A bit to narrow in example, while broad in scope. If you are willing to narrow it to only those who were violent, and account for the government influence during that day….you’d have a better point. Even still, you would need to additionally prove that he is “forgiving” these individuals. If you do that your implied point would have some weight.
@DNPinNYC@mariadestrella@EricLDaugh You’ll need to explain why noting the collar color is relevant to whether or not someone is a criminal, and also clearly define what a rioter is before actually holding whatever that opinion is…
USA. I ordered a large soda.
In Japan, large means slightly larger.
A small drink becomes a medium drink.
A medium drink becomes a large drink.
Everyone understands the agreement.
But in America, large means the conversation has left the restaurant.
The cashier handed me the cup.
I looked at it.
It looked back.
This was not a drink.
This was a private reservoir with a lid.
I held it with both hands, because one hand felt disrespectful. The ice moved inside like a small glacier. The straw stood there with the confidence of a flag planted on new land.
The cashier smiled like this was normal.
So I accepted it.
In America, a large drink is not a beverage. It is infrastructure.
I took one sip.
Nothing changed.
I took another sip.
Still full.
I took a serious sip, the kind of sip a man takes when he has decided to participate in his own future.
The level did not move.
At that point, I stopped drinking and began managing it.
I checked the weight.
I listened to the ice.
I adjusted the straw angle.
I monitored condensation on the cup wall.
I was no longer a customer.
I was the Department of Soda.
A child walked past holding the same size cup with one hand.
One hand.
No fear.
No hesitation.
No respect for the burden.
I understood.
He was born into the system.
I carried mine outside like a sacred responsibility. The sun was hot. The cup was cold. I was small. The soda was still winning.
By the time I reached the parking lot, I had accepted the truth.
I did not order a drink.
I was appointed temporary governor of a liquid province.
I did not finish it.
It finished me.
@camhenry11@SteaknShake I believe this was true when first rolled out but by end of 2025 they changed their “buttery blend” that was part of the process to grade A Wisconsin butter and entirely removed seed oils from the process.
@nminow you should stick to film reviews. I read some comments of yours in a @FortuneMagazine article about the @SpaceX IPO and have concluded that your nescience regarding business must be quite great. I truly hope you are able to rectify this benightedness, and that your pronouns dematerialize.
Actually, I’m a product of the homeless industrial complex…the wildfire industrial complex…the corrupt politician industrial complex. Karen Bass created my campaign. She has nobody to blame, but herself. And maybe Gavin.
Today, the statute of limitations expires on the possibility of indicting Anthony Fauci for denying under oath that he funded gain-of-function research involving bat coronaviruses in Wuhan, the origin city of the pandemic.
4 days left for the DOJ to indict Anthony Fauci. He lied to Congress about NIH funding dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan and engaged in the worst cover-up in modern medical history. The American people want Fauci behind bars.