The Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theory is a ridiculous fantasy that the military is plotting an armed takeover of America. Not to be confused with the actual increase in militarization and arming of the police who already have authority in America.
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AFD Micron #5
Systemic racism doesn’t mean white men in suits having secret meetings to decide how racism happens. The murder of Sam DuBose was clearly unpremeditated and spontaneous. It’s also clearly related to the overwhelming dehumanization of black people throughout American history, the normalization of immediately using violence to deal with them, police forces that are willing to cover for each other, and so on; snap decisions made with the weight of enough racist psychology behind them don’t demand conspiracy theories.
AFD Micron #4
Early internet pioneers wondered what new forms of media the hyperlink structure would create. How would people communicate best, with an entirely new way of presenting information? And the answer is… ranked lists.
AFD Micron #3
You’ll always be able to tell when a film was made by the women’s style of makeup. No matter how period-accurate the costumes and props are, women in modern movies will have high cheekbones and red lips, even if the style of the time wasn’t as attractive by today’s standards.
AFD Micron #2
Using the new photos of Pluto as reasons Pluto should still be called a planet is like beating someone with their own broom. It’s those principles of questioning long-held traditions and preferring the truth over what’s familiar that underlie the science that got us to Pluto in the first place.
AFD Micron #1
Re: Trump rhetoric comparisons to fascism: America’s origin-story villains, the Nazis, are always portrayed as cold, unfeeling machines, because we don’t want to admit that the greatest evils of history are committed by passionate, patriotic people motivated by righteous anger and simplistic good vs. evil views. Because what’s more American than that?
