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Terrible attempt at a straw man at the end there, 2/10.

She murdered a baby. She needs rehabilitation, help, sure, but it doesn’t get much worse than baby killing, imo.

Yes, unfortunately Lemmy has gone like Voat - only the “extreme” (generalising) have stuck around. Hopefully something new will arise to displace Reddit and capture its mainstream users.

Lol

US cops really have stored up an incredible amount of badwill, haven’t they? Now, I can’t help but see Nolan’s Batman film (whichever the one is with cops in tunnels), Brooklyn 99 and others as straight up copaganda. Just zero sympathy. The balance will shift at some point, it has to.

Single use bags can be sold, and are sold, for wrapping fruit and vegetables, and thin polyethylene carrier bags are atill sold, they just can’t be given away for free.

What do you mean?

I can see no downside to the state being able to track every transaction you make and devalue it at will, charge negative interest rates to encourage spending to boost ‘the economy’. Read the research papers banks issue on this topic, the bankers are salivating.

Edit: typo

Gag orders can forbid people from publicly discussing a case or aspects of it.

No. Humans are more than their base instincts. Hamas should not have murdered civilians. The Israeli state apparatus should not be abusing Gazans. Both are true at the same time.

Dude, this is a straw man you’re arguing against. The truth is the lot of them are past it.

Honestly, while these growing pains are unfair, I just have no sympathy for rich actors in this. I’d love to get rid of the ridiculous overpaid class of celebrities and operate with artificial stars. I do not enjoy celebrity culture or the elevation of voices and opinions purely on the basis of connections and/or acting talent.