Update from Maine - A serious rape allegation against Platner

I have two points here:

1 - Don't come on this post and start victim blaming. Seriously, take two seconds to think before you comment.

2 - If you know you have a history like this, don't run for office. Just... don't.

politico.com
u/Three_Boxes — 5 hours ago

We may be heading back to a reality where the disabled are institutionalized against their will

From the article:

Last month, the Department of Education announced it would shift oversight of special education to the Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose comments on the limits of disabilities such as autism have drawn sharp rebukes from advocates and lawmakers.

Meanwhile, after a White House push to police homelessness, the Department of Justice released guidance that lowered the barrier to institutionalizing any person with a disability.

Taken together, the actions signal a worrying return to a reality where people with disabilities are pushed to the margins of society

apnews.com
u/Three_Boxes — 5 days ago

What caused so many young men to get consumed by GamerGate back in the 2010s?

We can draw a straight line from GamerGate to the current anti-woke & anti-DEI movement, as well as the manosphere and incelsphere. What I don't really hear is how gamers (specifically male gamers) were primed to fall into the sludge that was GamerGate.

There are so many games and shows I can think of from the early 2000's that if they came out today, they would be labeled as woke trash. I know people like Epstein and Bannon did what they could to cultivate this base, but other than a Black man becoming president, what caused so much grievance with these boys? How can we prevent this sort of thing from happening again?

reddit.com
u/Three_Boxes — 10 days ago