I like some of the ideas presented here. That said…
“It’s not a winning strategy, and it’s not the sure-fire sort of like zinger that Democrats think it is,” says Insha Rahman, the director of Vera Action, which advocates for criminal justice reform. “Calling Trump a convicted felon doesn’t really stick on him because he doesn’t fit the trope of what a convicted felon is, because it is a dog whistle—it is linking race and criminality.”
I disagree with this whole line of thought. I get this person has a good agenda but seeing everything through that lens I think blinds her to other perspectives.
I think it’s good and powerful to call Trump a felon. It drives home a particular point to his base — that they are following a criminal. He’s one of the bad guys and she’s one of the good guys. Is it a nuanced message? No. There’s a lot of good points she makes about messaging and framing. But I think it does hit home especially with low-information voters.
Furthermore, I think it highlights many of the points she wants to make with nuance, just very bluntly. Is there a racist connotation to the word felon? Well pointing out the white guy is a felon attacks that. Is there stigma about being a felon? Pointing out Trump is one undercuts, for some, that a felon can only be a violent criminal.
I just think it’s a little silly to see people’s positive reaction to that message and say, “No, this isn’t going to help you win.” But I agree with everything else.
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I was solely airbnb for years, down to literally nothing now. Won’t even search the site anymore. Many reasons articulated by others, but just a pure garbage company and garbage “homeowners” who are mostly just vc conglomerates and bs fronts now - last time I looked, I saw a listing that was overpriced, but I was going to do it out of last minute need…
Host was named Miranda and showed profile pic of a smiling younger women. Listing text was written in her voice. I had a specific question that I sent and received an odd, cold form response, not in her same tone. Then looked and saw that Miranda owned most every property in this beachfront area? She looked pretty young, but okay, good for you. Looked further and found that “Miranda” was actually just the name of a property management group. That wasn’t her in the profile picture, she didn’t exist. She wasn’t going to answer my question, she didn’t give a shit, because she was… not.
Fuck you in your stupid greedy faces, hotels will do.
“These are the carefully complex stone plates that were part of a four-meter wide communication that connected the artificially created island with the shore,” the experts mentioned in the post.
Yet another example of how skilled pur ancestors were in building techniques. An artificially created island and a road to connect it!
Humans are creative and have been for tens of thousands of years. No, ancient civilizations were not some kind of advanced lost space faring spciety, but they did build ingenious long lasting structures long before we thought they could.
Although I tried, I couldn’t really come away any better than you did from that article other than to say that, as a Florida voter, I will be doing my best to affect change.
I’ll be voting in Orlando (for the first time since 2006) and a straight Democratic ticket (since always).
Hotels are pretty nice. They come to make up your room, they have a nice person at the front desk to help you out with any issues, and they will usually have a breakfast option or at least some free coffee.
Airbnb has a lot of potential downsides: from cleaning and fees to broken stuff and hidden cameras. I’ve been in a few situations that have been weird to put it mildly.
Sometimes weird can be fun, but if I just want a clean bed and a reliable experience, I go to the hotel these days
Been saying, if my door explodes off the hinges without warning, I’m firing into the gap, no hesitation. A Colt .45 lives on my desk and I practice with it every week, not posturing here. If I can fall back to the AR-15 leaning on my nightstand, well, good luck to me I guess.
Been called a bullshitter, macho, tough guy, whatever. “What are you gonna do? Outgun the cops?! LOL, die then you idiot!”
If they no-knock my door, it’s a no-win scenario, they’re here to kill me, might as well die with my boots on. Not going to lay on my belly and beg for my life. (If you’ve never seen the pigs execute Daniel Shaver, give it a watch. Once was all I could handle.)
Good! I know I say we Need Guns to Protect Ourselves against Intruders but you should NEVER shoot at unmarked unidentified Plain Clothes Cops who break in in the middle of the night UNLESS you want to Die!
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