Got it. Like Rattatouie Rat said, “change is nature, dad.”

You saying “In bad faith” = i cant I am not trying to meaningfully disagree with you

You can prove it’s in good faith by explaining your resoning. i.e. How is it worse, specifically? How will they possibly “sort their own mess out”?

If you don’t want to, that’s fine. Spouting empty platitudes is all I’ve read the past two responses. Any more will be met with shitposts by me to match your energy.

Ahh yes, because that solves the bystander effect which is why Kitty Genovese did not die from being stabbed in 1964. Also why the Uvalde police are heros for not participating in that school shooting. /s

You still haven’t explained any of your reasoning, so I will assume it is in bad faith.

Finally, your quote is about interpersonal conflict, not violence and murder. Mr. Dyer was a therapist.

Can you please elaborate on that connection from your perspective. I imagine there must be some context I am overlooking.

Willful ignorance of atrocities does not have any chance of stopping or slowing them. Source: Russian Gulags, North Korea, US native women murders/trafficking, Auschwitz.

Yes. The only tatoo idea I have for myself involves dice, chains, and the words “Let’s tempt Fate.” While I would prefer an ideal situation, it’s taking too long. I will support any act that brings aid, supplies, or more notoriety to the plight of Gaza. Even Al-Capone had a soup kitchen for the hungry Chicagans of the Great Depression.

Ty for the response. Glad to see another actually doing groundwork. Love all three bulletpoints, though it is really dejecting so many states have banned the use of ranked choice voting. Been advocating for that system for over a decade, myself.

Edit: oh, forgot to mention that it’s easy for the internet to assign blame to those that protested voting the last election cycle, but that’s only because they view people that voted FOR Trump as a lost cause already. I’m not willing to stop having serious conversations with those people, and more personal outreach would be my only bulletpoint to add.

I mean, it’s fight and risk dying or stand aside while family, friends, neighbors, and children are dissappeared. I know what I would prefer in that imaginary scenario and am definitely not advocating for people to be violent against the national guard, ICE, or other federal organizations.

Can’t really agree with you on this one. I would welcome and fight for more people doing the right thing for personal benefit. Seems a lot better than the current circumstances.

Pride bricks are in season rn. 🏳️‍🌈

Hey, I don’t want to assume; did you involve yourself in the last primary elections for the democratic party frontrunners? I don’t have respect for people who protest voting AND don’t even participate in primaries.

Idealism uses a different definition for ideals than you are here, dum dum.

Well. Go start it then. I’m over here challenging coworkers to actually talk about their beliefs and having confrontations when someone posts hateful stuff. Got someone to remove their anti-gay cover photo a few days ago and think about their messaging. I only have time for interpersonal groundwork, and as much as I’d love to throw it all away and rally behind Greta or someone more nationally active, I have a wife to put before everything else.

They somehow never watched Idiocracy

My bad. I don’t understand most submissive dialects.

Yeah, reread it incase I missed something. Sure didn’t

Page 2 paragraph 4 mentions a court decision from 2023. Harvard has reviewed and revised policy since then. They found that a disproportionate amount of admitted students were white due mostly to either being related to alumni or from a family that made large financial contributions. DEI policies had very little impact compared to those factors. Idk what you want them to do from here, and that is the only actual legal thing mentioned anywhere.

Yes, Harvard has no need to act like a government entity when they are not one and will survive just fine without grants. The American people and economy will be the ones suffering from this snappy decision.

And yes, socialist or communist. The research is a service being paid for. If the published results being public isn’t enough for you, then neither should any other company’s services. Following your logic, SpaceX and Starlink should be publicly owned by the U.S. government as well as the banks, corporations, and small businesses that get a contract, grant, or tax break. The actual allocation of funds doesn’t matter to you based on your comments.

It definitely says such a thing. If the “review” had no part then why include it? The first page only spews political factoids, mentions a plagarism scandal, and something about discrimination in the past. The first page of the letter literally doesn’t mention what Harvard is currently doing illegally to justify this decision about grants and funding.

More importantly, yes, Harvard is private but the grant money isn’t for their operation costs. Your own source lists it as research funding.

Speaking of your own source, maybe read it first, because it says “Harvard… rejected demands from the Trump administration.” Nothing about noncompliance with the law.

As a side note, I didn’t think I’d find a communist or socialist out here in the wild today. How has that ideology been working for you?

Oh, I agree. My comment came from a place of “wow, a lot of people wanted to react.” Not a, “omg bestie soo true”

It is especially bad in the deep-red states. The Tulsa race riots are still often lied about in Oklahoma depending on the school. Basically they said, “it worked on Native American history, so just do that for everything we don’t agree with.”

Nah, it’s the science funding cuts that I’m focused on. That’s going to harm America pretty badly.

You have my thoughts so well organized. Thanks. If only that was the point and could be refuted so easily instead of being pointless doublespeak used to justify garbage decisions.