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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • You need to learn that such things are a part of life and you have to deal with it in order to be a member of society. The existence of progress doesn’t negate the need for hate speech protection. All societies have to change with time and that’s okay.

    I think you all forgot the purpose behind policies like freedom of speech and natural rights and that’s why you’re getting all mixed up.













  • Honestly, the more moderate Republicans that turn away from the extremists and condemn them, the better off the U.S. will be. They’re the only ones that can challenge the extremists’ hold on power, being on the inside, and unless they’re encouraged to and supported when they do, the extremists will fester unchecked and we face the very real possibility of a genocide attempt in this country if they’re allowed to just do that.

    But yeah, it really is foolish for any minority to think the right wing has anything to offer them at this point, whether they be LGBTQ+, a marginalized ethnic group, or what-have-you.












  • Karma is an inherently destructive thing for many reasons. For people, it is a representation of other people’s approval of you, so they’ll do anything to boost that number as highly as possible, even going so far as to make fake karma farming accounts, create botnets to upvote themselves and downvote opponents in arguments, and post garbage content instead of engaging in meaningful conversation with other people. For corporations, it’s a marketing tool they can exploit to manipulate public opinion, by creating or buying high-karma accounts to convince people to buy shit, or to mass downvote people who point out flaws in their arguments or products, or figure out what they’re planning and try to call them on it. They can use karma to discredit opponents, astroturf, and even sway elections indirectly. It’s one of the reasons why civil and political discourse have completely collapsed in the USA.

    That list is not exhaustive