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Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · Sep 6

Is this Hell?

Shoeless Joe Jackson played by Ray Liotta from the movie Field of Dreams, standing on a baseball diamond in the middle of a cornfield wearing a 1919 White Sox uniform, pausing to ask, "Is this Heaven"

Per the movie, it is not Heaven, it is actually Iowa

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 5h

I understand that there are right ways and wrong ways to have the age conversation about Dem leadership and I don’t know how I feel about specific solutions like age and term limits. I do know THIS PART HERE is a problem bigger than any one individual 78-year-old and it’s making us all furious

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6h

I think my biggest betrayal is that it feels like they have not nurtured upcoming generations. we've watched them cut the knees out from people who get the base excited instead of mentoring them, it's aggravating as fuck.

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 5h

Said with a "Stand With Ukraine" avatar, hilarious

Always Think 1st so U R #WokeAF @alwaysthinkhow.bsky.social · 5h

How recently was she a registered Republican. As a Progressive I've got nothing in common with this creepy woman. Harping on the mess in Israel when we have big problems here seems disingenuous.

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 5h

Damn good point, no one should ever ask powerful Democrats tough questions

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 5h

To think that if your daddy knew how to use a condom, we'd have a better world 🤷‍♂️

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 5h

Some folks such as yourself grapple with empathy and caring about people other than yourself, it happens

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 6h

The alternative is shutting a lot of people out of either public spaces or even having a safe work environment - significantly less trivial by comparison

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 6h

Seems like if the Democratic Party writ large were working at grooming the next generation of leadership they'd be doing the opposite of whatever it is they're doing now

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 6h

Actuarial tables and the effects of linear time cannot be wished away through sheer grit and good intentions

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 6h

Painting conservatives as having all the agency of a 3yr old child sure is a point one can make, although I don't think it proves what you're aiming at

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 6h

The great crime of 2012 for Republicans was that Obama didn't just concede the election to Romney on day one

Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 11h

The media smeared Mitt Romney as Hitler. Then Republicans thought, well we might as well run Hitler.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

Yes. The appeal is never having to grow up or accommodate yourself to the needs or interests of others. It is enormously appealing, apparently. And not just to young people.

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 8h

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 19h

Ta Nehisi Coates went to a country that imposed a military dictatorship onto five million people on the arbitrary basis of race and came away thinking that that's bad and some people are still angry with him because of that

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 8h

It's cool that domesticated pigs *immediately* go feral.

Like, basically overnight their bodies literally transform, they reshape themselves to become faster, stronger, better predators.

Which is one reason why they thrive so well in disasters.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

jd vance is currently defending this

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

Young Democrats: hey maybe don’t kidnap my international friends

Young Republicans:

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 9h

theonion.com/democrats-si...

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About

WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 9h

Well look at that, with the right adult supervision some of y'all can be trained

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

Dear liberals,

If you identify as a leftist who believes in intersectional justice & fighting fascism, please wear a mask in public. It’s one small act of solidarity with the millions living with long Covid - and a reminder that caring for others includes protecting their health

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 9h

Humility is a virtue but a lot of y'all seem terrified at being wrong

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 9h

People more invested in their egos than personal growth will always get defensive to criticism

DaBella @highme.org · 9h

It was a bad analogy ace.

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 9h

I can't teach the unteachable 🤷‍♂️

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think it's controversial to suggest that one should have grown out of the "but I don't wanna!!!!" phase before one should be allowed out of the house unsupervised

bmckelvy.bsky.social @bmckelvy.bsky.social · 10h

I like how, as someone advocating for social change for the sake of the disabled and vulnerable, you immediately jump to saying the people who disagree with you must have learning disabilities

A friend to all mankind, that’s you

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 10h

Good point, I really meant emotional development impairment

Feels like I'm being trolled by a bunch of kids still struggling with things like, "sharing" and "empathy", I dunno what to tell you

I'm no child psychologist but at some point, "I don't wanna!!!" is an attitude to have grown out of

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The Real McCoy @rippermd41.bsky.social · 17h

Most people aren’t asking you mask at all times.

They ask that you mask in essential places: public transit, hospitals, doctors’ offices, pharmacies etc.

Places high risk people can’t avoid.

But if you hate wearing masks? Then advocate for indoor air quality: ventilation, filtration, etc.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 10h

Then again I'm guessing that "empathy" is also a concept you struggle with so 🤷‍♂️

Karl Keyton @karlkeyton.bsky.social · 10h

Analogies are hard for people with significant learning deficits, yeah that's gotta be a rough way to go through life

How do you even grow as a person, or are you confused by the question