ikanreed

ikanreed , 5 months ago to news in “Logistics” Outpost in Jordan Where 3 U.S. Troops Died Is Secretly a Drone Base

@Linkerbaan @gardylou The US is perfectly capable of multi-tasking doing unconscionable things.

ikanreed , 5 months ago to news in Utah governor says school board member who questioned a student's gender ‘embarrassed the state’

@FlyingSquid future tense? you underestimate how savage this country is.

ikanreed , 7 months ago to asklemmy in This may seem kind of stupid but I am kind of stupid, is there a list somewhere of phrases that are stupid or insensitive racially or gender biased?

@Sethayy the existence of people not offended by something prejudiced always seems to be dragged out as a justification for that prejudice.

If some people being offended isn't reason enough not to say something, then it stands to reason that some people not being offended isn't a reason why it's okay.

If it is, then there are definitely people who are offended.

ikanreed , 7 months ago to news in The NYPD is spending $390 million on a new, encrypted radio system

@Chozo @gAlienLifeform @spudwart
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7921707/NYPD-running-10million-forensics-lab-dedicated-cracking-iPhones.html

Sorry for the daily mail link, but:

New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance (pictured above) has been an outspoken critic of Apple's end-to-end encryption policy, saying 'they have taken away one of our best sources of information. Just because they say so.'

ikanreed , 8 months ago to news in He Claimed God Sent Hitler to Create Israel. Now He’s Speaking at the Pro-Israel Rally. What?

@DarkGamer There is a difference between promoting something and being the sole source of it. They used appropriate and clear language and you purposefully misunderstood them to make an asinine point.