What's in the News 3.0

[Blythe]

https://nypost.com/2025/06/02/entertainment/king-of-the-hill-actor-jonathan-joss-husband-says-stars-killing-was-homophobic-hate-crime/

The voice actor for King of the Hill's John Redcorn has been shot. Died on the first day of Pride Month.

His husband stated the shooting was the result of a years-long homophobic campaign of harassment against the couple.

Trigger warning if you read the article: hate crime/homophobia, and the death of their pet dog as well

RIP, Mr. Joss. 

[Laughing Hyena]

It's confirmed: Nawrocki won.

Now I know what the liberal Americans felt a few months ago.

50% of my compatriots are morons. Damn.

Welcome to the circus, the rides suck ans the circus takes no responsibility for any dental emergency caused by eating our popcorn.

[Ollumhammersong]

It's confirmed: Nawrocki won.

Now I know what the liberal Americans felt a few months ago.

50% of my compatriots are morons. Damn.

One thing I'm convinced of as more and more elections around the world happen. Is that the left doesn't really understand what is and isn't a political liability in regards to alot fo working class voters. This seems to be a trend in alot of countries, and even if the conservatives don't win these elections like in France, everyone is shocked that these parties and people do as well as they do and never seem to understand why these right wing parties and leaders resonate with regular people.

I'm not polish but I've been watching this election cycle out of interest and I kinda get why alot of people just don't really give a fuck about some of the stuff the polish left tried to slap Nawrocki with. I also like to think I'm a pretty standard, blue collar voter in my own country. So I'm looking at Nawrocki from the perspective of a working class guy.

Sure he participated in some football hooliganism, big woop, who gives a shit? This is Europe, for better or worse football hooliganism is part of life and I'm willing to bet a non-trivial portion of the polish working class has participated in a bar brawl or or football crush or two. You expect them to give a shit that the president also did? If anything that makes him more relatable, not less. Same with rhe bit about the chewing tobacco or whatever that really was he was putting in his mouth. Lots of people use tobacco pouches or chewing tobacco these days, so again, who gives a shit? It's not a liability, it's relatable. 

Even the bit about him being a doorman in his youth and helping guests meet up with hookers. That was so many years ago that again, who really cares? Does it have any impact on the problems facing the country today? I can see how alot of regular people are probably thinking that it likely didn't matter back then, and certainly doesn't matter now.

[Ollumhammersong]

Now I don't condone brawling and violence and my personal views on on prostitution is that it like recreational drugs it should be legalized as to make it safer via regulations and protections.

But my point is that I get why he won, and why alot of people simply didn't give a shit about the things Nawrocki's opponents thought was important to focus on. In the eyes of some these either weren't issues to begin with, or weren't more important than the problems facing the country right now. 

Writing people off as stupid is part of the problem in and of itself. Because they clearly think that whatever is going on in Poland is more important than worrying about a little tobacco use and field brawls that happened decades ago.

[Revelation]

Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband killed; Rep. John Hoffman and wife also shot

Two democrats in Minnesota were shot by someone impersonating an officer. Speaker Emerita Hortman was killed alongside her husband.

[Al Terego]

Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband killed; Rep. John Hoffman and wife also shot

Two democrats in Minnesota were shot by someone impersonating an officer. Speaker Emerita Hortman was killed alongside her husband.

Welcome to the new America.

[Sludgewave]

YouTuber Mikayla Raines, founder of Save A Fox, dies by suicide after online harassment

More awful news from my state.

Harassing someone online is never cool, no matter how justified you feel.