KarlBarqs [he/him, they/them]

The book is specifically about the exact opposite: Scout learns over and over that The System (the prevailing culture in America) is shit, and learns to look outside of it. She learns the “creepy weirdo” who lives next door is actually just a mentally ill man who was forced into being a hermit by the culture around her. She regularly hangs out with the ex-slave community in her town and treats them better than the adults do. She watches her father fight for the rights of a falsely accused black man.

Like no, it’s not a revolutionary book by any means. Atticus doesn’t go full John Brown on the jail to break Tom out, and yes the Finches do have a black housekeeper - shit ain’t perfect by any means. But it isn’t a book about how we must all accept the system.

Source - I’m a libertarian

Why the fuck would you ever admit this you fucking dork

If I remember correctly too, Brian gets beaten up by Quagmire for this, and then tries to gotcha Quagmire by misgendering the woman as well, which the episode treats as an own

It’s a disgusting episode through and through

At least in the case of my own father, lawn care is an activity that takes several hours to complete and can be strategically timed to ensure he never has to help out with any other indoor chores like laundry or cleaning - you know, “less manly” things

let’s focus on reducing suffering and how to work towards a situation where international agreements are upheld.

That’s what the Palestinians are currently doing.

Colonizers get the fuck out. Simple as. Israel could have prevented this any time in the last 70 years by stopping the slow genocide of the Palestinians.

In the 50s and 60s, the easiest way to gain entry into Canada for immigration was to show a Nazi tattoo. This proved one was ideologically anti-communist and thus safe.

Isn’t this what grading on a curve is? Like a really shitty explanation for an utterly normal capitalist thing?

Great ideas like what?

Great ideas like what??

The Lib has been scratched

In what way was the Khmer Rouge not a Communist party?

In literally every way that matters. A name is just a name, a political party can call themselves anything they want, and none of their politics were communist in any way.

Granted, you’re probably one of those dipshits who thinks the Nazis were socialist, given your fixation on names.

Worse, it’s part of a myth that if someone living in China ever reads about or becomes aware of the grievances in that copypasta, the government will send a goon squad to disappear that person immediately.

Which I always found just the perfect distillation of liberal ideology: China is bad for being a repressive police state, and so we’ll use that to ruin the lives of random Chinese people

My favourite bit about the video is that the tank column is leaving Tiananmen when this guy stops them, and I always get the impression he’s essentially asking the tankers to go back to the Square.

Naturally the lib framing is that he’s blocking them from entering the Square

Remember, being paid minimum wage means that they’d pay you less if they could get away with it!

Porky and the PMC can’t stand the idea of their workers not being completely under their thumbs.

If you work from home, the work gets done, but you might also be doing something like reading a book, or watching Netflix while working. You might be working in casual clothes, or playing with your cat.

In an office though, Porky has control. They can dictate everything, police everything. Make sure every minute has you working, police your clothing choices, force overtime, force office team building events. The PMC thrives on control.