Agreed. The misogyny is clear, even ignoring any hint of trans issues. But, I don’t know what a settlement would look like and how much effort it would be to fight WMT lawyers.

“Sure my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship,” Lewinsky wrote in 2014. “Any ‘abuse’ came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position.”

Lewinsky says she now sees that her relationship with Clinton was full of “inappropriate abuse of authority, station, and privilege.”

“Now, at 44, I’m beginning (just beginning) to consider the implications of the power differentials that were so vast between a president and a White House intern,” she wrote. “I’m beginning to entertain the notion that in such a circumstance the idea of consent might well be rendered moot.”

– https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/02/26/monica-lewinsky-vanity-fair/375452002/

@[email protected] didn’t take away Lewinski’s agency.

That’s assault, “brotha”.

– Billy Madison

You don’t think retirement is a human right or at least should be?

In a post-scarcity society, no one should have to work. But, if there is scarcity, I don’t believe those with less-working-time should (important EDIT) NOT be forced to provide for those with more-working-time.

I do think government-organized retirement is a good thing, but I don’t feel it is a human right.

let’s pump the brakes on the healthcare

I didn’t say that. I think healthcare in the U.S. is woeful, and hardly anything that is a human right is provided as a right. And, we should massively expand the availability of healthcare.

I did imply there are some medical procedures that I don’t believe are human rights. Depending on who I’m talking to, we might even disagree whether a procedure is medical or not. Some people swear by their chiropractors or essential oil treatments.

I have 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 in my resolver configuration. I’ve heard that 9.9.9.9 might not be poisoned like this. Besides running my own DNS (not even on a dare), is there a good way to get uncensored DNS resutls?

“half” is not really correct; I know that’s not the point though.

The American people collectively had the power to prevent this, and collectively chose not to. Fortunately for me (an American), collective punishment is a war crime, for now.

I don’t agree that they should lose their human rights. Dehumanization is a step too far for me.

I believe there is some level of healthcare that is a human right.

I don’t think “job security” or “retirement” is a human right, though I think we might be in a post-scarcity world (where anyone can “retire” if they wish) and we just aren’t acting like it.

I made 100k / yr for a decade. I was not able to retire. Tho, I am in a better position than many of my peers.

I no longer make 100k / yr, but I’m still above median for my state, and with this job I can also help provide care for a disabled family member in their home.

Fart in the pillow before you leave, so she can smell your colon after you are gone.

I didn’t say democracts were. But leftists that did vote voted D as harm reduction.

Where exactly did I say Dems are left? I self-identify as a (democratic) socialist, and there’s plenty of infighting all over the left: anarchists, communists, etc.

I voted for the Dems, but that’s harm reduction not agreement.

Yeah, these numbers are generally brought up to “show” how weak Trump support is. But, what I see is that leftists are not a majority, even among people that give a damn. So, if leftists are going to make any progress, they need to take concrete actions with whoever they can agree with for that project, instead of attacking other leftists (because they didn’t vote e.g.) and going no-contact with everyone that’s not as ideologically pure as yourself.

We have to build consensus and lead by example before we can win at the polls.

I think it is reasonable not to want to wait until mid-terms. Given my location and familial duties, I don’t think I can effectively protest, but I agree with the efforts of people that choose to.

Given the utter incompetence on display so far, I at least don’t think the Trump administration will be able to do away with or ignore the mid-term results. That said, unless the mid-term results are truly impressive, I don’t think a (third) impeachment will result in an end to the Trump administration and the beginning of a Vance one.

Be safe out there.

https://git-annex.branchable.com/todo/Bittorrent-like_features/ – Use IPFS as a special git-annex remote, and it will be nearly impossible to execute a take-down.

If you have other “decentralized filesystems” that have “better” behavior than IPFS, you might see if joeyh or yourself can add them as other special remotes.

Feral vs tame

The “othering” of opponents is how human deal with conflict and prepare themselves for violence since time immemorial.

Dehumanization is a really slippery second step. Fascists aren’t the only people that find themselves doing it.

This isn’t meant as an excuse, just an explanation. IMO, this fatal shooting is not an act to be celebrated.

Yes, the ask is treating ATCs as a collective; they should do some collective bargaining.

Could be right-on-right violence. Wasn’t the 2nd person that targeted Trump a self-identified conservative?

See if @[email protected] is backing any candidates in your area during the next race. They also try to build working-class solidarity through mutual-support events, too.

Check out @[email protected] they might already be active in your area. Depending on the race, they sometimes recommend voting for the Democrat, as the “least bad” option, but they also run their own candidates.