Your idea explicitly plays into phobic “corrupting our youth” tropes that past activists fought against for decades, which are still used today to ban books in libraries (and worse). It’s also incredibly unpleasant to be counted that way if you’re agender or asexual (or both). Using actual names for as much of the coalition as feasibly possible is far more respectful than reducing us to that.

The umbrella term shouldn’t be focused on sex.

I’ve definitely heard of RCMP basically being on call to oil corpos in the past.

It’s missing in “flavour” too, actually.

I tried to set one (within size requirements) soon after I made my account, but it never took for some reason.

While I recall seeing some columnists who seem to have a specific agenda to back certain industries, I think what most people are concerned about is not that breaking reports are done by cartoonishly evil journalists, but that foreign interests have undue influence over editorial decisions. (As I see it, billionaires from our own country are equally as bad and media concentration in general should also be addressed, but it makes sense to have reasonable restrictions on foreign-ownership of media.)

I get the reference on the one hand but I’m concerned what people who don’t follow the series might think that flag means. (I can think of other sorts of imagery from One Piece that might have been a lot better to reference, honestly, like either the

flag or all of the subtle

variants that appear throughout the series.) I appreciate the article providing other examples of young adult protests that made pop culture references. Nice to hear more about the different trends among young protesters abroad.

Also, professor Suyanto’s analysis:

“And I see it as effective … their voices became louder and many political elites have responded, though whether [their] response meets the public expectations is another matter.”

“They don’t need to take to the streets, confront authorities, or face police batons.”

Aw, I love when I catch neighbourhood bunnies. I’m sure Clover would also be welcome at [email protected] (if you haven’t posted there already, that is).

I think you’re thinking of Karoline Leavitt. There are memes about that for her, I think.

I know you’re referring to the folks referenced in the topic, but it’s best not to put that as a general statement. I’m not going to comment on political inclusivity, but there are still ways to be more inclusive and broaden perspectives. For example, a lot of women feel unwelcome here, and probably a lot of people from the disabled community, among others.

Sounds like the start of Cory Doctorow’s book Radicalized.

More likely she grew up in an environment where this type of thinking was normalized, and to think otherwise was met with social consequences. Outside of a few breakout individuals, most have to be taught early not to take what they’re told for granted.

The UN has expressed concerns about Canada designating the US a safe country and asked our government to stop this. I’d be surprised though, if either major party listens to them about it. :/

I suspect wealthy travelers and Trump supporters with money will just be overrepresented, but I hope the attendance is somehow better at the non-US games.

There are grassroots support movements and even legal assistance. You just won’t likely hear about them in establishment media (probably because they don’t expect their intended audience to be in a financial position where they might need it). Even with smaller news sources that focus on talking primarily to activists and/or the actual people affected by the issues (like Status Coup News), folks only briefly touch on it. This is where local news has an opportunity to shine (even if it usually doesn’t).

Wasn’t Dachau mostly political prisoners? Guantanamo Bay might qualify better for that comparison.

I don’t remember seeing the Japanese flag with China on that one. Wow, that must have been received well by certain populations at the time. (Not something I’d joke about at least, even if relations have improved.)

I was following this and was sad to hear about this happening despite excellent counterarguments from people like Zarah Sultana. These are scary times, but I was encouraged there was at least this response yesterday (just watch the first ~45 seconds): Invidious | _Youtube

The more it happens, the more they’ll be likely to see.

This is much better than something a billionaire did, but you don’t seem to have linked a source. I found one: https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-wealth-tax-plan

“The proposal aims to incentivize and guide different countries to join the initiative and address policy, administrative, and data deficiencies, ensuring that high-net-worth individuals are taxed more efficiently in line with their wealth,” the Spanish government explained. “To achieve this, it is necessary to foster international cooperation in multilateral forums to promote and facilitate the implementation of evidence-based reforms and ongoing experiences regarding the taxation of large fortunes in different countries.”

The plan—crafted by the governments of Spain and Brazil and presented at the United Nations’ Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development being held in the Spanish city of Seville—was quickly praised by an assortment of international nonprofit organizations as an essential tool for tackling global wealth inequality.

I’d like to see more countries join, but we need a hell of a strategy where I’m at because politicians in English speaking North America will be the hardest sell.