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  • Look, my take is that you are trying to combat fascism on philosophical terms, while I’m saying there is an even more pressing violence threatening people on a real level by taking steps that we know — at this moment in time — make it more likely to ending up with Republicans having power.

    We don’t seem to be seeing things eye-to-eye, and you don’t seem to be able to hold this conversation without ad hominem attacks, so I’m going to check out.

    Final note: I’m going to go back to my day, and forget about your condescension and nastiness because… well, I can. But if I see you talking this way to anyone else here (and I don’t just mean heated discussion), there will be consequences.

    Have a nice day, and please be(e) respectful of everyone here.

  • Don't give a shit if this is what you call it, or how you've been told to think. The only wasted vote is one more voice for the continued monopoly of capital, and that's obviously exactly what you do every single election.

    You’re prioritizing economic systems over people. That’s my problem with voting for third parties in light of fascism echoing the 1920s and 30s.

  • HIPAA only applies to a small subset of people/entities. It requires that subset to be careful with healthcare data. So if a doctor gives you a diagnosis, HIPAA requires the doctor treat that information carefully. If you share that same exact information with your electrician, and then the electrician shares that same exact information with her seamstress, your electrician has not violated HIPAA because you disclosed it to someone that isn’t considered a “covered entity.” HIPAA is far more about regulating who or where the disclosure comes from, than it is about the substance of the information.

  • Having worked in somewhat proximity to her, I can say that everyone already knew she was working for the Republicans, so it really wasn’t a surprise. In all likelihood, this is a gambit because she knew she would be primaried if she ran as a Democrat again (her positions were that obtuse).

    Edit: Changes made to be more in line with Be(e)ing respectful of everyone.

  • The Green Party hasn’t even succeeded in having a candidate elected to the U.S. House of Representatives — they show up for presidential elections, and that’s about it. They don’t do much work in the “off-season.” A vote for the presidential candidate of the Green Party at this point is a protest vote. The Republican Party is an existential threat to many groups of people; a protest vote in light of that threat is simply inaction in the face of having the privilege to not be targeted, and it only helps the oppressor.

  • The reason third parties don’t succeed is because they are often vanity projects with little work done in the “off-season.” For example, the Green Party: sucks thousands of votes away during presidential elections, but is yet to have elected a single person to the House of Representatives.

    If you’re squeamish about supporting an individual candidate, at least get involved in voter protection efforts.

  • It’s difficult to overstate how disastrous a ruling in this case going the other way could have been, on top of the corrupting influence of large amounts of money already involved in politics and how gerrymandered districts already are.

  • Politics @beehaw.org

    Republicans still tying themselves in knots for Trump

    www.axios.com /2023/06/23/greene-stefanik-trump-impeachment-expunge
  • Politics @beehaw.org

    Rep. Nancy Mace appears to be operating more cynically, now

    www.politico.com /news/2023/06/21/trump-mace-south-carolina-republican-00102793
  • I just went to see what Kbin was about. The first search result was to a subreddit about it, except Reddit appears to be trying to block access to that subreddit by mobile users. I had to “Request Desktop Site” on my iPhone to get around it.

  • Oh, absolutely! I was just trying to add to the discourse.

  • Technology @beehaw.org

    Apparently the Reddit AMA with Steve Huffman went about as well as it could go off the rails.

    techcrunch.com /2023/06/09/reddit-ceo-doubles-down-on-attack-on-apollo-developer-in-drama-filled-ama/
  • I tried that, but I couldn’t get it to work. Oh well, two accounts won’t kill me.

  • I'm not a lawyer elsewhere in the world, but the United States has a very specific and very narrow definition for what is considered "treason." Article III, § 3 of the Constitution states that

    Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort . . . .

    I'm not an expert in this area, but from some legal analysis I've come across, another hurdle to convicting on treason is that in order to have an "enemy," there needs to be an official declaration of war.

  • Politics @beehaw.org

    Pandemic experience has helped groups protect the homeless from wildfire smoke.

    www.nytimes.com /live/2023/06/09/world/canada-wildfires-air-quality-smoke