And this is the guts of it. A significant plurality of American voters can be easily convinced to vote against their own interests or desires if a candidate promises to hate and abuse the people they think they are supposed to hate and fear. And with a relentless demagogue on the loose, we are now approaching the threshold at which our electorate is too fucking stupid to operate a republic.
@ceili Nobody should ever watch a political debate ever. It is S&M theater. They should be staged in empty auditoriums with broken cameras so everyone can just go on with their lives.
He who invokes violence, intolerance and hate as a political means can't be surprised if it finds its way home. All political violence is an affront to the republic; Trump would prefer that it serve his purpose and he has lowered the bar whenever possible. And now it abides.
@ceili Interesting. Do you read "Nature" in this quote as, like, Mother Nature - earth, seas, air, climate, etc. - or *Human* Nature, i.e. the fundamental tendencies of mankind?
In general, it’s just unbelievable to me that the pitch for personal AI has been less “this can make your life easier” and more “what if we bled away all the meaning and experience of being human”
No show today but very happy birthday to @PTI's Tony Kornheiser.
Tony's been associated w/ ESPN since the 1990s and the early days of The Sports Reporters. He's hosted on ESPN Radio, been part of Monday Night Football and co-hosted PTI since its inception in 2001 (23 years!).
Issues with this:
- "Beaches" should be under CONS, beaches suck, you already have "sand" there
- Baseball & BBQ missing under PROS, although both of those things are actually better in the fall
- Is "Frose" frozen Rose? You people have a problem, just have some goddamn ice cream
Here's the actual photo we meant to post in our previous Tweet folks, thanks for playing 🙃
God dang it, Bobby. You were supposed to add Woot's Summer Steals and Deals event to the pros list! Anyways, here's the link. Shop our stuff: https://t.co/gTAA7Dz2Kf