@wdlindsy

this

1000 times this

@wdlindsy

RIP i am sorry to hear this news

@Natanox @noodle @Infoseepage

are you an American? do you understand that Americans choose facial tats & pay money to get them to communicate a message & that other Americans can read that message?

whatever face tats may mean in some other time, place, culture, this was an American choosing to present herself in a clear unambiguous way that you either can't or choose not to understand

this discussion has become unproductive because you're asking me to deny the evidence of my own eyesight

@Natanox @noodle @Infoseepage

"when someone tells you who they are BELIEVE THEM"

yes, there are cultures celebrating ink, but as an American i can easily see the American subculture celebrating ink that *this* person belongs to

she made a choice to style herself as a meth user, then another choice to smuggle a firearm onto an airplane & into a foreign country

i'm not making a sweeping judgment of some other drug user over there

i've seen enough to judge HER on HER actions

@Natanox @noodle @Infoseepage

i get & agree with your point but IMO the meth use is what matters here, comments on stigma around other drugs aren't relevant

try it this way

someone says a person often makes bad decisions under the influence of drugs

that's inarguable, yes?

beyond that, IME Americans who chose to mark themselves with lots of visible ink on their face are almost invariably in the meth subculture (or in recovery from same)

she marked (stigmatized) herself & we can't unsee it

@Natanox @noodle @Infoseepage

this is why you read the article & not just the synopsis

she's a meth user with lots of face ink

@wdlindsy

this!!!!

we will never win the white male bro vote because the white male bro vote hates women & always will

their holy books teach misogyny & our country literally gives their preachers of hate a tax exemption for doing so!

nothing changes while we cater to ancient lies abt how some (but always women) are inferior to others

@wdlindsy

i don't even understand how they could have forgotten it

but obviously they did since

2024 played out the exact same way as 1968, demonize a good & decent if not well-spoken man as a killer & force him to drop out & surrender the incumbent advantage

then it's easy to install the corrupt racist grifter who openly lies & not very well, tricky dick's a f'n sweaty liar but it doesn't matter because racists hate truth & will happily lose any freedom to keep down those they hate

@wdlindsy

this should have been done long ago

fascists are not family, they are the thieves of life & hope who want to deny us equal opportunity, health, & freedom

shunning them is our only peaceful alternative since for thousands of years of human history (for all but a few decades!) they have made life miserable & not worth the trouble of living for the majority of humans

the only thing that has EVER slowed them down IN ALL THAT TIME is making it clear they're uncool & unwelcome

A different edit of the same encounter

still struggling but maybe you get the idea

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@wdlindsy

if they cared about the economy they'd never vote for a GOP

they cry "economy" because they realize it's uncool to be racist

that's it

there's nothing deeper involved