Normal News/1

1: Saudi Arabia

Why are we "friends" with Saudi Arabia when they treat half their population so badly?

• 2017-12-27 Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women's rights

2: Things "Conservatives" Think Are Okay

2.1 on gay people

Why do "conservatives" think it's okay to assume gay people are child-molesters?

• 2024-03-12 Gay Widowed Dad Claps Back After Rightwing Commentator Attacks Him For Having Children

2.2 on extremism

Why does the GOP say they aren't Nazis when they are actively supporting people who openly say they will turn the US into a dictatorship?

2.3 on the Constitution

Why do they say they love the Constitution, when they clearly want to override or eliminate it?

3. Weird Spin

3.1 on climate change

Here's a bit of WTF:

• 2024-02-27 How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater
  • commentary: 2024-03-17 mastodon.social/@bruces

3.2 on Trumpist extremism

Why did the New York Times say that "How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation" when what they clearly meant was something more like "Pro-Trump Disinformation Is Fooling Voters" or even "Trump World's Lies Are Conquering Inconvenient Reality"?

Also, why didn't the New York Times front page have anything about Donald Trump's speech in Ohio where he said that immigrants aren't people and "there will be a bloodbath" if he loses again in 2024?

4. Things the Media Thinks Are Okay

Why does the media think it should be okay to make a profit off other people's needs, but also you should be able to make a profit even if you're not actually meeting those needs?

• 2024-03-16 monads.online/@georgespolitzer

5. on trans people

Why do some people think it's wrong for trans women to be surfers? https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/rip-curl-lowerson-longboard-surf-transgender-controversy

6. on climate change

Why do some people still not "believe in" climate change even when it whacks them in the face? https://crooksandliars.com/2024/03/swept-away-600000-sand-dune-built-protect (I can maybe-understand not really viscerally getting the science, but for those who prefer "gut feelings" in their decisionmaking, why isn't this impacting their gut?)

• https://www.rawstory.com/u-n-warns-planet-on-the-brink-after-warmest-decade-on-record/

ongoing

• Why would any sane person vote for Donald Trump?
• Why are we still doing fracking? Why are we still trying to build new fossil pipelines?