People like that don’t do jury duty. Being forced to serve like some peasant is beneath them.

Okay, you’re not required to snarkily broadcast that in the conversation, though. You could just ignore it.

I’m sure your aunt doesn’t mean any harm, but she is still part of the problem. Those 3-5 properties are 3-5 fewer homes available to own for new families and are a small part of perpetuating the housing crisis.

Minor nitpick, juries only decide guilt; either guilty or not guilty. There is no way to legally declare someone innocent.

You sir, are entirely divorced from reality. It would be best for you to stop replying to the straw man you made up in your head and reconsider this entire exchange.

I guess the world can be whatever you want when you just make up reality in your head.

Good luck with that.

You may want to freshen up on your history. Ending slavery was a huge debate right at the beginning. They chose poorly in the end, but not for no reason.

Also, there’s a reason the only person you could come up with for your silly comparison was Thomas Jefferson. He was probably one of the most flawed of the founding fathers. Though he’s still a significantly better man than Musk on the whole.

You seem to be under the impression that you’ve asked me that question before. I’m not sure why.

Still, if you want to shoot Trump I’m not going to stop you.

Most of the founding fathers wanted to abolish slavery, but they also knew they needed the economic power of the southern states’ cotton trade and that they would be virulently against ending slavery. They kicked that can down the road, but laid the groundwork that eventually led us there for the most part.

I’m not sure what you think a discussion is if I’m not allowed to reply.

The politicians are not the elites in charge. No one gets to vote on the oligarchs killing and plundering the rest of us. There is no agreement that can be had with them so there is nothing to break. The only thing left to do is remove them and water the tree of liberty.

It’s odd you seem to have more faith in China than in the US. Personally, while my trust in my country is low, it is infinitely higher than my trust in China.

That social agreement had been broken long ago by the elites like the one recently targeted. It’s funny that only now when someone finally responds in kind that it is suddenly so important.

There’s no national security basis to ban social media from the US or a friendly country. It would be protected by the first amendment otherwise. They have actual evidence that China was using TikTok as electronic warfare, which is the only reason they can ban it.

Not true. That’s why the banning has a clause allowing for the sale of the US portion to a US (or other allied) company.

The only reason this is bannable is that it is owned by china essentially; based on national security grounds. As long as the fediverse is never sold to an enemy nation, there’s nothing to worry about.

So would you say the mugger that knocked you out and took your phone and wallet earned them? It was an effort after all.

Probably just a bunch of people getting in on the short.