Him: “tyranny is any time a government overreaches, and controls a life too much.”
Interviewer: “..like slavery??”
I’M LAUGHING MY HEAD OFF. THAT GUY LOOKS LIKE A IDIOT
“I’m not a historian you’re putting me on the spot” you’re not on the spot you’re participating in a documentary!
Not a Southerner, but I know this.
Initially, the Civil War about how the national government should treat the stuff at the local level. Slavery was a part of it but the main issue was state rights and how the two can clash and influence the region’s politics and economy.
Not many would know of this, unless you looked into it. Or in cases, bother to look.
As a person who is from outside the States, I’ve finally concluded about all this information that has been gathered here in which I have read and I have a thought for this subject matter. And that is:
I’m terrified of this culture I see on tumblr which dictates that if a person does something wrong, or makes a mistake, or displays a moment of ignorance they are trash and worthless and deserve to be torn to shreds. A human being does not stop being a human being because they said something stupid. The idea that we should all aspire to a very specific sense of social and ideological purity or we deserve to die is dictatorial and frankly frightening.
because Alexa WILL NOT call for help unless you’ve set it up this way first!
this woman was REALLY smart to do that, because otherwise the Echo thing would’ve done nothing. don’t think your Echo will respond to “call 911″ or “call the cops/ambulance/fire department” unless you’ve set it up with the numbers first, and certainly don’t think it’ll hear sounds of a struggle and call for help without a direct command. otherwise think of how many false reports it would make just from overhearing TV and movies being on!
so instead of this being shared as “Amazon’s AI is going to hear that you’re in trouble and will call for help by itself!” this story should really be shared as “hey if you have one of these things, set it up to respond to a voice command CALL 911before you’re in that kind of situation!”
Also, for those in abusive situations, consider setting it up so you don’t have to say 911 to get it to call 911. You could program it so “call nina” calls 911.
Sharing for the clarification and tip needing to pre-program Alexa beforehand. You could program it to “call nina,” “get help,” or some more obscure safeword command.
Brilliant thinking on this woman’s part; a pity she was in such a situation she needed to do that.
