Important context, I would say

Maybe a family member? He’s old enough to see a grandparent have the quality of their last days stolen.

Depends on what you mean by “money” I guess, but banks create money every day when they give out loans for more money than they actually have.

Well, they’ve generally moved on from “it isn’t real”, to “it’s the natural cycle and out of our control”, so I’m gonna say blame the Dems!

Did you miss the part where it only goes to families making under 100K? You got a funny definition of “rich”.

They don’t have to write checks, they can just tell the stooges installed at the top of federal agencies what to do. It’s like when a think tank writes a bill for a congressperson to introduce.

He knows, he just chooses the worst take every time. How else to sow discontent?

That’s fair, and my main point was about the brainwashing too, and so I agree now that it’s irrelevant whether this guy was closeted or not.

Right, but why is he spending so much time doing that? I don’t think it’s inconsistent, as the reason he spends all his time assaulting gay men is to externalize his self hatred.

I think it matters in the sense that these sorts of situations are created by toxic environments such as the one this killer was raised in, environments that are pervasive across much of the country.

It’s why they fight so hard to erase queer people from libraries and schools and the public in general, because the only way that environment can survive is if you can indoctrinate and shelter children for their developing years.

I understand what you’re saying, but that does seem to be exactly what happened here.

connected via a dating app in the months before the killing. Woodward said he picked up Bernstein, went to a nearby park and repeatedly stabbed Bernstein after trying to grab a cellphone he feared had been used to photograph him.

Morrison, the defense lawyer, said Woodward was confused about his sexuality after growing up in a politically conservative and devout Catholic family where his father openly criticized homosexuality.

Or those willing to be paid in order to influence recommendations to the highest bidder

It would seem to do that, yes. You don’t even have to be abroad, as you could easily be stationed in a different state from your “home” residence.

This has no effect on federal elections of course, and so I think it’s not that unreasonable to say that you only get to vote on local issues if you are living locally.

I don’t think incivility deserves civility in return, but apparently you were being sarcastic? It’s hard to distinguish because people unironically say the same things you did.

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Yeah like what’s actually the point? WC2 is not a game that holds up today compared to where the genre has gone.

They’re still here, for some reason. Maybe everyone thought the election would take a few days to call and so they paid for a few more days of disinformation?

You voted for trump. You’ll get what you deserve.

It literally is though?

Why is it important? You also didn’t answer the question, “what can I do?”.