Posts by seldear@aus.social
(DIR) Post #AUAwqZRcbf5CvLOflA by seldear@aus.social
2023-03-31T01:48:25Z
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@AnneTheWriter1 @MJ @SteveRogers @TonyStark @Lowie @AgentCarterHow do I love that meme?LET ME COUNT THE WAYS.
(DIR) Post #AUrGjX2XIWDlCcIpRQ by seldear@aus.social
2023-04-20T19:40:53Z
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@TonyStark❤️❤️❤️💔💔💔Fewer guns means fewer gun deaths.It doesn't affect your freedom or your rights. It does affect your safety, your family's safety, and the safety of your community.
(DIR) Post #AVQvTFdV8KePFHXtRo by seldear@aus.social
2023-05-07T19:42:56Z
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@Toniboloni @TonyStark Look, either America is a sick sad country out of all the countries in the world because this happens so often there and nowhere else...or it's the guns.
(DIR) Post #AVjQxajQUBeufdwwhk by seldear@aus.social
2023-05-17T00:50:50Z
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@TonyStark @scottytrees @cadence022 The first and last problem of thie whole "buy a gun to defend yourself" is that someone has to start shooting for anyone to realise there's going to be a problem with it in the first place! And then by the time they've started shooting, you have to think about getting to safety before you can even begin to shoot back.FARKING BLOODY HELL.
(DIR) Post #AVkYa4ulbn2W7fVscy by seldear@aus.social
2023-05-17T00:54:59Z
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@TonyStark @Heimdall @OlDude82 @mentallyalex @tomlevenson @guncelawits The progressivecafe folks are some of the most active (and activist) that I know in US politics - both in-person activism and supporting/linking/informing others. And I know a lot of Americans from all over the country.
(DIR) Post #AVmlv3oSaTAUVVooDI by seldear@aus.social
2023-05-18T00:28:40Z
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@TonyStark @MariaHill Just gonna point out that one of the things I saw among progressive US friends (mostly white middleclass fans from various fandoms) during the 2016 election was the repressing of the progressive voter because HRC wasn't progressive enough for them; because they wanted Bernie and they didn't get him.Telling people that HRC was a shit candidate meant some who might have voted didn't. It meant people who might have gotten out for democracy (even if it wasn't perfectly their candidate) decided to stay home on election day.I thought about those friends in the years that followed - many of them Jewish, bi, trans... Do they regret it? I don't know. I took a 6 month hiatus from the SMs we shared and didn't reconnect when I returned.But I still wonder: how many people did they influence across SM not to vote in their vocal insistence that the Dem platform wasn't good enough? How many more were out there in 2015-2016, repressing the vote because it "wasn't good enough"?Participation absolutely matters, but the concept of "participation" also includes how we speak about democracy and being involved in it. All those accounts telling people "it's both parties" and "your vote doesn't count"? They disincentivise participation in the democratic process. (Burn like trash, assholes.)Not trash-talking democracy or the 'lesser evil' *also* matters!
(DIR) Post #AVx96kkVGfdGJKRH0q by seldear@aus.social
2023-05-23T13:43:52Z
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@SpiderMan @TonyStarkGRARGH. Nothing frustrates me more than the "it doesn't matter" and the "it's all the same" crowd.If it didn't matter the lawmakers wouldn't be trying to stop so many demographic groups in so many states from voting!And if it's all the same to you, then you're just fortunate to exist at a level where it doesn't matter who's in power.Or just plain blind. It matters to bipoc, to the lgbtq+ community. It matters to women losing their bodily autonomy and the under 25s whose voting rights and educational breadth are being threatened. It matters to the people who want to live in order and organisation that can only be funded and managed from a governmental level, and to those who see the inherent risks of a magical, mythical wild west of "every (white cishet) man does as he sees fit".Democracy matters at every level, unless you're the despot or someone who thinks they can suck up hard enough to get a free pass from him and his lackeys...at least this time around. Voting matters. Democracy matters. And who is in power matters to anyone who understands that "freedom for all" is something that's only existed for a fraction of human history, and was fought for every step of the way.Anyone trying to tell you otherwise is an idiot or a sellout, because the opposite of despair isn't hope, it's action.
(DIR) Post #AW89MQKF6hlkLABfRg by seldear@aus.social
2023-05-28T23:08:46Z
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@TonyStark @GreenFire Compromise is one of those complicated by-products of democracy. Zero compromise really just means you're a dictator. (Which an awful lot of conservatives seem to want - to be the dictator who says "let it be done" and that's that, no argument, no moderation, no options or lenience for the other side.)Humans - the ordinary kind, living cheek by jowl with others who don't necessarily precisely agree with them on the details - give and take, and sometimes have to live with the lesser evil.Compromise doesn't feel great, but it's actually good for us as people to give way and not just 100% get our own way.(That said, I watched Beau of the 5th Column this morning, and he said something about 'work requirements (for welfare)' and OH AMERICA NO. Go look up Australia's "robodebt" if you want details: this does not end anywhere good.)
(DIR) Post #AWfQEyiXKOkrypKg08 by seldear@aus.social
2023-06-14T01:33:18Z
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@TonyStark Dumpst's actions have *significant* consequences for international co-operative security, too.Tiktok user "America_is_the_bad_place" pointed out that any country with intel operatives undercover will think long and hard before passing information pertaining to their intelligence agents to the USA again - including intelligence regarding the safety and security of the US.Risk their own operatives and intel officers for a guy Americans elected[*] to lead them who's solely interested in being able to pimp his own power and status?Uh, no.And that will apply to the current administration too, however much they might approve/trust the Biden admin (rightly or wrongly). Who's gonna hand the US government anything while knowing there's a decent possibility that Dumpst might end up as pres again in the future and be just as casual with the lives of their agents and their information as he was with those documents?Sorry, nope. Not gunna happen.[*] Yes, I know how the US election system works. Yes, I am aware of its flaws. Yes, I know about popular votes and electoral colleges and how barely 50% of y'all vote and only a quarter of the country actually *chose* Dumpst. HOWEVER after all the ballots were counted and the soundbites faded into silence, he was still the duly elected PotUS according to your system (even if it's broken).And he very well could be again (cf. broken system). And that's a risk that other countries have to factor in.
(DIR) Post #AY6WkololcUuauiZea by seldear@aus.social
2023-07-27T01:29:27Z
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@edgeoforever Saw a comment the other day noting that whoever's on the "Impeach Biden" train hasn't thought their consequent stations through very well.Impeach Biden? They just get President Harris...