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GrymEdm

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  • Trump Closes Out Election Campaign By Threatening Michelle Obama

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  • Downvote if you want, they aren't the same. There are big differences between this brief statement and the lead-up to J6, and takes like this only fuel the conservative assertion that "woke Liberals" will blow anything out of proportion. You can believe what you want, but I'm not going to resort to unfounded "but he could be" claims given how many valid criticisms are available. I'll stick to the things he's actually said about women's rights, the environment, locking up opponents, wanting to be a dictator...

    The long J6 speech was held right in front of the Capitol where he said some version of "we need to fight" so many times that legal experts say it's obvious, in an evidence-applicable-to-court way, that he was inciting. It was preceded by many day's worth of rhetoric, and he was telling others to do his dirty work. It's the basis for an incredibly serious lawsuit.

    The "hit back" conversation was like two lines in one anecdote about verbal sparring, and in context clearly wasn't him asking if it was his turn to punch Michelle Obama. He also never spent days calling for anything along the lines of "You folks need to hit Michelle Obama" the way he called for them to fight at the Capitol. No one is going to make a lawsuit about those quotes.

  • Trump Closes Out Election Campaign By Threatening Michelle Obama

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  • I really don't like the various outlets' coverage of this story or how quick people are to interpret this as a violent threat. I am VERY skeptical that he meant physically hitting Michelle Obama, and I think the only way to make it sound that way is to clip the quote. When he says, "She hit me the other day" and "She said that about me, I can’t hit back?" he's obviously not talking physically and you wouldn't think that if it was Harris saying it.

    TONS of legitimate exist reasons to hate Trump and tear him apart (Huffpost: "This just in, user GrymEdm threatens to 'tear Trump apart'. Is he advocating assault?"). We don't need to grasp at straws when there are rock-solid criticisms of Trump. If it's not right for the other side to take things out of context and spin them, then it's not ok for us. How about we stay focused on Trump being a democracy-destroying, racist, lying convicted felon/sex offender (with ample proof) and not try to force this quote into something it probably isn't.

    Edit: People comparing the J6 coup/maintaining deniability need to look up how serious and extended the lead up to J6 was. It was many days worth of violent rhetoric capped by a long speech where he said "peaceful" once and called for variations of "fighting" 20 times. His J6 incitement is the basis of a very serious and (according to experts in the linked article) indefensible lawsuit. No one is taking him to court because of the quotes in OP's article. Lemmy, you don't need to push this to make reasons to justifiably despise him.

  • We had no problems with vaccines or election integrity until Trump. It’s all manufactured nonsense.

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  • Here's an article on the history of anti-vaccination movements with sources.

    • "The Leicester Demonstration March of 1885 was one of the most notorious anti-vaccination demonstrations. There, 80,000-100,000 anti-vaccinators led an elaborate march, complete with banners, a child’s coffin, and an effigy of Jenner."

    • "...surveys of medical providers in the UK in the late 1970s found they were reluctant to recommend the immunization to all patients."

    • "Although the time periods have changed, the emotions and deep-rooted beliefs—whether philosophical, political, or spiritual—that underlie vaccine opposition have remained relatively consistent since Edward Jenner introduced vaccination."

  • lemmy.ca user Is this true?

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  • We are sorry to hear you are disappointed with the Canadian gender identity. Please hold if you wish to express your concerns to one of our agents. Alternatively, courses on the benefits and challenges of being Canadian and what it means to be hockeysexual are available in English and French. Completion of the course grants access to free-but-slow healthcare and a $25 Tim Hortons gift card.

  • "It's going to be fun to play this game again!" [Azul Crescent's silly scribbles]

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  • I'd find it odd if I enjoyed the same things as much now as I did when I was say, 6-12 years old. Games and shows for kids are meant for a child-like mind. You can still appreciate them for what they are - I've watched Lazy Town with my nieces and enjoyed the quality of the music and Stefán Karl Stefánsson as Robbie Rotten. But I'm not sitting down to watch it on my own.

    Plus game design and definitely graphics can improve over time. E.g. I loved Golden Eye on N64 as a kid, but if I replayed it I think nostalgia would be doing a lot of heavy lifting. I replayed FF7 Classic a year or two ago and did not find it nearly as compelling as I did when I was 16. It was still alright, but it didn't amaze me the way it did in PS1 days.

  • Arizona attorney general's office probing Trump's violent comments about Liz Cheney

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  • "It’s easy for her to talk, sitting far from where the death scenes take place, but put a gun in her hand, and let her go fight, and she’ll say, ‘No thanks!’” This from a guy who discusses deploying troops in America against Americans, yet dodged the Vietnam draft with fake medical issues.

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  • What's a can opener? Kind of NSFW - like not really, but if someone walks in on you watching you'll have some explaining to do.

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  • Wouldn't it be nice to be the little spoon once in a while?

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  • Get either a piercing weapon to exploit weak points or a bludgeoning weapon to transmit force through the plate, because she's clearly here to do battle. Dinner can come AFTER I've defended my honor.

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  • How do adults find happiness in life?

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    • Take time off from social media once in a while, or at least avoid doomscrolling all day. Bad stories generate FAR more engagement than good stories, and every form of media knows this. If 100,000 people in your area have an average-to-good day and 5 people have terrible days, all 5 stories presented to you will detail how things are in your area are terrible.

    • Physical health affects mental health and vice versa. Eat healthy (or healthier). Stay hydrated. Get 7-9 hours of sleep regularly and use sleep hygeine. Get 90+ minutes of exercise (anything that raises your heartrate) a week which is like 15 minutes/day. Don't worry about doing it all immediately - if you try to change everything at once you're more likely to get overwhelmed and burn out. It's way better to make slow, sustainable changes over months than it is to do a difficult crash course for a short time and get fed up with the process.

    • Do thankfulness exercises. When I go to bed at night I think of 3 things I'm thankful for in the day. On average or bad days it may be that I wasn't in constant/chronic pain, that I got to eat and drink, and that I'm in a safe place and a soft bed. Just remembering those basics (that many of us take for granted) helps keep me aware of good things in my life.

    • Find ways to enjoy hobbies that require participation - arts, sports, board/video games, whatever. Just something other than passively taking in TV/online media. This will help you feel engaged and double points if it's something that allows for improvement because you'll feel rewarded as you get better.

  • Missouri Republican election challenger says he should be allowed to watch early voting

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  • The only thing he he should be allowed to do is retake whatever high-school civics course he failed that covers how laws protect anonymous and uncoerced voting.

  • Trump Says He’ll Protect Women, ‘Like It or Not,’ Evoking His History of Misogyny

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  • Because of his billionaire background, he already knows where he can grab them to keep them close at hand. He's been practising for this policy with several reluctant women over the years.

  • Donald Trump vows to be protector of women ‘whether they like it or not’

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  • Texas megachurch youth leader arrested for child sex videos

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  • If Christian parents were really concerned about their child's safety they'd let them go to library book readings and keep them away from church groups and camps.

  • oahsa rocks guys

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  • Elon Musk ordered to attend $1 million voter lottery suit hearing in Philadelphia court

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  • Looking at that 2nd point: it's so odd that Trump's Republicans include hardcore Netanyahu-style Zionists AND unrepentant antisemites. It's like they want to cover all possible approaches to the wrong side of history.

    As to the meat of the story, Legal Eagle made a video about the legality of the Musk lottery. It seems pretty clearly forbidden, but we've been down this road with rich Conservatives many times before...

  • No cat, only floof

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  • No worries friend.

  • No cat, only floof

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  • Dammit, Lemmy says you beat me to the joke by literally 30 seconds. Which is the time I took to look up this:

    Great minds think alike.