Dude, the world is not red or blue. And both parties are right wing in the US (by that definition). And no, they are not inexorably linked and if you analyze the left and the right as they are in practice and not on academic papers you'll quickly see the far left is way less toxic than the far right nowadays. And remember, the last time the far right seized the power in most parts of the world we had World War II.
"There used to be slavery in the States... I wonder if those guys had narrow, distorted, bigoted views of the world?"
By today's standards yes. For the time, the ones suffering from such problems were the ones that kept insisting in slavery when the rest of the world were already moving away from it and people actively rejected the practice at large. So in a word, yes.
"Let me tell you how much distortion and bigotry rule this land... no wait... I don't think you are able to understand this yet."
No need to tell me, I already live in a nation that is a hostage of its own slavery-driven past. The positive thing in the US is that the bigotry, the racism is pretty apparent. Here it's ingrained, rooted inside society to the point it takes effort to see it's here and it's worse than it appears. Actually, our Government is as bad as Trump's but we don't have nearly as much impact on the rest of the world as the US has.
This has been discussed already and it's really not like this. Between crony capitalism, misleading information, stupid electoral systems and outright fraud there are plenty of ways people don't really have control over the Government as a whole. Specially in larger countries.
"When you bow your head to another, you give them power over you."
Or when your head is forcibly moved into a bow motion. And sometimes if you resist it is broken to conclude the movement.
Where is it stated you have to read if it isn't about tech? Or is it that magic algorithm that forces some people to unwillingly read all Techdirt articles? (btw that's evil Mike, disable it)
Trump is dangerous. He is basing his actions on his narrow, distorted, bigoted view of the world. When he says "will honor our men and women in uniform and will support their mission of protecting the public" he means it and he actually believes that police indiscriminately killing, profiling and harassing all mostly race oriented is actually all part of protecting the public. Because in his view the public is only composed by white, conservative, Christian people.
So, yeah, "The dangerous anti-police atmosphere in America is wrong" and he is gonna end it. Too bad if some thousands need to be abused, beaten and possibly die in the process as long as his WASP friends are 'protected'.
In the end she'll be the one to choose amirite? So I'd argue she was very smart. The format may be silly but it probably quelled a lot of bad feelings and she still has all the autonomy to do as she pleases.
Not to mention these illegal immigrants usually go through hell in the hands of the coyotes to reach the US. But it seems it's all ponies and unicorns if we believe our expert.
Just struck me but imagine if there wasn't CDA immunity to protect services such as PSN. And Sony is behind the copymorons trying to destroy these protections. Imagine their execs being arrested because they allowed CP into their network. Now tell them the same story and say it was in Google results to see how fast they call for executive heads.
This is another side of the same coin. When the first colonizers came they didn't think of natives or black ones as people. Maybe if they were in the (admittedly limited) level of evolution a good portion of humanity is now the history would have been different and we would have way more indians in the population.
By 1890 the genocide against the natives were already done basically. So, yes, one could say that immigration became a good thing but the colonization was terrible.
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Really.
So I am a Muslim and I want to leave Iraq because I'm not considered Muslim enough by the leaders. Well, though luck man, just be quiet there and die will you?
So I am a Christian and I want to leave Iraq because... COME IN BROTHER IN FAITH!
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Which is amusing, I can just declare myself a persecuted christian while being full muslim inside. No seriously this is gold. I've seen people denying their religion for much less threatening stuff (like a street fight) so why wouldn't they lie en masse to escape from hell, no?
These people are just pure comedy. Trump would be as well if he didn't have so much power in his hands.
When the price surges, more drivers may be compelled to go to the streets easing the lack of proper offer and decreasing the wait time. So it's a reasonable tool to work with. More demand, more expensive. Seems like basic free market.
So, when things would get ugly and the price would surge, Uber decided NOT to allow it and to make it cheaper to those who wanted to go to the protests and to those who wanted to get the hell out of the boiling areas. It not only helped the cause but it also helped those that just wanted to get home. The former got to go to the protests spending the same of a regular ride and the latter could go home safely without spending tons. It's a win-win scenario.
Seems to me they lost money in the process. Why would they do it if not to help people?
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Please wait while I recover from hysterical laughter.
*deep breath*
You don't know what you are talking about.
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There's no left in the US.
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"There used to be slavery in the States... I wonder if those guys had narrow, distorted, bigoted views of the world?"
By today's standards yes. For the time, the ones suffering from such problems were the ones that kept insisting in slavery when the rest of the world were already moving away from it and people actively rejected the practice at large. So in a word, yes.
"Let me tell you how much distortion and bigotry rule this land... no wait... I don't think you are able to understand this yet."
No need to tell me, I already live in a nation that is a hostage of its own slavery-driven past. The positive thing in the US is that the bigotry, the racism is pretty apparent. Here it's ingrained, rooted inside society to the point it takes effort to see it's here and it's worse than it appears. Actually, our Government is as bad as Trump's but we don't have nearly as much impact on the rest of the world as the US has.
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Re: Weak Citizens...
"When you bow your head to another, you give them power over you."
Or when your head is forcibly moved into a bow motion. And sometimes if you resist it is broken to conclude the movement.
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So, yeah, "The dangerous anti-police atmosphere in America is wrong" and he is gonna end it. Too bad if some thousands need to be abused, beaten and possibly die in the process as long as his WASP friends are 'protected'.
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Re: "disturbing order on the internet"
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Re: Built on immigration
By 1890 the genocide against the natives were already done basically. So, yes, one could say that immigration became a good thing but the colonization was terrible.
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So I am a Muslim and I want to leave Iraq because I'm not considered Muslim enough by the leaders. Well, though luck man, just be quiet there and die will you?
So I am a Christian and I want to leave Iraq because... COME IN BROTHER IN FAITH!
Sure, nothing wrong here.
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These people are just pure comedy. Trump would be as well if he didn't have so much power in his hands.
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And you keep using the word liberal but I don't think it means what you think it means.
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Re: Give Mike a break
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He posed very good points. While Trump hasn't gone full white supremacy/fascism it won't take long if people don't protest. Read your history books.
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So, when things would get ugly and the price would surge, Uber decided NOT to allow it and to make it cheaper to those who wanted to go to the protests and to those who wanted to get the hell out of the boiling areas. It not only helped the cause but it also helped those that just wanted to get home. The former got to go to the protests spending the same of a regular ride and the latter could go home safely without spending tons. It's a win-win scenario.
Seems to me they lost money in the process. Why would they do it if not to help people?
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