@toaks

I am an adult now

I feel the need to say, especially in relation to my previous repost of this - the judge's ruling here is correct. Whether it's good or not that clean drinking water isn't a protected right in Mississippi is a completely different issue. But you know what is?

I take issue with how this article is written. There are some simple facts here: lead poisoning, city didn't fix, sued over constitutional infringement, and that didn't work. Why bring up "trump-appointed judge" or the demographics of the population of Jackson?  The judge's job was to consider whether this infringed on constitutionally protected rights, and they did their job. Should the city face charges for gross negligence? Probably! But not for constitutional stuff.

It's really, really easy to begin to spin things as "us versus them!!!!", which is what this article is doing. It's implying that them, being the Trump administration and co, are trying to make lead in the water okay (or something along those lines). That's not what happened. There are layers to this, and things we're not told. WHY did the city remain silent about the lead? Was the judge supposed to consider more than just constitutionality? After all, they're not saying lead in the water is okay, they're just reconfirming that the US constitution does not give you an inherent right to clean water.

(UN human rights don't apply to the USA I guess, because this is a UN human right)

Anywho it's 3 am goodnight

Just to play devil’s advocate for a brief moment, I mean, yeah, there is no constitutional right to clean water in the US. Source: I have a constitution in front of me right now. There is an argument to be made with the 9th amendment that you have rights beyond those stated in the Constitution, and that would reasonably include clean water. But, yknow, it’s up in the air and I’m not a constitutional expert

The part which is unforgivable is “Engelhardt stated there is no ‘constitutional right to truthful information from officials during a public health crisis.’ “

Like. Yeah. No shit. That’s not a constitutional right. But ???????????? The Constitution opens with one of its purposes being to promote the general welfare, and this sounds very much like officials are taking steps to intentionally ensure that the general welfare of Jackson, Mississippi is not being promoted.

Just because you didn’t infringe on constitutional rights doesn’t mean your lies suddenly didn’t cause people lead poisoning. Pure malarkey

@joshatticus why is my wombat worm themed now

Although I am really far from these showings, I will do my part and repost to spread awareness

booting up the ol sparkshell servers

The "'one last video before bed' to a binge of 1800 pages of a manga exploring personal identity" pipeline really got me tonight

Heck yeah

Quote from my anthropology textbook

One of the most important things that anthropology does is create a basis for questioning taken-for-granted notions of progress. Does the Gillette Fusion Five Razor, with its five blades, really offer a better shave than the four-bladed Schick Quattro? I cannot say for sure. . .

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If you try hard enough, you can do everything manually

This looks very cool

Avengers Doomsday trailers include 28 notable characters by my count (heroes, villains, and Herbie) (Doom is counted here)

thats like…. more than 2

Hey guys. I'm going to be treasurer again. Unless someone else wants to. Idc. But I will fill the vacant role if no one else wants it

Can we please get @wastedonion to be president?