Both outliers. I teach high schoolers and watching them use a computer is a suicide claxon.

Total boss. Absolutely the collected confidence I want to see in young folk.

Refuse. Sue. Demand arbitration. If you care, throw sand in the gears of their machine.

Fate of Atlantis slapped when I was a kid. Probably worth a ScummVM revisit.

Don’t worry. This person lives in a country that votes at similar levels to the one they’re criticizing. This is a person who probably did nothing about everything their own country and the one they’re criticizing has done before. But now that it feels like it matters to them, it’s time to blame other folks and lash out.

Did it ever occur to you that framing and context matters to people? That some are more motivated to push back and resist when they see there are more people on their side than not? That the minority that elected the blatant fascist are keenly invested in promoting the idea that they have a mandate to do the things they’re doing? That the protests, lawsuits, and acts of resistance are spurred by recognizing this isn’t what the majority want? Don’t confuse speaking the truth with making excuses.

To be fair, that’s basically why the puritans left England and came to America.

He still came out under 50% of the popular vote. It was close, but they didn’t win a majority of voters.

But, yes. Lots of folks cheering for things getting worse.

Less than 2/3 of the country voted and less than half of them voted for Trump. Don’t give folks a mandate/credit they didn’t earn.

It’s a tough one because we’d have to prove damages first. But if you could show specific damages, maybe the 9th would consider it. SCotUS is likely to slap it down, despite his absolutely BS status.

Edit: spelling

Hard to argue he’s not a public figure already.

Gertz v Welsh: He probably is an individual who has “…assumed roles of especial prominence in the affairs of society. Some occupy positions of such persuasive power and influence that they are deemed public figures for all purposes. More commonly, those classed as public figures have thrust themselves to the forefront of particular public controversies in order to influence the resolution of the issues involved. In either event, they invite attention and comment.”

Not gonna check if that’s still good law. Westlaw, you are dead to me.

I actually survey them and assign extra homework to the kids without internet. Finding access helps them learn to bootstrap better.

It’s enough of an equity issue that I don’t assign homework.