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[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

If Israel insists on destroying civilian targets in Lebanon, let them buy and build their own weapons. American taxpayers should not be funding this.

[Mr. Philadelphia @TOOTTHEBARBER]

4pm hotel check-in and 11am check-out is one of the biggest scam in our society 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

No one should be ok with this.

[HighOnCrypto @BrainzIce]

@ojeefosa247 @Cluffalo @JQPublic001 Assumes that I will comply.

[Rawle Nyanzi @Parvenu62]

Several people have asked: why does ‘diverse’ content spark backlash now when it didn’t before?

I think it comes down to one thing: removal.

In the past, inclusionary moves didn’t try to clear out the previously enjoyed things. Kim Possible did not replace James Bond, she was just another secret agent you could watch alongside James Bond. In video games, serious action girls existed alongside miniskirted vixens, and everyone was fine with that. Avatar: The Last Airbender existed alongside Teen Titans. The Hunger Games existed alongside Harry Potter or Percy Jackson.

But now, the priority seems to be not addition, but subtraction.

It’s not enough to have a new Jedi; you have to remove the old ones. It’s not enough to have a female super-spy; you have to remove James Bond. It’s not enough to have serious action girls in your video game; you have to cover up or delete the vixens. It’s not enough to have new video games with modern sensibilities; you have to remove the old ones, or censor them in re-releases. It’s not enough to have new novels that fit modern ideological priorities; you have to censor the old ones.

That’s the chief difference between then and now when it comes to inclusionary work. New Thing was treated as something cool you could watch, in addition to what you already liked; there was no sense that Old Thing was bad and had to be erased from existence.

And thus, inclusionary work has an unfair stigma attached to it. Because works with badass female protags have been used to replace or denounce well-liked male heroes, or characters get race- and/or gender-swapped to get rid of the “problematic” old version, having any female protag, or any non-white protag becomes an uphill battle that doesn’t need to happen. The cultural context has shifted due to all the attacks on classic works in the name of inclusion.

Which sucks, because I enjoy writing female characters — not because of some inclusionary mission, but because of taste. It did not need to be this way, and there is very little I can do to change that. All I could do is find people who can appreciate what I do, even if it’s not a broad audience.

[HighOnCrypto @BrainzIce]

@Cluffalo @JQPublic001 Start carrying a firearm before expecting others to go to prison for you. And if you already do, then you shouldn't need anyone else. It's the ultimate equalizer.

[Paula Scanlan @PaulaYScanlan]

Hey Jo,

This man was literally in my locker room 18 times a week.

Care to explain and defend this?

[Agorist Nexus (Brandon) @AgoristN]

💯

[TENDO XI @TendoXI]

I was in Uganda and I saw a Goku painting by a church

[HighOnCrypto @BrainzIce]

@DearS_o_n 1) Start saving & investing $ early, no matter how little you start with.
2) Do not be afraid to take risks when you are young. You may not get to later in life.

[提督 Aegis @AdmiralAegis]

Men have been successfully sued for this in the past. Men are not making this shit up in their heads. You people did this. Not us. If you hate this, start policing your own sex, hag.

[-Paleonyx- (COMMISSIONS OPEN)- @Paleonyx_Art]

So, genuine question. Assuming this 3D printed meat is the exact same as real meat, same taste, same texture, same everything, then whats the issue?

Are you saying you can't enjoy eating meat unless an animal is killed in the process? What are you arguing here?

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

I gotta say, I really didn't expect any of this.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

THIS FOOTBALLER WAS ASKED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE

INSTEAD HE SPOKE ABOUT PALESTINE AND THE HYPOCRISY OF THE WEST

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I’m appalled by testimony I heard in today's Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing on U.S. Int’l Trade Commission laws.

Witnesses suggested "public interest" justifies allowing corporations to ripoff American inventors by importing patent-infringing knockoffs from China.

[HighOnCrypto @BrainzIce]

@lavndr_macaron @ThatComicFan3 He got dragged by other Japanese historians and finally admitted there's no proof.