to live on a ranch, in Heaven, with Jesus"

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Baby in her placenta
I know, I know
It’s really serious
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You cannot be fucking serious

Chemerinsky not talking about how his own actions against critics of Israel helped produce this moment

I must not discourse, discourse is the vibe-killer ...

The juxtaposition and absurdity of these arguments alongside an active years-long campaign to ban Black scholarship because it “belittles” conservatism, or makes white children feel bad, is half the point.

The judge ultimately ruled that the teen was mature enough to raise two children, but not mature enough to decide if she was ready to be a mother.

(Published 2022 in partnership with The New York Times Magazine)

really should get around to writing my take that "AI uprising/robot uprising" fiction is just barely sublimated fear of domestic slave revolt

Feels like it distills down to Vonnegut's law from Mother Night, "We are what we pretend to be so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." Deliberately says nothing about the external effects of behavior because the point was how the behavioral feedback loop changes or reinforces cognition

They should prob check the BlueSky corporate offices for a gas leak or something.

Absolute scenes this week

Since this is all just a top down driven societal moral panic driven by the bigotries of one man and his atavistic followers, the coward's drive to acquiesce overrules all prior beliefs. They don't feel responsible for the wave of hatred, only annoyance at its victims' inability to save themselves.

The distressing thing about the way the people running this site have turned on the trans users that made it viable is how it's just basic Milgram experiment shit. They see trans people suffering in ways they can't or won't address, and psychologically need to salve their powerlessness with contempt

John Brown was a product of his time too

I’m supposed to believe both that trained and paid journalists couldn’t see through Project 2025 spin but also they’re the people best positioned to tell me what’s happening and how I should feel. Why? They failed at their jobs by their own admission.

Holding up my iPhone screen to the peephole and showing off my vintage ICEBlock app so I can get into the Antifa speakeasy

The Yaccarino posting will continue until morale improves

Proud to be a Dawg today