Wigglet

joined 2 years ago
[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

You hurt their donors. You strike at your regular job but it only works if the majority do it or in key industries. It's why the US has worked so hard to dismantle and discourage unions. Unions give the people power they can leverage.

Hard boycott is to stop consuming products from companies that donate to the administration. Dont buy them. Find alternatives where you can and go without when its not a necessity. It's really really hard but its the most powerful non violent method available

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Strikes and hard boycotts are incredibly effective. There are other less favourable options too, but you should probably start with the strikes and boycotts.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We have different values, I guess. I don't think tolerating intolerance is acceptable. I think tolerance of intolerance is essentially condoning it. I don't see how silencing hate speech will "come back to bite me" any worse than the environment it creates. Allowing violence in language encourages violence of other forms, slippery slopes and all that.

You can point the finger in the other direction, saying silencing speech is a slippery slope to limiting all speech, but I'm still confident in my beliefs that tolerating intolerance is the greater of the evils to me.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 30 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Paradox of tolerance. At this point in history it's important to draw hard lines. It will be up to police enforcement and since generally police are sympathetic to white nationalism, i don't think it will be used outside of public displays of clear intention.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

Facts. I'm on lemmy via boost app on my phone. I wouldn't be otherwise

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Nah I don't tell anyone unless it comes up. That said, I'm on social media and get DMs telling me I have autism accent, like multiple strangers, so I must not be subtle.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

I've got all the readers digest sewing books in pdf form from sailing the 7 seas 🏴‍☠️. They have been a great resource for trouble shooting. They also introduce altering patterns and tailoring.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

I want to add this location to my travel list. As someone from a squirrel-less country, where can I find the mutant squirrels?

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These are so cute! Great job 😊

 

I've been wanting to get a proper microscope so I can do my own spore examinations to identify local fungi but it's been out of budget. This looks like a much more affordable option so now off to find some plexiglass and laser pointers at the dump.