I think his observation still stands when we swap out Nazi for fascist.

Frankly, I think it gets a bit confusing when we lump every horrible authoritarian into the ‘Nazi’ bucket.

There are non-fascist authoritarians. I agree that it might be confusing, but in terms of initial political resistence, I think the first steps are the same.

How is the slave owner using a slave driver to whip slaves different from the slaves organizing and killing the slavers?

From the AP article.

The assignment was for a psychology class about lifespan development. Students were asked to write a 650-word response to an academic study that examined whether conformity with gender norms was associated with popularity or bullying among middle school students.

“Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs,” the instructor wrote in feedback obtained by The Oklahoman. Instead, the instructor said the paper did “not answer the questions for the assignment.”

The paper “contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive” the criticism went on.

The article links to the essay, but not to the referenced paper. Does anyone have a link to the original paper?

Edit: The Wikipedia article has sa link to the academic paper. In the Wikipedia page, it’s claimed that another instructor reviewed the grade and agreed with the zero. I don’t have the rubric, so I can’t judge for myself, but I wonder other than not turning in the paper or mentioning that there was a paper to read, what would earn you a zero? Her paper was a rant.

The Washington Post page is paywalled. Here’s the same article on MSN.

The argument seems poorly constructed and hard to pull out from the article. But it boils down to, “Business won’t do it unless they have to. Lowering prices means demand has dropped and they need to boost demand. They will also cut jobs since they gave pay raises recenlty. Cutting jobs could result in a recession.”

I’m still a bit iffy if that’s the actual argument, but that’s my read right now.

I usually write a handful of paragraphs and then never look at them again. It’s mainly to get me into character and develop a feeling who this person is. Then I go play. If the DM wants to know more, I can either improv it or review what I’ve written.

https://proton.me/black-friday

This account is 5 days old and has 26 posts.

That really lightened the mood.

It does. The icon was hidden behind the ticktock overlay.also had to go fill screen on my app.

Exposing people’s insecurities is not a test of allyship.

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I have no words.

Throwing my vote in for Gauss.

Have a clear and honest conversation with your wife. “She thinks it’s fine” is not enough. And know your concern and worries more clearly. For example, “The age gap is representative of an emotional maturity gap.”

And you might be right. But that doesn’t matter. She need to know for herself in her own way. And she needs to feel like she can trust you to not hold it against her if they do go “wrong”.

Either way, have an emotionally honest conversation with your wife.

They expelled her. That seems crazy if it is her first incident. Suspension sure.

More importantly, how did the school address the bullying? Did the person who made it see any consequences? Did she report it and did the school ignore it? All of those matter.

Senators up for re-election will remember if we do the following:

1. If you have a dem senator, write to them and tell them that the leadership is out of touch with the demands of the moment
2. If the blue incumbent in your state is retiring in 2026, run a progressive. Use this moment to draw real separation between the progressive and the establishment candidate. Make any contact between them and the democratic leadership toxic
3. If the blue incumbent hasn’t condemned this and the democratic leadership, do the same as above.

Democrats up for reelection in 2026

• Colorado: John Hickenlooper
• Delaware: Chris Coons
• Georgia: Jon Ossoff
• Illinois: Dick Durbin (Retiring)
• Massachusetts: Ed Markey
• Michigan: Gary Peters (Retiring)
• Minnesota: Tina Smith (Retiring)
• New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (Retiring)
• New Jersey: Cory Booker (Chair of Strategic Communications Committee)
• New Mexico: Ben Ray Lujan
• Oregon: Jeff Merkley
• Rhode Island: Jack Reed
• Virginia: Mark Warner

Flipping the senate in 2026 seems unlikely, but transforming the democratic party must start now. Schumer is up for re-election in 2028, but he has to be removed from leadership now.

Kevin went full ACAB.