asteriskeverything

Empathy Reason Justice

That's what it says on the banner the eagle is holding. Who else champions for empathy? Conservatives mock it and call it woke, beta, simp, soyboy, feminazis, and whatever else nametag they wanna affix that sounds bad but the bottom line is they demonize empathy.

I dont even see empathy really be held up in their culture. It is more like praising the compassion and perhaps then the help or forgiveness you give. You're just a victim and they are just a villain you can turn the other cheek to.

Texas needs all the support it can get. Not the state but the victims of it

I'm not mad at this at all I'm thrilled a politician is actually fighting back. He has a history of standing up against trump and the gop status quo

That said this is the first time there is any bite to it and the cynic/realist in me is saying it's cause he is gearing up for presidential nomination and election. I really hope he is not the Democrat choice.

~~if the good wife/fight taught me anything the democrats already have someone picked out and priming public for it~~

I just wish we had Bernie i wanna see that timline :'(

Body shaming sucks no matter what. And IMO making fun of penis size is toxic masculinity. That said it is speaking in a language that they understand and use, we have to stoop to speak to their base. I hate all of it :')

Wow there's an ICE Barbie? I knew about Patriot Barbie and pretty sure she owns that one herself. Idk be offended at human nature I guess for the impulse to dehumanize women they don't like... but they are also both awful so I don't particularly feel bad for them when they are actively trying to ruin lives.

Although I don't doubt they take it as a compliment either since for many of them a woman's value is proportionate to their looks.

You shall not bear false witness to your neighbor

That's literally all career Republicans do.

I haven't forgotten this comment! It is really hard, like I said I haven't found a substitute and it's my favorite genre I actively look it out.

Also I think it is really subjective but I did just watch a doctor who episode (2024 s1e4) titled boom that felt like a family friendly message and environment that I could see in black mirror. The plot not so much. You don't even need any context for the series as it is both early in the reboot and kind of a bottle episode. An alien travels space and time with a friend and lands in the middle of a battlefield wasteland on an alien planet and steps on a landmine.

If you like reading or can tell me more about what you like about black mirror I could maybe make more suggestions. For example I love media that, for lack of a better word, is political at the core. It wants to criticize something in our culture, or take it to an extreme and see what that might look and feel like.

Feed is a book by M.T. Anderson that gives a good example of this. I wouldn't say it is a favorite or anything, I read a lot, but worth checking out maybe read the sample

The Handmaid's Tale (book or series) is another

Weird I didn't see the second half of your comment when I first replied. You're absolutely right and I'm terrified. The social-political environment and economy that allowed the rise of the nazis in Germany have been happening in America for decades. There are so many parallels and then within 6 months in office a LOT of big stuff is happening really fast. Federal institutions completely gutted, harassment of the employees by their government, deportation of citizens, removing birthright citizenship, and now wanting a medical diagnosis for anyone who disagrees with them.

It is absolutely terrifying and I no longer feel safe sharing my opinion anywhere because I don't know how dangerous it will be in the future.

It also silences their voices and discredits anything they say so opposition don't gain more support as the GOP dismantle our democracy in front of our eyes.

Relationships will become more strained.

They are getting away with much bigger atrocities than this. People will absolutely be on board to suddenly have their trump-hating relative actually be mentally ill. Then you don't have to listen to anything they say because they are just crazy.

Even announcing trump derangement syndrome in an official setting so it can be in the news cycle for as long as they want is going to have a powerful impact on the personal, individual level much wider than what he has done this term so far really. Now anyone who disagrees with trump is crazy. That's just best case scenario.

The top 220 meme coin owners, many of whom are foreign investors, invited to a private dinner with the president of the United States. Businesses are buying and jockeying to be one of the favored few who also get a private audience with him if they are willing to buy millions of meme coins, not to mention a personal tour of the White House. But beyond the meme coins and private dinners, there’s also something else brewing behind the scenes. As I speak, Eric Trump and Don Jr. are getting into the action, jetting around the world building their own financial empire in the crypto business space. In Dubai, the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial Firm announced a joint venture capital firm backed by the government of Abu Dhabi that would invest $2 billion using Trump digital currency “Now, I know it’s hard to keep all these billions apart,” he added. “You got the $2 billion investment in Jared Kushner by the Saudis. You got $5.5 billion investment by other gulf nations in Trump properties. You got $2 billion here, another $5.5 billion there, another $2 billion here and pretty soon you are talking about serious money for the Trump family. This deal alone will generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the Trump family. So, that’s the ‘Art of the Deal’ with this president. Trump gets rich. You get screwed.”

I really miss that sense of dread the older episodes invoked. I can't seem to find anything else like it, not even the best of new black mirror. I'll take recommendations of any medium really. It's one of my favorite genres? Vibes? Idk.