agent_flounder

They can take you out– that’s for sure.

Well I’m convinced! /s

Idk, pretty sure TinTin is Belgian

Well… I guess I’ve never heard it spoken before lol

By how many different metrics is the u.s. in decline now?

Yes.

I don’t know if there is any hope of avoiding the whole fascism thing on our way to collapse but I sure hope so. Ugh this country is so fucked up.

That’s how my grandmother went out. Definitely preferable to many other ways. :( Sorry you had to go through that. Dementia of any kind is horrible.

It’s a really uncommon word. But hey, you get to be one of today’s lucky 10,000.

My favourite is “absolute free speech!!” combined with “if you say something someone doesn’t like, they are entitled to punch you”

Anyone who says that is forgetting that punching falls under assault.

Hate speech is far beyond merely “something I don’t like”. It is advocating for the oppression and even eradication of people based on their very identity.

Hate speech should not be tolerated if we want to live in a society that tolerates the existence of others. (So called “paradox of tolerance” which is really not a paradox when you frame it as I have). We can tolerate the existence of bigoted assholes but prohibit them spreading their bigotry. Otherwise we live in a society that supports intolerance.

You might be right now that you mention it. 🤔