Posts by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
(DIR) Post #AXtyUW0gsrgCTQXUhc by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-07-21T00:08:59Z
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@lowqualityfacts Okay, I will boost all your toots! But just this one time only.😌
(DIR) Post #AZXYkB5CTQJ3SUCdLE by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-09-08T00:18:29Z
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@itnewsbot Money for nothing. Sorta like mob 'protection' money—except legal.I'm sure some of it will be donated to their favorite right-wing candidate . . .
(DIR) Post #AZXYoQ6MZmVTCFlmAS by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-09-08T00:19:33Z
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@itnewsbot Money for nothing. Sorta like mob 'protection' money—except legal.I'm sure some of it will be donated to their favorite right-wing candidate . . .
(DIR) Post #AaACAkYXyk6mDxaXIm by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-09-26T15:41:47Z
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@lowqualityfacts Nobody's rich? Many are queer?Losing the nazis sure makes it nice hereBut where are the bots?I never see botsI hope not next year(Thank you Stephen Sondheim.)
(DIR) Post #AdBmxUCz8AwhTEpWjo by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-12-26T03:44:58Z
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@wjmaggos @RickiTarr There are many toxic "opinions" masquerading as arguments, by people who call everyone who disagrees with them racist/sexist/fascist.People who play identity politics with grave matters are just as harmful as blatant harrasses, and sometimes MORE harmful, because they encourage others.ADDING to the conversation is what's needed, not hall-monitoring.Corporate media needs bigness.Activist media needs coherent discourse.
(DIR) Post #AdLD8IQAAvlFSegUZU by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-12-30T11:36:52Z
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@mina I don't do polls, but I DID do a Toronto to Vancouver to Seattle to S.F. to Detroit in 2009—when I was 50.I started hitching in high school, from '72 to'82, with a big break in between.Hitching in 2009, with the Big Crash and Obama as president, was a great time to hitch, with only a few of us on the road, and long-haulers intrigued by the inspiring sight of the thumb and the sign As usual, Indiana was still the worst place to be stuck on the side of the road. (With a nod to New Jersey, which has always used their turnpikes to systemize their hostility).
(DIR) Post #AdLD8K75snhCi5mI7s by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-12-30T12:10:16Z
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@mina It was full of cops harassing me, and motorists coming to my rescue, and expressing their indignant anger at how I was treated.It wasn't beautiful, but it was very inspiring.
(DIR) Post #AdLD8LFHfpqEDmcLWy by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-12-30T12:25:26Z
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@mina If, being from Germany, you wonder if U.S. cops ignore the law with hitchikers, yes, they do it regularly.American cops are sadistic thugs, even when they aren't shooting unarmed black men in the back.Fortunately, even the most conservative motorists will often bend over backwards to help out a thumbing traveler, cuz we also inspire THEM.My rides would often tell me this, outright. This has included off-duty cops.
(DIR) Post #AdLD8LgE3fONZLDrWa by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-12-30T12:26:34Z
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@mina I must've read your mind. Check a previous add-on post.😀😄
(DIR) Post #AdLD8NFiDDN8RgpiTY by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2023-12-30T12:52:49Z
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@mina The exception proves the rule. And the "decent" cops are in DEEP denial.Fun Fact for Foreigners:U.S. "highway cops" (with authority in a gray-zone—outside cities, but overlapping counties) were originally created to catch escaped slaves.They were even called 'slave patrols'.
(DIR) Post #AdbML8JT4kwfzd6jIG by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
2024-01-07T11:47:08Z
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@simon Using words that have achieved common meaning through time (despite their origin) is how we are able to communicate.This is a thoughtful justification, but it's also a support of common sense.