Message from @Mimi
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That's just how conspiracy theorists tend to function. Same deal with radfems connecting everything to the patriarchy
Can’t wait for the NYT article: “FIRE: The organization with an anti-Semitic following”
Doesn't the ACLU have the position that 'hate speech' is actually a thing?
I think they've had some conflicting statements on that in the last couple years
Oh wait, you said IS a thing. Yeah.
the ACLU has the position of "hey, if we virtue signal hard enough then idiots throw money at us".
whatever it is that they stood for, it's not what they stand for now.
I heard that they got a ton of donations when Trump was elected because of people fearing that he'd strip away all rights
And that that's when they started going downhill
yup
could someone explain to me why title ix is a thing in the first place? because i really don't get it. if there is a crime - go to the cops. preferably in a timeframe that allows for an investigation and not half a century later.
deplatforming does nothing but increase interest in the person youre trying to silence
Reminder that what is often considered to be the first death in the US civil war was pro-abolitionist journalist Elijah Parish Lovejoy who had his printing press destroyed 3 times before being killed by an angry mob who opposed his publication.
tbh i would have joined FIRE if i knew they existed while i was in college
not fat - wearing a fat suit. you can clearly see it if you look at the face and neck. fat people don't have skinny face and neck like that.
or they are just shit at drawing things and have no idea how realistic proportions work. probably both.
Look at how hypocritical people criticizing OneAngryGamer are
Body positivity activism isn't actually about fighting irrational insecurity, it's about claiming authority about who gets to shame
Male body shaming, virgin shaming, living conditions shaming, etc.
this is fucking hilarious these comments
>what if you're genetic fat reeeeee
Wasn't there a study that showed even with a thyroid problem or other shitty disadvantage that the difference would be within a few pounds and not healthy vs can't sustain your own body past 40?
Tim mentioned in a video today that it's weird that automatic 'projectile devices' could be restricted as they are today, so I thought I'd give a brief explanation on how that happened, because it's an interesting example of how rights can slowly erode.
In 1934 the NFA passed. This act among required weapons such as easily concealable firearms(originally it was intended to include handguns), explosives, or automatic weaponry to be registered which cost $200. Adjusting for inflation that's nearly $4,000 in today's money.
In 1986 the Hughes amendment passed which closed the registry. It was passed by a voice vote, and it was disputed whether the ayes outnumbered the nays. The chairman in charge refused requests for a recorded vote to take place. So now they weren't *banned*, but no more could be registered meaning that now even the lowest quality junk automatic gun goes for $10,000; because the demand greatly outnumbers the now fixed supply.
In 2008 DC vs Heller the Supreme Court ruled that guns that were not 'in common use' were not protected by the 2nd amendment. In other words because prior laws had heavily regulated automatic weapons so that they were unobtainable by the common man they were no longer 'in common use' and therefor free to be infringed upon.
For fun, here's a gun catalog from the 60's to show how things have changed.
I thought there was a motivating factor with gang crime who largely used automatic weapons.
Are we talking the Capone era?
yeah
I believe there was, yeah. The stereotype of the tommy gun wielding mobster didn't come from nothing, but I can't tell you how much of that was based on fact and how much from media.
i think
but yeah, if you give people an inch, they really do try to take a mile
I wish that wasn't the case
Makes life more difficult for moderates
How can you compromise when every concession just resets the baseline? :-(
Exactly
The funny thing is politicians promote the fact that they do that as a positive.
May they rot in Hell
"Somehow the notion of unalienable liberty got lost. It's really become a question of what liberties will the state assign to individuals or rather, what liberties we will have the strength to cling to." - Paul Denton
Howitzers for every law abiding citizen.
if you want to make the grade, you've got to have a hand grenade