Poll of the Day > Texas: Transwoman gets death threats, is arrested for being trans

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Lokarin 01/20/23 9:38:52 PM #1:	https://www.liberationnews.org/trans-woman-arrested-accused-of-being-man-in-dress-by-texas-police/ --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:970982639] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>https://www.liberationnews.org/trans-woman-arrested-accused-of-being-man-in-dress-by-texas-police/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nichtcrawler-X 01/20/23 9:43:37 PM #2:	I am confused, that read made no sense. --- Official Teetotaller of PotD Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! <cite>Nichtcrawler-X posted [p:970982715] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>I am confused, that read made no sense. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lonestar2000 01/20/23 9:59:19 PM #3:	Texas is such a fucking shithole. --- Rumble Roses. Someone enters the room. Them: O_O Me: What?! I always play games without my pants on!- Inmate 922335 #ImpeachToadDickTrump <cite>Lonestar2000 posted [p:970983020] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Texas is such a fucking shithole.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/20/23 10:03:43 PM #4:	Nichtcrawler-X posted... I am confused, that read made no sense. A woman in bexar county was getting death threats from, iirc, her newphew who shares the same driveway - he started punching her car so she phoned the police. Police arrived, instead arrests her for 'making a false report' --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:970983115] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Nichtcrawler-X posted... </cite><quote>I am confused, that read made no sense.</quote>A woman in bexar county was getting death threats from, iirc, her newphew who shares the same driveway - he started punching her car so she phoned the police.Police arrived, instead arrests her for 'making a false report'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nichtcrawler-X 01/20/23 10:22:26 PM #5:	The story makes no sense to me, because the police actions make no sense to me. --- Official Teetotaller of PotD Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! <cite>Nichtcrawler-X posted [p:970983476] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>The story makes no sense to me, because the police actions make no sense to me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 01/20/23 10:26:30 PM #6:	Nichtcrawler-X posted... The story makes no sense to me, because the police actions make no sense to me. That's just how policing works in the US. --- http://i.imgur.com/tsQUpxC.jpg Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:970983560] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Nichtcrawler-X posted... </cite><quote>The story makes no sense to me, because the police actions make no sense to me.</quote>That's just how policing works in the US.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackScythe0 01/20/23 10:41:08 PM #7:	So this seems to be local news, and best I can tell is the only article about this story on a news website rather than an activist website which is somewhat alarming it is being largely ignored. https://tinyurl.com/4tf2spz6 Juan also called police asking to file a report. Juan showed video of the confrontation which deputies say shows Joan slowly creep in front of Juans home. The video, deputies say, shows Juan make a normal knock on the window. Deputies claim no threat of violence was made against Joan and the report says she lied to the deputies to get Juan arrested. Simoncelli was arrested for making a false report to a police officer. This is the official story of the officers and I highly doubt it. They claim there is video proof... but anything they say is going to be difficult to trust with how they choose to treat her after. <cite>BlackScythe0 posted [p:970983857] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>So this seems to be local news, and best I can tell is the only article about this story on a news website rather than an activist website which is somewhat alarming it is being largely ignored.https://tinyurl.com/4tf2spz6<quote>Juan also called police asking to file a report. Juan showed video of the confrontation which deputies say shows Joan slowly creep in front of Juans home. The video, deputies say, shows Juan make a normal knock on the window.Deputies claim no threat of violence was made against Joan and the report says she lied to the deputies to get Juan arrested. Simoncelli was arrested for making a false report to a police officer.</quote>This is the official story of the officers and I highly doubt it.They claim there is video proof... but anything they say is going to be difficult to trust with how they choose to treat her after. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VampireCoyote 01/20/23 10:50:09 PM #8:	I hope she sues the fuck out of that entire shithole of a state --- She/her <cite>VampireCoyote posted [p:970984029] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>I hope she sues the fuck out of that entire shithole of a state</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BADoglick 01/20/23 11:03:02 PM #9:	Lonestar2000 posted... Texas is such a fucking shithole. All of my worst clients are from Texas --- BADoglick to the Max! <cite>BADoglick posted [p:970984255] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lonestar2000 posted... </cite><quote>Texas is such a fucking shithole.</quote>All of my worst clients are from Texas </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Entity13 01/20/23 11:12:54 PM #10:	BADoglick posted... All of my worst clients are from Texas 4/5 of my worst customers look and sound like a stereotypical Texan, but are from eastern WA. Meanwhile, one girl in another department at work actually is from Texas, and is nothing like them in accent nor attitude or habits. I guess people who are all going to do the same flavor of suck are going to be the same flavor of person. shrugs --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:970984436] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>BADoglick posted... </cite><quote>All of my worst clients are from Texas</quote>4/5 of my worst customers look and sound like a stereotypical Texan, but are from eastern WA. Meanwhile, one girl in another department at work actually is from Texas, and is nothing like them in accent nor attitude or habits. I guess people who are all going to do the same flavor of suck are going to be the same flavor of person. shrugs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trevor_Belmont 01/20/23 11:57:07 PM #11:	What does "two-spirit" in the article mean? --- That's just prime! Switch FC: SW-3150-0817-3331 Feel free to send an invite if you want. <cite>Trevor_Belmont posted [p:970985255] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>What does "two-spirit" in the article mean?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VampireCoyote 01/21/23 12:21:23 AM #12:	Trevor_Belmont posted... What does "two-spirit" mean? likely something akin to dissociative identity disorder multiple personalities in one brain. A lot more common than people think --- She/her <cite>VampireCoyote posted [p:970985639] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Trevor_Belmont posted... </cite><quote>What does "two-spirit" mean?</quote>likely something akin to dissociative identity disordermultiple personalities in one brain. A lot more common than people think</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dioxxys 01/21/23 12:31:08 AM #13:	If it's true I hope she gets justice <cite>dioxxys posted [p:970985775] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>If it's true I hope she gets justice </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PMarth2002 01/21/23 12:31:44 AM #14:	Trevor_Belmont posted... What does "two-spirit" mean? i think its referring to this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit --- When money talks for the very last time, and nobody walks a step behind When there's only one race, and that's mankind, then we shall be free <cite>PMarth2002 posted [p:970985785] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Trevor_Belmont posted... </cite><quote>What does "two-spirit" mean?</quote>i think its referring to this.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 01/21/23 9:24:06 AM #15:	Trevor_Belmont posted... What does "two-spirit" mean? A variant of being non-binary/gender fluid that has historical roots in a number of indigenous American cultures. I'm not 100% clear on the details, and I would advise educating yourself if you ever plan to discuss the matter in any depth, but for colloquial understanding "NB, but natives" is probably good enough. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:970990274] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Trevor_Belmont posted... </cite><quote>What does "two-spirit" mean?</quote>A variant of being non-binary/gender fluid that has historical roots in a number of indigenous American cultures. I'm not 100% clear on the details, and I would advise educating yourself if you ever plan to discuss the matter in any depth, but for colloquial understanding "NB, but natives" is probably good enough.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gaawa_chan 01/21/23 9:27:14 AM #16:	Trevor_Belmont posted... What does "two-spirit" mean? Two-spirit is a (rather reductive) modern term used to describe non-binary gender identities that originate in indigenous American cultures which were forcibly suppressed as part of the genocide of said indigenous Americans. Due to the current socio-political situation involving trans rights as well as increasing interest in both non-binary history and indigenous American culture, you might see the term pop up occasionally in the future. The wikipedia page linked above is useful if you're interested in more details, but probably the one thing worth noting in particular is that many cultures outside of the dominant one we are familiar with not only did not demonize people who did not fall into binary categories of sex or gender or sought to "fix" them through abuse or mutilation, but often outright venerated them. Two-spirit identities are a part that very different social norm. --- Hi <cite>Gaawa_chan posted [p:970990309] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Trevor_Belmont posted... </cite><quote>What does "two-spirit" mean?</quote>Two-spirit is a (rather reductive) modern term used to describe non-binary gender identities that originate in indigenous American cultures which were forcibly suppressed as part of the genocide of said indigenous Americans. Due to the current socio-political situation involving trans rights as well as increasing interest in both non-binary history and indigenous American culture, you might see the term pop up occasionally in the future.The wikipedia page linked above is useful if you're interested in more details, but probably the one thing worth noting in particular is that many cultures outside of the dominant one we are familiar with not only did not demonize people who did not fall into binary categories of sex or gender or sought to "fix" them through abuse or mutilation, but often outright venerated them. Two-spirit identities are a part that very different social norm.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muscles 01/21/23 1:13:59 PM #17:	Simoncellis case is typical of the double standards and harassment that trans, non-binary and intersex people experience daily under capitalism. Lol, yeah capitalism is the reason things went bad here. I'm sure China or Russia would have handled it much better, they have such great records of human rights --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:970993863] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Simoncellis case is typical of the double standards and harassment that trans, non-binary and intersex people experience daily under capitalism.Lol, yeah capitalism is the reason things went bad here. I'm sure China or Russia would have handled it much better, they have such great records of human rights</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/21/23 1:33:34 PM #18:	I'm a far far far lefty, and capitalism is pretty much the best; Can you imagine having currency and NOT being allowed to trade it for products or services? --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:970994210] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>I'm a far far far lefty, and capitalism is pretty much the best; Can you imagine having currency and NOT being allowed to trade it for products or services?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfFa 01/21/23 1:42:06 PM #19:	Entity13 posted... 4/5 of my worst customers look and sound like a stereotypical Texan, but are from eastern WA. Meanwhile, one girl in another department at work actually is from Texas, and is nothing like them in accent nor attitude or habits. I guess people who are all going to do the same flavor of suck are going to be the same flavor of person. shrugs ahhhh, eastern Washington. I recall being stuck overnight in Moses Lake. A 93 year old toothless dishwasher at a diner kept chatting up my friends and I. He marveled that Canada was only 'a few hours north'. Then told us a story about 'catching a bull snake down by the river and throwing it at a couple of fat ladies'. It was like being transported in time back to 1870s Mississipi. --- girls like my fa <cite>ReturnOfFa posted [p:970994364] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Entity13 posted... </cite><quote>4/5 of my worst customers look and sound like a stereotypical Texan, but are from eastern WA. Meanwhile, one girl in another department at work actually is from Texas, and is nothing like them in accent nor attitude or habits. I guess people who are all going to do the same flavor of suck are going to be the same flavor of person. shrugs</quote>ahhhh, eastern Washington.I recall being stuck overnight in Moses Lake. A 93 year old toothless dishwasher at a diner kept chatting up my friends and I. He marveled that Canada was only 'a few hours north'. Then told us a story about 'catching a bull snake down by the river and throwing it at a couple of fat ladies'. It was like being transported in time back to 1870s Mississipi.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 01/21/23 5:32:38 PM #20:	Muscles posted... Simoncellis case is typical of the double standards and harassment that trans, non-binary and intersex people experience daily under capitalism. Lol, yeah capitalism is the reason things went bad here. I'm sure China or Russia would have handled it much better, they have such great records of human rights China and Russia are both capitalist. --- http://i.imgur.com/tsQUpxC.jpg Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:970998840] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Muscles posted... </cite><quote>Simoncellis case is typical of the double standards and harassment that trans, non-binary and intersex people experience daily under capitalism.Lol, yeah capitalism is the reason things went bad here. I'm sure China or Russia would have handled it much better, they have such great records of human rights</quote>China and Russia are both capitalist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
jsb0714 01/21/23 11:08:33 PM #21:	I'm sure that link tells us exactly what happened. <cite>jsb0714 posted [p:971005952] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>I'm sure that link tells us exactly what happened.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Count_Drachma 01/22/23 3:04:05 AM #22:	jsb0714 posted... I'm sure that link tells us exactly what happened. Lokarin posted... https://www.liberationnews.org/ With a name like that, you know it's a reputable source! GanonsSpirit posted... China and Russia are both capitalist. lol, just lol. Although both nations have some amount of a free market -- as do most countries -- they aren't even close to being capitalist, even by the government-involved US standards of capitalism where the feds pick winners and losers. You can't pretend to have an actual free market when the state restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year and other shit. --- Everybody's got a price / Everybody's got to pay / Because the Million Drachma Man / Always gets his way. AhahahahMMH <cite>Count_Drachma posted [p:971009318] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>jsb0714 posted... </cite><quote>I'm sure that link tells us exactly what happened.</quote>Lokarin posted... </cite><quote>https://www.liberationnews.org/</quote>With a name like that, you know it's a reputable source!GanonsSpirit posted... </cite><quote>China and Russia are both capitalist.</quote>lol, just lol. Although both nations have some amount of a free market -- as do most countries -- they aren't even close to being capitalist, even by the government-involved US standards of capitalism where the feds pick winners and losers. You can't pretend to have an actual free market when the state restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year and other shit. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/22/23 4:19:46 AM #23:	Count_Drachma posted... You can't pretend to have an actual free market when the state restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year and other s*. how many foreign movies are in your theatre? --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:971009855] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Count_Drachma posted... </cite><quote>You can't pretend to have an actual free market when the state restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year and other s*.</quote>how many foreign movies are in your theatre?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IronBornCorps 01/22/23 10:07:32 AM #24:	Someone said capitalism when they meant cis supremacy and heteronormative patriarchy. Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you? <cite>IronBornCorps posted [p:971012600] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Someone said capitalism when they meant cis supremacy and heteronormative patriarchy.Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 01/22/23 10:45:48 AM #25:	Count_Drachma posted... You can't pretend to have an actual free market when the state restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year and other s*. There's no such thing as an actual free market, so you might want to adjust your standards so you aren't measuring real countries against a fantasy. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:971013152] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Count_Drachma posted... </cite><quote>You can't pretend to have an actual free market when the state restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year and other s*.</quote>There's no such thing as an actual free market, so you might want to adjust your standards so you aren't measuring real countries against a fantasy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/22/23 11:00:41 AM #26:	IronBornCorps posted... Someone said capitalism when they meant cis supremacy and heteronormative patriarchy. Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you? I've been calling it koinophilia, an obsession with the 'normal' --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:971013384] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>IronBornCorps posted... </cite><quote>Someone said capitalism when they meant cis supremacy and heteronormative patriarchy.Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you?</quote>I've been calling it koinophilia, an obsession with the 'normal'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanglyKhan 01/22/23 11:03:33 AM #27:	IronBornCorps posted... Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you? Dude, if every unjust crime was highlighted by the media, they'd be backreporting about stuff that happened in 2010 still. <cite>GanglyKhan posted [p:971013432] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>IronBornCorps posted... </cite><quote>Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you?</quote>Dude, if every unjust crime was highlighted by the media, they'd be backreporting about stuff that happened in 2010 still. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanglyKhan 01/22/23 11:04:25 AM #28:	Lokarin posted... how many foreign movies are in your theatre? Unironically, two are showing right now, nice try at the "gotcha" Marvel-tier quip though. <cite>GanglyKhan posted [p:971013447] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lokarin posted... </cite><quote>how many foreign movies are in your theatre?</quote>Unironically, two are showing right now, nice try at the "gotcha" Marvel-tier quip though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/22/23 11:08:56 AM #29:	GanglyKhan posted... Unironically, two are showing right now, nice try at the "gotcha" Marvel-tier quip though. that's not really what I meant - it's about market forces; "two" seems approximately similar to the unstated "restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year" --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:971013501] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>GanglyKhan posted... </cite><quote>Unironically, two are showing right now, nice try at the "gotcha" Marvel-tier quip though.</quote>that's not really what I meant - it's about market forces; "two" seems approximately similar to the unstated "restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanglyKhan 01/22/23 11:11:14 AM #30:	Lokarin posted... that's not really what I meant - it's about market forces; "two" seems approximately similar to the unstated "restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year" I apologize in that case, this board has poised me to assume most often that people are trying to be passige aggressive and shitfling and I did that myself just now lol Sorry again for that. <cite>GanglyKhan posted [p:971013535] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lokarin posted... </cite><quote>that's not really what I meant - it's about market forces; "two" seems approximately similar to the unstated "restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year"</quote>I apologize in that case, this board has poised me to assume most often that people are trying to be passige aggressive and shitfling and I did that myself just now lol Sorry again for that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/22/23 11:15:42 AM #31:	GanglyKhan posted... I apologize in that case, this board has poised me to assume most often that people are trying to be passige aggressive and shitfling and I did that myself just now lol Sorry again for that. it's ok, i'm a very unclear poster --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:971013604] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>GanglyKhan posted... </cite><quote>I apologize in that case, this board has poised me to assume most often that people are trying to be passige aggressive and shitfling and I did that myself just now lol Sorry again for that.</quote>it's ok, i'm a very unclear poster</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Conner4REAL 01/23/23 5:54:40 AM #32:	Lonestar2000 posted... Texas is such a fucking shithole. here I sit cheeks a flexin, look out world Im makin a Texan! --- "I pet my dog I don't eat it" ~ Lemone <cite>Conner4REAL posted [p:971032848] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lonestar2000 posted... </cite><quote>Texas is such a fucking shithole.</quote>here I sit cheeks a flexin,look out world Im makin a Texan!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Conner4REAL 01/23/23 6:11:38 AM #33:	No newspaper that champions itself as socialist and then blasts capitalism for no reason can be trusted to deliver the facts. this has zero to do w capitalism but the paper taints the article and assaults this person more than the cops did. --- "I pet my dog I don't eat it" ~ Lemone <cite>Conner4REAL posted [p:971032959] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>No newspaper that champions itself as socialist and then blasts capitalism for no reason can be trusted to deliver the facts. this has zero to do w capitalism but the paper taints the article and assaults this person more than the cops did.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Arcturusisnow 01/23/23 9:55:11 PM #34:	Lonestar2000 posted... Texas is such a fucking shithole. Duh, I wish the capital would burn the fuck down. <cite>Arcturusisnow posted [p:971051283] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lonestar2000 posted... </cite><quote>Texas is such a fucking shithole.</quote>Duh, I wish the capital would burn the fuck down.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Arcturusisnow 01/23/23 9:56:29 PM #35:	Muscles posted... Simoncellis case is typical of the double standards and harassment that trans, non-binary and intersex people experience daily under capitalism. Lol, yeah capitalism is the reason things went bad here. I'm sure China or Russia would have handled it much better, they have such great records of human rights Sweden would. They sure ain't capitalist. <cite>Arcturusisnow posted [p:971051319] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Muscles posted... </cite><quote>Simoncellis case is typical of the double standards and harassment that trans, non-binary and intersex people experience daily under capitalism.Lol, yeah capitalism is the reason things went bad here. I'm sure China or Russia would have handled it much better, they have such great records of human rights</quote>Sweden would. They sure ain't capitalist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Count_Drachma 01/23/23 10:25:42 PM #36:	Lokarin posted... how many foreign movies are in your theatre? During any given year? Far more than the eight or whatever the CCP has decreed they'll let in. But, more importantly, the lack of foreign films in a US theater is due to market forces, not government fiat. adjl posted... There's no such thing as an actual free market, so you might want to adjust your standards so you aren't measuring real countries against a fantasy. Or maybe you can stop running around with the goal posts while pretending that China's markets are comparable to the US's, or that free speech in China has the same characteristics as free speech in the US. IronBornCorps posted... Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you? Which is a patently absurd allegation for countless reasons, not the least of which being that crimes against LGBT individuals very frequently garner mainstream media attention even when the claims aren't necessarily well-supported, along with the fact there are a lot of crimes against cisgendered persons that get no coverage at all. The only reason there was any investigation or coverage around Gabby Petito was because social media detectives took up the case. Before that, cops and the mainstream media were content with literally letting her boyfriend get away with murder -- and why charges were never brought against the boyfriend's family for their role in covering up the crime when, at a bare minimum, they were accessories after the fact. --- Everybody's got a price / Everybody's got to pay / Because the Million Drachma Man / Always gets his way. AhahahahMMH <cite>Count_Drachma posted [p:971051909] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lokarin posted... </cite><quote>how many foreign movies are in your theatre?</quote>During any given year? Far more than the eight or whatever the CCP has decreed they'll let in. But, more importantly, the lack of foreign films in a US theater is due to market forces, not government fiat.adjl posted... </cite><quote>There's no such thing as an actual free market, so you might want to adjust your standards so you aren't measuring real countries against a fantasy.</quote>Or maybe you can stop running around with the goal posts while pretending that China's markets are comparable to the US's, or that free speech in China has the same characteristics as free speech in the US.IronBornCorps posted... </cite><quote>Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you?</quote>Which is a patently absurd allegation for countless reasons, not the least of which being that crimes against LGBT individuals very frequently garner mainstream media attention even when the claims aren't necessarily well-supported, along with the fact there are a lot of crimes against cisgendered persons that get no coverage at all. The only reason there was any investigation or coverage around Gabby Petito was because social media detectives took up the case. Before that, cops and the mainstream media were content with literally letting her boyfriend get away with murder -- and why charges were never brought against the boyfriend's family for their role in covering up the crime when, at a bare minimum, they were accessories after the fact. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 01/24/23 9:09:12 AM #38:	Count_Drachma posted... Or maybe you can stop running around with the goal posts while pretending that China's markets are comparable to the US's, or that free speech in China has the same characteristics as free speech in the US. Your criterion for "capitalist" was "has an actual free market." You're the one who came in here with binary criteria, not me. I just called you out on it, and now you are moving the goalposts to try and pretend you were making a more nuanced comparison (while also bringing in a non sequitur strawman for even more fallacious goodness). You should know that you look terribly silly when you project like that. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:971058916] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Count_Drachma posted... </cite><quote>Or maybe you can stop running around with the goal posts while pretending that China's markets are comparable to the US's, or that free speech in China has the same characteristics as free speech in the US.</quote>Your criterion for "capitalist" was "has an actual free market." You're the one who came in here with binary criteria, not me. I just called you out on it, and now you are moving the goalposts to try and pretend you were making a more nuanced comparison (while also bringing in a non sequitur strawman for even more fallacious goodness). You should know that you look terribly silly when you project like that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Count_Drachma 01/25/23 10:43:46 PM #39:	Lokarin posted... how many foreign movies are in your theatre? After reflecting on your shitpost some more, I was thinking about the fact that so many movies we don't even realize are foreign because the US is an open, free market. At any given moment, there are a LOT of foreign-made films in American theaters. It's as natural as walking down the streets of NYC and seeing a mix of races. Compare that to China where their system makes it as difficult as possible for non-Asians to immigrate so, outside of tourist areas, there's next to no racial diversity. Meanwhile, in the US when you find a place with low racial diversity, it often feels odd or unnatural adjl posted... Your criterion for "capitalist" was "has an actual free market." You're the one who came in here with binary criteria, not me. I just called you out on it, and now you are moving the goalposts to try and pretend you were making a more nuanced comparison (while also bringing in a non sequitur strawman for even more fallacious goodness). You should know that you look terribly silly when you project like that. The US has about as free of a market as you can find in the developed world. China's market isn't even free by developing-world standards. You can play around with words all you like, but China's market is less free than Canada's and Canada's is far more restrictive than the US's. (And, like China, Canada enforces protectionist media laws to limit how much foreign culture reaches their population (via things like CRTC requirements)) --- Everybody's got a price / Everybody's got to pay / Because the Million Drachma Man / Always gets his way. AhahahahMMH <cite>Count_Drachma posted [p:971099957] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lokarin posted... </cite><quote>how many foreign movies are in your theatre?</quote>After reflecting on your shitpost some more, I was thinking about the fact that so many movies we don't even realize are foreign because the US is an open, free market. At any given moment, there are a LOT of foreign-made films in American theaters. It's as natural as walking down the streets of NYC and seeing a mix of races. Compare that to China where their system makes it as difficult as possible for non-Asians to immigrate so, outside of tourist areas, there's next to no racial diversity. Meanwhile, in the US when you find a place with low racial diversity, it often feels odd or unnaturaladjl posted... </cite><quote>Your criterion for "capitalist" was "has an actual free market." You're the one who came in here with binary criteria, not me. I just called you out on it, and now you are moving the goalposts to try and pretend you were making a more nuanced comparison (while also bringing in a non sequitur strawman for even more fallacious goodness). You should know that you look terribly silly when you project like that.</quote>The US has about as free of a market as you can find in the developed world. China's market isn't even free by developing-world standards. You can play around with words all you like, but China's market is less free than Canada's and Canada's is far more restrictive than the US's. (And, like China, Canada enforces protectionist media laws to limit how much foreign culture reaches their population (via things like CRTC requirements)) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lynyrd_Skynyrd 01/26/23 12:15:49 AM #40:	Lonestar2000 posted... Texas is such a fucking shithole. <cite>Lynyrd_Skynyrd posted [p:971101304] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Lonestar2000 posted... </cite><quote>Texas is such a fucking shithole.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 01/26/23 9:32:25 AM #41:	Count_Drachma posted... The US has about as free of a market as you can find in the developed world. A statement which, again, references goalposts that are in a very different position from where you initially said they were. Moreover, you're missing the actual point, which is that a whole lot more than government intervention gets factored into how free a market is. Monopolies, oligopolies, and corporate collusion also infringe upon market freedom, and all of those things are quite inevitable in a finite (read: real) market without some sort of regulatory oversight to prevent them (which itself also restricts the market). There's no such thing as an "actual free market," so if that's your criterion for calling a country "capitalist," then by your definition, there's no such thing as a capitalist country. Markets are only ever as free as those in power want them to be, and that remains true no matter what those in power call themselves. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:971106391] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Count_Drachma posted... </cite><quote>The US has about as free of a market as you can find in the developed world.</quote>A statement which, again, references goalposts that are in a very different position from where you initially said they were.Moreover, you're missing the actual point, which is that a whole lot more than government intervention gets factored into how free a market is. Monopolies, oligopolies, and corporate collusion also infringe upon market freedom, and all of those things are quite inevitable in a finite (read: real) market without some sort of regulatory oversight to prevent them (which itself also restricts the market). There's no such thing as an "actual free market," so if that's your criterion for calling a country "capitalist," then by your definition, there's no such thing as a capitalist country. Markets are only ever as free as those in power want them to be, and that remains true no matter what those in power call themselves.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ANAKAfire 01/26/23 10:02:52 AM #42:	If everyone would treat each other with basic human respect and decency with a respectful understanding, we wouldn't have so many issues. Just treat others the way you would like to be treated, regardless of race, gender, preference, etc. I'm not just talking about conservatives, this is something both left and right wings should do. It's so simple and it baffles me how the USA got this toxic and hateful on both sides over the course of a couple decades. --- Novice shiny hunter. Currently hunting for shiny Vulpix (X) and shiny Lugia. (SS) Hope your day is lucky! :3 <cite>ANAKAfire posted [p:971106884] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>If everyone would treat each other with basic human respect and decency with a respectful understanding, we wouldn't have so many issues. Just treat others the way you would like to be treated, regardless of race, gender, preference, etc. I'm not just talking about conservatives, this is something both left and right wings should do.It's so simple and it baffles me how the USA got this toxic and hateful on both sides over the course of a couple decades.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 01/27/23 4:43:13 AM #43:	Nichtcrawler-X posted... The story makes no sense to me, because the police actions make no sense to me. Well thats.. thats America for ya. --- Fate rarely calls on us at a moment of our choosing. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:971126783] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>Nichtcrawler-X posted... </cite><quote>The story makes no sense to me, because the police actions make no sense to me.</quote>Well thats.. thats America for ya. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatalAccident 01/27/23 7:40:17 AM #44:	wtf is two spirit lol --- walks away <cite>FatalAccident posted [p:971128375] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>wtf is two spirit lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 01/27/23 8:06:58 AM #45:	FatalAccident posted... wtf is two spirit lol adjl posted... A variant of being non-binary/gender fluid that has historical roots in a number of indigenous American cultures. I'm not 100% clear on the details, and I would advise educating yourself if you ever plan to discuss the matter in any depth, but for colloquial understanding "NB, but natives" is probably good enough. Among other answers that have already been given in this topic. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:971128732] in Texas: Tr... [t:80318919]...</cite> <quote>FatalAccident posted... </cite><quote>wtf is two spirit lol</quote>adjl posted... </cite><quote>A variant of being non-binary/gender fluid that has historical roots in a number of indigenous American cultures. I'm not 100% clear on the details, and I would advise educating yourself if you ever plan to discuss the matter in any depth, but for colloquial understanding "NB, but natives" is probably good enough.</quote>Among other answers that have already been given in this topic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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