Australia's ABC ordered journalists not to refer to child rapists as "pedophiles," because that would hurt the feelings of pedophiles. Never mind that pedophiles are evil (see larrysanger.org/2019/12/why-pe…).
See, the ABC policymakers figure pedophiles might not actually rape children. So you wouldn't want to create an implication of guilt by association.
Never mind that pedophiles *want* to rape children.
It would like an edgy trend of wanting to rape women...without actually, you know raping women. How *dare* you call the rapeophiles rapists? They're just rapeophiles! How insensitive! Don't you know how hard it is to be a rapeophile today?!
See, pedophiles aren't child-lovers. They're child-rape-lovers. There's a big difference, see. They don't love children. They love the idea of raping children.
(Of course I'm being insensitive. They only will do it if the child consents.)
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The responses to this tweet from a senator are chilling. Democrats really, really mean it when they say they loathe Republicans. Apparently, Republicans want minorities dead, are Nazis, and are not the equals of Dems. You can’t be friends with them, period...
Hi there @Chase Bank, do you realize that when you cut off the business of some company due to their political affiliation, you are alienating everyone that shares that affiliation? Surely you know this hurts your business. You know? Mkay then. | via startthis.org/?p=354
1/ I bought a baby grand piano over the weekend for $650. This is kind of an interesting story. First, here’s the piano. Was played on daily in a music school for 7 years. Tuned yearly, looks good and sounds well. Built around 1980. | origin: startthis.org/?p=290
Basically, we need to get on the same page and create a free, open, but decentralized system for sharing our social media content. Existing systems are OK, but they need to be made interoperable. Let's discuss how, why, when, who, etc.
JOIN and RETWEET, especially if you are (1) a skilled developer, (2) a funder, (3) an expert at any part of this.
Wow, will I have an account tomorrow? My follower count has dropped from 39.3K to 38.4K now, a loss of 900 followers. Moreover, I'm following 25 fewer accounts—in other words, that many people I was following were deleted.
They really think they're doing their business good?