It says countdown timers and the like would also jump.

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

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.

Sure. But context matters. I doubt everyone would have gotten too riled up if he was hailing a cab instead of showing alignment with neofascist ideals.

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.

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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.

If “my” candidate wanted to do it, I’d seriously reconsider their fitness for office.

Just change every “X of Y” to “X of America.”

Then we’ll change the X, also to “America.”

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

I always heard it “…as long as a liberal had to smell it.”

There are still some out there, but so many businesses prioritize turnover to raise profits that it can be difficult to have a place to just hang out with friends.

“Your emotional and mental reality is less important than my physical appreciation/judgement of you.”

Referenced in a lower comment, but that loss of a meet and hangout place is often called a “third place,” as opposed to work or home. The show Cheers is a depiction of a third place in that it’s a place where “everybody knows your name” and the norm is staying and chatting, not spending a few bucks and running out.

There are some interesting suppositions about how this loneliness became more and more endemic with the decline in bowling leagues. People, men in particular, just have fewer regular hangout activities and so get more and more lonely. Things like bowling leagues, lodges, and the corner bar all were meeting spots to socialize and they have declined or morphed over the years, losing their original social role.

Yeah. Maybe solar? But it’s energy intensive. I sort of imagined these hypothetical folks were very wealthy and could afford tenders and the like to bring them food and fuel.

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