Ultraviolet

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[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 33 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

"Something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for is see each other not as adversaries but as fellow Americans, Bring down the temperature."

No. Human rights aren't a disagreement. We can disagree on whether or not we enjoyed a movie or on what pizza toppings we prefer. But if the disagreement is that you want to kill me or people I care about, you are, by definition, my adversary.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

A law that virtually everyone breaks and is easily selectively enforced is extremely valuable to authoritarian regimes. It's a wildcard to imprison whoever they want.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It all makes sense when you realize they have no intention to actually run the country in good faith. They intend to do two things, plunder everything they can, and irreparably destroy the country's future to get revenge for having the audacity to try to move forward.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

That just means you value your own ability to evade blame over the lives of real people.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So he's just lifting Jimmy Saville's slogan?

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh he'd act. He'd assist Russia and be the other Axis power.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The Republic of New England, the Pacific States of America, and Sherman's Regret.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm going full no-contact on the conservative side of my family indefinitely.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Don't forget what RFK might do in charge of public health. A federal vaccine ban is a nonzero possibility.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

If that's truly the case, we deserve to burn.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

2 years. Immediately after the midpoint of the term, he'll get 25th'd, giving Vance the remainder of the term and leaving him eligible for two more, which he'll win due to the 2028 and 2032 elections both being North Korea style shams, intended to compile lists of suspected dissidents rather than decide anything.

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