In case anyone, like me, wants a source for Pence refusing to get in the car with the Secret Service. It’s from the book “I Alone Can Fix It.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/26/pence-car-raskin-comments/

The “terrified” part is speculation, but potentially true.

Actual Video Title: The Problem with Tech Media: Ego, Dogmatism, and Cult of Personality

YouTube Link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ez9uVSKLYUI

Piped Link: https://piped.video/watch?v=Ez9uVSKLYUI

Jokes on you! I’m hyper-focusing on that shit. Card games and board games are my jam.

I don’t have interest in prolonged discussion today, but I would like to point you to Wikipedia’s surprisingly good article on Abraham Lincoln and slavery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_slavery

I’ve found this quote from Lincoln to be illustrative.

“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.”

I also find the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves living in border States, but only States that seceded to corroborate this.

That being said, Lincoln had long been know to oppose slavery and supported its abolition.

So I haven’t seen any of what you are talking about, and I’m an avid consumer of NPR. I love that they generally avoid rage bait and present the news in a calm yet accurate manner.

That being said, I am open to being persuaded if you can present some solid evidence.

I’ll bite, here’s a little list of the top of my head.

1. They’ve had a failed invasion of Ukraine
2. Rampant corruption
3. Putin is getting old and frail
4. Russia has a struggling economy where “Fortress Russia” is starting to fall short
5. Drone strikes from Ukraine have been able to target major Russian cities.
6. There was a mini-coup attempt by one of Putin’s closest allies where a standing army nearly made it to Moscow while shooting down multiple Russian military aircraft.

Reminds me of the Key and Peele sketch about Obama meeting with the GOP.

https://piped.video/watch?v=B46km4V0CMY

You stuck?

I’m personally curious to see how deep the replies can go on Lemmy. The app on my phone already crapped out.

I appreciate the take. It’s not a great feeling to have “the side” you feel like you are on rail at you for trying to set the record straight.

It feels weird to say this, but I wonder if the “Tankies” from certain instances color Lemmy as a whole. If so, that makes me worried for the future of Lemmy. I really don’t want this to be the Far Left version of The_Donald or Truth Social.

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Let’s back up for a second.

Can you definite what you understand “common sense” to be.

Also, do you think “common sense” varies between cultures?

Is it though? An appeal to common sense has been used to justify any number of horrors historically. It depends heavily on the culture you are in.

Debate is most certainly used to persuade and test the strength of an argument. In debate, however, common sense is sometimes used in place of logical reasoning for things the speaker believes should simply be understood.

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Look, I tend to believe that "common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.”[1] People perceive the world differently from one another, and have different lived experiences. This is especially true for neurodivergent people when compared to people we might think of as neurotypical.

“Breonna Taylor Was Asleep” is a factually inaccurate statement. The specifics may be a non-issue for you, but they might be a major holdup for someone who thinks differently.

Lol. I’m beginning to think you don’t even know what the word projection means.

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Ah, so just narcissism then. Got it 😅 😅

best of luck indeed

I wish you well in all your personal problems.

What are you even talking about? Is that what you are assuming I am saying?

If so, what specifically did I say that led you to believe this?