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PlanksVariable··on White House Announces ‘TrumpRx’ Drug-Buying Site, and Pricing Deal With Pfizer
I’m not so sure. Even as a conservative who’s directionally aligned with many of his initiatives, he has more frequently crossed the line to things I don’t support, let alone feel thrilled about. I doubt I’m alone.

In this case, I figure he just wants his own “ObamaCare,” but does he have the restraint to not officially name it TrumpRx?

PlanksVariable··on The gentrification of videogame history
There’s an interesting discussion here of how other country’s economies and cultures impacted their gaming.

But framing it as erasure, gentrification, Sinophobia, etc., seems totally unnecessary. Americans discuss gaming from their perspective and based on their own experiences and that’s OK. That’s authentic. If your perspective and experience is different, and of interest to a broader audience, just share it with the world!

PlanksVariable··on macOS Tahoe
That was my experience with liquid glass on mobile. I’d heard it was bad, thought it couldn’t possible be that bad then tried it and was flabbergasted. Really unfortunate.
PlanksVariable··on My thoughts on renting versus buying
0% this - neighborhoods with single family homes are more likely to have families, and kids often create friendships that carry over to parent friendships. And if anybody in the neighborhood takes the initiative to plan block parties, dinner parties, etc., that really helps a community take root.

This just doesn't happen as often with apartments, where people are more transient and more likely to be single and/or childless.

PlanksVariable··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Progressives identify as such. “Fascist” is thrown around as an epithet to dehumanize people who you disagree with, to justify murdering them in cold blood or motivating others to do it for you. It’s not really comparable.
PlanksVariable··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
I was there. He let anybody speak. The college students who spoke were not actors, it was not theater. You’re deluded.
PlanksVariable··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Unfortunately controversial because impressionable people have been misled into believing that anything right of liberal progressivism is fascist and evil. How do you recover from that?
PlanksVariable··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
That’s one way to frame it. A cynical and disingenuous one.

He presented an alternative to the indoctrination students often receive today at college campuses and through the media. He gave students a microphone and a chance to defend their views.

If presenting an alternative political philosophy causes someone to become enraged (or worse), we’re in a really bad state.

PlanksVariable··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
I think this because I saw him go on a college campus, give a microphone to liberal students, and give them a chance to defend their views while also providing an alternative point of view.

Can you explain why you’re flabbergasted?

PlanksVariable··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
I watched a few clips of Kirk on college campuses leading up to the election.

On campuses today, there’s no shortage of professors, student activists, and guest speakers beating the drum of modern liberalism, but very few brave enough to take an alternative view.

So I respected him for getting students to question and defend their beliefs.

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