Biden is rich he’ll be just fine. Donnie talks a big talk but when push comes to shove money and connections are everything and Biden still has those. Just today they’re reporting he’s “paving the way for a smooth transition” or some other bullshit.

The rest of us are fucked but the rich and powerful will be the least fucked.

Yeah I’m familiar with the reddit argument I just think it’s half the story. It was written by a husband and wife but you clearly have an axe to grind so go off king.

Have a nice night.

Because in the context of the song, she’s saying she wants to stay. I’ve never seen the movie you’re talking about so maybe it was played differently there but when the song was released it was obviously a duet between two people who wanted to “do stuff” but were unable to due to norms and societies judgement.

Why are you so insistent on portraying the woman as a victim and the man as rapist when that’s clearly not what was intended?

When people consume media it’s important to have context. Short-sighted inability to contextualize anything outside of our current standards doesn’t help anyone at all and actually makes understanding and moving forward more difficult.

If you’re saying the standards of the time make it acceptable, I say that reflects really badly on the standards of the time. By the standards of the time, black people had fewer rights than white men. I hope to fuck we can improve upon the standards of the 1940s.

The standards were quite different that’s for sure. That’s why it’s important to understand that it was a different era. An unmarried woman willingly staying with a man was destroying her reputation at that time even if she wanted to.

Actually there weren’t any “rapey” elements at the time. They’re only there when viewed through a modern lense, completely ignoring the culture and standards of the time.

drag opposes the existence of the post office.

If speaking in the 3rd person didn’t show the caliber of mind you’re working with “opposing the existence of the post office” definitely would.

Some jackass who refers to themselves in the 3rd person.

Lemmy was under the impression that there was some large group of unmobilized “leftists” that agreed with them and would go vote and have some influence.

Clearly that was not true.

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What margin did Trump win the country by?

How many voters didn’t vote due to the genocide?

What margin did Trump win Michigan by?

No there needs to be a place for “moderates” and embarrassed former-republicans to gather. The actual left can mobilize around Sanders and the current Republican party can die.

The art of throwing bricks and using angle grinders as skeleton keys.

I don’t always agree with this user but they’re speaking the truth.

I tell people as often as I can, especially my trans and bipoc friends; now is the time. Get a couple guns (a long one and a short one) and learn how to use them. Learn some basic first aid, you really just need to know how to stabilize someone. Start networking with like-minded people in your communities. The police will not protect us, they’ve proven they’ll happily club senior citizens to the ground and shoot any protesters in the face with rubber bullets while escorting a rightwing murderer to safety.

Our current situation really is the culmination of almost 70 years of rightwing efforts.

It’s a long listen but worth checking out How Conservatism Won by Robert Evans. He lays out in a clear concise way “how a consortium of rich failsons got together to fund a network of right wing think tanks and shift American culture in a fun new direction. (note: it was not actually fun at all).” Those think tanks are now pipelines used to funnel ideological purists into powerful positions like our current Supreme Court and undoubtedly the president-elects new cabinet and policy-writers.

Talking about Blue Maga is idiocy, was then, still is; bye

Assuming “Blue maga” is a thing makes him a jackass.

And you came back a week later to comment you fucking dork.

Since immediately after FDRs New Deal.

Like Biden or Kamala wouldn’t do the same with active support of ge oxide in Gaza

Didn’t you hear? Trump won, nobody will have to worry about a Palestinian genocide much longer.

No you won’t, NZ is one of the hardest countries to immigrate to.

“jUSt mOvE heRe.”

Goodnight.