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I was watching episodes of some of my favorite animated comedy series that were released during the pre-Obama era (early-to-mid 2000s), and I was rolling and laughing so hard that I was almost crying. Many of these older episodes and movies that were produced during that time I know they wouldn't get away with today.

South Park, Family Guy, and the Chappelle Show all had some great stuff during that time. Words like "f*****" and "retard" were often hurled without restraint, and there was a more relaxed approach to comedy.

The progressive left's political-correctness movement really destroyed everything. The snowflake culture enforced a culture where we had to ensure our speech was "less offensive", or else we faced being "cancelled" or intimidated. It really became a buzzkill.

I am starting to believe, however, the damage is permanent and we are at the point of no-return. I don't know how we can "deprogram" ourselves from this without being too intentional.

I've seen a ton of talk about false accusations, and even saw one post today on the topic. One possible solution would be to give the accuser an option to drop all accusations prior to the case going to trial. It could be the accuser going alone into a room with a form that says "do you want to continue with the case" and if they decline, no questions will be asked, and they would also be exempted from charges for false reporting. Does this seem like a good solution?

One reasonable risk I see would be with legitimate victims being intimidated into dropping charges. But it also offers a good ''out" for false accusers to stand down and save the actual victim from having their lives destroyed.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/31/why-are-so-many-women-hiding-their-voting-plans-from-their-husbands

Lots of memes and tweets and posts and videos are popping up, assuring women that they can keep their votes secret from their husbands and boyfriends. The unspoken assumption is that lots of women are bullied, intimidated or controlled by their partners, specifically in straight couples when she wants to vote for Harris and he supports Trump. The messages assure these intimidated voters that they can vote in peace and privacy at a polling place. But a lot of Americans now vote by mail, which generally means they fill out their ballots at home, where that privacy may not be available.

Jesse Watters tells his wife that secretly voting for Kamala Harris would be like ‘having an affair’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jesse-watters-tells-wife-secretly-161938911.html