We have been told, repeatedly.

Totally, but MAGA took decades to sprout from a Tea Party seed, or further back even.

The election is over, you can stop now. Did your handlers not tell you?

That’s not necessarily the way to “build a progressive party”.

On the right-wing side think of how MAGA has overshadowed “Republican”, eating it from the inside.

Strong !fuckcars@lemmy.world energy.

Ooh, do Trump next!

I mean the drones are apparently designated as “parody” so either should work

lol “protocol”. They haven’t respected protocol for 20+ years

They should also mention that most everything he says is a lie.

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

The only time I’ve been prompted to enter a PIN is when using the same card as a debit card vs a credit card.

Even though the you already have to use the PIN at an ATM.

No idea why there’s such a big functional difference between “credit” and “debit” cards.

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Probably because trying to fight the bullshit ends up costing more in the long run.

Well ya can but you’re taking some risks if you do. Your soap dispenser might not work worth a shit if you haven’t tested it.

I think yours might be broken.

It’s a very strange assumption to me that going to work and doing one’s job is “serving Allah”, let alone “fighting for Allah”

I associate that term more with archaic Christianity (Joan of Arc and other old saints spring to mind) much more than Islam.

I think the phrase hits the exact intersection of nationalism, militarism, false hero worship for people who are just doing a job, and theocracy that in combination I find deeply repulsive, no matter which specific religion it is.

It depends.

Were they killed in the line of duty? Did they make a choice that is at bare minimum well-intentioned? Or did they just happen to be there and died by bad luck?

Firefighter dies trying to save someone from a burning building? Sure, okay. Dies in a vehicle crash while responding? Maybe.

Dies by someone else’s actions and is never aware of any possibility of a choice? That’s not any sacrifice, let alone the “ultimate” sacrifice.

That’s not victim blaming, bud. To the contrary.

Webster’s, definition 2:

martyr: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle

That leaves aside the religious overtones of the first definition.

If you are treating deaths due to terror attack as anything other than tragedy, there is something deeply wrong with your society.

To suggest that it is in any way voluntary, or intentional for the sake of religion, is disgusting.