[1241] Cut It Out
My brain has been packed. I’ll be lucky to put a paragraph together for what feels like a dozen different subjects. My head no less compiling and looking for the patterns.
They killed an average, normal, sparkling white woman. Just now. Just NOW people are arriving at, “It could be me!” Not people who pay attention. Not people who read history. The people who can’t be bothered or can’t handle what it takes to be enmeshed in the political landscape. And who can blame them? It’s one impossible, unprecedented, and seemingly intractable problem after the next every single day. They’ve already killed innocent Americans. They’ve been Nazis all along.
We fought world wars over this shit. It wasn’t that long ago. My grandpa killed Nazis. We established a world order to try and avoid ending up like 100 million people who had to die because hatred and a desire for power ran amok. I’ve been asking for years, how bad does it need to get? How many people have to die for the worst reasons imaginable before we’re back at some iteration of a world war footing? How many lies are we not going to call lies? How often are we gonna play the “both sides” game? How many criminals are we going to pardon a
the way this is presented changes how it lands which explains why reactions are split That’s what makes this interesting.
From a practical angle, this reads stronger on paper than in practice which turns this into more of a debate
From a neutral view, this feels more about execution than intent and that’s what people are responding to Hard to say where this lands long term.
I get the idea, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here and that’s the part people are stuck on That’s what changes the context. This could age very differently in a week. That’s just my read on it.
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven We’ll see how people react over time.
At first glance, this comes across more reactive than planned so the response doesn’t surprise me At least from my perspective.
Reaction: Me irl
Real talk, this feels like a half-step, not a full move so the response doesn’t surprise me Let’s see what happens next. That’s just my read on it.
From my side, there’s a gap between the message and the outcome and that’s where it gets complicated
Stepping back, this solves one problem while creating another and that’s where it gets complicated Not convinced this is settled yet. At least from my perspective.
Reaction: Not again.
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Reaction: raised to be stupid taught to be nothing at all
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven which explains why reactions are split We’ll see how people react over time. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Reaction: I'm recreating 1939
At first glance, this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that’s what people are responding to We’ll see how people react over time. That’s the impression it gives me.
Reaction: I'm recreating 1939
Looking at this, this feels like a half-step, not a full move so the response doesn’t surprise me
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that’s where the disagreement starts Let’s see what happens next.
Reaction: me_irl
Reaction: me_irl
Reaction: It's a flawless strategy
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Reaction: New year resolution
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Trying to be fair, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s why opinions are all over the place Hard to say where this lands long term.
Reaction: FFS ... Meh
From the outside, the follow-through is what will decide this which is why the comments look the way they do Feels like there’s more coming here.