autismdragon [he/him, they/them]

I used to think it was funny just because it WAS absurd that Hannity (it was Hannity right?) made a big deal out of Obama ordering "fancy mustard" and therefor being unAmerican. I thought it was a good commentary on conservative media's weird tics. But once I noticed that libs were using it (and tan suit jokes) just as much to absolve Obama of having "real controversies" and not just making fun of Fox News, it lost its edge for me.

ETA: Also its really corny of Contra to engage in such an overused joke, beyond how lib she's being its also just really gauche.

/r/196's thing is its a "rule" that you have to post something whenever you visit the sub. And most people post "rule" when they do so.

This comm is just reusing the tic.

Can I ask whats being made meaningless here? I hope you don't mean "war criminal". Because drone bombing a wedding is definitely a war crime.

Maybe you mean Contra's joke though idk lol

I think you should be more judicious about who you're dunking on tbh. This person seems well intentioned enough.

ETA: I take this back.

Lmao nice ableism asshole.

"The west" as a whole does not have a right to defend itself. "The west" is not a nation. Considering it one has white supremacist vibes, I'm sure from your other posts that you don't intend them, but the implications are there.

You have been lied to about Yugoslavia. In fact, the bombing of Yugoslavia would have been one of the atrocities I brought up, considering the 500 civilian deaths and 6000 civilian wounded that resulted from it. At the very least, while there may have been a genocide going on there, NATO's goals were not to stop it. It was an excuse to enforce further western hegemony over the region. I Unfortunately I am not prepared with sources on that issue so I hope someone else in this thread will come through with some for you. I always forget to bookmark sources even though I know I'll need them later. You'll just hopefully trust me that I have read stuff about this before. I just forgot to save it.

Lastly, its stated goals mean nothing to me when they supported the invasion of Afghanistan (as just one example). Was that a defensive war?

They said elsewhere that they're autistic. The need to be exact and truthful when people generalize something like a community is something i identify with. Its why I dont really love the stormfront joke myself, just go along with it for community peace. This person to me is clearly well intentioned and is an example of the dunk impulse going too far because I think they're trying to do right.

ETA: Actually I got them mixed up with another user they never said they were autistic. But I still think they are well intentioned.

I really don't understand how someone can come the conclusion that NATO is a good thing? :/ They've carried out some absolutely awful military operations that have taken many lives. They are not, in any way, a "defensive alliance" and have never acted like one. Like, the bare minimum that I ask is "Russia and NATO are both bad" (and thats not even wrong, its just said in bad faith sometimes). But outright saying NATO is good? :/

Comparing the IRA to ISIS is legit disgusting.

I wonder why a website that has been taken over by corporations (it was pretty much always corporate, but I agree its gotten worse) would aggressively silence communists, I also wonder if they would perhaps promote certain narratives about the enemies of the west. I also wonder why someone who is anti-corporate would support that.

Believe it or not, I really want our communities to get along because Hexbear is aggressively pro-trans.

Microtransactions

You understand that there's a difference in like, motive right?

Like however you feel about the IRA's methods, their motives is still something worth fighting for. And honestly like when you REALLY fight for something like that, like actually do what's necessary, its a messy process and you're going to do things that moderate liberals look down on as going too far. We can argue about if all of their actions actually serve the cause, but what they wanted to do is something I agree with.

Versus ISIS? Really? What noble and positive goals does ISIS have?

Damn, I really had faith you were well intentioned. I'm disappointed.

Honestly I don't even know why you're here if you're so happy with Reddit's moderation policies.

Ah damn, I misplaced my faith.

OK I'm sorry maybe I'm letting the autism overflow my brain but seeing you just say "wrong" to technically correct statements that answer the question presented here is just so fucking annoying. Ooooo you got so many upbears from fellow Hexbears who dont want to think but just dunk. Getting very frusterated with this community right now.

free press

A press thats 100% controlled by the capitalist class and expresses their interests cannot reasonably be described as free.

Can't find anything about funding right now, and I'm tired. But I do know they routinely publish articles inconsistent with the values of their namesake.

But I need to go to bed. Ive been doing this all day.

Non-profit does not mean its not run by capitalist interest

While the Sandler Foundation provided ProPublica with significant financial support, it also has received funding from the Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Atlantic Philanthropies.

Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation

I was pretty good at maps in highschool but I forgot a lot of it and never got good at Africa. I have no trouble with the 50 states but I'm american so that tracks. I'm also decent at South America (central america is beyond me though), most of Europe, and Asia.

Don't treat a fellow hexbear like the lemmy liberals please. We literally have rules about that.

This is really alien to me because I'm american and I've been able to point out Germany on a map since I was like, 10? Its a very distinctive shape and position on the map. Idk, maybe its just my brain.

As a wrestling fan, what giddy described is pretty much true. For a billionaire, Tony is "nice" (too nice, because his niceness has lead to a toxic backstage environment, though he did finally fire CM Punk so thats nice). Like sure it doesn't outweight the exploitation inherent in being a billionaire, but Tony is indeed a "nice guy" and does go out of his way to do nice things for his employees. Also gives them health insurance in an industry where thats not the standard and such.

And the question was "a billionaire who done anything good" not "a billionaire who's overally contribution to the world is good". Giddy answered the question correctly. Sorry to autism you with pedantry but like, I have to insist on some technically accurateness here.

Like honestly, did you even know who Tony was before this post or did you just respond wrong because you were going to do that to anyone who said any billionaire did something good? Are you actually knowledgeable about this subject?

I'm not saying he doesnt get the wall in a revolution or anything. But the post asked "Did anything good", and he did. he did good things for his employees.

How is what they said wrong lmao. They literally acknowledge that doing individual good things doesn't justify the wealth disparity. Every word of what they said is 100% accurate. The worst humans do individually good things sometimes and the title of the thread is NOT about the net good or bad the person did. I don't think you read the title of the thread. I think you're just dunk/upbear thirsty. I hate this element of hexbear sometimes.