Awkwardly_Frank @ Awkwardly_Frank @lemmy.world

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Says the senator of a state that takes $40 billion more in federal money than they contribute annually.

They are the very model of modern major generals!

Don’t get me wrong, I believe little donny debt-co wants to use the military to force compliance with his will, but I don’t think that clip says what you think it does. He states that the military isn’t for organizing drag shows “or spreading democracy at the point of a run.”

What the great Orange meme-cicle seems to be saying is much worse. He seems, to me, to be saying that the military shouldn’t be concerned with ethics or morality, but rather with raw strength of arms and the exercise of power to whatever ends the president sees fit.

Send a gift. If gifts will be received at the event ask a friend who’s attending to take it on your behalf. If you can come up with something small, but meaningful, it’ll say that you noticed the slight without saying it and it could still be an olive branch. Include a nice card that tells her how much you’ve appreciated her friendship and help organizing group events. She’ll either take the olive branch and open up or back off, or she’ll catch the slight, it’ll be entirely up to her.

If you have room in the pan, try pouring a cup of cream into the bottom just before baking. It will keep the rolls nice and soft and moist.

I hear you. There’s a serious lack of grand scale organizing, and with all three branches of government captured there’s not even the consolation prize of legislative or judicial obstructionism.

That said, there is resistance at the local level, and it needs people badly. Those hands off protests aren’t being organized at the national level. The national org is calling for protests on a specific day and unaffiliated local groups are organizing the individual events. Those local groups could really use your support in whatever form you can give it. They’re almost always handing out flyers and info on their projects at protests. Most don’t require membership to help out and you almost never have to rsvp to just attend. Odds are there’s an organization or two near you that you can support, and if not most of the national orgs have organizing instructional materials on their websites for free.

It’s easy to be so worried by what’s happening nationally that we forget the difference that local orgs make. I was a part of a canvassing effort for an abortion rights amendment last year that knocked on over three thousand doors with no more than ten people every Saturday. We didn’t get the amendment passed, but it did get majority support and we saw a huge surge in new members. We’re now using our newfound numbers to help push for a city council recall and explore candidates for school board. Ours isn’t even the most well established organization in our city either. We regularly collaborate with four, more established, orgs and we’re working to build relationships with three more.

This knitting together of smaller orgs is the process of resistance building. It is unfortunately slow, but it is happening, and I promise it isn’t just happening here. Even in the middle of nowhere I have a friend in a town of two hundred who’s been auditing the town budget to show the incompetence of the “maga moms” on their town council in an attempt to get them removed. You’re right to be frustrated, but for all our sakes I hope you find something to do with that frustration.

As long as we don’t forget that many human rights issues have been mislabeled “culture wars” to detract from their importance. The first battle in the class war will ever be the battle for solidarity, for we cannot stand together unless we all stand equal.

My friend, I literally just finished the paragraph you were quoting directly from the source you provided.

I’ve seen too much of the mud you call argumentation to want to roll around in it with you.

It is. I’ve noticed industry on here several times. At least on this issue they seem more interested in stirring the pot than genuine discussion. They consistently clip quotes and videos just outside of relevant context then deny there is any when others call for it. When confronted with the context by others they deny that it changes anything at all.

to declare that Israel "has the right to defend itself" but "does not have the right to wage all-out war against the Palestinian people."

FTFY

Absolutely!

Even were it true, which it is not, that the ruling classes push LGBTQ+ acceptance, Nutomic’s argument would be ignorant at best and dishonest. Either they don’t know of all the historic instances in which those in power have played both sides of an issue against each other in order to divide potential opponents or, more likely, they are willing to selectively overlook it to justify their prejudices.

They spelled “out of racism” wrong. “In error” isn’t even close.

This is the solution, and the place to start is your local comic shop if you have one. Almost all of them run gaming clubs in the back.

This exactly.

I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if it did, and Japan would be a likely culprit.

Tech has the right of what I was getting at though. I’ve been a member of several organizations and every one has made an attempt to turn me out to events. Most recently I’ve been working with a local Democratic Socialists of America chapter which got me out for canvassing and socials, which lead to protests and neighborhood cleanups, and now includes mutual aid events and tabletop gaming. All of this happened after I was laid off and moved half way across the country. Not all organizations are the same, but a good one can practically create a whole social life from thin air.

My brother in Christ, that is just a club! You pay dues to belong and everyone elects the few most organized and functional people to plan events that everyone can enjoy. You can even kick it up a notch and make it a civil organization so that you’re accomplishing good works while hanging out with likeminded people. Society used to be full of such organizations, and it’s time we brought them back.

Gods, I wish someone would gag that bloated gasbag.

I don’t think it’s a cop out at all. It’s a very good start and I appreciate the work and the quote. It sets me to thinking of a monstrous demigod by the name of Na’scrivas I’ve had rattling around for some time (I made an anagram of scrivener and changed a few letters. Plus, who doesn’t enjoy a good apostrophe in a fantasy setting.). It’s takes the form of a journal that makes its contents a reality at the cost of slowly detaching the writer further and further from reality. The idea is that by the end of the story the reader should question how much of it actually happened, and how much was simply the protagonist going mad.

‘Twas ever thus.