I have been called "slightly reassuring". "Uncommonly Bad!" @gelbach (But we are still cool) "You’re a model of politeness."@saletan "Joe is A-OK." @itaisher
@SoulCultivated He, of course, is important there. But his influence on politics, even if not his intention, was huge. And I would argue still persists. Also, despite usually religious based hatred of him, he influences the way we think about many things. He created a cultural lens.
@JoshPhillipsPhD@Andtom_az Yes brutal violence existed. But in sheer numbers the world of modern technology can kill magnitudes. Furthermore, there are events like the Holocaust that killed with factory like efficiency and Himmler strove to remove brutality from that process.
@juliamacfarlane This is without a doubt the world's lamest dispute. People in different countries use different words sometimes. I know, it's wild, but there it is.
@RasmusJarlov The English used to call it soccer. And I believe in that country up until the 1980s the used football and soccer in about equal terms. Just call Americans traditionalists.
@Bigmamacookin@LorcanKelly14@fearthe_void But that is true. There is, for a certain generation of Southerners that belief. By the way, he is probably paraphrasing Faulkner and The Intruder in the Dust about Pickett’s charge. And think how complicated that is.