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And that's something I strongly disagree with. Civil rights advances have consistently come from the courts; if it was up to Congress or worse yet individual state legislatures, interracial marriage would still be illegal and schools would still be segregated. On the other hand, I don't think...

That's a fair point, but that's also not the only section that talks about it: Whereas the 2012 platform can be argued to be saying that traditional marriage is optimal and only tacitly attacks marriage equality, the 2016 platform explicitly condemns, attacks, and calls for the repeal of...

Excuse me? There's a huge difference between "twenty and forty years ago" and "current official platform that they just voted to reiterate."

Mike Pence, who is very much a current Republican politician, played a huge role in cementing the hardcore anti-LGBT elements of the 2016/2020 GOP platform. The fact that he'd rather talk about it in the figurative smoky back room rather than campaigning to the public about it, doesn't make it a...

The 2020 platform is literally a reprint of the 2016 platform with a new preface. This was officially since COVID meant they couldn't hold a full convention, but given that the new preface includes an angry denunciation of Republicans who wanted to change or update the platform in any way, it's...

The evidence you’re demanding goes considerably past the claim he actually made. He said it’s a Republican plank, and that is absolutely factual; it is literally a plank item in the official Republican Party national platform, as well as most (if not all) of the individual state GOP platforms...

If you're poor and have a dollar and some change, a mcdouble will do you well. I've read that article before, and while it was accurate at the time it was published, it's not any longer -- McDonalds restructured their "value menu" to triple the price of the McDouble, along with substantially...

I did most of these things too and managed to make ends meet when I was a student. But that was when I was a full time student who was only doing a little bit of tutoring work on the side, not trying to balance school and a *full time job*, or multiple full time jobs, or worst of all a single...

And how does one find the time and energy to cook healthy meals from fresh ingredients every night when you're working multiple jobs to make ends meet? The reason food insecurity is heavily linked to obesity is because when time and energy are factored in, fast food is vastly more affordable...

I think there's an argument that can be made that a well-educated body of citizenry is a wise and sound investment. But that's completely separate from the middle-class obsession with white-collar professional degree jobs, and it in no way solves that particular problem. If you asked *me* for a...

I would say that the bias against trade / vocational schools are a function of the fact that middle class Western culture absolutely idealizes white collar "professional" jobs. Blue collar jobs, and thus trade / vocational schools, are heavily stigmatized as being "only for those not smart...

As I pointed out, it's a flaw that happens in capitalism too. I'm not pro-Communist and I'm not trying to "sell" Communism. That is also not what I said. Under capitalism, the bottom line is pretty much, "Work or starve." Under Communism, the bottom line is pretty much, "Work or we'll make...

Two points I'd like to raise about this: 1. While it certainly *does happen* in the Communist system and I'm absolutely not denying that, it's not supposed to happen. Communist nations, including the Soviet Union, entirely eliminated unemployment systems because every able-bodied person was...

I would say that a huge part of the problem there is at this point, you've had one-going-on-two generations of Americans who have been very explicitly and unambiguously taught that earning a college degree from a reputable university is how you earn your place in society, only to find that the...

When you posted that article, what you said was, "I should have added a 'and then' to that part about surgeries. Though the drugs is spot on unfortunately fam." If the article headline of "New California Law Allows Children to Get Transgender Treatments Without Parental Consent" was actually...

She, thank you very much. I don't think the sticking point is actually the ratio, given that @Rocinante said he saw 95% peaceful on the live feeds he was talking about; the sticking point is diffusion of responsibility. What I'm arguing is this: 1. Based on my firsthand observation of protest...

I've already said it, and I'll say it again: I unambiguously and without reservation condemn the use of unlawful violence to further political agendas, including political agendas I would otherwise agree with. I do not believe that violence is acceptable "for me but not for thee". I consider...

You posted those after I had withdrawn and gone to bed. I will look over what you've linked and respond presently.

*sigh* Apparently, the actual answer to, "Okay, this argument is getting heated and non-constructive. Can we shake hands and walk away at least for now?" is, "No, fuck you!" If I was "gaslighting", I'd be claiming that you're wrong about your own observations. I am explicitly NOT doing that. I...

Minors in foster care are subject to procedural rules set by the state, because by definition the state has assumed a substantial degree of responsibility for them. This is not the state going against parental wishes; this is the state defining its wishes as the acting parent. For that matter...