Charapaso

I guess you would have been one of the folks confused by the Dead Kennedys back in the day, if you find satire so threatening that you’re talking about violent retribution.

https://youtu.be/sgpa7wEAz7I?si=zD3Idj0UYgoZFQCo

Hell yeah! If you aren’t familiar with the some, they were trolling folks with “I Kill Children” to lampoon folks swept up in moral panics: it feels all to relevant today, given the moral panic around LGBTQ+ folks.

https://youtu.be/TtqPlB-oC4w?si=CXD7m1zUQYY-ghHl

Voting for the slightly less shit option makes it easier for the things we do in parallel to have a positive impact: direct action doesn’t get slowed down much by voting once a year or so.

I don’t think it does much, but any tiny contribution to the fight against climate change is a good for the world, as is any slowing of the erosion of civil rights domestically, gutting of what remains of medicare/medicaid, etc.

I also know a GOP administration will be worse in terms of fighting against leftist movements in the streets, if only slightly. They’re definitely worse re: labor movements overall, again: even if only marginally.

So I’m not going to claim it’s a panacea, or even someone that will have notable effects, but I do think it matters at the margins, so the effort required is usually worth it, IMHO

There’s a podcast called Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans is the host. Podcast about terrible people in history, Evans and guests have left wing politics and “crude” humor…it’s awesome

Yeah: gotta be crisis actors, if Alex Jones taught us anything, right?

Note what kind of car the bell is on

Yep: we already saw how his placation of Putin likely led to the invasion of Ukraine, and his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel for sure pumped up Netanyahu and his coalition.

What if the road to becoming “functional” requires, at least in a plurality of cases, help from those that can afford it?

That “free shit” might be what helps them turn their life around. Do you think they have a better chance to improve their station in life if they don’t have access to support from the public?

I wholly reject that it’s somehow dehumanizing to give folks food and shelter during the worst moments in their lives.