Outright denial might send the message that they think it’s a bad thing? This is more of a “look, this is a reasonable thing we’re doing.”

God willing and the creek don’t rise, this is the dumbest thing most of us will see all day.

I would lay the contents of my wallet down that he doesn’t know what the fuck a widget is.

This demon will explain.

I’m really excited that Mr. Bailey cc’d someone on this letter.

“When we adjusted the questions to capitalize on decades of propaganda, misleading statements, and disinformation, responses went exactly how everyone assumed they would. Especially effective was casting literally any social program not aimed at propping up existing wealth and socioeconomic structures as ‘socialism,…

Those groups - BLM, “antifa,” leftist groups - are already targeted for intelligence gathering and probably-illegal monitoring by law enforcement. Even ones with no history of violence, or even direct connections with other groups with a history of violence.

It’s a shame I got thatdetail wrong (several people have clarified that it is not connected to the Koch brothers), because now every pedant who wants to make this a “Well, Akshully” is using an error by an individual (me) to try to invalidate the statement that it’s common for employers to intentionally exploit…

Thank you for clarifying that.

This is someone who’s into the idea of an ethnostate, and apparently is into fascism. His worldview and cultural development probably stop at about 1938.

Don’t miss that these employers (in this case, apparently including Republican multi-billionaires the Koch brothers) often intentionally employ undocumented people, and management uses threats of immigration retaliation to keep employees in line and justify illegal pay practices. They’re hired specifically because…

Every Trump supporter took a sucker’s bet in 2016, to the tune of 47% of votes cast, so it seemed like I’m bound to find plenty of takers.

One of them is going to make a public statement about why they didn’t want to be in his fucking photo op, and then he’s gonna lash out, and that person can expect genuine harassment for at least several days. Bet me.

It’s like musical chairs for authoritarian fuckheads!

Ooooooh, spoopy socialists! Zimbabwe! Venezuela! The only thing to do is continue to pour on the steam and not worry about that damn pressure gauge!

“Nobody really likes yer fancy librl beer.”

He tried real hard to pivot, and all he managed was to accidentally and unexpectedly do the splits on his Bud Light-soaked bathroom tile.

What available data? Because the things I’ve seen indicate lower rates of fatalities from most of the common alternatives, including the ones you mentioned.

Well, you get back to me on your weird hammer metaphor when you make a pancake that I can use to frame up my shed. Until then, it’s a false equivalence.

Bombings are relatively uncommon, in part because the materials are fairly closely regulated, in part because it’s technically difficult and dangers, and in part because you’re very likely to get caught.