[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 months ago

Advertisers: OK. Call.

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submitted 3 months ago by Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/news@lemmy.world

"Along with their anger about abortion, they grouse about not being allowed to punish students "for being homosexual or transgender." They also argue they should be able to penalize teaching assistants for "cross-dressing," by which they appear to mean allowing trans women to wear skirts."

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 4 months ago

Quiet quitting is just middle management's manipulative language for people doing their jobs adequately but then not putting in a bunch of unpaid extra effort. When there is no incentive to go above and beyond, why should anyone? It is the job of management to create those incentives, but if they are unwilling to pay for that, complaining about people's work ethic to try to guilt them into doing unpaid work is their next strategy. It isn't very effective.

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 months ago

Fear and Loathing should be required reading in schools. A lot of the meaning gets lost in all of the drugs, but in the midst of that haze one can find a lot true things about America.

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 65 points 4 months ago

What about as a political statement? Isn't that still protected speech? You republicans made masking/not masking a political act, don't blame me.

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 months ago

This has nothing to do with bathrooms, privacy, or "protecting women." The entire intent of laws like these is to attack trans people and make it effectively illegal to be trans in public. Fascists need a minority enemy in order to maintain power and we are their latest favourite punching bag.

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[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 5 months ago

“My child is going to grow up to be a happy adult. He’s not going to be one of those kids that doesn’t come to see me or doesn’t bring my grandchildren around or doesn’t have anything to do with me as an adult because I forced them into a box that they didn’t fit into.”

This guy parents!

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone

This is the sort of messaging I would love to see more of. We aren't going to convince actual Nazis to change their minds but this is the sort of thing that should remind old-school Republicans that anti-trans legislation is anti-freedom legislation.

https://www.grace-now.org/

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 6 months ago

Either:

Embryos are people and they should never be destroyed, so IVF and abortion should be illegal.

OR

Embryos are not people and your right to choose what happens to your body is paramount. Therefore, abortions and IVF should be legal.

Which is it?

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 6 months ago

Have they tried NOT making schools a hostile work evironment where teachers are one baseless accusation of being "woke" away from getting fired and getting death threats from the community? Have they tried not censoring speech and burning books such that teachers can do their jobs? No? Good luck with that then.

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 6 months ago

Look no further than the world's militaries for this. They drill drill drill until soldiers react automatically without having to think about how they will react in a hostile situation. Its not enough to learn what to do once if you want a fast response.

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 6 months ago

Old internet was absolute anarchy and it was better for it. There was a lot of fucked up shit out there but there werent algorithms manipulating you, sites tracking you, and purposely trying to sow discord for engagement. It was a more like a marketplace with a seedy section that you could visit if you were brave/stupid but you could happily just chill on your niche RC airplane forum if you wanted. The modern internet is more like a pushy used car salesman following you around telling you where to look and a cop following you around too.

Rather than banning social media for kids, we should be banning sites from implementing algorithms on them and tracking them. Frabkly, I'd like to see that for everyone, but its an easier political sell to protect kids from the predatory practices.

I remember the old internet as a refuge from the real world where I could be a sensitive nerd and I wouldn't get bullied for it. Cutting off access to outside ideas and communities for youth is a mistake. It also breaks any semblance of anonimity on the internet; how do you do age verification without having to upload an ID?

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago

I wonder if Haley is vegan. She seems willing to expand the definition of what is a life and what is sacred. Which is more alive, an adult cow or a single cell human embryo? Are either acceptable to eat? Why or why not?

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I will be calling my representatives and letting them know that I would sooner see the government shutdown than see any of these proposals become law.

[-] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 67 points 7 months ago

Imagine being so afraid of people who have slightly different beliefs from you that you think moving to a dictatorship is a good idea.

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