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   Pyperkub (pyperkub@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:00:36 JST Pyperkub

   • Sabrina✨

   @ryanhoulihan Eh, see Navalny. Also the Uighurs.

   while the jackholes are making us backslide, we are better than a LOT of nation-states still.

   but it is saddening how little regard some in this country have for their fellow persons.

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     szescstopni (szescstopni@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:02:19 JST szescstopni

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan US government and corporations won't lock you up for making fun of egg fried rice in late October or late November.

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:05:25 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan

     https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2024/03/08/taiwan-unfinished-business-a-fareed-zakaria-special-premieres-sunday-march-10-at-800pm-et-on-cnn-cnni/

     “TAIWAN: Unfinished Business – A Fareed #Zakaria Special,”

     what – if anything – can deter China from a violent invasion of the island, and what can be forecast for the world if nothing can dissuade China’s ruthless modern-era ruler, Xi Jinping. China has tightened its grip upon the previously democratically-run Hong Kong Taiwan, watching the sometimes-violent repressions unfold,."...

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:07:21 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan
     the thing is, while America is operating as a democracy there are many ways citizens (and others) can make policies and practices change. In an authoritarian ruled country, not so much -- protesters get imprisoned or killed.

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:12:16 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan

     no, I looked, it isn't
     and I have protested over the years so very many times without imprisonment, and look, I'm not dead. People do go to jail for protests, but usually for a very short time, unless there are other circumstances at work. Protests often expect and want this to increase publicity. Yes, horrific things happen here, as everywhere, but we still have much better options than the Chinese, Russians, North Koreans, and other authoritarian brutal regimes.

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:13:57 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan

     no, the protesters do
     are you speaking of a specific example that is upsetting you?

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:16:26 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan
     semantics? "the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/semantics

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:21:15 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan

     I wasn't arguing semantics, nor did I think you were. I thought we were discussing political systems.

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     Sean C. (filmfreak75@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 07:23:21 JST Sean C.

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan rational, well thought our arguments rarely enter this arena.

     case in point, claiming all big tech is all the same.

     there are obvious players in the space who are far worse and more dangerous than others, but always easier to broad stroke the issue.

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     Pyperkub (pyperkub@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:28:35 JST Pyperkub

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan Heck, I probably couldn't even use social media to indicate I care in some of those countries

     😍

     So, remember, even in today's shitty US environments, the glass isn't empty like in some other countries. And yes, I hope this helps, even if just a little. Take care!

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:41:36 JST libramoon

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     • Sabrina✨
     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

     @shekinahcancook @ryanhoulihan

     yes, people are unfairly jailed far too often (and even once is too often) -- doesn't mean we can't protest and even protest these injustices, without, you know, falling out a window or getting poisoned tea for disloyalty to the great leader

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     Kitchen Priestess (She/Her) (shekinahcancook@babka.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:41:54 JST Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

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     • libramoon

     @libramoon @ryanhoulihan

     You are mistaken. It is happening here.

     https://capitalbnews.org/incarcerated-for-protesting/

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:42:12 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨
     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

     @ryanhoulihan @shekinahcancook

     ?

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:42:44 JST libramoon

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     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

     @shekinahcancook @ryanhoulihan
     It happened in Tiananmen Square l Featured Documentary
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbKroPF3W5Q

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:43:56 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨
     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

     @ryanhoulihan @shekinahcancook

     I'm 73 -- I protested against the "police action" in Vietnam in my teens

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:44:39 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨
     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

     @ryanhoulihan @shekinahcancook

     I wasn't -- hard to tell unless you somehow signal it

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     Sean C. (filmfreak75@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:54:45 JST Sean C.

     • Sabrina✨

     @ryanhoulihan Apple is far better than most of them

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 09:06:30 JST libramoon

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     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)
     • Rowland Mosbergen

     @shekinahcancook @rowlandm @ryanhoulihan

     SCOTUS and many judges here and there (but many here and there have always had issues)
     yet, there are still a great many judges who do their jobs well, and even help prevent injustices
     it's never all or nothing, is it? We need to applaud the good and do the work to get rid of the bad and mediocre, as always

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     Rowland Mosbergen (rowlandm@disabled.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 09:06:32 JST Rowland Mosbergen

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     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)
     • libramoon

     @shekinahcancook @libramoon @ryanhoulihan

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha_unrest_shooting

     You can literally shoot people dead and get away with it provided you are on the good side of the law.

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     Kitchen Priestess (She/Her) (shekinahcancook@babka.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 09:06:32 JST Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)

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     • libramoon
     • Rowland Mosbergen

     @rowlandm @libramoon @ryanhoulihan

     Yes indeed. It is foolish to pretend we have rule of law anymore. They have no intention of being bound by it. Help isn't coming from the judicial system. They are mostly now part of the insurrection.

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     libramoon (libramoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 09:07:01 JST libramoon

     • Sabrina✨
     • Kitchen Priestess (She/Her)
     • Rowland Mosbergen

     @ryanhoulihan @shekinahcancook @rowlandm

     ?