the lack of lemmy.ml accounts on this post is amusing.

almost like they’re too afraid to admit they were wrong or they were Russian trolls all along.

but the end result is the same.

you’re always left with five.

Leave aside for a moment the argument we might have about what is happening in China… What the fuck would I be able to do about that? Do I vote in China? Do my tax dollars fund their military?

so it’s based entirely on convenience. that’s even worse than being a racist.

your economic dollars do. the entire American economy is dependent on cheap Wyger labor.

how about pushing political leadership to apply pressure on China to stop enslaving Wygers? How about stop buying anything from China?

Your money, not tax money, but YOUR money enables China to continue to enslave Wygers.

when you go to the store, how about you look at where all your shit is made. I bet the technology you’re using to spray your liquid shititlement everywhere online is even made by Wygers in China.

Can’t lefties get their messaging straight? You guys are the “anti-establishment” crowd. the most organized anarchists! The best corpopinkos in the world!

I’ll just keep calling them hypocrites though.

really great how you made a net negative sound like a positive, when in reality Leftists are just hyper focused on a facet of a larger problem and completely ignore the bigger picture because it doesn’t make them feel warm and fuzzy.

that’s fine. Genocide is acceptable by Leftists too if it’s Muslims.

btw, where was the leftist outrage for the millions of Wygers in China? not brown enough? not convenient enough during an election?

so what makes lefties IGNORE Wyger persecution in china?

Ah, yea, extremists. The only ones who “have all the answers”.

that’s rich.

the only idiots who willingly misattribute this thought experiment are conservative trolls and Leftists, in my experience.

honestly I think Democrats are the only ones who can fully grasp the concept of the trolley problem since both conservatives and leftists are much too extreme to make a non-biased choice. That can only be true because Democrats ride the fence between the two so well(according to both conservatives anf leftists).

but hey, I’m just some removed on the internet according to them as well. 🤷

no. this is a cheap shot.

hon hon hon!

don’t ask questions if you can’t fap to the answers.

they just came out of a pool!

hasn’t everyone on his cabinet done that?

Kings and tyrants always have successors.

the people are left to pay the bill when a fight for succession happens.

I would ask everyone to imagine the US being like the post Soviet collapse. ammo out the ass but not a crumb to eat.

who am I kidding though, the youngins weren’t alive then. I doubt they even remember Kosovo.

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

this is my coping mechanism.

A Democrat and a Republican walk into a bar. The Democrat asks what the draft of the day is. The Republican is confused about the term “draft” and begins laughing nervously mumbling something about “bone spurs”.

The bartender asks the Democrat if his friend is removed to which he responds, “we don’t use that word. He’s mentally challenged.”

The Republican becomes irrationally angry at hearing the Democrat defend him and pulls out a gun and points it at the Democrat.

The bartender shouts, “hey, we have a no guns policy!”

In response the Republican points the gun at the bartender and screeches out, “REEEEEEEEEE!”

The bartender lifts his hands up to show he’s not a threat and the Republican screams out, “STOP RESISTING! YOUR BAR MY CHOICE!” and shoots at the bartender.

The bullet misses the bartender and ricochets back to hit the Republican in the dick and he collapses on the floor.

At this moment, there is a commotion in the back of the bar where five burly men come rushing up to the Republican on the floor and begin kicking the shit out of him spraying blood everywhere.

Whilst they violently beat the dickless man some are shouting, “sex changes are immoral you removed piece of shit!” and, “I bet your ass is real tight you fucking fairy!”

after 10 minutes the group of Republicans slow down from exhaustion but they seem to be chanting something under their breath, “your body, my choice. your body, my choice.”

Eventually they leave and the Democrat and bartender stare in complete shock. After a minute the bartender asks the Democrat if he wants him to call the police. The Democrat responds, “Can’t you see he’s already dead! Just drape a flag over him. It’s what he would have wanted.”

The bartender acknowledges the request and holds up the only flag in the bar to ask, “Is this ok, it’s the only flag I have.” To which the Democrat responds, “It’s perfect.”

The Democrat takes the rainbow flag and drapes it over the dead Republican. He then looks down at the flag soaked in blood, “He died doing what he loved the most. Sticking it to liberals and getting fucked by five men.”

like this?

Teenagers are in development of becoming an individual. They may behave personalities, but they haven’t tempered them for society yet.

that’s exactly my point. I understand they have to be tempered by society. Once they have achieved this level of tempering it’s respectable for the amount of effort they put in. some people though, never get through that tempering and I cannot respect them. I understand they may have social anxiety or some other reason, but I can’t trust them like others that have so I can’t respect them like others. there are other ways to respect though.

I’d argue the best outcomes come through respect, patient connections with adults who demonstrate composure and allow them to grow that composure.

IMO that’s not respect, thats understanding. If you respected them, you would at least seem them as equals to yourself and treat them as an equal. You understand they aren’t at the same level as yourself and give them some leeway to “feel it out” and find their own path. this includes supporting them when they make mistakes or explaining how to avoid the mistakes in the future.

I don’t know what you’re suggesting other than with holding respect.

respect is a gift given from one individual to another. it signifies the trust one has in the other. A child respects a parent because they trust the parent. when the trust is broken, the respect dies with it. infact, respect of an adult is important to the development of a young mind and is a mechanism used to emulate the adult. if you respect someone, you might want to try being like them, even when you’re an adult.

so in short, I disagree that respect should be given automatically. It’s earned through nurturing relationships and built on trust.

states they are a soap maker

“People who know how to make soap can disappear bodies!”

only if the boss is paying 🤣