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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
To be fair, trying to ease tensions by walking up to somebodys face and playing drums is kinda awkward.
While I have nothing but contempt for the students views in general, I think the whole 'Grin at a native american man' thing was kinda overblown.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianHe didn't really do 'anything' period.
He was standing there, while some of his compatriots as well as a bunch of Black Israelites were shouting the racial abuse.
The media kinda singled out the wrong guy, is what I'm saying.
Edited by Forenperser on Jul 27th 2019 at 4:47:34 PM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianYeah, with the added information, it comes across more as a nervous grin, similar to the type you'd see in a Boot Camp recruit. Keep in mind he was a teenager, and that's a very weird situation to be in.
Edited by ironballs16 on Jul 27th 2019 at 11:11:27 AM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"I'm of the personal opinion that a) the kid shouldn't have worn the hat in the first place (it was a School Field Trip, don't Schools usually prohibit this kind of stuff?), b) I don't really blame anyone for anything that happened that day; it was a bunch of various people expressing their political beliefs, no one got hurt or violent, and this basically amounted to a non-story (not fake news), and c) I'm glad that the kid lost his lawsuit.
Private school, if I'm not mistaken - and a lot of the teens were sporting Trump-supporting clothing.
Edit: Yep, a quick look at the Wiki
shows that they were in DC for the March for Life, and attended the all-male Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky.
Might want to read the post I'm referencing for context, namely point A.
Edited by ironballs16 on Jul 27th 2019 at 12:07:22 PM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Yes? Is that supposed to be a defense? They're all shitheads.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 27th 2019 at 8:52:00 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangFive auto manufacturers secretly made a deal with California to strengthen their emission standards.
This flies in the face of Trump lowering those standards nationwide, and apparently is a break from how auto manufactures normally conduct negotiations. Normally all the companies negotiate together, these five went of on their own to talk with the state.
Vox has a very fascinating article about the best path forward for 2020, Democrats should run on the popular progressive ideas, but not the unpopular ones
The article covers how polls have shown that while some progressive policies are very popular others are not.
For example, changing unauthorized entry into the country from a criminal offense to a civil one is badly unpopular. But giving a means to citizenship for the millions of people in the country is very popular. A Green New Deal and aggressive public option to ensure universal healthcare are both highly popular, but a pure single-payer solution isn't very popular. Opening up public healthcare programs to undocumented immigrants is similarly unpopular. As is paying reparations for slavery.
Abolishing the death penalty is highly unpopular, as is a carbon tax. Adding legally mandated workers representatives to corporate boards is popular, building subsidized housing is not. Free college has mediocre support while providing paid family leave is very popular.
Essentially, the article establishes that unlike idealogues on the internet (i.e us) most people aren't very ideological and don't support things in consistent groups like "moderate" or "progressive" but rather supporting specific issues haphazardly. Beyond being rather interesting it suggests that the optimal strategy would be to support the popular progressive policies while distancing ourselves from the unpopular ones, judging them by a case per case basis instead of automatically deciding the most progressive is the best.
We need a landslide to seize the necessary amounts of power to implement the electoral reform that is crucial to making the system less tilted against us and that is best done by focusing on good popular policy while ditching the progressive policy that would just weigh us down.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangYeah, to some extent it is. But then again, what the base wants and what the general public wants isn't necessarily the same thing. Hence why the article exists, most of those progressive policies have been supported in the 2019 primary regardless of their popularity.
The article's, and my, argument is that it's better to focus on what's viable because we can't pass everything.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangIt’s worth noting however that most people don’t vote based on policy, voters tend to go on candidate likability, broad ideas and identity a lot more than specific policy proposals.
That’s before we consider that people don’t always understand policy, a popular policy could result in a negative reaction because it impacts people in a way they didn’t expect, an unpopular policy could get a positive reaction because it makes people better off in a way they didn’t expect.
I’m not sure that policy should be determined by popularity above all else, it has to be factored in but I’d rather the driving factor be if a policy will help people rather than if it’s popular with people.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran> If you make a million promises, people are going to expect you keep a million promises. They aren't going to let it slide just because you made good on one of them.
Right,that something has to be big enough that it overshadows everything else,something like I dunno
Universal healthcare!
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverYeah, the problem with doing things based solely on trying to appeal to as many people as possible is that you sometimes will end up screwing people over to do it.
For instance, dropping support for illegal immigrants to get subsidized healthcare is a morally abhorrent thing to do, regardless if its popular or not.
Things like NIMBY attitudes might be popular, but that does not mean we should cater to them.
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

Great. Now I can't think of a headless Pence monster.
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