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* '''2017-12-27''' [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/27/chess-champion-to-miss-saudi-arabia-tournament-over-womens-rights Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women's rights] | * '''2017-12-27''' [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/27/chess-champion-to-miss-saudi-arabia-tournament-over-womens-rights Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women's rights] | ||
| − | ==2: | + | ==2: What the Right Thinks== |
| − | ===2.1 | + | ===2.1 about gay people=== |
Why do "conservatives" think it's okay to assume gay people are child-molesters? | Why do "conservatives" think it's okay to assume gay people are child-molesters? | ||
* '''2024-03-12''' [https://www.comicsands.com/gay-widowed-dad-claps-back-2667496340.html Gay Widowed Dad Claps Back After Rightwing Commentator Attacks Him For Having Children] | * '''2024-03-12''' [https://www.comicsands.com/gay-widowed-dad-claps-back-2667496340.html Gay Widowed Dad Claps Back After Rightwing Commentator Attacks Him For Having Children] | ||
| − | ===2.2 | + | ===2.2 about totalitarianism=== |
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? | 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 | + | ===2.3 about the Constitution=== |
Why do they say they love the Constitution, when they clearly want to override or eliminate it? | Why do they say they love the Constitution, when they clearly want to override or eliminate it? | ||
| + | ===2.4 about trans people=== | ||
| + | Why do they think it's wrong for trans women to be surfers? | ||
| + | * '''2024-03-16''' [https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/rip-curl-lowerson-longboard-surf-transgender-controversy Behind the Curl] | ||
| + | Why does the UK's "conservative" government think it's important to prevent trans kids from having puberty-blockers while still allowing cis kids to have them? Don't they understand the harm this will do? Why is the Right claiming that these drugs are dangerous when they are not? If they're dangerous, why are they still allowing cis kids to have them? | ||
| + | * '''2024-03-24''' [https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/puberty-blocker-primer-england-bans-blockers England Removes Access to Puberty Blockers for Trans Youth] | ||
==3. Weird Spin== | ==3. Weird Spin== | ||
===3.1 on climate change=== | ===3.1 on climate change=== | ||
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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 "[https://www.readtpa.com/p/3-smart-takes-on-trumps-bloodbath there will be a bloodbath]" if he loses again in 2024? | 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 "[https://www.readtpa.com/p/3-smart-takes-on-trumps-bloodbath there will be a bloodbath]" if he loses again in 2024? | ||
| − | ==4. | + | ==4. What the Media Thinks== |
| − | Why does the media think | + | Why does the media think the government should enable people to profit off other people's needs ''and'' also ensure that those people can deny that support if they don't make enough profit? |
* '''2024-03-16''' [https://monads.online/@georgespolitzer/112108211131159040 monads.online/@georgespolitzer] | * '''2024-03-16''' [https://monads.online/@georgespolitzer/112108211131159040 monads.online/@georgespolitzer] | ||
| − | ==5 | + | |
| − | + | ==5. on climate change== | |
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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?) | 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/ | * https://www.rawstory.com/u-n-warns-planet-on-the-brink-after-warmest-decade-on-record/ | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 21 March 2024
1: Saudi Arabia
Why are we "friends" with Saudi Arabia when they treat half their population so badly?
2: What the Right Thinks
2.1 about gay people
Why do "conservatives" think it's okay to assume gay people are child-molesters?
2.2 about totalitarianism
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 about the Constitution
Why do they say they love the Constitution, when they clearly want to override or eliminate it?
2.4 about trans people
Why do they think it's wrong for trans women to be surfers?
- 2024-03-16 Behind the Curl
Why does the UK's "conservative" government think it's important to prevent trans kids from having puberty-blockers while still allowing cis kids to have them? Don't they understand the harm this will do? Why is the Right claiming that these drugs are dangerous when they are not? If they're dangerous, why are they still allowing cis kids to have them?
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 Trumpaging 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"?[1]
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. What the Media Thinks
Why does the media think the government should enable people to profit off other people's needs and also ensure that those people can deny that support if they don't make enough profit?
- 2024-03-16 monads.online/@georgespolitzer
5. 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?)
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?
Footnotes
- ↑ h/t Parker Molloy 2024-03-18: Coming Down from 'Me Mountain'