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Post by elle on Apr 28, 2023 8:11:38 GMT -6
They shot at the school again last night. Again, nobody was hurt. But I have all my kids home today. WTAF am I supposed to do with this? I'm so sorry.
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Post by elle on Apr 28, 2023 8:14:11 GMT -6
If you could see my face right now Wtf.
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Post by byjove on Apr 28, 2023 8:26:47 GMT -6
NEAT @the Youngkin insanity.
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Post by byjove on Apr 28, 2023 8:27:10 GMT -6
starbuck , has there been any additional response from the school, school board, etc?
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Post by dc2london on Apr 28, 2023 8:28:21 GMT -6
Ron Dasani is now going after *the monorail.*
Like what's the political win here? Drastically increasing government regulation to own the libs? How does that play?
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Post by dc2london on Apr 28, 2023 8:28:46 GMT -6
NEAT @the Youngkin insanity. The rage I feel toward people who voted for him is.....
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Post by starbuck on Apr 28, 2023 8:51:40 GMT -6
starbuck , has there been any additional response from the school, school board, etc? they finally sent an email to parents at 9am this morning. There's extra security today. That's it.
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Post by elle on Apr 28, 2023 8:55:35 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Apr 28, 2023 8:59:50 GMT -6
starbuck , has there been any additional response from the school, school board, etc? they finally sent an email to parents at 9am this morning. There's extra security today. That's it. That seems woefully inadequate, but honestly is probably what our school's risk mitigation plan would be as well. It puts it all on the parents, which is really unfair.
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Post by downwarddog on Apr 28, 2023 10:14:24 GMT -6
CW This clip is just jaw droppingly awful, the description in the tweet does not even begin to cover it. So, I've shared here before that my 14 year old is trans male. He has been hospitalized 5 times for suicidal ideation (luckily the last one was over a year ago and he is doing SO much better!) I watched this with fascination. During the worst of it, I would get up at 2am to make sure he wasn't hanging from his ceiling fan. I can't imagine thinking that there was ANYTHING I wouldn't do to remove that feeling and fear. I will support my son over burying my daughter any day, all day long, forever and ever. And this video made me feel really validated in my choices as his mother. And I suspect that her child and my child had different reasons for being suicidal.... ETA: Obligatory FUCK YOUNGKIN
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Post by sullivan on Apr 28, 2023 10:43:18 GMT -6
My MIL was over the other day talking about how she watches Fox News and how she’s so conservative, and MH said you know they just lost a huge lawsuit right? And she literally DID NOT EVEN KNOW they were being sued. Yet, she only talks about politics because she “follows it so closely and knows a lot about what’s going on.” And when MH told her what they were being sued for, she kinda shrugged and said oh.
The hypocrisy and blind following is just so infuriating. Sorry to just drop that little anecdote, I just had to vent here.
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Post by sullivan on Apr 28, 2023 10:45:41 GMT -6
[mention]downwarddog [/mention] I’m so glad to hear he is doing better, I’m sure having such a great support system plays a HUGE role in that. I couldn’t even watch that video once I knew the cliff notes, it’s insane that people are capable of being so unempathetic.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Apr 28, 2023 10:47:15 GMT -6
My MIL was over the other day talking about how she watches Fox News and how she’s so conservative, and MH said you know they just lost a huge lawsuit right? And she literally DID NOT EVEN KNOW they were being sued. Yet, she only talks about politics because she “follows it so closely and knows a lot about what’s going on.” And when MH told her what they were being sued for, she kinda shrugged and said oh. The hypocrisy and blind following is just so infuriating. Sorry to just drop that little anecdote, I just had to vent here. My SIL said the same thing when she was visiting her parents 2 weeks ago. Leading up to the trial, they literally had not even heard of the lawsuit!
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Post by mc13 on Apr 28, 2023 10:49:42 GMT -6
My MIL was over the other day talking about how she watches Fox News and how she’s so conservative, and MH said you know they just lost a huge lawsuit right? And she literally DID NOT EVEN KNOW they were being sued. Yet, she only talks about politics because she “follows it so closely and knows a lot about what’s going on.” And when MH told her what they were being sued for, she kinda shrugged and said oh. The hypocrisy and blind following is just so infuriating. Sorry to just drop that little anecdote, I just had to vent here. Living this life right now too except it's my in-laws. They thought I was insane when I brought up the lawsuit and how Fox wasn't allowed to cover it - like literally thought I made it all up. Yikes.
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Post by willow on Apr 28, 2023 11:37:46 GMT -6
I have seen the pain of a parent losing a child to suicide. Intimately, up close, and constant (spoiler, my ex ILs). That woman's child is better off without her.
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Post by elle on Apr 28, 2023 12:30:14 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Apr 28, 2023 12:31:57 GMT -6
Who knew reading romance was such an act of defiance?!
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Post by jaygee on Apr 28, 2023 13:17:47 GMT -6
My MIL was over the other day talking about how she watches Fox News and how she’s so conservative, and MH said you know they just lost a huge lawsuit right? And she literally DID NOT EVEN KNOW they were being sued. Yet, she only talks about politics because she “follows it so closely and knows a lot about what’s going on.” And when MH told her what they were being sued for, she kinda shrugged and said oh. The hypocrisy and blind following is just so infuriating. Sorry to just drop that little anecdote, I just had to vent here. Yup. H had to explain the lawsuit to his grandma who is on a steady diet of Fox News. They have no idea.
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Post by Minerva on Apr 28, 2023 13:43:28 GMT -6
If you could see my face right now Barf.
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Post by Minerva on Apr 28, 2023 13:58:09 GMT -6
Who knew reading romance was such an act of defiance?! Romancelandia’s version of Disney. 🤣 Methinks they are scared of female sexuality. (And sexuality in general, but particularly the description of female pleasure, since they are coming for Nora.) But really, the resurgence of book banning has been really upsetting me lately. It’s just such an obvious indicator of the rise of authoritarianism.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Apr 29, 2023 7:43:51 GMT -6
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Post by cnf on Apr 29, 2023 8:50:38 GMT -6
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Post by goldenbird on Apr 29, 2023 10:41:28 GMT -6
Fucking hell.
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Post by goldenbird on Apr 29, 2023 10:48:56 GMT -6
It makes you want to just completely ignore people. Everyone. But what if ignoring sets them off too? This is literal life and death and you don't know what could be the thing that sets someone off. Jesus Christ.
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Post by willow on Apr 29, 2023 12:26:22 GMT -6
I am not blaming the victims here AT ALL, because clearly that person was an unhinged psychopath, but I know if I heard my neighbor shooting a gun in the late evening, I would be calling the police for that noise complaint. No fucking way am I going anywhere near someone who is shitty enough to be shooting guns at 11:00 PM.
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Post by cnf on Apr 29, 2023 13:41:15 GMT -6
I am not blaming the victims here AT ALL, because clearly that person was an unhinged psychopath, but I know if I heard my neighbor shooting a gun in the late evening, I would be calling the police for that noise complaint. No fucking way am I going anywhere near someone who is shitty enough to be shooting guns at 11:00 PM. Agreed, one million percent. But still, to be asked to stop making noise after 11pm and to have someone kill your family over it? Fucking hell.
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Post by cnf on Apr 29, 2023 14:48:31 GMT -6
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Post by SweetPotato on Apr 29, 2023 16:30:59 GMT -6
Both of those stories are local for me. They’re nuts but I feel like I read these kinds of things in the news daily so I’m almost surprised to see them beyond local news.
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Post by byjove on Apr 30, 2023 8:29:08 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Apr 30, 2023 10:35:31 GMT -6
I love that they're embracing Dark Brandon.
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