Getting tired of seeing posts on Mastodon by European men scolding people that they should be more polite, or that if someone categorizes some people as “bad guys” then that makes THEM the bad guys, etc.

Maybe sit down and listen instead, huh? Your privilege is showing.

I don’t know if you noticed, but some people don’t want others to exist, or to exist only in a state of misery and subservience. THESE ARE BAD GUYS. You can’t reason with them, because their position is not one built on logic, but dominance. They don’t deserve politeness, only PUBLIC SHUNNING and RESISTANCE. Being rude to them is good and proper, and healthy for the world.

I swear if I have to read another Dutch man lecture me, a person born in Indonesia—a nation the Dutch colonized and exploited for centuries—about being polite…

https://www.humancode.us/2025/09/25/the-politeness-trap.html

@randahl The emperor is stark naked, and all the people in the room are sweating bullets hoping no one calls it out before they get their money.

@jeridansky Grifter.

Super glad that Neysa Fligor HANDILY won the runoff election for #SantaClaraCounty assessor with 66% of the votes vs 35% for her opponent. Not only is she qualified for the position, her opponent Rishi Kumar has been running on a campaign of basically impossible promises (also known as lies): he claimed that he would lower property taxes when elected, and fight for more tax exemptions; things that are NOT within the power of the assessor’s office.

Pretty happy with how this one turned out. One more grifter rejected from office.

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/santa-clara-county/2025/12/31/fligor-wins-race-for-santa-clara-county-assessor/