arctanthrope

the gist, as I understand, is that the argument that was presented is basically “the purpose of the 14th amendment was only to grant citizenship to newly freed slaves; children of parents who do not intend to permanently live in the US, or who still feel allegiance to a foreign country, are not intended to be included.” Barrett’s response was essentially “your argument is self-contradictory. many parents of newly freed slaves did not feel allegiance to the US and wished to return to the countries that they or their ancestors were taken from against their will. the amendment cannot have been intended to both include and exclude their children.”

I think 50 for a gram is the worst deal I’ve ever heard of, that better be a really good fucking cookie

bold to assume she knows the difference between Japanese and other east Asian people. in her mind she doesn’t need a Japanese character cause she’s already got “one of those” in Ching Chong, or, sorry, Cho Chang

“the 1st amendment is a shield against orthodoxy of thought, that’s why we’re using it to justify the enforcement of orthodox thought”

obligatory Mitch Hedberg reference

I remember the mission from Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood where you get to use this thing, and the optional objective is to not get hit at all. what’s the point of getting to drive a tank if you’re not supposed to, y’know, tank

that’s what we call ketchup

what pissed me off about Jedi fallen order was when they would put in an elevator to hide a loading screen, and then when you got to the end it would still stutter for a couple seconds to finish loading. don’t make the elevator a real fixed distance dumbass, just make it a looping animation that continues arbitrarily until the loading is completely done

I’d love to have them go away if only to stop people from leaving reviews that say “easy achievements, quick way to get 1000 gamerscore.” I can’t imagine the type of person who bases their motivation to play games on that

third base!

insecurity?

and because they’re doomsday cultists

the mere suggestion should be considered treason

absolutely fucking egregious and shameful that they would do this without first passing it through the middlemen that make it legal. what will become of the PACs and lobbyists if we allow this?

don’t amendments need 67 Senate votes?

is the first one in E even a toaster? looks like an old-fashioned waffle iron

ok I see. my understanding of imperialism is that it encompasses both of those, meaning broadly, expansion of influence, especially (but not necessarily) by claiming areas of land, in order to gain control of resources currently held by others. but I agree, there are two types within that, and the distinction between them is whether the people currently occupying the land (or in particular their labor) are part of the resources that the empire is trying to claim

so, just walking through your own argument as I understand it: situations that are similar to the treatment of indigenous North Americans by the US can be considered imperialism, if it’s done by one nation to another nation. but the actual treatment of indigenous peoples by the US doesn’t meet that condition. the result of that syllogism must be: between the US and the indigenous peoples, one of them is not a nation. I assume you’re not saying that the US is not a nation. so the conclusion must be that the indigenous North American peoples were not a nation, or multiple nations; that there was no political or societal organization in the Americas before Europeans came. is that what you mean, or have I misunderstood?

and my question is why do you think that’s not a form of imperialism

the “neighboring nation” I was referring to were the indigenous people. North America was not a blank slate before Europeans arrived. “manifest destiny” was imperialism