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BerserkingRhino t1_j7kmjxk wrote

The people we vote for burn the midnight oil to give billionaires more money before they fire more people the next day.

But this new legislation is pretty exciting guys!!

Medicare for all? Free college? Public rail systems?

No

What then?!

Nina stars are now legal.

Okay, we'll take that instead.

'Murca!

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JensenWench t1_j7klvpw wrote

Ok, years ago, when I lived in the states, my daughter and her friend were honorary pages for the day at the state house in WV. They made them sit on this bench that faced the representatives backs, so they had full view of their laptops. At least 2/3 were looking at porn. My daughter and her friend were like 12, and were freaked out. I’m pretty sure it’s more common than anyone realises, or even thinks about.

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Calbinan t1_j7kk0qm wrote

If this wasn’t having a real world negative effect on people, I would think it’s funny how all these people who hate Rowling over her opinions… are revealing themselves to be a whole lot uglier on the inside than she is. She has an opinion that they don’t share. Fair enough, but a lot of these people are brimming with hatred and trashing people’s lives over it.

“Witch Hunt” is a frighteningly accurate term, because they are passionately hunting innocent people. Seriously, if they get their way and everyone associated with it is canceled, who hurts the most? Rowling? No. If she never makes another cent, she is still going to be filthy rich forever. The people who actually worked on the game, and the streamers who just want to play a game and possibly supplement their income that way are the ones who are going to hurt.

I’m sure most of these bitter people think they are on some righteous crusade, but the only effect they can have is negative. They cannot make the world a better place this way. Not everything is worth hurting people.

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baxbooch t1_j7kjm9a wrote

Intention is important but it’s not as important as impact. Now I’m not saying this “joke” had a bad impact. I’ll defer to the trans community on that. I don’t think it does but they have experiences and perspectives that I don’t that could color it.

But a lot of people are talking about intention and that’s not the point.

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