Do heterosexual couples ever get sentences this harsh? I’m not saying they are innocent, I’m saying I don’t hear this sort of sentence being laid down normally and this is Georgia.

The sad thing is that when someone says that, they could also be talking about Andy Dick.

Continuing to insult me is also not evidence that the word stupid is generally offensive.

But hey, if you’re going to play this game, I’ll have to point out that the modlog is public:

And that doesn’t count the times you were banned from communities for being racist and all of your comments were deleted.

I guess you thought I was too stupid to look.

Edit: Also, you say “we” have a military base in that penultimate comment and in another comment you say you’re not an American.

But that’s exactly the problem. Humans with degrees in history can figure out what is an insult and what is a statement of fact a hell of a lot better than an LLM.

Calling me a bigot is not evidence that the word stupid is generally offensive. Try again.

It’s only instructive if the kids you think should download books that they can’t get at the library are taking your advice to do so. And I doubt they’re on Lemmy.

Furthermore, as the husband of a librarian who is (if she is still in Indiana when they pass the bill they intend to pass) at risk of imprisonment if she allows children to have access to books on a ban list, I have to tell you that this is about more than just kids having access to a specific book.

Can you show any evidence that people in any significant number find the word ‘stupid’ to be hurtful to a whole group of people?

Because in my 47 years, this is the first time I have ever heard anyone anywhere claim that ‘stupid’ is a generally offensive word that hurts people as a group.

You are not helping!

In what way is the novel inappropriate?

What age are you talking about? I read it for the first time when I was 13 or so. These library censorship laws do not differentiate between 6 and 13. They just make it so that everyone under 18 can’t access it.

The proper reaction to finding out that librarians are legally barred from lending certain classic novels to children is not, “oh that’s okay, they can just download it.” Especially when we’re literally talking about a book dealing with suppressing speech.

Insects can be fed on food scraps.

Barron could have genetically predisposed mental health issues because he’s a Trump. Look at the rest of them.

Holy shit, how was this not bigger news? I like to think I keep up with things but this is the first time I have read any of this.

The only time I ever click on an ad for anything is because I want to see exactly how much they are charging for whatever clearly ridiculous thing they’re advertising. Meaning I was never planning on buying it. Thankfully, that is rare.

As others have told you, yes. And the worst part is the justification is usually because Winston and Julia have sex. And it’s not titillating. Orwell was not exactly writing erotica.

They sure do love murdering hospital patients, don’t they?

I appreciate the clarification, because it could easily apply to both.

Vault 31 is for people in cryo-sleep. Duh.

Are you going to eat all of those spilled beans without spilled nacho cheese? What is wrong with you?