When the Terror asked Alexa to “play ominous music,” I thought it wouldn’t trigger our Echo, because the Echo ads on TV never have.

A lot of people, across a lot of demographics, had this reaction to Trump’s election. The spaces I found myself in were full of all kinds of people, most with stricken looks and gritted teeth, whispering urgently in disbelief.

I’d like to know how the city (and the state?) had a set of policy procedures in place where protesters can congregate in armed, armor-wearing groups.

I know First Amendment law, probably better than you know anything in your life. Want to get into it? Please proceed. Go ahead and get “granular” if you think you can, “Bish.”

I don’t think it’s the existence news or media coverage itself that’s the problem. David Duke doesn’t come off as “legitimate” just because he’s on television.

The opinion that you don’t get to murder people whose beliefs you don’t like is really just one thought though.

The way an open democratic society and our First Amendment is supposed to work is that all sides are permitted to speak. There’s no way around that without becoming authoritarian. What’s supposed to happen is that debate reveals the truth, and we move on from there.

Ha! I remember the CD review of the Impala SS said something like “’Lub-lub-lub’ — that’s the sound Impala’s engine makes at 140 mph. This car is nuts.”

Came from the Car & Driver review, if I remember correctly.

I’ve wondered this too, and have concluded that it’s a peculiar quirk of human psychology that we can be born (or indoctrinated) into all kinds of objectively loony belief systems.

Well, no. The conversation I responded to was positing that there “is no room for reasoned debate of unreasonable opinions” and that “our grandparents” fought WWII to stop “expressions” (slipped smoothly in with “ institutions”) of fascist views. Someone up there even threw in that the Klan probably carps about…

You’re mixing and confusing a lot of different ideas here. No one flew to Europe to destroy people for “expressing” fascist views, and according to the Supreme Court, we most certainly do give Nazis a platform to speak.

Personal style choice. :D

He did it. “Doesn’t recall” and “doesn’t believe” aren’t things a person who has, say, never sent an unsolicited d*ck pic says about whether or not he sent a particular unsolicited d*ck pic.

Yes to most of that. It would be more accurate to say that Jon and Dany are the “heart” characters in the story — if they believe something to be true, it is. And their respective crusades are therefore just.

Wow — so much Kit Harrington contempt out there. Keanu, really? Pretty harsh.

That was what I always thought. Even with women colleague/ friends in a social setting, I just defer to whatever they instigate. Also defer to the weight of the handshake. Some women seem to want the delicate version, but if squeezed, I squeeze back. Never assume a hug.

Anyone who doesn’t think Ailes’ FBI file is newsworthy, and in the “real journalism” sense of the word no less, is just objectively wrong.

I’ve read similar things about Porsche dealerships on this site before. Is it really the policy of exclusive dealers of high-end cars to determine who is a serious potential buyer vs. a “kid” looking for a “joyride” by just taking a quick look and insulting anyone who doesn’t smell sufficiently loaded to the sales…

No. Eyeballing someone and deciding to dismiss them as a customer is not justified, period. If the vehicle is so rare / costly / delicate that the dealership needs something special like a credit check, deposit, verification of income, etc. for a test drive, that would be easy enough to explain.