The Cruelty is the Point
I said that recently and someone told me to “get some new material.” I was like motherfucker, I’ll quit saying it when it stops being true!
They’re the ones trying to drag us back to the 1930s and have the gall to ask for new material
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This story and its ilk is awful, but saying “the cruelty is the point” is reductive and unhelpful. If you really think the majority of Texas favors cruelty for its own sake, then you should turn off your gadgets and disappear. Go away and fuck off.
Not the majority, but definitely the controlling faction of its state government.
I mean, to get hyper technical, they have associated this general type of cruelty with moral righteousness and fiscal responsibility.
So they are doing things that are cruel. Those of us not caught up in their cult can see that they’re doing it because of greed, tribalism, and religious indoctrination. The cruelty is the point, but they’re not doing it just because they like being cruel. They’re doing it because being cruel is virtuous, makes them feel superior, and makes them money (note, not all of these apply to everyone; these are 3 different motivations for 3 different groups). This type of cruelty, for one or more of those reasons, is seen as a GOOD thing.
So yes. The cruelty is the point. It’s not incidental, it’s not an unfortunate byproduct of some other goal. It is cruel and they are intentionally trying to be cruel.
Yes. Fuck Texas politics.
That’s a straw man.
Well then go stick a wet finger in the ear of Ted Cruz
Ok, he will probably shrivle up like the wicked witch of the west touching water.
It will still be the Democrats fault somehow. My dad is whatever you call it when you’re not conservative or Republican but still manage to vote for right wingers. His wife had a stroke years ago and her physical abilities and mind had started to go before that. She’s needed to be on Medicare/Medicaid for a long time now. I hope she doesn’t lose access.
My dad is whatever you call it when you’re not conservative or Republican but still manage to vote for right wingers.
Thats called a Republican, friend. Just one who tries to avoid the label and backlash.
and I hope someone is checking in on the wife, You know how these types tend to treat the less able, especially in stressful situations.
Correct, on all counts.
This is not news, Texas is a failed state, nobody is running a headline “innocents killed by warlords in Somalia”.
One thing “Texans” seem to never understand: It’s not your state, they let you live there because they needed you to run their ranches and pump their oil, but the state belongs to the rural rich and always will.
Texas has been Republican controlled for 28 years. If they were capable of doing better, or differently, they would (might).
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Republicans are trying really trying and they are really funded like really effing funded and not by Americans, lol, but randos.
Show me some real world statistics, Texas, where it helps to criminalize women and force them into motherhood and take away any benefits that could help them.
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As always, Texas hates Texans. All I ever hear are the things their government takes away or deny them. What’s Texas done for Texas lately?
Has this sub always been non world news or what
its a COMMUNITY not a sub and its called NEWS not world news
What do you have against calling it a sub? Yeah, that’s what I said, non world news, whats wrong with you mate
What do you have against calling it a sub?
The same thing someone at Mastodon would have against calling what people post there “tweets.” It’s not the right word.
Aha. Semi good point. But sub is a much more general word. See other comment
Since “sub” is short for “subreddit,” no it isn’t.
Sub cannot refer to subreddit outside the context of reddit. You say it can only be used exclusively for one thing only and disregard its general definition as a prefix. That’s like claiming sub cannot refer to a submarine in a marine context because “it’s already short for subreddit”
Stopped reading at the insult. I did not insult you. I was entirely cordial. If this is how you talk to people, no wonder you use Reddit terminology.
Ok if it’s not subreddit
A) what does it stand for, and
B) where did you hear it from?
What is wrong is not me here. Look, I get it. It’s called a subreddit on Reddit. But this is Lemmy and we don’t have subs. We have communities. And there’s a community for world news, but this isn’t it
They’re also called magazines (mbin).
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sub is used as a noun countless times. Why’d you bother being the language police anyway. People get what you mean, so it’s fine anyway
sub is used as a noun countless times.
As shorthand for “subreddit” rofl
Does it say World News?
But I didn’t expect it to have very localized news either
Yes, the news community shares news from all over the world, which includes the US.
If Texas were a country, it would be the 10th biggest by GDP and the 4th largest petrostate. It’s twice as large as Germany. This isn’t hyper-local news.
You want to share news from another country, post it. No one is stopping you.
