Meanwhile, 44 percent backed the American tradition of competing branches of government as a model, if sometimes ā€œfrustrating,ā€ system.

Why would people want to live under an authoritarianā€™s thumb? Itā€™s rooted, experts say, in a psychological need for securityā€”real or perceivedā€”and a desire for conformity, a goal that becomes even more acute as the country undergoes dramatic demographic and social changes. People also like to obey a strong leader who will protect the groupā€”especially if it is the ā€œrightā€ group whose interests will be protected. Recall the Trump supporter who, during the 2019 government shutdown, complained, ā€œHeā€™s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.ā€

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    Dude, context matters. Things can be insulting or not depending of where and when phrase was used. Every smart person understands the intent behind that sentence, and that it was a hyperbole.

    Donā€™t assume other people canā€™t read context and the intent, because if you do, youā€™re actually insulting their intelligence

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      Every smart person understands the intent behind that sentence, and that it was a hyperbole.

      You really typed that out and didnā€™t see the issue?

      People with intellectual disabilities can still use social media, they can still pick Lemmy, and they can still see your comment.

      And itā€™s not up to you or me if itā€™s offensive in any context.

      Do you use other slurs like this? Go to a pride parade and start dropping F bombs? BLM protests your just letting the n word fly?

      Itā€™s not up to them if itā€™s offensive, its youā€™re call if the context makes it ok?

      Just stop man. Youā€™re not helping yourself.

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          No one cares if you say fuck, people even have it in usernamesā€¦

          Weā€™re talking about current slursā€¦

          What do you think I meant?

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        People with intellectual disabilities can still use social media

        Yes they can. Do you suggest they canā€™t read with comprehension? Youā€™re actually insulting them by implying that theyā€™re too dumb to understand my intent.