full Taiwanese independence is still a minority held belief on the actual island

Excuse me wut

The way they behave I think they meant to use “and” instead of “or”.

Lmao the dude was calling America a hellhole, not discussing global warming.

This comment has major “God sends hurricanes to punish the gays” vibes

They can be so right that they all collectively drink poisoned Kool-Aid.

Tribal behavior is simultaneously humankind’s greatest strength and its greatest threat.

I think you have it backwards. People realize tribalism so intrinsically it doesn’t even register.

The beauty of the social justice push we’ve seen from the 70s to today is that it actively tries to counteract the human tribal instinct to create a more fair and inclusive world. Granted, I’m not sure how successful it’s been at removing tribalism… it just seems to have redefined the tribes.

Conservatives “would”?

They literally just did. They invented fake rules about when a sitting president should be allowed to appoint justices and as a result our democracy will be completely gone within a decade.

You’re not wrong in your assessment, but part of the point of holding your government to account is that you hold the institution to a higher standard than the individuals it governs.

That doesn’t show through in your write-up at all.

Your “solution” is the exact sort of thing that led to a bunch of libertarian assholes ruining parts of rural New Hampshire, and much to the chagrin of the preexisting community.

There isn’t really any open land anymore. It’s all owned, overwhelmingly in private hands.

Is it bad that I read this and immediately think “my God it’s mid September and the Australian cops have only murdered two civilians this year?”

I think the US hits that number within 5 minutes past midnight on the New Year.

Is “Jews get the rope” an incitement to violence? Because these recent rallies seem to be hitting very close to what are the commonly-accepted limits on free speech in America.

Yeah this is an example of “lying with graphs 101”.

The data probably didn’t fit the narrative when they separate “always” and “sometimes”

This is Florida. I’m surprised no one has shot them or run them over already. No one likes Nazis

The most cruel parts of executions tend to be when the method fails. It’s a fair question.

I don’t believe the death penalty should exist. But I also think an airtight chamber would be a much better way to induce hypoxia than a cheap-ass mask. Given the state where this is happening, I don’t have a lot of confidence they’ll even know how to ensure the mask gives an airtight seal.

“Sir you don’t understand. We were being completely chaste while fucking the shit out of each other. We were just trying to prepare for that orgo exam.”

If you got issues with LGBTQ+ folks, you probably shouldn’t go to NYC to begin with.

I think you’re right about that part. What I’m expecting is that baiting the judge will be part of trump’s strategy: “look at how terrible this judge is! I can’t even speak in my own defense!”

The one think he is good at, is in generating mountains of bullshit to spin the narrative for his followers.

I expect this courtroom will be a shitshow. Trump’s entire strategy right now seems to be to pray he can reclaim enough political power to keep himself out of prison. I fully expect him to play politics instead of law in that courtroom.

Problem is our country tells each of our 50 states to do the education thing… so that leads to a huge range of outcomes for the unlucky students born into the wrong state.

Now how long will it take the ecology to recover from the extended drought? Hydrologic recovery is only the first step.