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For the longest time, "liberal" seemed like it basically just meant "Democrat" the same way "conservative" has/had been used to mean "Republican." Now, it seems like it means "bad Democrat" and is even worse than being MAGA the way many seem to use it. Where did its use as an insult within the [relative] political left come from, and what does it specifically accuse/identify someone of/as?

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 38 points 2 months ago

We've all snuck something home from the office here and there

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 106 points 6 months ago

Largely true, but it's crazy what the difference of just a few feet of slowing down does (rather than zero feet of abrupt stopping) to acceleration forces. The crumple zone on a car only has to be 3 feet long to turn a 60mph crash from a fatality to a horrific injury.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 56 points 7 months ago

Seems to me like the one locked door and the literal hiding room would be the two most important places to look. How did they ever consider the search done without going in these two rooms?

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 7 months ago

I think the point is that to you, it's just semantics. But, to use your example, given that some people have started intentionally using "female" in place of "woman" as an (arguably) subtle way to exclude trans women, it suddenly becomes more than semantics to both trans and anti-trans populations. That's what Smotherlove is saying about "dog whistle" language only being transparent to the perpetrator and the victim.

So from your/my perspective (admittedly assuming you're neither trans nor anti-trans), it's largely a case of "a few rotten apples ruining it for the rest of the bunch." What should just be a semantic difference has been coopted and intentionally weaponized by some, so all of us have to be conscious of whether or not we're making that worse.

It's also not a new phenomenon. Many epithets start as PC terms and then become offensive based on how a specific group starts to use them, notably, almost every one-time PC terms for Black Americans and people of color. Unfortunately, it's basically the reason that, for at least 100 years, (responsible) individuals/media have had to change terms for many marginalized peoples every 10-20 years, with many other examples, like "Oriental" and the terms that predate it, and plenty of others.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 30 points 8 months ago

Lol they said "threatening violence" because it was the easiest thing to ban you with. The real reason you got banned is that you're a psycho, man. You sound like you are saying you wish you were allowed to hurt or kill your own children, and you're talking about them as property. That's crazy person shit.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 109 points 8 months ago

Guys let's not make taking drugs look even worse by association it with that guy

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This has been going on since I joined months ago, so I don't think it's a recent update thing.

Anyway, if I click on a post of a news article or something, and then within that article click to a second (and third or fourth etc.) page for more information, when I then click the "back" button on my Android, it returns me all the way back to the app rather than to my previous page online. I'd love if it worked like in a standard browser and just brought me back one page rather than closing the browser window.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 91 points 8 months ago

I like guys who weren't captured, and fingerprinted, mugshotted, and booked.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 24 points 9 months ago

And coincidentally wants people to rent them.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 100 points 10 months ago

If only quotes, evidence, and objective reporting had any hope of getting through to his supporters...

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yahoo was a massive failed effort, but it hardly even compares to that haircut.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 34 points 10 months ago

Forty-thirth

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Honestly it's shocking how most religions veer right in the most extreme groups. Ultra orthodox anything tends to lead to traditional but extreme sexism, cultishness, and xenophobia, or in other words, the GOP.

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