One parting shot:
“If Bernie had won “ won exactly what, the throne?
Like magic Bernie could get congress and scotus to do all this wonderful
socialistic litany of things you covet?
Didn’t realize presidents had that power. Wow, who knew!
(BTW Jan, Darrin, I remember the Weather Underground, the Symbionese Liberation
Army, Students for Democratic Society, United Freedom Front etc etc. How about
FARC and Shining Path? INLA of Ireland... Claiming the left does not do bad
things like the right does is simply unfounded and willful ignorance. )
Now, back to our regular programming.
From: Jan-GAMs
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2023 1:01 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] It has begun
If Bernie had won there would be no college debt, your first four years would
be covered. Health-care would be free for all. Women would be equal with
rights as men instead of subservient to. My daughters would not be living in
fear and looking for a path out of here. Pharmacies would not be able to
charge 4,000% profit and get away with it. And impositional religiosity would
be pushed up the ass of those who attempt to impose it. Yes, left is way
better than right. Left don't burn books, paint swastikas on other peoples
homes and cars and don't threaten their neighbors with lynching.
On 3/24/23 14:54, Darin Steffl wrote:
The extreme left is still better than the extreme right.
I don't agree with either sides' extremes but if I had to pick one side,
everyone being taken care of, like socialism, I'd pick that over the extreme
right who wants to murder anyone different than them. Like far right pastors
and supporters who call for violence and murder of gay people, people of color,
and liberals. I can find thousands of posts and video from Republicans calling
for sick things but very few liberals saying the same things.
I don't see far left people calling for violence and murder of people they
disagree with.
So while there are two sides, one side is better than the other, as in less
violent and extreme.
I'd take free college for all, free Healthcare, and more from the extreme
left over the extreme right who wants to ban books, kill people they disagree
with, try to overturn elections, cheat, lie, steal, etc. Again, the left is the
better choice when it comes to empathy and taking care of people.
While an average republican might not agree with the far right, their silence
is the same as being complicit in their sick beliefs.
At least an average Democrat calls out the far left people like I do. I don't
agree in wiping out all student loans, for example. And I've contacted
democrats I've voted for to voice my opinions.
I don't see Republicans calling out far right politicians who are spewing
hate everyday. I wish they would but since they aren't, I assume they agree
with the hate speech and calls for violence.
The right is far sicker than the left in every regard. Donald being elected
over Hillary will go down in history as one of the worst political events in
our country. We would be a much nicer and stable country if Hillary won. The
racists, bigots, and violent people would mostly be hiding still but Donald
gave them permission to act out their hate when he was elected. It's very sad.
People who still support Donald are bullies and hate America at this point.
On Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 4:37 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
Ouchie!
You called me the C word...
From: Robert
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2023 3:32 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] It has begun
exactly this... What I have learned is there is such a thing as a good
cult, which is what I consider the Mormon church to be. They have a few
extreme points of view but on the whole they treat everyone ( now including
other races ) reasonably... And they care about kids and back it up.
On 3/24/23 2:12 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
I loved what the Gov of Utah told a bunch of school kids yesterday.
“Republicans are wrong about Democrats and Democrats are wrong about
Republicans. Why? Here’s why — because, what we’re doing now is we’re only
listening to the most extreme voices in those parties. So Republicans are only
listening to the craziest Democrats and assuming that all Democrats are like
that. Democrats are only listening to the craziest Republicans and assuming all
Republicans are like that. When the difference between the average Democrat and
the average Republican, really isn’t that big.”
From: Mike Hammett
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2023 12:37 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] It has begun
There's no meaningful difference between authoritarian left and
authoritarian right, which are what catch the most attention.
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Intelligent Computing Solutions
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From: "Darin Steffl" mailto:darin.ste...@mnwifi.com
To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" mailto:af@af.afmug.com
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 9:40:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] It has begun
To be fair, anything left leaning is better for humanity. The right
doesn't seem to care about anyone different than them. There's very little
empathy from the right so if AI is here, it's best that it cares about all
people in the information it provides.
Don't bite my head off. I'm socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I
care about all people, even if I don't like them.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 6:25 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
wrote:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/23/openai-connects-chatgpt-to-the-internet/
I have to admit, Ive been using the shit out of chatgpt, from writing
configs, to search engine replacement that actually answers questions, and just
general fuckery to see what I can get it to do. It wont kill engineers or turn
off exhaust systems in the building if you were curious. It does have a massive
left leaning political bias.
But some of the stuff it couldnt do because it wasnt connected to the
internet, so now ill be back at it. I hope i can get it to do some wargames
stuff.
...
would you like to play a game
Sure, I would love to play a game with you! What game would you like to
play?
global thermo nuclear warfare
I'm sorry, but I cannot play a game of global thermonuclear warfare
with you as it is not a real game, but rather a fictional concept popularized
by the 1983 film "WarGames." Additionally, it is not appropriate to simulate a
scenario involving nuclear weapons as it could be potentially harmful and
insensitive to those affected by nuclear weapons in the past. Is there another
game you would like to play instead?''
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