So I kinda walked away from this to think about what’s being said a bit and I just kinda have to disagree? Like, being clear and concise and accurate in defining something is hella important… to the people that care about those things. The thing we see though isn’t lacking definitions, especially in a legal sense, but people not pushing back enough whenever bad actors start bringing up terrible arguments. There are people out there that you can bring up the best, most logical points in the world and they will still twist and twist and twist until your original point is lost. We can make the most robust, perfect definitions and some people will STILL either find ways around it or completely ignore what was rationally established. The definition doesn’t matter, the problem is fascists want to monitor the world and make whoever they want disappear and people kinda just let it happen.

And to be clear, I’m trying to say you’re completely wrong. Defining things is important to establish a shared common framework of understanding and policy making and regulations are SO SO SO IMPORTANT cause they save lives in more than just one way, but problem isn’t clear cut to be solved with “we need to define things better.” We have a culture issue. Culture issues need more than one approach to resolve.

Good for you, honestly. But not the point I’m trying to make at all.

What I’m saying isn’t that you should or shouldn’t delete social media accounts. What I’m saying is that eventually they’re all going to HAVE to do it to be able to operate within certain countries. The account deletion/boycott/etc isn’t enough, you have to go after the political leaders that are FORCING companies into these deals cause governments are GOING to continue to go after companies to force the whole of the internet into surveilling users. Policy and laws need to be changed. The work HAS to be done.

People need to realize that this isn’t JUST a Discord issue. This is a policy issue AS WELL. Fucking pay attention to the politics around you. And this isn’t just a United States issue as well.

Per the article

Littler said on the morning of 10 January his partner had asked her father during the Trump row: “How would you feel if I was the girl in that situation and I’d been sexually assaulted?” Kris Harrison had replied that he had two other daughters who lived with him so it would not upset him that much.

At this point, I would also second MacOS/iOS just because of how much the two synergize with one another. But if you’re just doing basic shit and web browsing, iOS cause at least you can hold onto your phone for a long while before feeling the need to upgrade again.

Until something actually happens, this is nothing. We’re very long past the point of words and outrage being effective. Until people GO TO JAIL, all of this is roleplay.

Naw, Hollywood Reporter person (not OP the person who wrote the article). I don’t even care to click through to see your name cause the fascist shit isn’t even WORTH the work you put into writing your experience up.

Thoughts and prayers to all those bands effected

HEY! What’s up with this website’s data collection/cookie prompt? Feels like they made it hella confusing on purpose. If I’m “opted out” does that mean out of wanting to not have my data collected or does that mean a reconfirmation that I don’t want my data collected?

They will be… to brown and black people all over the world. Same as they always have been.

We don’t deserve the minimum level of respect anymore. Fuck us.

YUP. “Flood the zone with shit, get people distracted with something else and you can do whatever the fuck you want” is pretty much the government way now.

This is not a victory until they return every person they kidnapped, legal status irrelevant.

This is actually… a good idea. A lot of these people are def power hungry and more than willing to defend pedophiles in power, def probably have tendencies to take advantage of the weak and desperate/vulnerable. YEAH I can get behind a bill like this.

Eh. Republicans have proven you can lie under oath and see not consequences so this is going to be mostly meaningless.

He kills newborns, so of course he just wants to kill his enemies.

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Starting to thing FBI killed him at someone’s behest.

I knew about the child killing and dumping the body off of a boat but the auction stuff… fucking hell. What a sociopath