"Woke" was actually defined in court by DeSantis' general counsel ...

The governor's general counsel, Ryan Newman, said, in general, it means the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them. He added that DeSantis doesn't believe there are systemic injustices in the country, reports Florida Politics.

I wish more people would bring it up in media -- it would be pretty funny to see chuds try to define what those injustices are.

Ben Shapiro has itchy butthole for life with no remedy.

Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck its real!

Her son is a police officer, and her husband is a retired police officer.

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/7/18/my_heart_aches_sen_nina_turner

When I try to convince him or plant seeds all I do is talk about policy, I don't talk about Democrats or Republican (unless he makes some outlandish comments) -- but those talking points just don't stick. He will agree with them, then the next day he will go straight back to his own talking points. His conviction behind his political beliefs are not cemented in facts or reality, and I'm fairly certain he is aware of that. He is just so emotionally charged by Trump and his rhetoric that he will not be swayed from it. I will tell him how Trump contradicts himself on certain issues or try to show him videos (he will not read articles) where Trump does not agree with his beliefs but he will just push it aside or not acknowledge it. His indoctrination to the Trump Cult is cathartic in the sense that it gives him an identity, a venue to vent and a way to rationalize life's woes -- it is like a religion to him at this point. I keep trying every time I meet him to at the very least plant seeds and not argue, but it really seems to get nowhere. As I stated in my original post, I don't think I will ever be able to convince him unless there is a significant shift in the political conscious in the US -- or maybe if Trump does something to accidently snap the trance he has put his followers in.

I have a Chud friend from High School, 15+ year relationship at this point -- I used to hang out with him nearly every day after high school for 5+ years.

He was a-political our whole relationship, comes from a single mother household, his mom is pretty racist when she is drunk (she is drunk most days) but she takes in and lets people of different ethnicities couch surf (I'm a PoC and she loves me) -- she is amazing and a dirtbag depending on the day. She is a former Punker.

His brother passed in a car crash nearly a decade ago, his brother was a year older than him.

He is in construction, holds a HS diploma only.

Once Trump got elected, he changed massively. Started repeatedly using the n-word, hates Mexicans/Latin and South Americans that are here illegally (I don't think he holds a good opinion of legal ones either), has made a statement when we were drunk stating, "I would pour out jugs of water in the desert near the border if I saw them" -- he just completely changed when Trump got elected. He saw it as a "fuck you I'll be belligerent and racist if I want, I'm a white hard-working American" card and ran with it. He has multiple Trump and Confederate flags in his garage -- him and his mom have gone to gatherings at corners of intersections promoting Trump. He does not know anything about politics or history -- he is just indoctrinated by these old, fat, racist, sexist and born rich white guys who give him work that he looks up too. He doesn't admit it, but I know that is where he gets all his political talking points and views from.

He was the sweetest guy in HS and afterwards, he is still a caring person ... but definitely not like he used to be. I live in Los Angeles, so seeing him transform like this ... I can only imagine how bad it is in the fly-over states and other predominantly white parts of the country.

He is like my case-study at this point, I hang out with him and talk politics to get his take on things. It usually ends up with him just yelling and talking over me but it's a lot of fun. I confuse him because I shit on Republicans and Democrats -- I always give him shit for dick-riding Trump just to piss him off. I try to plant seeds in his head to get him out of the Trump Cult, to get him to see things from a class perspective, but I don't think I will ever get through to him unless there is a massive shift in the political consciousness of the country.

Life just took a massive shit on him, and I feel like the Trump Cult is his only way to really vent about it. It's hard to hate him or dislike him because he is a longtime friend -- and I know underneath it all he is a sweetheart, it's just ... demoralizing I guess seeing him like that ... I'm not sure how to describe my feelings towards it. I definitely wish I had my non-Trump Cult friend back though, that's for sure.

:NOOOOO:

Voting blue for harm reduction

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Best I can do , all cam versions unfortunately with stupid ads during the movie.

I think some major cities (Chicago?) are starting Single Family Home/Residence Re-Zoning to create more denser housing which is needed across the US in major cities to stifle major rental increases and to open up housing for those who can not afford it currently.

Rezoning for SFH/SFR plots to more multi-unit properties is one of THE major hurdles in solving rental/housing issues across the nation in regard to major cities.

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Good to be here with my fellow libs <3