Rookwood

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, it's the economy, stupid.

Racism and bigotry are just the keys that they dangle to keep people distracted. But it is not why people vote. Trump voters actually believe he is going to make America great again. It's stupid, but you have to consider how non-existent the Dem's alternative vision is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

It's common for the people who can afford it. Health insurance will fight you on covering it and most therapists try to operate with as little overhead as possible because it is not as reliable as primary care, for example. In other words, therapists generally don't like dealing with health insurers on the patient's behalf. It costs too much for them. This means that most end up paying out of pocket and it does not go against their deductible. I would put a rough estimate that really only the top 40% of earners in America have realistic, reliable access to it. And it will be a significant financial burden for those below top 20% of earners. Which means they will be unlikely to stick with it long-term.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You want to argue that armchair psychology is more important in this situation than condemning doing a Nazi salute?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Autism =/= fascism or even being an insensitive moron. Autistic people are often highly sensitive to such topics.

You're painting autistic people in a bad light. There is nothing about autism that excuses such behavior.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Minor clarifications aren't the end of the world. The left is fine. Stop being sensitive

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Not apologizing and then immediately giving a speech to AfD about not being ashamed of "cultural purity" beg to differ. Either way, him being an actual Nazi is irrelevant. There are 2 options:

  1. He is an actual Nazi and believes in the ideology, which makes him a fucking Nazi. It should be noted that his grandfather was an extremely anti-semitic politician who moved to South Africa because he admired Apartheid...

  2. He did it as a troll. In which case, at a POTUS inauguration he decided to behave like a teenage boy as the richest man in the world and make light of something that saw 6 million Jews slaughtered and remains as a threat to the security of Jews around the world to this day. Which makes him a colossal piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Probably should just drop the term altogether then. It basically implies that being a moron is somehow virtuous.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Woke is now defined as being appalled by Nazis? I thought that was just common sense.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 months ago (26 children)

"He probably did it as a joke."

Actual excuse I've heard from multiple people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It was likely never done by Romans. It was created in artwork pieces in the 1700s and then gradually adopted by nationalists and then fascists from the late 1800s to the Nazi era.

Yes, he knows exactly and one of the most blatant dog-whistles in history.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

The truth often gets repeated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They were both right. I wouldn't say either was more right actually. If you merge both of their worlds, you get pretty close to what we're living in.

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