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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
@silentcolossus: It may have meant something along those lines a century or so ago, but most Social Democratic parties have rejected Socialism and/or Marxism, and are more or less just looking for regulated capitalism and a robust welfare state.
For the record the Democratic Party is not has never been a Social Democratic Party, though many of its members and even a couple of its Presidents (FDR, maybe Johnson) can be described as Social Democrats.
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Edited by Mio on Feb 19th 2019 at 2:28:03 PM
For the record the Democratic Party is not has never been a Social Democratic Party, though many of its members and even a couple of its Presidents (FDR, maybe Johnson) can be described as Social Democrats.
It hasn't been a social democratic party, with the increased prominence of support for things like Medicare for All and collective bargaining that may very well change.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangSpecifically, on We ARE Struggling Together...
It is, indeed, named for how fractious the left can be.
The Democratic Party is a big tent party if you expect it to be easy you're kidding yourself, there is always going to be resistance. It doesn't mean that change can't happen either way.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangTrump doesn't give a shit about homosexuals one way or another. He's not actively malicious, but he won't stop people who are actively malicious unless it makes for a great photo op of "see how woke and enlightened I am."
Also, criminalizing private homosexual acts is a dead issue in the US. It's not like Roe v. Wade where the court's decision has spawned decades of resistance. The Usual Adversaries don't generally want the cops to arrest teh gayz, they want the cops to look the other way while they beat them to death. Even a committed bigot like Orson Scott "Let's start a revolution if they legalize gay marriage!" Card has given up (though that might have something to do with Hollywood jamming a stack of cash in his mouth). So supporting decriminalization without supporting further rights is a safe position that won't really lose him any points with anyone, and I think it aligns with his actual beliefs (yes, he does have them, they just don't show up much compared to concerns about his appearance).
Edited by Ramidel on Feb 19th 2019 at 11:27:01 AM
Pence hates Trump.
Like Mc Connell he's been talked to by many people about, "Reigning in Trump" but neither can. Pence also has to constantly go to evangelicals to beg for their support and lie about how much Trump is their friend.
Frankly, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy that Pence is far less popular with religious voters than the man who embodies every Hypocrite stereotype that Pence (bigoted Fundamentalist he is) plays straight.
That must gaul him.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Feb 19th 2019 at 12:44:31 PM
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That's exactly what I said. Just because people support decriminalizing homosexuality does not mean that they support giving homosexuals actual rights. Besides, the alt-righters have gay friends and gay members! They've even got a gay Jew as one of their frontmen! Look how progressive they are!
Edited by Ramidel on Feb 19th 2019 at 11:45:18 AM
Kavanaugh has already more or less proven uninterested in actually challenging any major laws. It's the big irony that the sexual predator is probably the most liberal Republican there.
Because he was hired for his loyalty to Trump, not his politics.
(This is not a defense—it's an observation of how fucked up the inner circle of the Fight House is)
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Feb 19th 2019 at 12:51:16 PM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.The thread itself is still decidedly aganist him in almost all ways.
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What??? On what evidence? His opinion on the recent abortion case injunction was very ominous for Roe v. Wade.
Edited by wisewillow on Feb 19th 2019 at 4:02:22 AM
I consider it a very real possibility, it’s not even my worst feat theory of what stupid thing Sanders could do (that’s picking Gabbard as his VP choice).
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

Edit: I should create a scale of one to ten on which I rank my page toppers. This gets a solid three out of ten, a punchline orphaned from its joke.
Edited by AzurePaladin on Feb 19th 2019 at 2:25:54 PM
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer