If would be nice if we could trust government and media. It’s tricky.

That seems sus AF, like when the USA “found” something similar targeting UN headquarters.

Took me a moment to realize this is rhetorical device to illustrate the point.

I’m betting the guy without an original thought is a fed, along with his buddy.

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Furthermore, I’m wondering “authoritarian compared to whom, exactly?” Look around you. Violence unleashed on peaceful protesters everywhere, asking for anything from less police violence to don’t cut or freeze wages to tax dollars for citizens not genocide.

You know that magnifying glass looking icon? You can search terms across instances.

The last time I said that and posted a dictionary entry definition, the user without an original thought claimed that’s not the way the average person uses the word and I’m wrong. 🤷‍♀️

I highly recommend you do that, rather than looking at anything that disagrees and asking "if my government lied to me about genocide in Palestine, the Gulf of Tonkin, and Vietnam war, what else may they be lying about, and why?”

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Good idea. I recommend Xibucks. 😉

You already know.

Going back up rapidly.

Once more for the people in the back:

we all know libs will side with fascists over leftists every single time.

The prize committee is a seriously unfunny joke.

The API blackout. I said when blackout I’d quit, and I did.

Idk about .ml but grad and hex make MSM occasionally, and it is what you’d expect.

That’s pretty much the extent of how it worked with my family. I don’t throw out mean-spirited too often, because that tends to bring out defensive combativeness.

I think that’s a valid option for you, and may not be for others. But there can be other reasons besides “but they’re family.”

I stopped arguing which made them dig in and our relationship worse, and asked a thoughtful question or two. Then dropped the matter and moved on to something different or removed myself from immediate proximity. I mean they’re not red/black flag-waving revolutionaries, but people grow at their own pace or not. To use the old idiom, pulling on carrot tops doesn’t make them grow.