That’s fair.

I have no desire to actually read the full article bc it would cost money but the free preview shows that he’s making an argument that ppl on here make all the time (that groypers in gov have had their understanding of how to run a state influenced by map games) and I’m not sure why ppl are mad.

It’s good when we can access professional healthcare just like everyone else!

It’s not unreasonable for ppl to be concerned about legal risks as a targeted minority!

It’s very odd to me how often ppl try to turn DIY discussions into a trans gender wars thing. Plenty of ppl on E prefer to go through doctors!

Prog slop: Just a little more deliverism bro, please bro

Mod slop: let’s find a bisexual college freshman woman at a liberal arts college and beat her to death in public to prove we are serious about law and order

Lib slop: if you criticize democratic politicians I will kill you and then myself

I think you could twist some of that Francoist historian “The Black Legend slandered and oppressed us and brainwashed people into hating the nation and wanting reform!” BS into something about cultural imperialism tbh.

Don’t even know the details here but I have little sympathy for anyone in the humanities acting like they are special little boys who should get an exemption from the awful job market.

The closest thing to a coherent theory I can think of is that this is the culmination of the racism underpinning the Monroe Doctrine and its various evolutions of viewing the Western Hemisphere as a US playground, just now with the most bloodthirsty bastards possible at the wheel.

I feel like the second is still pretty doubtful but this was funny and it’s certainly not an L for us

I think AI researchers should hate the boosters far more than they do tbh. Like, I think LLMs could be a neat tech but they’re over here implementing it in the most socially damaging way possible. My students consistently can’t write and I’m scrambling to find ways to give them practice w/out genAI.

There’s acknowledging the political reality and then there’s embracing the regional imaginary as timeless and natural because it makes you feel good or whatever.

The South didn’t come out of nowhere. It and its traditions were created. Stop being weird.

This was a major argument against desegregation and civil rights in the South btw.

There’s plenty you can criticize the Castros for but hating the assholes who left in the early years is not one of them lol

Also, earlier generations of minorities tried to use military service to prove their fitness for full citizenship and their attempts were rejected.