I wonder if any of these people, particularly the ones who work for newspapers, have ever considered that just because they're in a privileged class right now doesn't mean they always will be.
Donald Trump ended up being completely useless so it didn't happen there, but what if someone who is antagonistic to the press also happened to be competent?
Previously, it wouldn't be a problem because precedent and the culture said that the state shouldn't be seeking its fingers into the press. If these people get what they're looking for, the state will be sticking its fingers deeply into the press, and they will be nothing to stop it from happening to them.
Donald Trump ended up being completely useless so it didn't happen there, but what if someone who is antagonistic to the press also happened to be competent?
Previously, it wouldn't be a problem because precedent and the culture said that the state shouldn't be seeking its fingers into the press. If these people get what they're looking for, the state will be sticking its fingers deeply into the press, and they will be nothing to stop it from happening to them.
I'd accept that drag shows are speech, and potentially protected speech.
So the question is, is there a compelling government interest in regulating that speech? If there is, what is the least restrictive method to achieve that end, and is that method tailored to suit that end?
Because if the gop can answer those three questions correctly, they can regulate it anyway thanks to supreme court jurisprudence.
So the question is, is there a compelling government interest in regulating that speech? If there is, what is the least restrictive method to achieve that end, and is that method tailored to suit that end?
Because if the gop can answer those three questions correctly, they can regulate it anyway thanks to supreme court jurisprudence.
It's really deep art, sort of performance art where you have to accept that no matter how beautiful something is, and no matter how much love you put into it, it eventually is going to be destroyed by the uncaring universe around us.
Am I the only one around here that remembers back when high speed internet was 20 bucks a month?
Dat ass, it's genocide advocate ass. You don't get an ass like that by sitting around thinking of the consequences of what youre asking for. That's an ass you get by demanding everyone buy a $300,000 solar powered car right now or lose the ability to travel, and that people in the Arctic circle heat their homes using daylight.
Well you know! They were under a lot of stress at the thought of having their secretaries send out emails to fire 10,000 people!
Ironically, I feel like there's parallels between transing kids and the satanic panic. In both cases you're manipulating kids into saying the things you want them to say. We learned how careful we need to be with kids during that time, there's no excuse now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q6ccOMOFeU
Started playing this song because my son was saying mama and not dada. It worked (and he likes the song, too!)
Started playing this song because my son was saying mama and not dada. It worked (and he likes the song, too!)
That's a good point. If you have a strong and good culture then you don't need a strong government because people will do the right thing without the spectre of government. With a bad culture, you can have unlimited punishment and people will refuse to do the right thing.
Something I've come to realize recently is that we have all kinds of data on all these big societal changes that have happened since WWII, and the data looks terrible! But it seems like nobody is interested in actually saying the things that are true.
Anyone ever thought about how odd it is that youtube has 6 or 12 hour video essays, and their focus right now is 20 second clips?
This season, they're remaking Trigun, which was a popular manga and anime in the 90s. It's about a gunman on a desert planet who is a pacifist. It has heavy Christian themes in part because the author was a Christian in a nation of Shinto and Buddhism.
When you remake a beloved property, you get a built-in audience you wouldn't have otherwise gotten, but at the same time you're also taking on the expectations of that property. Trigun isn't a 4 panel comic about a big fat cat that loves to eat, it's a property with deep and important themes that a lot of people count as important to their formation as people. If you take on that property, you're accepting the benefits of working with the property, but you're also taking on the handcuffs of working with that property.
That's one of the nice things about Japanese media in particular is they're not stuck in remake zone. They've got a good pipeline from webnovel to light novel to manga to anime, so when someone decides they want to tell a story they have lots of opportunities to do so without relying on a 30 year old property. When someone does pick up an old property then, it does mean they need to be careful. People will take what they're doing seriously, and it's not just remake number 42069
Trigun means a lot to me personally. The story and its themes hit me when I was a teenager and shaped my adult view of the world. It was also something my brother and I shared and bonded over. I don't hate the new series so far(The first 4 episodes of Trigun the anime were a waste of time imo and really hurt the anime, so having one episode of introduction before jumping into the real story is a good choice), but of course I'm comparing it to the original anime and manga. That's part of the point of calling it Trigun.
The big thing I'm waiting for is I need to see some big emotional dramatic moments. The moment where Vash finally pulled his gun to save the people really didn't hit hard this episode, but we'll see what the lost technology actually does, maybe the arc hasn't climaxed yet.
When you remake a beloved property, you get a built-in audience you wouldn't have otherwise gotten, but at the same time you're also taking on the expectations of that property. Trigun isn't a 4 panel comic about a big fat cat that loves to eat, it's a property with deep and important themes that a lot of people count as important to their formation as people. If you take on that property, you're accepting the benefits of working with the property, but you're also taking on the handcuffs of working with that property.
That's one of the nice things about Japanese media in particular is they're not stuck in remake zone. They've got a good pipeline from webnovel to light novel to manga to anime, so when someone decides they want to tell a story they have lots of opportunities to do so without relying on a 30 year old property. When someone does pick up an old property then, it does mean they need to be careful. People will take what they're doing seriously, and it's not just remake number 42069
Trigun means a lot to me personally. The story and its themes hit me when I was a teenager and shaped my adult view of the world. It was also something my brother and I shared and bonded over. I don't hate the new series so far(The first 4 episodes of Trigun the anime were a waste of time imo and really hurt the anime, so having one episode of introduction before jumping into the real story is a good choice), but of course I'm comparing it to the original anime and manga. That's part of the point of calling it Trigun.
The big thing I'm waiting for is I need to see some big emotional dramatic moments. The moment where Vash finally pulled his gun to save the people really didn't hit hard this episode, but we'll see what the lost technology actually does, maybe the arc hasn't climaxed yet.