That's fair weather friend stuff. I won't be the good man who does nothing, the good man who runs away. If Evil triumphs, it will be despite me, not because of me.
Your parents are the prime example of what's wrong with Democrats and why America is probably fucked. MAGA/Fascists are the minority in our politics but the adage "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing" rings true.
I endlessly have to correct people, both the ignorant and the malicious. I'm not pro-hamas or anti-israel, I'm anti-genocide regardless of who the victim is and regardless of who the perpetrator is.
I can't tell you how many times I was ignorant of a topic and spent 10-15 minutes learning about it then see hordes of people on reddit or facebook asking other people about it or spreading misinformation about the most basic things cause they're incapable or unwilling to spend 10-15 minutes learning about it.
Senior Management in much of Corporate America is like a kind of modern Nobility in which looking and sounding the part is more important than strong competence in the field. It's why buzzwords catch like wildfire.
Doing something about all the shootings means economic, political, and social reform and that would inconvenience Billionaires. So instead Democrats will blame guns and Republicans will try to ignore the problem completely because neither will admit that the exploitive economic system they champion reaching it's logical conclusion is to blame.
The Center pursues stricter gun control. The Left isn't opposed to gun control in theory but they encourage people to buy assault rifles and share 'Under No Pretext" memes.
(“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary”
― Karl Marx)
When the US constitution was written, it was assumed they didn't have to spell out exactly how the judiciary would work because the Anglo-Saxon legal tradition was over a millennia old without getting written down (predating statute law) but apparently that assumption was wrong.
I'm familiar with Metric AND Imperial and not just because the US uses a blend but because both science and science fiction have been interests of mine since early childhood. Americans just hate syllables. 4 feet is two syllables while 1.3 meters is 5 syllables. Hell, quarts are almost the same thing as liters just with fewer syllables , same as yards and meters.
I've never wanted to know how many of any unit are in a mile. It's just something I've never had reason to care about. So there's 1000 meters in a kilometer. That's just trivia to me. There's no need to know that.
Metric is useful but it lacks enough units for everyday use. Like milimeter is useful for measuring somethings, and meter is useful for somethings but not having a foot equivalent makes it less useful. I'd rather say 4 feet than 1.3 meters. Same with grams and kilos; not having an ounce is an oversight. I'd rather order an 8 ounce burger than a 226gram burger. Mililiters and liters are useful but not having a fl ounce makes it clumsier.
You're free to start one. This is the people's internet after all.