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Not in every state, just majority Republican like Texas, but there are people pushing for it federally.

They are just pointing out that these phrases are used for that, which is why they are recognized as "thought-terminating cliches", it doesn't mean they are always used in such a way. You can be aware of manipulative language without being an anarchist or commie.

Same for me with LOTR really haha, Legolas specifically inspired me, he was a fierce warrior but wasn't the typical manly strongman, and had great hair too hah

I didn't know what trans was when I was 4 or 5, but I heard about reincarnation, and I thought "that explains it! I must have been a woman in a past life!" I couldn't specifically say what it was, but I just never felt like a typical man, and fantasised about being a woman as early as I could remember. I later learned I could be a feminine man, I consider myself non-binary and present mostly male, I'm not big on labels.

I have such sadness for people who had to suffer through horrible music from their parents. They don't know what kind of damage they are doing. I really think my life has been better because of the good fortune of hearing good music growing up.

You're telling me he actually put it in a shredder? I just assumed from the title he ripped it up, my god..

Edit: yeah I'm on a phone here I couldn't see the lil shredder in his hand on the icon and who can be bothered to click a link these days. These villains can't even be cool like action movie villains or something, total cringe on top of other massive atrocities

Well yes I think all of us should be the better person, obviously easier said than done! I'm not a fan of ridicule or bullying of course (except against actual nazis maybe) and I feel bad if you or anyone has been hurt by harassment. I am mostly just trying to say this sort of infighting is all just taken too seriously, and arguing about 'tankies', which can mean any number of things to different people, doesn't seem helpful to anyone in my view.

For what it's worth, like another comment said I do really appreciate the work you and others have done to make this instance possible! I don't have any resentment for anyone in this situation and I hope hexers and us here can all come together better in the future, we have more alike than in difference.

Have you read the comments? Plenty of people think this is silly evidently, it's not brigading when a lot of dbz users are hexbear users also

Upvoted comment here:

I don’t care for the drama on Hexbear. And I don’t care for it here either. This post is drama baiting.

That's a reasonable sentiment to me

I wasn't saying you were immature, I said the whole situation was. The impetus for the whole thing, deleting of the post, also seemed to make no sense to me at all. But to elevate the situation after that was what I meant was immature really. And from there it just seemed like a schoolyard fight or something, all of it just being a waste of time distracting and taking energy away from everyone involved.

I don't know all the details of the drama but I'm sorry you haven't had better interactions with hexbear. Some users can be problematic like any place, but I have been inspired by the effort, genuine good faith debate and historical analysis that is common in hexbear discussions. I'm anarchist, I first came to the fediverse through this instance and haven't had any issue with hexbear, and personally would defed from .world before hexbear lol.

Can you clarify how hexbear facilities harassment? I'm not saying you're wrong but I just don't know what you mean. They have the_dunk_tank which you could argue does but they changed the rules to discourage dunking on anyone that isn't a prominent voice, if there is harassment from users I haven't seen the mods do anything to encourage it.

For me it's almost like nervousness or butterflies in the stomach. It can be a subtle feeling and might not be recognized physically, you can start with focusing on the emotion and scanning the body and seeing what's there. I apologize I'm not a great teacher though. Or did you mean the emotion itself?

It can be especially tough if you have painful emotions going on also, it's been probably ten years since I first heard of the technique and it doesn't always work especially if I'm feeling anxious or restless.

What hate comments are you talking about? I legit don't know what you are talking about and I post there almost exclusively. You say 'not us' but what is this post full of attempted shame on hexbear then? Have you seen the hex thread about defederating? The hex users share kindness for dbzer0 users, the reasons for the banning seemed pretty reasonable and consistent with their policies, and they voted against defederating. From my perspective this whole situation seems a bit immature.