The Quiet Sort
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Just your friendly neighborhood introvert
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When you're citing a fact, there is no need for an opposing view. Implying that there are "alternative facts" in this situation is both dangerous and disingenuous.
Many criticisms were vague, and the commenters often criticized the lack of opposing viewpoints. Ex: “Enslaved African Americans had no wages to pass down to descendants, no legal right to accumulate property, and individual exceptions depended on their enslavers’ whims" has no opposing views.
This story on Florida officials' effort to blunt lessons on the brutality of slavery w/"multiple viewpoints, " shows some conservatives' desperate attempt to water down the moral authority of Black Americans' historic struggle. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
August 29, 2023 at 9:57 PM
When you're citing a fact, there is no need for an opposing view. Implying that there are "alternative facts" in this situation is both dangerous and disingenuous.
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We had a good ten years where a bunch of nobodies like us could report on power centers and structural inequality and abuses of power and citizens from government, employers and their surrogates. The end of Twitter as that vehicle really was the end of that, which was obviously the point.
August 2, 2023 at 10:11 PM
We had a good ten years where a bunch of nobodies like us could report on power centers and structural inequality and abuses of power and citizens from government, employers and their surrogates. The end of Twitter as that vehicle really was the end of that, which was obviously the point.
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An authoritarian who tried to overturn an election now openly plans to “concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands” if returned to power. What would you say if you saw it in another country? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html
Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025
The former president and his backers aim to strengthen the power of the White House and limit the independence of federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2023 at 1:23 PM
An authoritarian who tried to overturn an election now openly plans to “concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands” if returned to power. What would you say if you saw it in another country? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html
Migrating to the first social media that allows me to actually see the very interesting respected newspaper articles people link rather than a paywall. (I know. “Reasons!”)
July 14, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Migrating to the first social media that allows me to actually see the very interesting respected newspaper articles people link rather than a paywall. (I know. “Reasons!”)
For the months between removing the other site and bsky invite I woke up and got out of bed right away. Back to scrolling through social media for an hour after waking. Thanks bluesky 😊
July 11, 2023 at 1:54 PM
For the months between removing the other site and bsky invite I woke up and got out of bed right away. Back to scrolling through social media for an hour after waking. Thanks bluesky 😊
American Dogs (specifically mine): Are the fireworks over yet?
July 5, 2023 at 10:21 AM
American Dogs (specifically mine): Are the fireworks over yet?
Hi, I’m new here as of 6/29/23. Taking in the sights, getting the lay of the land, finding familiar feeds. It’s been
refreshing
refreshing
July 4, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Hi, I’m new here as of 6/29/23. Taking in the sights, getting the lay of the land, finding familiar feeds. It’s been
refreshing
refreshing