Also replies agreeing with Thomas Jefferson quotes, followed by LoTR references.
e: this just reminds me why I unsubbed from all .world communities and subbed to any alternatives, even if they’re smaller. I was here from /All so I didn’t notice the instance. Now I’m not surprised I was removed.
My comment was oblique; I agreed with an historical quote then made a LOTR reference. No overt calls for violence. Still removed.
e: Please check my moderation history to see what I said. I was the 3rd comment in that thread.
And society sounds suspiciously close to socialism. They’re brainwashing us! Quick, buy something so we can inoculate ourselves with capitalism!
No, wait, that sounds like vaccination – where’d I put the horse paste?
Stopped clocks and all that.
It really is a fun rabbit hole, though. It’s positively rife with quotables (e and nominative determinism).
And fascism and nazism are things I don’t like. Taxes, pronouns, and high prices, things like that. Or the bad guys in my vidya games.
Do I get a cookie?
As a disabled and queer woman, 3 categories that are now under attack, this makes me very angry. I’ll just say [removed].
Yes, but mightn’t this OSHA info be useful to put the fear of god into them? Based on what I’ve read in OP’s post and comments, it doesn’t sound like the employer is taking any kind of precautions (break room with AC, etc).
There’s no legal case here, but if people are unreasonably uncomfortable, it seems bringing up the OSHA regs (specifically, not generally) could at least get them to improve conditions a bit.
My ex and my son both work in a state and industry where OSHA is a guideline and not a rule (different companies), but if you bring up a possible OSHA violation in a health and safety meeting, it’s taken seriously. Not because they’re worried about citations, but because often that can be grounds for a civil lawsuit if something does happen (it’s a basis for ‘they should have known’), and they will try to meet those standards to cover their ass, right?
I’m talking about residential and commercial property management, not manufacturing, though, so it may be different.
e: I am not arguing with you; I defer to your expertise. I’m just curious and annoyed on OP’s behalf. If this were my son’s workplace, I’d be angry.
Thanks for that link. Will doomwatch tonight.
e: for those like me who can’t afford streaming services, it’s on YouTube.
e2: I’ve only watched part of this, but it’s showing how intelligent and seemingly rational people believe this shit. ‘Normal’ people are in this cult.
Fun fact: conservatives in Tennessee privatised their fire department, with predictable results: people’s houses just burnt down.
A man whose house is on fire will say anything to a guy with the means to put the fire out — best not to trust him, unless you can get it in writing.
Even funner fact: libertarians took over a government in Grafton, New Hampshire, and then the bears moved in.
A couple of choice quotes:
The bears, for their part, were left to navigate the mixed messages sent by humans who alternately threw firecrackers and pastries at them. Such are the paradoxes of Freedom. Some people just “don’t get the responsibility side of being libertarians,” Rosalie Babiarz tells Hongoltz-Hetling, which is certainly one way of framing the problem.
Meanwhile, the dreams of numerous libertarians came to ends variously dramatic and quiet. A real estate development venture known as Grafton Gulch, in homage to the dissident enclave in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, went belly-up. After losing a last-ditch effort to secure tax exemption, a financially ruined Connell found himself unable to keep the heat on at the Meetinghouse; in the midst of a brutal winter, he waxed apocalyptic and then died in a fire.
Turns out public services are – shocker! – for the public good, and taxes aren’t theft. Who knew public works and social programs actually help communities? Crazy, I know.
Is this /s?
If not, you may be too new to this subject to have a real conversation about it.