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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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No, its not. I agree with you that the systemic issues are more important. But, they're systemic. They are signs of a larger problem, an uglier problem, and one that is not fixed easily. They're often not necessarily obvious at a first glance, Trans people being more likely to be homeless is not mandated by law.
Telling someone, "you're not good enough to be part of this chunk of the Government?" Very obvious. And hopefully rather easy to fix.
We can also focus on more than one issue at a time. We can fight LGBTQ discrimination on the ground and also have time to argue against and oppose the Republicans flexing their muscles at us by stripping rights away.
Actually, its not. But sometimes even a band-aid can be cause for hope. And I'm tired of people dismissing that as if its meaningless. And it deserves to be repealed, especially to send a more positive signal to all the people I saw upset when it happened, like me.
Edited by AzurePaladin on Apr 8th 2019 at 2:40:48 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@Azure Paladin I'm not talking about you (or even transgenders as a whole) specifically (more the specific trans people barred from the joining the military that wanted to). Admittedly my statement was rather ambigious.
But you actually are on to something brilliant for the record. A lot of people fail to realize you can actually do multiple things at once without that much difficulty-in fact, sometimes two tasks make each other easier. A lot of people (myself included, actually) will fail to realize that just because you haven't done X yet doesn't mean you shouldn't do Y.
This comes up a lot when I talk about space colonization. People will say 'we need to improve life on Earth first' but don't realize we can do both simultaneously and that space colonies have quite a bit of potential to make life on Earth better (at least materially).
Edited by Protagonist506 on Apr 8th 2019 at 11:48:02 AM
Leviticus 19:34Yes, centrist botherism and extremist botherism are both a thing. But not everyone who identifies as a centrist is also indulging in centrist botherism. Or doesn't vote for that matter. I actually think that it is perfectly possible to always vote democrat and still consider yourself a centrist. (For context, when I call myself a swing voter, I can do that because I don't live in a two party system. If I lived in the US, I would most likely pick between the different versions of the Democrats in the primaries).
Speaking of voting, how is the Democrats little project to make the voting fairer going?
The Democrat party is the Centrist party. There is no moderate Republican wing.
"We can also focus on more than one issue at a time. We can fight LGBTQ discrimination on the ground and also have time to argue against and oppose the Republicans flexing their muscles at us by stripping rights away."
Amen. Theoretically, I don't doubt that it's possible. In practice, I'd like to hear more about what the strategy is and how to optimise synergy between the goals.
Edited by Oruka on Apr 8th 2019 at 11:58:03 AM
@Oruka: The democratic party's position as centrist ended in 2008 with Obama's nomination. At least I count finally regulating Wall Street, fighting for universal healthcare and pushing for same-sex civil unions as at least centre-left.
Life is unfair...Trump Unleashed is a terrible thing for a whole host of reasons, but it does give the Democrats an opening. He's focusing again on hugely unpopular policies (family separation, GOP healthcare "reforms", to say nothing of how bad closing the Mexican border/imposing auto tariffs would be), and right as the 2020 election is getting started.
Agreed, plus you had the Blue Dogs all but wiped out by Republicans in 2010 and 2014.
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Apr 8th 2019 at 4:13:01 PM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.The day I apologize to a Trumpublican for anything is the day I fucking die.
This is also something I fault Colbert, Noah, and others for. They are extremely quick to give the administration the benefit of the doubt if their bullshit comes with official credentials. It was true for the summary-of-the-report, the Smollett case, the White House's official doctor (who, if you recall, turned out to be a Doctor Feelgood).
It's lucky that the liars are so incompetent that they get caught rather quickly, but low-budget web-original shows like the David Pakman Show
or Some More News
are unfailingly much more quick in smelling a rat, and don't let themselves look like confused children in the meantime.
And Legal Eagle of course always does excellent work, though he's a bit slower, he's also more definitive.
Edited by Oruka on Apr 8th 2019 at 12:19:27 PM
Those smaller shows also face less risk of being sued for libel if they too passionately undermine the Official Story. No one in the Trump Administration is probably watching Cody's Showdy, but Trump has personally name-dropped Stephen Colbert as one of his media enemies.
Ever notice how Colbert likes to drop the word "Allegedly" in when he's voicing accusations against Trump that haven't been officially proven in a court or Congressional session? He's not doing that for his health.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 8th 2019 at 1:18:50 PM
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In the US perhaps, but that is the problem with centrism and political concepts in general. In Germany, the left has pushed for universal healthcare, but it was introduced AND at one point expanded by the conservatives, and as far as I remember, there was a time when the Republicans wanted to introduce universal healthcare, too. And in Europe in general pro abortion rights, pro gender equality and pro rights for the LGTB community are concepts which CAN be supported by the conservatives.
Edited by Swanpride on Apr 8th 2019 at 12:22:18 PM
The reason I dislike Colbert's coverage is that he was constantly selling the Mueller report as a silver bullet. A lot of the "the Mueller report exonerates Trump" belief on the left stems from that; while hyping the report up as the Trump-killer, if it didn't kill Trump, then it failed entirely.
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If someone wants to join the military, they should absolutely have the right to do so, regardless of who they are.