That really red area under the mouse cursor is... Borough Park? Super conservative Jewish area? Or maybe bensonhurst? I live here but am apparently bad at maps.
jtrek
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I think some of them say stupid stuff as a weird power move - "yeah I said bullshit what are you going to do about it? Nothing. Because you're weak"
This is a factor in why fascists only really respond to power. It's all they understand, and even that understanding is limited.
WTH is a beat cop going to do though?
Enforce hierarchy
I remember once on a forum a big cis het guy was saying that he's never seen cat calling on the street. Never him, and never at any of his friends. Someone pointed out that since he's a big dude, he's probably not going to be catcalled, and other shitty dudes are likely not going to bother people near him because of patriarchy.
To everyone's surprise, he came back and was like "ok that makes sense. And I asked my women friends and they told me a lot of stories"
Rare to see someone change their mind like that.
I thought the conservative stance was that there’s no systemic racism.
I mean, there's no limit to how stupid people can be. But I think a lot of conservatives like to say that the racism of the past doesn't matter anymore. That a family that was enslaved 160 years ago (just beyond living memory now, but potentially someone's great-great-grandparent), and then subject to Jim Crow and other cruelties through... generously the 1960s but realistically the 1980s, that family has no long lasting effects.
But really it's important to remember that conservatives just say things. They don't care about facts or truth. They care about power, and their emotions. So even if you proved that racism was systemic and had measurable effects (eg: The Color of Law), it won't matter. They don't care about facts. They care about feelings.
This is funny because many conservatives say things like "facts don't care about your feelings", but it's well known that conservatives project more than movie theaters.
Resignation is not enough. Imprisonment for social murder.
I was just told today that ai usage is a factor in hiring and promotion. They didn't say the AI usage had to be smart.
My boss, to his credit, reportedly said something like "well, if someone is already good at python they might not need as much AI to do a task than someone who isn't". I don't think management cared.
People are stupid emotional creatures. They don't calmly evaluate if the thing is useful or practical. They see the in-group doing it and don't want to be left out.
This was probably an advantage in pre-history. Our brains haven't kept up with our changing environment.
I see this sometimes from a distance, even with children. The boys are wild and loose, the girls on a tight leash.
Unfortunately, trying to address that with the sledgehammer of The State is not easy to do safely.
I have a somewhat vivid memory of sprinting through NY Penn Station around midnight to get the last train home, back before I lived in the city. Was a deciding factor in me moving. Had to leave my friend's Halloween party at like 10 to get the last train.
But public transport won't make a handful of people rich, so that's a non starter for many.
And you might have to reckon with living in a society, with other kinds of people. You'd really ask someone to ride a bus with a {slur of your choice} just sitting there, like they're entitled to peace and dignity?
In other words, conservatives are fuck heads who make the world worse for stupid reasons.
Edit: fix autocorrect mistake
I am concerned about how we don't have 20 million deaths mostly because trump and his goons are stupid, not because they don't want to do mass murder.