Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change

• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The phrasing means everything.

  Example: “Trump wants…”

  VS

  Example: “America wants…”

  Big difference. Executive Orders are a memo, not law. It’s disturbing that I have to keep saying this and explaining this.

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  • brianpeiris@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I did not use the word “law”. So you’re arguing that EO’s have no actual effect? That is blatantly false: scientificamerican.com/…/trumps-dei-purge-is-hitt…

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    • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m arguing that you’re intentionally trying to play semantics with phrasing and claim it doesn’t matter, when it absolutely does, and everyone in here is explaining to you why. That’s all.

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      • brianpeiris@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Okay. My argument is that the semantics don’t matter because what matters is policy.

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    • tonytins@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Executive orders only affect federal agencies. If they were laws, we’d all be arrested.

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  • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You know, this might actually be really bad politics.

    Trump is not the only person at the top. He’s kind of a lame duck, actually: he just does whatever Miller says. The only time he steps in is when he’s personally insulted by something because he desperately wants everyone to know he’s a very special boy.

    I do take issue with democrats blaming everything the republicans are up to on Trump specifically, as if the party might return to normal once he dies.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It probably will return somewhat to normal, assuming public opinion continues on its trajectory. People overwhelmingly don’t like Trump, so anyone affiliated w/ him are going to hurt in the next couple elections unless public opinion turns around.

      I don’t know what “normal” looks like, but it’s probably somewhere between Trump and Bush. I’m still not a fan, but moving away from Trump is going to be a net win.

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      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        anyone affiliated w/ him

        Well, this is what I’m asking for, so I sure hope so.

        but it’s probably somewhere between Trump and Bush.

        So, keep in mind, republican voters are not upset with Trump because they’ve decided they no longer want a border wall. The architects of Project 2025 don’t need anything from Trump but political power, which they already have.

        The next election cycle, if it’s real, I do imagine will swing back, but it cannot just “swing back,” it needs to deal with the sickness plaguing the US. That sickness is the republican party. That sickness is the republican voter.

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• forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That…what???

  No, your choice of phrasing conveys your message.

  If you’re argument is not against the American people, but rather the administration, then your wording is, well, wrong.

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  • brianpeiris@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re missing the point if you’re arguing about my phrasing.

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    • forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No. You’re dodging the argument. You chose to phrase it that way. And pretending that’s just some incidental thing with no meaning honestly is about the dumbest response I’ve seen in a while.

      You have made the argument that it is the American people, not the administration. You. Not anybody else.

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      • brianpeiris@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I did not use the phrase “the American people”.

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  • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How do you refer to the machinations of a state?

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