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Lavender [they/them]

@ Lavender @hexbear.net

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  • Hey, remember you guys were bugging me to post a 7000 comment reddit thread about a black guy being sentenced by a judge? (CW: racism)

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  • It's such bullshit. Not only can he not be innocent in their eyes, he's not even allowed to react to being sentenced to life in prison. He can't have a neck tattoo or natural hair, either.

    It's also pretty heinous that this is posted on that particular subreddit.

  • Mission failed Agent 47

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  • It's great that as a senator he can afford to have an abundance of caution.

  • Khan Academy CEO predicts AI in the classroom will be like 5 'amazing graduate students' assisting teachers

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  • Graduate students could assist teachers if they were paid fairly for their work.

    Nah, let's just pay the owner of an AI to misinform students.

  • Clinton’s Endorsement of Cuomo Is Grotesque but Predictable

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  • No, just that #metoo was taken out back and shot when holding sexual predators accountable meant holding Biden accountable too.

  • Are Amerikkkan politicians even sentient?

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  • Clinton’s Endorsement of Cuomo Is Grotesque but Predictable

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  • We had to get Biden elected, okay?!

  • On one hand it's hard to support a fan of the team designed for the vile suburbanite creatures from Long Island. On the other hand they're right about people who like both the Mets and Yankees.

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  • There's nothing natural about Cuomo.

    Also it's so disappointing that his actions that led to his fall from grace back then don't matter anymore.

  • This article was written with the explicit purpose of pissing off Adam.

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  • Are there some recent episodes where this happens?

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • There's a difference between killing a general and bombing 3 nuclear reactors

    This was the comment you corrected in regards to concerns about a potential world war. If you believe bombing nuclear sites is less of an escalation than bombing nuclear reactors, that's fine, but focusing on the inaccuracy didn't respond to the original concern and intended point - that killing a general is different from targeting three nuclear sites.

    If the comment was corrected to read

    There's a difference between killing a general and bombing 3 nuclear enrichment sites

    Would their original point be any different?

    That's why I described your response as splitting hairs. Instead of engaging with their point, you corrected a detail that didn't significantly change their concern about escalation of an international conflict.

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • The US bombed a sovereign nation, does that not constitute an act of war, regardless of the target?

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • Okay, I have a hypothetical question for you:

    If the US Congress moved to stop Trump from escalating conflict in Iran, should the bombing of enrichment sites be considered less of an act of war than bombing reactors?

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • And then you asked what is wrong with telling the truth on an issue, which I answered. I don't think you the person are dismissing the situation, but it's a common media tactic to use any inaccuracy as an excuse to dismiss an otherwise cogent point.

    For example when describing war crimes as genocidal in another country, the media might refer to them as not technically being genocide according to international law. They are still war crimes, but if the writer of such an article made a retraction based on such a technicality, readers may doubt there were war crimes at all.

    This is a consistent tactic used to pull attention away from important details.

    If you're interested in learning more about this, so you can spot in the wild, I can link you to relevant articles and podcasts.

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • I'm not offended - I just wonder where your priorities are.

    You asked a question and I tried to explain why focusing on correcting details can derail a conversation when the consequences and response would likely be materially similar.

    I mean I don't see an Iranian politician looking at the bombing of an enrichment site by the US and finding it much better than bombing a reactor. Do you?

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • It's shifting focus away from the main issue at hand. Yes, in the future, I'll speak accurately about the attacks, but your point is purely academic when we're talking about the material conditions around a bombing.

    The problem is that bad faith actors often attempt to discredit one's argument overall when they are not 100% accurate about the facts.

    If I were making a formal statement in a professional setting, I'd want to be as accurate as possible, but on a forum post where the issue is one country bombing another, correcting someone on the nature of the bombings' targets isn't adding to the discussion in the same way.

    I don't mean to attack you, but read the room.

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • Again, why are you splitting hairs in this situation? The main issue with this is that the US bombed another country, escalating an already tense international conflict.

    Will the damage to infrastructure be different? Yes.

    Will the act be seen as a lesser act of war? I don't think so.

  • Trump says US bombed 3 Iran nuclear sites

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  • Is that where you want to split hairs on this issue? You don't get anything for being technically correct.

  • Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree In New York, Police Call It Suicide

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  • As a Black person who sometimes had ideations, I was against methods that could resemble a lynching because of the traumatic history and the impact it would have on my community to see something like that. Of course an institution like the police would rule this as a suicide out of hand.

  • If the word "Sodomy" comes from Sodom & Gomorrah, whats Gomorrahy?

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  • I heard his voice

  • Damn, Iran has started Sepiroth posting

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