We already knew that Restless90210 was a terrible fascist asshole when he used the word "lugenpresse" which is German for "fake news" (guess which German regime in the past used that term. I'll clue you in: it wasn't Otto von Bismarck's).
Your history teacher was a Confederate and a white power supporter.
No he wasn't; he was teaching from a Confederate and white power curriculum (Texas makes the US History curricula. Go figure.). He was just doing his job.
I imagine at the most optimistic scenario, the monkey would act like the ape in Congo (I think her name was Amy, though I'm not sure; I haven't watched that movie since the 1990's…).
What was an amendment in the U.S. Constitution was actually embedded in the Confederate Constitution: freedom of speech was deemed a core value.
I'm aware of that. I've read the Confederate constitution. In fact, having read it at the time, I then became aware of the lies my history teacher told me about the Civil War being about "states rights" and it being really about slavery, since that's what the Confederate constitution had said (and didn't even consider black people as anything other than property at all, let alone 3/5 of a person).
That aside though I know that much like Koby they'll never answer it would be interesting to know what specific 'american values' they think are being shown the door on social media.
I'm willing to guess they mean the "American" as in "Confederate States of America".
That is true. Meanwhile in, in NY State, over 28 days, it's 701 deaths. Scotland had 185 deaths, but it has 1/4 the population of New York State, so a 1/1 comparison would have Scotland's deaths be 740, which is about the same.
Florida is not the entirety of the US. Why aren't you comparing us to NY State?
Okay, but it's just a graph. Without the article (or with the article locked behind a paywall) there's no way to contextualize it. How do they arrive at that 15 million figure? Is it the people who died because COVID has stuffed the hospitals with patients? Is it how COVID has led to vulnerabilities to other diseases?
The governor of Texas got COVID-19, likely spread it at a maskless rally he went to and hasn’t faced consequences from anybody at the state or federal level.
Greg Abbott hasn't faced consequences at the state level because the state legislature is gerrymandered beyond all recognition. And Texas would be a democratic majority state if it weren't for SCOTUS-legalized voter suppression.
I wouldn't say this is a constitutional issue but the radical right gaming the system such that they "lock in" their autocratic rule.
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They're also grifters.
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We already knew that Restless90210 was a terrible fascist asshole when he used the word "lugenpresse" which is German for "fake news" (guess which German regime in the past used that term. I'll clue you in: it wasn't Otto von Bismarck's).
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No he wasn't; he was teaching from a Confederate and white power curriculum (Texas makes the US History curricula. Go figure.). He was just doing his job.
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Great choices!
Great choices this week! And a special congratulations to That One Guy for his triple crowner!
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I imagine at the most optimistic scenario, the monkey would act like the ape in Congo (I think her name was Amy, though I'm not sure; I haven't watched that movie since the 1990's…).
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I'm aware of that. I've read the Confederate constitution. In fact, having read it at the time, I then became aware of the lies my history teacher told me about the Civil War being about "states rights" and it being really about slavery, since that's what the Confederate constitution had said (and didn't even consider black people as anything other than property at all, let alone 3/5 of a person).
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What’s next?
If AI can patent inventions, what’s next? Monkeys copyrighting selfies?
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How do I say this in Portuguese?
I'll put this into words Bolsonaro will be able to understand:
Bolsonaro é uma bosta.
(If you don't know what that means, look it up on google translate or whatnot)
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Hey! You stole my bit!
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FTFY.
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Bezos vs. Musk
This is basically the battle of the Billionaire assholes, and whoever wins, we lose.
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I'm willing to guess they mean the "American" as in "Confederate States of America".
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That is true. Meanwhile in, in NY State, over 28 days, it's 701 deaths. Scotland had 185 deaths, but it has 1/4 the population of New York State, so a 1/1 comparison would have Scotland's deaths be 740, which is about the same.
Florida is not the entirety of the US. Why aren't you comparing us to NY State?
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Fair enough.
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I stand corrected.
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Okay, but it's just a graph. Without the article (or with the article locked behind a paywall) there's no way to contextualize it. How do they arrive at that 15 million figure? Is it the people who died because COVID has stuffed the hospitals with patients? Is it how COVID has led to vulnerabilities to other diseases?
I'm sorry, but your job is not done.
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I'd say it's worse than that: The wardens are running the state like a prison.
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I appreciate your insight!
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It's paywalled. Do you have any non-paywalled sources?
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Greg Abbott hasn't faced consequences at the state level because the state legislature is gerrymandered beyond all recognition. And Texas would be a democratic majority state if it weren't for SCOTUS-legalized voter suppression.
I wouldn't say this is a constitutional issue but the radical right gaming the system such that they "lock in" their autocratic rule.
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