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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a99rrTC8BQQ

A good example of the feminist mindset on "an unborn [baby] being killed is only bad if the woman did not choose to kill the [baby]."

I have seen this when it comes to the issue of forced abortions in countries such as China. The only trajedy for feminists was not the babies dying, but the fact that a woman's choice was violated.

In a way this shows a religious mindset of the woman's desires being a central tenant to their morality. "I want, therefore it is moral."

@Terry only this time, you won't be able to use homosexuality to get out of service like Shake and Meatwad did.

@john_rando @deprecated_ii funny you mention that. For a brief period, alcohol was banned in the U.S. for the same reason a lot of things are banned today. It is a certain section of the population (about half) that advocated for that ban and is the same that is hysterical if we were to push for those alternatives that might be "dangerous."

@sickburnbro "toxic masculinity" is a term used by many a woman and effeminate man. And these same people are certainly more politically left than right. So I do not care what some shill trying to run interference has to say about whether or not they are "true leftists." The phrase itself has roots in leftist thought, since it is an attempt to keep men down for the pursuit of equality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1LIJvh3JJ8

I don't know why we ever moved away from teaching phonics. It just makes sense to teach reading that way.

Anyone who argues otherwise is either too stupid to be taken seriously or is malicious with their intentions. I think we had a case of both of those when it came to moving away from phonics and teaching "whole word" reading.

@Rudolf_von_Goldenbaum >church isn't for dating

Yes and no. Yes, that should not be your only goal of going to church. The main point of church is to follow Jesus and live out your faith in him. Church should not be off limits for seeking long term relationships, as churches should want and encourage marriages to happen. Having a "you should only look outside of the church" is a mindset that shows single men that they are unwanted. Such men will go elsewhere.

@jahmind I will not be sitting home for midterms. The problem for many voters on the right is that they see no point to voting when "winning" elections just amounts to Republican politicians squandering the majorities they are given to do nothing or to prioritize foreign wars rather than achieve anything domestically.

Who is behind all this spam bot accounts in Merovingian.club? What is the point of spamming a bunch of word salad nonsense like "Optimize the ladder. Rework the panda in record time."

What is the goal even? It cannot be for propaganda or psyop. Because that would require some coherency to work.

@Chimi_Chuang_Tzu most likely just bot automated posting. For what purpose I don't know. I am more puzzled by the flood of broken English posts that also appear to be bots. What is the point exactly of those? I couldn't say.

@sickburnbro @WoodshopHandman I see MEN'S death simply being a case of him outliving his usefulness after the Civil Rights Act was passed, as well as them thinking him getting assassinated would make him a more powerful symbol.

@shortstories @fyxeg_sipe yep. There seem to be a bunch of them around here for some reason. This is worse than all the foreign language spammers I had to mute. These posts are just word cancer.

@caekislove Nuclear power would actually solve the supposed issue of climate change. Yes, "climate change" is bullshit and just a ploy for the government to grab more power, but the fact that these same people who are hysterical about climate change are opposing nuclear power tells they should not be taken seriously when they keep screaming about how we only have X years left before catastrophe.

Not surprised gas prices are still elevated. If one of the side effects of the war with Iran were to have a scapegoat for economic issues (high gas prices can have downstream effects besides gas being more expensive), then I think it is more detrimental than helpful. Trump started the attack, so the blame will get (rightly) pushed on him.

Yes he is also being controlled, but that does not make him blameless.

Just ran a sub 6:30 mile. It was on a treadmill, so perhaps it is not an official time. But it is the best time I have been able to do in a while. I doubt I will ever get back to my all time best time, but I never would have thought I could get it down this much since my high school days.