He was found guilty by a jury of his peers.

He was also found liable for sexual assault.

Blaming others for your bad choices is a reactionary cornerstone.

Oh I know. I’m not really talking to them, I’m talking about them.

They have a completely different set of values, one not based on morality but instead in power.

They believe everything in politics is zero-sum: if there is a liberation movement or somebody gets a right recognized that should have been all along they see it as a loss for those who have privilege.

There is a reactionary streak running through all of American history: from the slaveholders who went to war to defend their human property to the America First movement in the 30’s to the KKK’s terror campaigns all the way through the neo-cons and the MAGA fascists.

There’s a reason why they want to confuse the issue, and my policy is that when reactionaries tell you what they don’t like there’s a reason to keep doing it; It’s why they banned the word “fascist” here for a while: they know what they are, but don’t want it said aloud.

“Tee hee, we’re stripping people’s rights away!”

And reactionaries wonder why they can’t get laid.

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I don’t care why you’re ignorant. Go away if you’ve got nothing to contribute.

It’s not my fault that you’re a reactionary.

You’re steeped in fascism; a fish doesn’t think it’s wet.

But you don’t whine when Neuromancer calls the left fascists?

Idgaf if reactionaries take me seriously, and “nuh-uh” doesn’t refute anything I said.

Sit down.

Fascism is a right-wing reactionary movement that takes power by subverting democracy.

You know you’re lying, but you do it anyway because reactionaries only care about appearing to win an argument.

We’ve had this discussion before, and you keep lying because you’re a reactionary who doesn’t care about the facts; you only care about appearing to win the argument.

Republicans are the ones who nominated a candidate who says immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”

Republicans are the ones advocating for political violence, which is then enforced by their militias and “lone wolves.”

Republicans are the ones taking away the rights of women and sexual minorities.

Republicans are the ones who simp for a strongman fascist leader like good little goose-steppers.

Republicans are the ones marching with the Nazis shouting “Jews will not replace us,” a crowd which contained “very fine people,” according to said fascist strongman.

Republicans attacked the capital building to try and overthrow a lawful election.

You don’t fool anyone with your lazy bullshit. The only people who agree are also radical reactionaries.

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Jeffrey Combs is the most underrated actor of the 90s.

I usually do black tea right off the boil for 4 minutes, and oolong I’ll throw a (smallish) ice cube in the cup after the boil till it’s melted and do a 3 minute steep.

Find a local roaster.

The quality is so much better and you support a local business instead of a megacorp.

I never found them as comfortable as a pair of good sandals like Birkenstocks or some sneakers.

They make a decent camp shoe though, since they’re extremely light and waterproof; I’ll clip them to my backpack so they don’t take up room inside.

Republicans in Texas focus their voter suppression efforts on Houston since it is the biggest Democratic voting population in the State.

How long you steep and what temperature depends on the type of tea you’re brewing.

Generally the darker the tea the hotter and longer you brew for. What type of tea are you using?

And agitation isn’t necessary; just do not squeeze the teabag into your drink, it will make it bitter.

I would still say they’re more evil than stupid.

After all, they’re being promised a return to the time when white Christian men were an untouchable elite compared to all other populations.

Do you think that’s not a realistic outcome when voting for Republicans?

If they vote for getting special privileges that the GOP is delivering time and again, how is that stupid?

Again, I have to disagree.

The rank and file vote for this shit because they like it. They’re fully on board. They want to have their little fiefdoms in the farm, factory, or family where their “subjects” have no choice but to obey or be crushed.

Go into any place where conservatives chat with each other and you can see it play out, and thinking of them as “sheep” is completely misunderstanding their reasoning and ambition. They’re more like ants who will completely destroy any threat to their hegemony using any method available to them.

They know they’re privileged, and they’re terrified of losing that which they are entitled to by birthright: that’s the core of reactionary ideology. It’s not mindless, it’s entirely consistent with their values.

Strong disagree about them being mindless.

They’ve nearly implemented a decades-long takeover of the American government.

This is the plan. You’re right that they’ll go along, but not because they lack substance: they desperately want white Christian men unquestionably on top of society, and this consternation is merely due to it’s unpopularity with voters.

They go along because their ideology says someone like Trump should be in charge: a bloviating piece of shit who gets to skirt the rules due to his enormous privilege. That’s who gets to rule in the reactionary worldview, and doubly so since “the left” put Obama in charge and turned their world upside down.

They have different values than you and me: ones not based in morality, but instead based on hate, fear, and dominance. Putting the “right” people in charge is at the heart of their ideology.

So you’re correct that the details don’t matter much, but there is substance behind the movement: unfortunately, it’s the worst and most anti-democratic fascist shit they can get away with.

That time they banned the word “fascist” was the closest to self-awarenes they get.

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I’ve been intrigued by Titan ever since I read Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke.