McDonald’s is better abroad (in my experience in the EU) so they actually have higher standards than us to begin with. I think that is largely true across the board but especially in this case.

They’re in those silos by choice so fuck em

You may be technically right but talking about the nonexistent legal justification for Trump’s actions at a time like this feels a lot like telling black people that because the civil rights act got passed in the 60s racism can’t happen anymore. In other words, yes there’s a rule but it doesn’t mean shit if it isn’t enforced.

What makes you think anyone is in danger of losing their job? Red voters vote red every time. If you’re saying there should be a limit to how much bullshit they will put up with from their reps then I agree. However, history says there isn’t.

Start working on filling up a 55 gallon drum

Fuck you WaPo. You helped him win so now you can gargle his balls until you choke on them. Bezos and the rest of the billionaires were fine with the fascism when they thought they could insulate themselves from the fallout. I don’t want to hear your complaints now that you’re having to deal with tariffs.

What freedoms are infringed by joke telling?

There’s a legitimate discussion to be had about harm reduction here. You’re approaching this topic from an all-or-nothing mindset but there’s quite a bit of research indicating that’s not really how it works in practice. Specifically as it relates to child pornography the argument goes that not allowing artificial material to be created leads to an increase in production of actual child pornography which obviously means more real children are being harmed than would be if other forms were not controlled in the same fashion. The same sort of logic could be applied to revenge porn, stolen selfies, or whatever else we’re calling the kind of thing this article is referring to. It may not be an identical scenario but I still think it would be fair to say that an AI generated image is not as damaging as a real one.

That is not to say that nothing should be done in these situations. I haven’t decided what I think the right move is given the options in front of us but I think there’s quite a bit more nuance here than your comment would indicate.