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This is what actual brandishing looks like (infosec.pub)

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

True, that is actually brandishing, but I don't think anybody really thought that helping a woman off of the ground while never touching or showing off your gun is brandishing.

For conservatives, words don't have meanings anymore. If a word sounds like it might have a negative connotation, then it is a word that they use to describe any opposition. They don't need to bother waiting to see what actually happened. The important thing for conservatives is to say the bad-sounding word first. Nobody has ever held them to account for lying.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

For conservatives, words don’t have meanings anymore.

They never really did, I think what allowed them to start breaking through out of that prison of social pressure was when we all stopped socializing and connecting. They started finding they could get a form of social support in atomized realms, while the rest of us just said "let them stay over there, we can't ban them all, at least there they're contained."

I really want to ask them back in those early days when they were debating banning forums and subreddits related to sexism and racism, if they think "containment" is different from "empowerment" now.