Post AwpMFBJNE1d8EhRIbg by smn@l3ib.org
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(DIR) Post #AwpKS9SDF6LeKcd9e4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T13:04:01Z
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Republicans remain furious about AOC. (They want it lowered.)
(DIR) Post #AwpKfCb2s16hqHz8EK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T13:06:22Z
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@aburka In the context of "republicans" and US pol "AOC" would mean Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to most people. She is a left leaning Democrat that makes many republicans angry. But it could also stand for "Age of Consent" (which some right wingers do complain about if you catch them off guard.)
(DIR) Post #AwpKsZpDom1ZeJzevA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T13:08:47Z
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@aburka Knowing that acronym either means you have been exposed to creeps online... or are one. So not recognizing it is good IMO. They are out here writing essays about it.
(DIR) Post #AwpLPJKEBXQG236ZRg by singletona@bitbang.social
2025-08-04T13:14:40Z
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@futurebird ....I laughed. I hate that I laughed. Keep 'em coming.
(DIR) Post #AwpM6enYE0Rl56UQhU by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-08-04T13:22:30Z
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@futurebird they can use their "down with AOC" banners in both contexts 😬
(DIR) Post #AwpMFBJNE1d8EhRIbg by smn@l3ib.org
2025-08-04T13:24:03Z
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@futurebird you "joke", but I have long wondered why Democrats are always playing the defense on e.g. Trans Rights when they should be playing the offense on Underage Child Marriage. Republicans should be constantly forced to talk about why they continue to defend it.
(DIR) Post #AwpPNK66k6C3fGoAaG by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T13:59:09Z
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@futurebird *sigh* everything involving choice is inimical to them. And they hate axioms generally.
(DIR) Post #AwpQNlhsBzTzFNFUNU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T14:10:28Z
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@llewelly There are some "Dark Intellectuals" or whatever they called themselves who have sat around trying to make the case that placing the emphasis on CONSENT in sex ed is a sinister left wing plot to destroy the family. Because it might make the youth "too self-centered."
(DIR) Post #AwpQdXsfMfE703ouyu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T14:13:17Z
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@smn YES. And be mean about it too.
(DIR) Post #AwpTEIcJHHMOHbp5km by jackeric@beige.party
2025-08-04T14:42:19Z
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@futurebird @aburka lol, I thought "area of control" would turn out to be a military/milsim term i.e. "this artillery gun's area of control extends beyond the river"
(DIR) Post #AwpbUMzPaTwg6wnpUO by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2025-08-04T16:14:53Z
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@futurebird @aburka To everyone in Europe, AOC is appellation d'origine contrôlée, which is the set of rules that don't allow you to put place-related brand names on things that are not from that place and not made according to the rules. It's the reason you can't sell lemonade in Europe and call it Champagne. For complicated historical reasons, the US is not a signatory to these and so you can call tile grout Camembert and lemonade Champagne in the USA.
(DIR) Post #Awq00WyqNJBxGPPCme by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T20:49:38Z
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@llewelly I know you are familiar with this Llewelly, but I want to explain what I mean by "emphasis on CONSENT in sex ed" (you are not the only one who will read this)Sex ed is a big topic that adults don't like to discuss because it's embarrassing. Hearing an adult say "No one should ever touch your body if you don't want them to. Even if you at first said yes, but change your mind they must stop. Right away."Can make a huge difference.
(DIR) Post #Awq0FyMKrZcEWOkylU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T20:52:26Z
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@llewelly I've always been glad that I heard adults explain that to me because what I picked up from movies and culture was not as clear. If you asked teen me before sex ed if it was reasonable to say "no stop" and expect it to work I might have not known the answer. And why would a 13 year old know?Hearing our phys ed teacher struggle to explain that to us, meant it was important and real. Young people who do not hear this are more vulnerable.
(DIR) Post #Awq0Vl2g8wb3qw5bXs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-04T20:55:17Z
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@llewelly My parents were too embarrassed by the topic to try. And they thought I was too innocent to need such information. But at age 16 some boy tried to pull "but baby you already got me going you have to finish it" on me. And I had the confidence to just walk out because I knew he was full of BS. Wouldn't ANY parent want their kid to be able to do that?Or do want to pretend they will never need to?
(DIR) Post #Awq33qz2l9rk29m6jo by raphaelmorgan@disabled.social
2025-08-04T21:23:46Z
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@futurebird @llewelly anyone who has ever considered consent self centered should not be around children or perhaps any other people, tbhWords like selfish, self centered, narcissistic, etc are frequently used to mean "cares about their own needs more than my wants" so like... Yk. Projection. Anyone who considers someone else's consent (or lack thereof) anything like selfish IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR and fucking dangerous to be around
(DIR) Post #AwqEWIciggYlMU6FKy by thesquirrelfish@sfba.social
2025-08-04T23:32:12Z
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@futurebird @llewelly Yep! And so glad to see parents who're internalizing this. Yesterday I walked past a couple families who were parting after a play date or something, and the mom was like "do you want to hug her goodbye" and the daughter(5?) was like "no". And the mom was like "that's okay, but we have to go, so you should say goodbye now". Definitely a moment of being pleased with seeing progress for me.
(DIR) Post #AwqKrODZgLrUWDmIpE by foolishowl@social.coop
2025-08-05T00:43:12Z
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@futurebird @llewelly I was a young adult in the 90s and I was astonished how much push back there was against the idea of consent, of openly discussing boundaries. Camille Paglia and Naomi Wolff and other pundits complaining how it spoiled the sacred mystery. Sit-coms playing it as a way to mock literal-minded nerds and over-earnest college students.
(DIR) Post #Awqw4ZWIfYfzdjga8W by ehproque@neopaquita.es
2025-08-05T07:40:10Z
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@futurebird @llewelly if they think consent would destroy the family I don't want my daughter anywhere near them. (Not that I'd want her to be, anyway).