And that’s fair. I wouldn’t want anyone bringing that back here and didn’t really account for an experience beyond my family’s (oops!). If you come here, you have to play by our rules. You have to adapt to our culture to some degree, too.
But it does illustrate that there are people who don’t necessarily see what led to their country going down a bad path.
My example of my family was meant more to show that a law abiding immigrant family with integrity can still have people who (although they should know better) fall prey to the left but I failed to (i) include important assumptions about my family and (ii) account for the fact that there is indeed a lot of bad behavior and corruption beyond what my family had to deal with back home (part of the privileged bit - they never had to worry about feeding their children).
Sounds like a moron. That’s just as bigoted as how liberals are towards conservatives and if we’re complaining about our treatment at their hands, that mentality is incredibly hypocritical.
Most people fleeing a place understand what they’re fleeing, at least. Whether they understand how they got there is a different matter but treating them as the “other” and mirroring the attitude of the leftist place they left when they come to your area is only going to make them feel like this new area needs to change.
Don’t be part of the problem. Be welcoming and give them the benefit of the doubt. You may be showing them the error of their ways. If you don’t, it’ll just confirm their own views of the intolerant conservative (generally misguided but maybe not in the case of you and your girlfriend)
Amen. We’re moving to Texas and are a little nervous about anyone knowing we came from California because of this mentality. Been a staunch conservative my whole adult life (took time to see how indoctrinated I was as a child) and will continue to be.
I’m excited for the move but it makes me sad that I may face similar treatment (although likely to a lesser degree) in Texas for being a native Californian as I do in California for being a conservative. Part of why we’re moving I’d because we’re tired of having to hide who we are for people to accept us.
It’s just the stupid ones, which the left love, or their brainwashed children growing up here. Any immigrant fleeing communism or terrible oppression with half a brain sees how their country got to that point.
My family is almost entirely first generation immigrants and it’s unfortunately a mixed bag. It’s not like they were poor back home. They were quite privileged (particularly since the class systems in 3rd world countries are crazy) and were able to come over legally because of it. Ultimately what it seems to boil down to is whether they’re more likely to fall into victim mentality and blame others for their misfortune or choose to put in the hard work to succeed.
Just like so many other people, they listen to the MSM and buy into their narrative or are too scared of the social stigma of being a Republican despite actually having conservative values. Things are beginning to shift though. The hypocrisy is so blatant they can’t ignore it.
My fiancé and I are moving to TX at the end of the week from CA. I’ve been here all my life but it wasn’t a hard sell for him. It’s sad seeing what it has become after years of democrat control and what the people have become as a result.
Everyone thinks I’ll be incredibly homesick but I know what I loved about my state is gone. I’ll always treasure my experience growing up in CA but I can’t get out of here soon enough.
I believe it. They coddle CA children so much to protect their poor little feelings from reality.
I was in high school in CA on 9/11 and I didn’t see or hear anything about it from my school. I only learned about it when I got home...
So... you’re ok with sending citizens to camps and taking away their rights for little more than speculation? You’d side with the Democrats there?
FYI, it also turned a lot of neighborhoods into crap holes because the black people moved in and took the property the Japanese Americans were forced to leave behind.
I think the concern is the hypocrisy of complaining about all Trump supporters being considered extremists but then saying Asians = Chinese and therefore are CCP.
It’s fine to speak in generalities as long as we realize it’s a generality and judge everyone one their own merits despite our preconceived notions. Do I sometimes assume large groups of Chinese are CCP and therefore dangerous? Sure. But there have also been times where that group ends up handing me a flyer about ending the CCP.
Also, pretty sure the woman in back is not Asian.
One my favorite quotes from when I read this way back when. Like so many things, more relevant today than ever.
“Through centuries of scourges and disasters, brought about by your code, you have cried that your code had been broken, that the scourges were punishment for breaking it, that men were too weak and too selfish to spill all the blood it required. You damned men, you damned existence, you damned this earth, but never dared to question your code. Your victims took the blame and struggled on, with your curses as reward for their martyrdom - while you went on crying that your code was noble, but human nature was not good enough to practice it. And no one rose to ask the question: Good? - by what standard?”
So... father = the sperm-giving person who impregnated the birthing person that birthed me? granddaughter = the birthing person birthed from the birthing person I gave birth to? This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard...
Tech lawyer here. Yeah, I know.. part of the problem but I can at least help steer my company to a more neutral and objective standpoint.
**Tl;dr ** Is Amazon right that they violated the TOS? It depends. (Most lawyer answer ever.) If the Acceptable Use Policy is seen as non-exhaustive, yes. If it is seen as a finite list of what is prohibited, no. Parler definitely has an argument that Amazon breached contract. I would agree based on the facts I have but they likely (hopefully? since their business depended on this service) have a negotiated agreement in place with terms around continuity.
Terms of Service ("TOS") is a contract. They are the terms under which Amazon will provide you with a service. For all SaaS or PaaS agreements (whether click-through or not), if their lawyers are doing their job, there is an Acceptable Use Policy or Terms of Use that the customer has to comply with as part of the overall agreement.
Amazon's AWS TOS (https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/) references and incorporates the Acceptable Use Policy (https://aws.amazon.com/aup/), which prohibits customers from "us[ing], or encourag[ing], promot[ing], facilitat[ing] or instruct[ing] others to use, the Services or AWS Site for any illegal, harmful, fraudulent, infringing or offensive use, or to transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available content that is illegal, harmful, fraudulent, infringing or offensive." This is rather broad and most things could subjectively fall under that umbrella but Amazon goes on to enumerate what each category includes. Relevant sections here:
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Illegal, Harmful or Fraudulent Activities. Any activities that are illegal, that violate the rights of others, or that may be harmful to others, our operations or reputation, including disseminating, promoting or facilitating child pornography, offering or disseminating fraudulent goods, services, schemes, or promotions, make-money-fast schemes, ponzi and pyramid schemes, phishing, or pharming.
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Offensive Content. Content that is defamatory, obscene, abusive, invasive of privacy, or otherwise objectionable, including content that constitutes child pornography, relates to bestiality, or depicts non-consensual sex acts.
Now Amazon says it "includes" the activities above but does not use the standard "without limitation" language to make it a non-exhaustive list which is rather sloppy drafting. The argument could be made by Parler that only these activities listed and defined are violations of the policy. Of course, Amazon would argue the "without limitation" is implied but there's a long boring legal argument to be made against that which I won't bore anyone with.
They actually are the “Democratic Party,” which is just part of their misinformation and virtue signaling. Plus, it would be weird to call them “Democratics”