abbotsbury

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Irrelevant, still the anti-genocide vote.

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can you still call yourself anti-genocide if you vote for the candidate who puts forth a slower, more well marketted genocide

I mean, yes, objectively? Mathematically, only a Democrat or a Republican can win the United States general election. If you can use your influence to vote for Less Genocide instead of More Genocide, that is what electoral anti-genocide is. You don't have to like it, but those are the options.

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2w ago

Leftist people voting for the best of limited options are still leftist voters.

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2w ago

I said voters, if those people aren't voting, then they aren't leftist voters.

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2w ago

time and time again, polling shows that Americans prefer leftist policies when presented with them independently of party affiliation

So where are all the leftist voters then?

abbotsbury @lemmy.world 3w ago

No, that's PR

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 4w ago

The most pathetic system? You can criticize crypto without resorting to petty insults, which just makes your position appear weaker.

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 1mo ago

I'm aware

From your second link: This video describes the structure and functions that give mitochondria their nickname: the powerhouses of the cell.

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 1mo ago

*Powerhouses, mitochondria is plural.

abbotsbury @lemmy.world 1mo ago

don't mind if I do

abbotsbury @lemmy.world 1mo ago

Putting ideology ("voting legitimizes the illegitimate authority") over pragmatism is goofy IMO. Like, whether you view the state as legitimate or not, in the here-and-now it exists and has power, giving up your influence because you don't like it is counterproductive.

Also this post reeks of Sovereign Citizen nonsense, "I do not consent to being ruled" okay well you are, might as well have a say in the rules.

abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2mo ago

and here's the preceding exchange that actually describes the pods:

On closer inspection, Kurt saw a faint light leaking from these cubes… and staring closer, he noticed they were not at all cubes—their edges distorted and radiated extra dimensions.

He staggered back, hands reflectively grasping for his temples. Disorientation washed over him as he tasted the faint green light, inhaled the dusty odors of meaning from the symbols on the floor, and heard the bell-like tinkling of the organic electronics of the pods.

He sank to one knee and the tangled sensory input faded.

"Stand back," Kurt warned the others. Over the COM he said, "Will, escort Dr. Halsey up here."

Another wave of disorientation hit Kurt and his vision swam. When he again could see. Dr. Halsey knelt next to him.

"Move him away from the machines," she told Will.

Will dragged him back to the room's entrance, and Kurt's vision immediately cleared and the dizziness vanished.

"What was that?" he asked Dr. Halsey.

"Unshielded Slipspace field," she said. Her face was a mask of concentration, staring at the cubic machine housing. Frowning, she crossed to the pods. "Linda," she said, "your assistance please."

Linda moved up to Dr. Halsey, her sniper rifle aimed at the floor.

"Use your weapon's range finder; point at the interior of the pod."

Linda nodded, raised her rifle, and aimed at the Spartan inside the pod. After a moment, she lowered the weapon, checked her Oracle scope's settings, and then repeated the procedure. She shook her head.

"You are reading an infinite range?" Dr. Halsey said.

"Yes," Linda replied, uncharacteristic annoyance in her tone. "There must be something wrong with it."

"No," Dr. Halsey replied. "I'm afraid it is in perfect working order."

She turned to Kurt. "I cannot revive your Spartans or the other three, Lieutenant Commander. They are not in cryogenic suspension."

Kurt shook off the last traces of confusion. "Explain," he said.

"They are encased in a Slipspace field. The process to stabilize such a field in normal space is well beyond any technology we or the Covenant possess. Essentially these Spartans are here, but not, extruded into an alternate set of spatial coordinates and excluded from time."

abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2mo ago

tbf this was an intentional moment about how timey-wimey and extra dimensionally slipspace is, and Halsey was immediately called out for talking out of both sides of her mouth.

But it's more funny to crop that.

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2mo ago

No, I get it, I think it's wrong.

Their narrative is that she was driving her car at them, her being unarmed is either irrelevant (because they don't claim she was attacking with a weapon) or incorrect (if the vehicle is a weapon.)

So again, just repeating their narrative of "an unarmed woman was trying to kill an agent" without major transformation is just repeating their narrative. ICE claims she was attempting to kill, and this meme portrays her as someone about to kill. No satire or parody, it's not emasculating because it's literally just reinforcing their claims. They claim she was a danger and a threat, this meme portrays her as a danger and a threat and the ICE nazi in imminent danger.

Instead of just flipping it and having ICE being the one hunting down a defenseless person trying to run away, which would make sense and not thoughtlessly reinforce the ICE narrative.

abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2mo ago

dae introverted??

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abbotsbury @lemmy.world 2mo ago

And what way is that? Because it seems to me like just repeating, not satirizing or parodying.