The AfD is way past the 20%, and if you’d say, that Germany is turning way too far right, I’d agree. If you’d say, that Germany votes more and more fascist, I’d agree as well. I do see the seriousness in this, and I try to fight it. I don’t try to make it look harmless, I don’t try to minimise those issues.

The amount was sufficient for the government “they” have now.

So go ahead and dream on that it’s not as bad as I made it look like.

The “ultra patriotism” does exist. You don’t like this fact and you try to make it seem less harmless by insisting that not all Americans are like this, just a couple of weirdos.

By making it seem harmless you normalise this behaviour, but that’s not the way to go if you want to end this.

What is your definition of “Authoritarian”?

The USA is the number one most patriotic country in this world.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-patriotic-countries

Why you shouldn’t compare the US to Nazi Germany?

US Americans are learning right from the start how awesome their country is. The best in everything, no other country can compete, no other country is better than them.

Also they are so proud to have won against Nazi Germany and they also think that it was solely them who did this. Allies? No need to mention them.

So it’s unthinkable to them, that the best country in the world, their country, could be (even if only partially) as bad as Nazi Germany, the one they defeated on their own.

Always the same, blame the victim and victimise the perpetrator.

Another example of this strategy:

Look at what she’s wearing, no wonder she got raped.

It’s really hard for white men, constantly being emasculated and oppressed.

To me cruelty is not dependent on malicious intent because it’s not about the intent, but the unnecessary pain it causes. The alternative would be calling it “indifference” or “ignorance” (but I’m having a hard time with this, as it somehow looks like ignoring the pain).

I guess I understand where you’re coming from though. You want to make it as easy as possible for others to choose the “other way”, without feeling called out. No matter how you define “cruelty”, your approach might be the better one, as it is not about being right, instead it is about maximising the chances for this dog to live his life without a crate

Just saw this picture in the article “we are all Charlie Kirk”, which is clearly stolen from “je suis Charlie”, created by French art director Joachim Roncin on Twitter shortly after the January 7, 2015, (a real) terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Is there anything that those faschists can come up with on their own?

They mention the app in the article.

Maybe I’m wrong, but this crate thing seems to be something very US American. It’s absolutely unusual in my country and it’s seen as kind of cruel to keep a dog in there for hours.

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Be careful, it could be contagious.

Cats shouldn’t be bathed. They clean themselves perfectly fine. This is just cruelty to them.

Edit: to all those coming at me with these rare occasions of cats plunging into something poisonous and need to be rescued by bathing them: do you honestly think, that this “funny” post is about a cat which needed a bath because it fell into something deadly?

“The WHO delayed declaring a global public health emergency and a pandemic during the early stages of COVID-19, costing the world critical weeks as the virus spread.”

What?

It was the US who ignored everything.

December 31, 2019

WHO notified by China about mysterious pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

USA: No action.

January 30, 2020

WHO declares PHEIC (highest alert before a pandemic).

USA: No federal mask mandate, no travel restrictions, few tests.

March 11, 2020

WHO officially declares COVID-19 a pandemic.

USA Trump says same day: “The risk to the U.S. is very low.”

March–May 2020

WHO strongly recommends masks, testing, lockdowns.

USA Trump: “Masks are optional,” “The virus will disappear.”

December 2020

First U.S. vaccinations, after months of delay.

I’m really confused, so please help me understand this. I’m not a native English speaker and to me it’s fairly easy, if you can’t replace it with “who is” or “who has” then it must be “whose”. So why is it so hard for a lot of native speakers to distinguish between the two?

There is no “acting your age”, there are only stereotypes, expectations and some people who are afraid acting out of those.

What is wrong with Australia?

Do I know why that happened to you? No, just guessing.

What I do know though: if it was like some replies here suggest, that it’s all due to IT folks not playing well with others, then forums like stack overflow wouldn’t exist.

What I also know: I’ve been to a lot of forums, not all IT related, and I met quite a few people online who just love to be rude, regardless of the topic.

So if I had to guess why, I’d say because they are assholes, not because it was an IT forum.

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