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I love this.

This is the woman that inspired "Rebel Girl" by Joe Hill.

What Does “From the River to the Sea” Really Mean?

Please explain yourself.

When interacting with a remote instance, usually remote Admin accounts aren't clearly marked the way they are locally - he only saw me as [OP]. I don't think he realized he was attacking a site Admin in his reply, so he doesn't get a pass for hostility to a "person in power." His hostility was merely hostility.

As an aside, American cops aren't protected against personal attacks. Insults to their profession and their person are both protected speech, from what I understand. Officers are expected to show restraint when insulted, although that's not often the case. There's a class of speech defined as "Fighting Words" - IANAL but when it comes to police, unless you're saying "I'm going to punch you" or some similar specific violent threat, I believe your speech is protected by the First Amendment, and in case it is not, there's a lawsuit you're likely to win.

I think we both value diversity of opinion, and I appreciate you putting yourself out as a moderator and trying new things. We've both accepted roles that gives us small privileges, but mostly responsibility. I value your contribution to the instance, and I hope that's communicated through this dialogue despite our disagreements.

At this point my goal is not to convince you to take a specific moderator action. I'm responding to the observation that !pleasantpolitics seems to be deviating from the goals you initially set, and I'd like to understand and clarify what is going on.

The video is worth a watch. It actually doesn't argue that all vegans must be anti-capitalist.

Instead it's a take-down of a video of a popular vegan influencer arguing you can't be both vegan and anti-capitalist.

ACollier Astro on Space Elevators

James C. Scott traveled a sparsely trafficked road. As he goes to the other side, I imagine him crossing in defiance of the traffic light.

There's a similar extremely visible movement in Barcelona. Tourism has always been a soft version of colonialism, but in Mallorca, Menorca, Formentera, Ibiza, Barcelona, and Valencia, it does double duty. These regions are economic powerhouses for Spain, but they're former autonomous societies that were conquered and colonized by the Kingdom of Castille.

While traveling there you're likely to meet people who speak Spanish, German, English, and French out of necessity to communicate with tourists, but even speaking Spanish in these areas is an insult to their autonomy. The native language of Mallorca is Balearic Catalan. If you go to the Basque country and don't speak the Basque language, you're going to get some pushback. There's a similar independence movement centered in Barcelona but popular throughout Aragon, Catalonia, and the Balearic Islands, and assuming the people you meet prefer to speak Spanish adds another layer of colonialism on top of the tourism.

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ACT V SCENE III

Milwaukee. A room in the convention.

[Enter TRUMP, Veep, and Attendants]

TRUMP

Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:

Till Key Largoe wood remove to Maralagoe,

I cannot taint with fear.