@Vermillion-Rx

That's always mystified me. Yes, if you can avoid dealing with the cops, do so, but if you're already in the shit your best bet is to not make his job any more difficult than it has to be, even if the officer is being an asshole and blatantly in the wrong. Do your best to document the bad behavior, lawyer up and take it through the system. Being belligerent and fighting an officer in the moment is only going to make things worse.

@Vermillion-Rx

I'm hoping I can start pitching in once I have income again, though that will be subject to the eventual outcome of my legal case and whether I'm on the hook for six figures in medical debt.

I should be able to help out a bit in the short term, though, and I'm fortunate to be in a position where I don't really have to worry about anyone coming after or doxxing me. I like my job but I ain't married to it and I don't expect I'd have much trouble finding another run by folks who don't give a shit how many times I call someone a faggot online as long as I can load the truck.

@First-light

Exactly. The odds of a person actually being genuinely racist or sexist vs their simply not being a dirty commie are generally so good the whole dynamic has effectively been inverted.

@Typo-MAGAshiv @deeplydisturbed

Y'know, I vaguely remember a time when an accusation of racism was actually a bad thing. For at least the past decade it's effectively become a character reference.

I've been playing a new game online lately and fell in at first with a crew who seemed pretty cool until one of 'em mentioned a different team and everyone started piling on about how racist and bigoted they are.

I quietly exited the first group and hit up the second. They're a great bunch o' fags just like we have here.

I should really thank the first team I played with for the glowing recommendation.

@redpillschool

Mangum, 46, said she made up the allegation because she “wanted validation from people and not from God.”

Looks to me like she's still chasing validation, she's just shifted the goalposts.

Convenient that God ain't likely to part the heavens and come down to tell everyone she's full o' shit when she claims He's validated "forgiven" her.

^that it took me so long

@Typo-MAGAshiv

It still kind of mystifies me that it took so long to ask the obvious questions. How many times have the Jews been kicked out or censured? By how many different cultures? Over how many centuries?

...so when do we start pointing out the common element here?

Of course hindsight is 20/20 and the whole point of the propaganda and indoctrination to which we are routinely subjected as kids is to preclude such connections being made in the first place. I can understand that on an intellectual level but still be amazed at the sheer audacity of the whole thing.

@First-light

I'm a big fan of reading outside, actually. Get some fresh air and sunshine (and exercise, depending how far outside you go), get away from distractions and spend some quality time with a good story or learning something new. There's really no downside.

@First-light

Hey, I resemble that!

...seriously, I do go outside for exercise regularly (or did before the truck incident); one of the perks of living literally a block away from the hills at the south end of town.

I only wish I could say the same for most of the other nerds I know.

@woodsmoke

until it's no longer beneficial to identify as such

Back when I used to use Twitter, that shit pissed me off so much.

Smug journalist with a name that echoes when spoken posts a smug editorial that starts with "Dear Fellow White People" that's chock full of white guilt bullshit. Same journalist a few months later when talking to BLM activists: "oh, I'm not white. I'm Jewish!'

every. single. TIME.