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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Honestly, listening to them, I have come to the conclusion that it is simply tribalism. Meaning they grew up in Republican households, are most likely married to a Republican husband and are just not ready to admit to themselves that the party they supported all their life is not all cracked up in the end. They are like Brexiters or like football fans, who aren't ready to admit that the red card their player got was completely fair.
That still primarily stems from racism. You talk to them long enough and you’d be surprised (or not) at how much casual racism they will divulge. Hell, some of them might even be motivated by the idea that there might be consequences to them openly expressing their casual racism (“political correctness is getting out of hand”!).
It's pretty easy to fall into the Anti-SJW trap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69obN625Fjs
The video makes a great point that it is some form of conspiracy theory which is very easy to slip into step by step.
And don't get me wrong here, I am sure the longer you talk to them, the more questionable views you will find. But (without wanting to invoke the "both sides" argument), you can do the same with a lot of democratic voters. Hell, as we have just tested out, you can do it with Bernie Sanders.
Edited by Swanpride on Nov 9th 2018 at 4:19:16 AM
There's another school shooting. This time right in my neighborhood.
An article from the local news agency.
It's incomplete but I can tell you from what I heard on the ground here that it's a sniper on the roof of the school and they've been exchanging fire with police.
No official reports of injuries or deaths yet but one of my friends who works at a local emergency room says they've been told to prepare for incoming casualties.
To the best of my knowledge, at the time of this posting, the shooter is still alive.
Oh really when?I will point out that a major source of tribalism in America before nationalism is racism, so you're right but so are they.
There's a reason that the strongest indicator for support for Trump is being white. Because a shit ton of white people in America are racist.
I'm entirely too old for this.
Personally, I'm young enough that this is just normal for me, some days it rains and others a degenerate shoots up a school. It's just something that you acknowledge and try not to get rained on or shot.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Nov 9th 2018 at 8:29:37 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangSwanpride: FiveThirtyEight.
Lots of statistics, pretty accurate predictions for how elections are likely to break down. Also covers sports.
It happens every few weeks and there's a segment of the US that has so fetishized owning a deadly weapon that one of the major political parties trips over itself to please them and oppose anything related to gun control on every level. Not helped by the limited wording of the amendment guaranteeing this or Scalia saying that only part of the amendment wording matters.
It's happened enough to be normal.
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It certainly is starting to feel normal, and frankly when the resources to carry out an attack are readily avalible and nothing short of actually turning schools into max security prisons can really deter those determined/ deranged enough we really shouldn’t feel too surprised.
Edited by Mio on Nov 9th 2018 at 8:45:35 AM
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Thanks. At least I have now an idea when there will be more information for some of the races.
I wonder about something regarding the Mississippi senate race...I know that this is a really red state and the Democrats have an underdog chance at best to flip it but, well, with everything which is currently going on, is there a chance that democrats will be more motivated to go to a run-off election?
Edited by Swanpride on Nov 9th 2018 at 5:50:49 AM
In some state you have, in some you don't. And there are obvious loopholes which need to get closed, too. The gun show loophole is just the most obvious one.
In addition, I think that you need more than just purchasing rules. I think that you need what equals a nationwide driver licence for guns.
Edited by Swanpride on Nov 9th 2018 at 6:00:03 AM
Re: US gun violence normalization
As a Canadian looking at the US from the outside, I remember when Columbine was a huge deal. It dominated the airwaves when it happened and everyone was talking about it. These days, I see a headline about mass shootings and my first thought is that it's just the US doing US things. Sorry, if it comes off as being insensitive but it's exhausting to be continuously alarmed at things that seems to happen every other week.
Edited by nightwyrm_zero on Nov 9th 2018 at 9:07:16 AM
We already have those. You have to have a background check if you're purchasing a gun from a federally licensed dealer. Once again, the issue is lack of enforcement and reporting of records.
https://www.thetrace.org/2015/07/gun-background-check-nics-guide/
From the article: According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report, at the end of 2014 there were 7.8 million active-warrant records in state warrant databases, but only about 2.1 million such records in the NCIC database.
That's how people slip through the cracks.
Edited by Friendperson on Nov 9th 2018 at 6:12:48 AM

As for race results, the N.Y. Times election dashboard still seems to be up to dateish.
Edited by Mio on Nov 9th 2018 at 6:31:54 AM