Trying to take your own life out of depression and being willing to give your life to a cause differ in intent, goals, context and likely methods.
What benefits do you see from classifying them as the same thing? They seem very different to me.
Gentle nerd freak of the pacific northwest. All nation states are vermin.
Trying to take your own life out of depression and being willing to give your life to a cause differ in intent, goals, context and likely methods.
What benefits do you see from classifying them as the same thing? They seem very different to me.
Starting ones self on fire is a suicide attempt, regardless of political motive.
Is being a soldier assigned to conduct an assault operation also a suicide attempt?
Knowingly doing something that might kill you is not the sole criteria for a suicide attempt. If they weren’t suicidal it wasn’t a suicide attempt.
They were suicidal
I’ve not heard any reporting say this. I’ve seen internet commenters presume this, but just because someone engaged in an action that could result in their death, doesn’t mean they’re suicidal.
I don’t think it’s realistic to assume you understand the mental state of someone who’s already proved they are capable of setting themselves on fire to make a point.
Why would you think that people who have the courage to act on their principles would regret it?
The amount of self determination it must take to smell the gasoline and still strike the match makes me think that the people who do this are capable of living with the consequences of their actions.
Is this singer legit nuts, or did they wheel out a dump truck of money?
This is quite reassuring - if medvedev said it you know there’s no chance it could possibly happen.
In order to be able to appeal directly to the jury, the actionists then represented themselves in court and reminded the jury members of their right to acquit as a matter of conscience, regardless of legal argument.
This led to a hung jury. The state is expected to continue to pursue a conviction, with a retrial likely in February 2026. Palestine Action said this would create “another opportunity to expose who the real criminals are”.
The state didn’t get the result they wanted so they’re just doing it again. That’s cool. Much legitimate, very justice.
These many reasons include his words, actions, policies, advisors, finances and friends.
Sometimes, if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck, hangs around with ducks, waddles like a duck, lives in a pond, gets fed bread, and has been classified as a duck by experts the world over - it might just be a duck.
I’ve been shocked by the amount of pushback I get when I talk about compulsory voting. I suspect it has less to do with freedom and more to do with how classist US society is.
Many people here seem to have internalized the idea that it’s better for the country if ‘apathetic’ and ‘stupid’ people don’t vote. Of course the bulk of non voters are working people, the poor and those who benefit most from an increased voice in society.
Voting absolutely should be compulsory, it would be such a moderating force on US politics if you couldn’t get more votes just by stirring up your base.
per 538, the last two polls of “adults” (not likely voters or registered voters) showed trump support around 40%
This feels to me like the best metric to judge ‘right wing’ by.
Voting for right wingers or being a Republican is not quite the same as being right wing - many people register and vote strategically. My grandparents in Alaska were left wingers who knew Democrats didn’t stand a chance. I’m sure there are plenty of right wingers registered as Dems here in the PNW. Voting can also be about identity more than ideals - I’ve known Republicans who have mostly leftish ideals as long as you don’t call them that.
But saying you personally support trump feels more unambiguously right wing to me. I’ve heard plenty of polls over the years putting trump’s support at around 30-40%, so 40% right wing sounds believable to me.
Almost half the country is right wing
Where are you getting that stat?
Of voters, almost half are registered or leaning Republicans.
In 2020, only 22% of the country voted for trump, the most right wing 2 party candidate in the modern era.
When you ask about specific policies that are seen as left or right wing, left wing policies poll much higher than dem votes at elections.
The reason Democrat leadership keeps tacking right has less to do with Americans and more to do with money and support from key centers of power. Dems stay right because US aristocrats and large interests skew righter than Americans. The money would dry up if their policies matched what Americans want.
I will always hear that in Bart’s voice.
I wonder how much of this stuff is open-eyed lying and how much is an instinctual identity defense mechanism. There’s definitely a lot of both going on.
The cult of personality around trump makes his perceived power and competence one of the most important parts of the identity of his followers. Trump being a pathetic incompetent loser is a threat to their entire perception of reality. Believing one more gross improbability is just less stressful to a human brain than demolishing your worldview and starting again. In this way, even trump’s supporters number among his many victims.
Completely unnecessary - Donald Trump can’t shit his pants without telling the whole world about it.
Most of the climate change talk was actually talking about the importance of manufacturing jobs, Kamala was guilty of it too.
impacts small indie artists
How?
I read the article but I don’t understand how bots making and listening to songs to generate royalties for the bot owners affects anyone but the royalty-payers?
Just one of the many wealthy torture enthusiasts disgusted by the state of the modern republican party that they were 100% responsible for creating.
I don’t think you can presume to know what he expected when he hasn’t said what he expected, or to know the effect it’s had within a handful of days.