“I won’t do that because my conscience doesn’t permit it” Is sufficient justification not to perform an action 9 times out of 10.
If this is why someone is refusing to do something, additional arguments and justifications aren’t necessary and often just complicate things.
If this is why someone is refusing to do something, additional arguments and justifications aren’t necessary and often just complicate things.
I feel like left/liberal discourse in both the UK and US (and presumably many other countries) would be healthier if more people realised “I will not vote for this party out of principle, but it would be better if they won” is an entirely coherent, and respectable, position
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“I won’t do that because my conscience doesn’t permit it” Is sufficient justification not to perform an action 9 times out of 10.
If this is why someone is refusing to do something, additional arguments and justifications aren’t necessary and often just complicate things.
If this is why someone is refusing to do something, additional arguments and justifications aren’t necessary and often just complicate things.
“Actually everyone really likes it when my emotional support dictatorships act like hyper-aggressive maniacs, and the only reason people push back against them at all is the wicked, conniving, USA.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Actually everyone really likes it when my emotional support dictatorships act like hyper-aggressive maniacs, and the only reason people push back against them at all is the wicked, conniving, USA.”
How are we supposed to top:
“Jar-Jar Binks is an icon for victims of colonialism, and criticism of him is the same thing as being pro-imperialism.”
“Jar-Jar Binks is an icon for victims of colonialism, and criticism of him is the same thing as being pro-imperialism.”
anyway, we should talk about Star Wars some more
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
How are we supposed to top:
“Jar-Jar Binks is an icon for victims of colonialism, and criticism of him is the same thing as being pro-imperialism.”
“Jar-Jar Binks is an icon for victims of colonialism, and criticism of him is the same thing as being pro-imperialism.”
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anyway, we should talk about Star Wars some more
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
anyway, we should talk about Star Wars some more
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We are doing little a wojakposting as a treat
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We are doing little a wojakposting as a treat
You should test this hypothesis by starting a new party for moderates (or at least running some moderates as independents) instead of trying to remake the Democrats.
If these two statements are true, moderates who aren’t shackled by the bad national image of Democrats should easily win, right?
If these two statements are true, moderates who aren’t shackled by the bad national image of Democrats should easily win, right?
My argument is super simple, it’s that according to Elliott Morris’s data:
1. Moderates do better on average
2. National party images are increasingly important
Morris is a smart guy and Democrats should follow his advice and moderate their national image.
1. Moderates do better on average
2. National party images are increasingly important
Morris is a smart guy and Democrats should follow his advice and moderate their national image.
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You should test this hypothesis by starting a new party for moderates (or at least running some moderates as independents) instead of trying to remake the Democrats.
If these two statements are true, moderates who aren’t shackled by the bad national image of Democrats should easily win, right?
If these two statements are true, moderates who aren’t shackled by the bad national image of Democrats should easily win, right?
The movie where a black law enforcement officer, and a white racist put aside their differences in their dying moments to hang a deceitful criminal woman might be a little bit reactionary?
Say it ain’t so.
Say it ain’t so.
i think you can make the argument, although i’m not certain i would, that both hateful eight and once upon a time in hollywood are reactionary in message and not just made by a reactionary. however, inglorious basterds, jackie brown, and django all make solidly leftist points that are correct
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The movie where a black law enforcement officer, and a white racist put aside their differences in their dying moments to hang a deceitful criminal woman might be a little bit reactionary?
Say it ain’t so.
Say it ain’t so.
Wife material tbh.
The time a girl tried to netflix and chill with me by putting on Antichrist
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Wife material tbh.
It is becoming increasingly clear to me that some people’s entire politics is centered on wanting to see establishment Democrats lose primaries and they don’t really care what happens beyond that.
Incredible what a great Rorschach test the Platner tattoo is. Almost no one I have respect for is defending it and almost everyone I think is a dishonest hack is coming up with excuses. Like, cutting across ideology even!
Surest sign that there's worse to come is Ryan Grim signing up to defend him for free
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It is becoming increasingly clear to me that some people’s entire politics is centered on wanting to see establishment Democrats lose primaries and they don’t really care what happens beyond that.
Ok to be fair, I actually 100% believe that if you ask the average Croatian tattoo artist for a sick tat of a skull, they would just give you some Nazi shit without even telling you.
he got it in Croatia for God's sakes.
October 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ok to be fair, I actually 100% believe that if you ask the average Croatian tattoo artist for a sick tat of a skull, they would just give you some Nazi shit without even telling you.
All any politician running in 2028 needs to do to secure my unending fealty is to promise to convent this ballroom into just a collection of Trump’s stupidest quotes and least flattering pictures and make it a free museum.
October 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
All any politician running in 2028 needs to do to secure my unending fealty is to promise to convent this ballroom into just a collection of Trump’s stupidest quotes and least flattering pictures and make it a free museum.
Can leftists be incredibly annoying? Sure.
Even so, if you are lost in the desert, it seems a bit silly to blame the vultures circling over head for your impending death.
Libs became complacent, and got dunked on by the right. The left is taking advantage of that, but they didn’t cause it.
Even so, if you are lost in the desert, it seems a bit silly to blame the vultures circling over head for your impending death.
Libs became complacent, and got dunked on by the right. The left is taking advantage of that, but they didn’t cause it.
Leftists are just wreckers. They are a huge part of why we currently have no bench.
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Can leftists be incredibly annoying? Sure.
Even so, if you are lost in the desert, it seems a bit silly to blame the vultures circling over head for your impending death.
Libs became complacent, and got dunked on by the right. The left is taking advantage of that, but they didn’t cause it.
Even so, if you are lost in the desert, it seems a bit silly to blame the vultures circling over head for your impending death.
Libs became complacent, and got dunked on by the right. The left is taking advantage of that, but they didn’t cause it.
This is just straightforwardly true, and why I am constantly disappointed by TV.
The need to constantly find things to do with every member of a cast even after their character has served their purpose in the story, leads to most shows either going in circles or off a cliff after a while.
The need to constantly find things to do with every member of a cast even after their character has served their purpose in the story, leads to most shows either going in circles or off a cliff after a while.
the characters in narrative don't exist outside the story you're telling and the longer you drag out a story into serialized storytelling the harder it is to maintain the illusion that they do, which is why serialized storytelling shouldn't go on forever
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is just straightforwardly true, and why I am constantly disappointed by TV.
The need to constantly find things to do with every member of a cast even after their character has served their purpose in the story, leads to most shows either going in circles or off a cliff after a while.
The need to constantly find things to do with every member of a cast even after their character has served their purpose in the story, leads to most shows either going in circles or off a cliff after a while.
I think there are some people who really struggle to appreciate art that is inherently upsetting, but are also self-conscious about this, so they still try to experience that art.
Then when they don’t enjoy it, they feel frustrated and leave comments like this to validate their own tastes.
Then when they don’t enjoy it, they feel frustrated and leave comments like this to validate their own tastes.
I need to understand the psychology of people who read an utterly devastating personal memoir and then log on to offer the stunning, helpful contribution of "2 stars—I didn't have fun."
October 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I think there are some people who really struggle to appreciate art that is inherently upsetting, but are also self-conscious about this, so they still try to experience that art.
Then when they don’t enjoy it, they feel frustrated and leave comments like this to validate their own tastes.
Then when they don’t enjoy it, they feel frustrated and leave comments like this to validate their own tastes.
The walls are closing in guys! Mueller’s got him for sure!
I say this with love, some of you are going to lose your life savings to a man who says you have parking tickets that can only be paid in Target gift cards
👀👀👀👀
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The walls are closing in guys! Mueller’s got him for sure!
I don’t know how much of this is inhumanity as it is incompetence/laziness.
“This is why X commonplace thing is actually bad for the environment” Is a pretty typical setup for an undergrad essay, and I think some journalists just default to those kinds of templates when they need a quick article.
“This is why X commonplace thing is actually bad for the environment” Is a pretty typical setup for an undergrad essay, and I think some journalists just default to those kinds of templates when they need a quick article.
this kind of thing is why I think the environmental/consumer-critical side of things are capable of just as much anti/inhumanity as the tech/consumerist side. there’s no legitimate reason to report on this whatsoever, this information can only do harm
The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don’t know how much of this is inhumanity as it is incompetence/laziness.
“This is why X commonplace thing is actually bad for the environment” Is a pretty typical setup for an undergrad essay, and I think some journalists just default to those kinds of templates when they need a quick article.
“This is why X commonplace thing is actually bad for the environment” Is a pretty typical setup for an undergrad essay, and I think some journalists just default to those kinds of templates when they need a quick article.
“Sure the past dozen politicians who said they had a way to lower taxes and increasing spending without triggering any inflation were lying, but this guy seems cool and trustworthy, so I think he’s figured it out.”
voters hate inflation but will essentially select candidates who will raise inflation
make it make sense
make it make sense
it keeps happening.
"The ruling party kept chanting about measures against rising prices, but they ended up choosing someone who will cause prices to rise even further."
"The ruling party kept chanting about measures against rising prices, but they ended up choosing someone who will cause prices to rise even further."
October 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Sure the past dozen politicians who said they had a way to lower taxes and increasing spending without triggering any inflation were lying, but this guy seems cool and trustworthy, so I think he’s figured it out.”
As someone who listens to too many political podcasts, all this graph shows is that right wingers are cooking their brains.
Listening to political podcasts all the time is incredibly unhealthy and deranging.
Listening to political podcasts all the time is incredibly unhealthy and deranging.
all this really says to me is that older people are addicted to watching stuff on their phones
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
As someone who listens to too many political podcasts, all this graph shows is that right wingers are cooking their brains.
Listening to political podcasts all the time is incredibly unhealthy and deranging.
Listening to political podcasts all the time is incredibly unhealthy and deranging.
The coldest country in the world, which stands to gain new livable territory and shipping lanes from global warming isn’t bothering to limit its emissions???
Wild. Mind blowing even.
Wild. Mind blowing even.
fuck off, james
September 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The coldest country in the world, which stands to gain new livable territory and shipping lanes from global warming isn’t bothering to limit its emissions???
Wild. Mind blowing even.
Wild. Mind blowing even.
There is something in the human mind that loves being told the people we find irritating are actually evil and dangerous, which is why there is a massive industry of assholes who seek out people acting cringe and make YouTube videos accusing them of destroying western civilization.
I feel like a lot of our political moment stems down to tens of millions of Americans literally incapable of imagining something worse than someone being annoying.
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
There is something in the human mind that loves being told the people we find irritating are actually evil and dangerous, which is why there is a massive industry of assholes who seek out people acting cringe and make YouTube videos accusing them of destroying western civilization.
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I feel like this is unfair and you're not really appreciating how magnificent the ballroom is going to be.
September 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I feel like this is unfair and you're not really appreciating how magnificent the ballroom is going to be.
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It gets even crazier
September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It gets even crazier
Well, what can I say? Case closed, clearly Trump had him killed.
Can’t argue with astrology.
Can’t argue with astrology.
That was a TRAINED sniper. Astrology says this was planned. He was sacrificed. He was betrayed by close allies. This was fated.
This all points to the president IMO. This was a distraction and he was the scapegoat.
They’ll never find this shooter cause it was an inside job.
This all points to the president IMO. This was a distraction and he was the scapegoat.
They’ll never find this shooter cause it was an inside job.
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Well, what can I say? Case closed, clearly Trump had him killed.
Can’t argue with astrology.
Can’t argue with astrology.
Liberalism will never have a Charlie Kirk, because a Liberal Charlie Kirk would have the balls to keep calling him a bastard even after he was shot, and wealthy conservatives are happy to give money to someone like that, but wealthy Liberals read Ezra Klein.
you want a liberalism with moxie? that starts with being honest about what maga is. don't like it? try getting some fucking moxie!
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"Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness"
Klein cooked with this line. I totally agree! We should talk about Republicans in exactly the same way that Charlie Kirk talked about Democrats! We need his moxie!
Klein cooked with this line. I totally agree! We should talk about Republicans in exactly the same way that Charlie Kirk talked about Democrats! We need his moxie!
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Liberalism will never have a Charlie Kirk, because a Liberal Charlie Kirk would have the balls to keep calling him a bastard even after he was shot, and wealthy conservatives are happy to give money to someone like that, but wealthy Liberals read Ezra Klein.
And the thing is, he’s already won. TpUSA is massive and influential and will continue to do evil shit for years to come regardless of if he survives.
Most likely, this will just be a massive gift to the American right.
Most likely, this will just be a massive gift to the American right.
The shooting of Charlie Kirk will have almost exclusively extremely negative consequences for American society in general, the stability of society in specific, and the safety of everyone living in it.
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
And the thing is, he’s already won. TpUSA is massive and influential and will continue to do evil shit for years to come regardless of if he survives.
Most likely, this will just be a massive gift to the American right.
Most likely, this will just be a massive gift to the American right.