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politics | I've been saying this for a year now. I think he will start a war.
Some of the only times the left wing media has praised Trump's actions are when he has bombed Syria.
Trump is the basic knowledge of history to see or be told the pattern that wars = higher approval ratings.
His only trouble will be coming up with... |
politics | The power grid doesn’t really work that way. Depending on your degree of penetration, you could probably turn off the power in a few areas for a very short time, but a massive outage like you’re describing would be daunting, and probably impossible to accomplish without being physically in a bunch of rooms that are ext... |
politics | The movie Wag the Dog only gets more and more relevant over time.
People say Idiocracy is a documentary from the future, I think it's Wag the Dog.
You don't need a real war if you can just make one up on television, and it helps to have a news network that will run anything without facts even a consideration. No I do... |
politics | Syria is unlikely because of Russia.
Iran has at least 20.000 US soldiers on its range of ballistic missiles (still they dont care about these things, the just want a goddamn war)
north korea has seoul at hostage with MLRS and artillery and would reduce the trust of US deals by a lot, also incentivizing other nations... |
politics | As a hard liberal can I say that I don't like these kinds of doomsday assertions? They're no better than right wing nutjob conspiracies in that they have no evidence to back them and they're nothing more than, "well, Trump is crazy, so this COULD happen!" Let's focus on the problems we have now, of which there are plen... |
politics | I don't think Putin cares about his soldiers there and I also don't fully believe in the trump Putin connection. I'm sure there is something he did that is treasonous but I'm not sure putin is actually directly controlling him. He could be but I'm not fully convinced yet.
Russia wouldn't mind America joining another ... |
politics | My prediction if we lose the mid-terms:
1. Trump, GOP, and Russia fixes 2020 presidential election. Trump "wins".
1. They fix the 2022 mid-terms. The Republicans "win" in an unprecedented landslide.
1. Trump pushes for a new bill eliminating presidential term limits.
1. The Republican super majority in Congress passes... |
politics | Syria is Russia`s only base in the ME and medditeranean and wont let Assad fall, however iran is a perfect trap for the US.
the thing is, Iran wont use his airforce in a combat role, it is going to use it to trick US planes into Iran´s multi-layered AA network.
Iran has way better and more AA than Iraq had and would ... |
politics | Occupation would not work at all. America could probably find a resistance branch to supply and support.
From a military stand point Iran would stand no chance as an actual country. Their only hope would be guerilla warfare. I don't think people really appreciate the dominance America has created in any actual land ... |
politics | It's easier if you've managed to compromise personnel. It would have to be a massive operation, for sure, but it wouldn't be the first of its kind. Happens on a smaller scale more often than we know.
* Hack personnel roster
* Build profiles
* Phish key personnel
* Hack their accounts for compromising information
* Mak... |
politics | What’s cute is our military could invade everyone of those countries at the same time, Syria - a well stocked brigade. NKorea - ROK Marines and the Army units there. Venezuela would be the hard one as we haven’t been training jungle warfare to that extent in a while and tanks don’t generally work well in that environm... |
politics | That would fall under “being physically in a bunch of highly secure rooms”. Those people are getting constantly tested for phishing awareness and also not politicians who are so easily scandalized. If you phished me (admittedly not exactly “key personnel”) I’d just go to the police and/or fbi. I’m not risking my career... |
politics | > I'm sure we could neuter Iran like we did to Iraq.
Which Iraq conflict are you referencing because both Gulf Wars are not alike and there's the stark differences that had kinda different outcomes and problems of their own, in the end I wouldn't exactly call it mission accomplished. Iran is an incredibly differe... |
politics | I'm not saying it would bring the us together. I'm not saying it's a smart war to fight. I'm just saying that we would destroy their country very easily.
All the boots with rifles won't mean anything against fighter planes and aphaches.
We would destroy their government quickly and then face the resistance which we... |
politics | You are wrong on so many levels. The amount of over estimating our military might is ridiculous. We are a naval power with a great air force and precision bombing. Once it comes to real land operations, things get equalized pretty quick. We think because Iraq was easy everything else will be. Iraq never recovered from ... |
politics | American doctrine is based on air power and Iran's air defenses are way better than Iraq's.
US hopes on trying to make the new Iranian government a functional ally would have to come with a extremely costly occupation.
Keep in mind that Iran has 2 military branches: a conventional branch and an non-conventional one.
... |
politics | I think people underestimate how hard a false flag attack would actually be.
That would require a level of discipline and discretion Trump has proven to be able to manage from his team.
His inner circle secretly records him and thinks he's a lunatic. Who is he going to get to organize and attack on America that woul... |
politics | > Trump pushes for a new bill eliminating presidential term limits.
Only issue is that passing a bill does nothing as the 22nd Admendment of the Constitution lays out the framework for Presidential Term limits.
Now, that point is mute because....the constitution is just a piece of paper with some writing on it. It... |
politics | You are *severely* overestimating your military abilities. War with Iran would be a neverending shitfest with massive casualties and no way of ensuring the completion of any serious objectives.
First off, it's nearly four times larger than Iraq, with more than twice the population. Most of the borders are covered ... |
politics | What do you mean intercepted. Do you understand American ballistics. They would avoid those attacks with ease.
If America wanted to destroy Iran it would not be very hard. America could have 3 aircraft carrier groups within Iranian land in a week .
The tech that the US military has is not understood by the public.
... |
politics | People claim that Bush won in 2004 because of the war that he started, which I am pretty skeptical about anyway. So, then people make these claims that Donald will start a war as a way to get elected.
The problem with making that leap, even if we assume there is some truth to the war helping Bush in 2004, is that the ... |
politics | >“Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democr... |
politics | He interrupts himself a lot, but.. honestly, actually hearing it, it's not too different from how a lot of my friends sound when they're super excited about something.
Now, obviously, my friends aren't running for President, and if they were they'd have a damned prepared statement. A candidate speech should be held to... |
politics | What's *so fucking badass about this guy* is that I'm sure when it's all said and done, the house of cards has fallen and the fradulant Trump dynasty has crumbled, we may *still* not hear much from Mueller. He will go quietly into the night, with his coffee in one hand and car keys jangling in the other, probably never... |
politics | Are you lying to yourself or just to me? He literally cuts off sentences and jumps paragraphs and articles. The whole second half of the video is clips from his show where he interjects in the middle of a point. Obvious hit piece to make him look like A RAGING FASCIST, and you're ok with it because you don't like Ben S... |
politics | No. It can't possibly be rape because there wasn't penetration. And It's not *attempted* rape because Ford herself didn't believe the man was attempting to penetrate her. Or she at least hasn't disclosed that fear to us as of yet.
Again, I'm simply using Ford's own statements. I'm not the one that needs to defend what... |
politics | >there’s no law that says a president can’t do something for personal reasons
First, a lawful order means an order issued for legal purposes. If an order isn't issued for lawful purposes, then it is invalid. Secondly, if the order is issued for the purpose of obstructing an investigation into the person issuing the... |
politics | Well now you've moved the goalpost quite a bit. Doing something for "personal reasons" is quite a bit different than doing something in order to obstruct justice, which, by the way, is quite hard to prove.
The President has complete power over classification in the same way he has complete power to fire the FBI dire... |
politics | If the President issued an Order to the IRS to conduct audits of every sitting Democrat US Senator, without any other explanation, that would be an unlawful order on its face.
Likewise if he were to order the Secret Service to assassinate his neighbor's entire family. It would be an unlawful order on its face.
Likewi... |
politics | If the President issued an Order to the IRS to conduct audits of every sitting Democrat US Senator, without any other explanation, that would be an unlawful order on its face.
Likewise if he were to order the Secret Service to assassinate his neighbor's entire family. It would be an unlawful order on its face.
Likewi... |
politics | >Almost nothing can be considered OOJ prima facie.
That's just silly talk. Putting things in context easily makes the case. Were Trump to fire Mueller tonight without explanation, that would be obstruction on its face. Prima facie.
The background facts of the acts of Rep Nunes with regard to demanding documents re... |
politics | Right, but so far no one has made an argument how this material being released actually impairs the Mueller investigation. No one has detailed how it obstructs justice. I get that it's irresponsible and petty as far as intelligence gathering, but where's the illegality? Obstruction of justice is a specific claim that n... |
politics | The hysteria is annoying, but it’s a frustrating situation.
It’s not exactly a secret that Trump thinks the investigation is a witch hunt and wants it to end.
The material selection itself supports that his objective is to discredit the reputations of those that he thinks are harming him through this investigation.
... |
politics | > He only cares about transparency when it benefits him. Everything else, we can go fuck ourselves, or we would have seen his taxes by now.
>
I don't disagree with this at all, and at no point have I defended Trump here. Hasn't stopped me from being called stupid or idiotic, but hey.
> The harm is that... |
politics | The other argument I’ve seen on OOJ is that he’s doing it knowing that Sessions is recused and can’t, and Rosenstein will say it’s part of an active investigation and won’t comply, and that will be Trump’s justification for firing them.
Firing them would allow Trump to put someone else in who is undecided and who co... |
politics | OOJ aside, it’s a dangerous precedent, a POTUS overruling the Intelligence agencies determination that the redacted info being released could harm sources, so that he may benefit politically.
The DOJ is supposed to operate independent of the White House - we were supposed to have learned that lesson with Nixon - so wh... |
politics | The investigation will be impaired if the information paints the FBI as being biased against Trump thus providing congress with reason to either end the investigation or allow Trump to fire Rosenstein and put someone in charge who will fire Mueller.
And that's the only reason Trump is releasing this information.
But... |
politics | > Why would the information paint the FBI as biased against Trump? What if they really were biased, doesn't the public have the right to know?
Sure, the public has a right to know if they were biased.
What the public doesn't have the right to know however is that an agent is going in for chemotherapy next week, t... |
politics | The claims haven’t been materially substantiated. The public doesn’t know and cannot know whether Kav is guilty. Justice should be allowed to run its course, but it’s irresponsible to assume guilt or innocence based on the evidence that’s been presented so far.
Also, nobody is really using the “but high school” defen... |
politics | No. The therapy notes never actually mention Kavs name, and actually get some other key details of that evening incorrect, including the actual number of people in the bedroom.
Look into it a little more. Mainstream media is skimming over details like this. If the evidence was as strong as the media’s rhetoric seems ... |
politics | That wasn't my point. My point was: why are the GOP wasting time trying to push this guy through? It's not like this woman is some junky off the street. I know she didn't name him by name in therapy and claims the therapist wrote down the wrong number of people. At this point, wouldn't it make sense for the GOP to dist... |
politics | If you’re taking these allegations so seriously, wouldn’t the best thing to be to have the accuser come forward before a committee and have Kavanaugh there to rebut the claims so we can get to the bottom of this?
You’re saying he should be passed over just because there are allegations against him, regardless of wheth... |
politics | >I didn’t even say it’s absolutely happening in this case, please don’t put words in my mouth.
Well that's rich given you accused me of not willing to even consider this is the case here. Politics is a dirty game, but lets be frank: Republicans and Dems have both played the game dirty but blocking a sitting preside... |
politics | 1. Trump has harmed our relationships with our greatest allies by throwing accusations and getting us mired in tariff wars. The tariffs are having a measurable impact on lower income citizens and business.
1. Trump has normalized criminal behavior.
1. Trump has normalized immorality.
1. Trump has normalized serial lyin... |
politics | You're quite right, but none of this is about "innocent vs guilty". This is about whether Brett Kavanaugh is worthy of a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. Kavanaugh is not entitled to or owed this SCOTUS seat, it's not 'his turn', and it's his job to prove to the American people that he is... |
politics | Sure if there’s evidence. Of course, there’s not and the statute of limitations have long gone so idgaf and all you partisan hacks can downvote all day and it won’t matter because we get it now — we get the game. It’s 100% about power. No principles matter. And you all know that because a second grader could tell you t... |
politics | I don’t have any hate in my heart at all — not sure where you’re getting that idea. Projection? Paranoia? I’m a university professor and almost all my colleagues disagree with me politically and I love them. My parents disagree with me and my brother disagrees with me — and I love them. My best friend from high school ... |
politics | You’re incredibly biased in your assumption nothing happened. How about being open minded and waiting until the facts come out of the hearings before making the presumption a potential victim of sexual assault is a liar? I don’t know if that’s possible for you but can you try? I know you don’t think any of Trump’s accu... |
politics | yawn. If this was a magical tactic then they would have used it on Gorsuch too. They didn't....because he didn't assault anybody. See how that works? Also, how is it backfiring...republicans postponed the vote...republicans have no shame so if they postponed the vote it is because they know they couldn't get him th... |
politics | Do you know what is also incredibly dirty?
Raping someone, then denying it when they come forward, then standing by while other people trash that persons character knowing theres nothing they can really do about it because its a Defense that requires no proof.
Jfc, let the process play out, have people interviewed, ... |
politics | > this is an accusation in which there is no defense.
>
> It is literally unprovable and also impossible to prove innocence as well.
You could not be a rapist and not be haunted your entire adult life about those actions coming back down on you.
But of course, your post is the one loaded with indefensible a... |
politics | Nonsense, literally. Where do you even get the idea that suddenly its people wanting an investigation into this thinking the ends justify the means. That is the Republican play. Just look at the reason Garland isn't a SCOTUS right now. Republicans love to twist everything so that nothing means anything. Its a fucking n... |
politics | But Kavenaugh had been in the news as a part of the Bush administration. This is an impossible position to prove or defend. She doesn't know the location, doesn't know the day, doesn't know who else was present aside from Judge who says he has no recollection of this incident nor this party. Asking people to remember... |
politics | I’ve been the victim of sexual assault twice. Once by a boyfriend, and the second time by someone I saw as a friend. I would NEVER come forward out of fear of being called a liar; people think not coming out immediately after means we “made it up.” I actually spoke to my (now former) boyfriend a while after it happened... |
politics | Not trying to be a shit but if women and women's groups made a concerted effort to address the epidemic of false rape accusations and shamed women who did it. Perhaps a PR campaign along the lines of "Rape isn't a joke, Don't accuse your ex-partner of rape or molestation just to hurt him" would go a long way in making... |
politics | Yesterday I typed out a long reply in response to a post questioning why Dr. Ford did not come forward with her accusation sooner.
I wrote about the ostracism I experienced following speaking up, and how devastating and damaging it was.
It's been a decade and my discomfort with even writing anonymously about it led ... |
politics | I'm a victim as well, but I never told anyone. It would have destroyed my mother and she had been through so much already in her life from abusive alcoholic husband, two time cancer survivor, loss of close family members, house fire.... I just didn't want to cause her more pain. So I've kept it hidden. My choice, w... |
politics | Yep. This is why I hope she knows a lot of us know she’s a hero. I saw some encouraging threads where her school had a lot of people signing on their support for her. It is trauma all over again when the public scrutinizes you but I also can’t imagine what it’s like having a faction of the internet full on against you,... |
politics | White nationalism is white nationalism, it is a very specific belief in the creation of a white nation.
> Any man — no matter his race or sexual-orientation — can join the fraternal organization as long as they “recognize that white men are not the problem.” Women have their own contingent called the Proud Boys’ Gi... |
politics | They are bad unfit parents. We only know about the ones who illegally enter. We have no idea how many have had their children killed, raped, or trafficked during the trip. These are economic refugees who risk the lives of their children for money. Horrible.
They are also criminals. They shouldn't bring their chil... |
politics | > Enough not to trigger a constitutional crisis.
Have no idea what this means?
> You're missing my point here though.
You ignored my simple question. Ex. In previous elections 30% of people voted and this election 40% of people voted or was that reversed?
> Republicans are elected to Congress the same w... |
politics | Because they think he can be doing a good job despite chaos. They see the government as something that doesn't need "reform." It needs *upending.* They have a "burn it all down and start over" mentality. They elected him *because* they wanted a wrecking ball. They are reveling in it, they are overjoyed at how "the libr... |
politics | That's because they're uneducated and constantly watching propoganda. The only way this ever stops is if education for American citizens ever gets funding on the level of the DoD. That won't happen because any attempt to divert funding from the DoD will be met with shrieking and screaming about how ungrateful people ar... |
politics | Other nations take our currency in return for their goods, and they in turn use dollars to pay for their own imports. This is why our trade deficit is high. The high trade deficit is a natural outcome of the dollar being the world's reserve currency. The US is the only nation that's truly set up to be an intermediary... |
politics | I think most of the Reddit readers were not yet born or too young to remember the way Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Linda Tripp and other women were treated when they accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
I recall James Carville on TV stating that these women are what you get when you “drag a $100 bill through a... |
politics | You forget there was a investigation under independent council and impeachment that he was ultimately acquitted in. That was for sexual harassment before he was president (but governor of Arkansas). He was found in contempt and was fined. By that same standard shouldn't we be bringing impeachment proceedings against... |
politics | Would “doing their jobs” mean reading through the private notes from therapy sessions of every classmate Kavanaugh ever had? Because that is the only way anyone would ever know this. Ford says she told no one except her therapist three decades later. She has told no one publicly until now, in the middle of confirmation... |
politics | They have 2 plans, really. If the GOP retains control after the midterms, they are going to go full force for keeping power at all costs, and if they don't hold both houses, they will go along with impeacing trump, and then trying the "well, we were forced to go along" line they have used before. They are partisan ha... |
politics | Yeah that's pretty much horse shit. He stepped aside and handed the the mic. There was literally no other politicians in the planet at the time willing to give that kind of voice to racial justice. It still didn't pass your purity test. He did a seat ed d interview with killer Mike. Still doesn't pass your purity test... |
politics | It's really tough to say. Bernie lost the primary for numerous reasons. I think the white progressives absolutely cost Sanders votes (I was personally on the ground in the S. Carolina primary and saw first-hand the damage many of them caused), but Sanders was going to have a very hard time with minority voters, espec... |
politics | Were you paired up with white progressive Floridians, or the bussed in organizers from New England?
I found, at least in SC, the locals to be okay-ish with a bit of training/talking to, but the organizers brought in from outside the South to be completely awful, smug, and completely counter-productive to the cause. ... |
politics | Yeah, that sucks.
I had to tell a lot of people during that primary something along the lines of "Look at Bernie and judge Bernie as a candidate based on his own merits, and not on the merits of some of his supporters." It was somewhat successful. Do you have any good ideas on how to bring back a voter who was tur... |
politics | Per the article, by... wait for it, making alternate types of burgers (such as artisinal burgers and/or burgers with meat substitutes) *available*
I want to believe it and the comments are satire, but I've seen a lot of Townhall readers who honestly think Beto wants to ban barbecue so...
Edit: It appears a couple of ... |
politics | Basically teh libs are forcing everybody to eat all this gourmet non-realMurican fancypants food that's a grade better than the Big Mac that he's used to, and obviously everybody is required to eat just like this guy.
Also, any creativity when making a burger is the same as Obamacare, liberal beef tastes like "ruined... |
politics | >but I've seen a lot of Townhall readers who honestly think Beto wants to ban barbecue so...
Is that so far fetched? Fucking asshole "progressives" have banned or tried to ban happy meals, soda refills, plastic bags, bottled water, and even the word "welfare" from government vocabulary.
Face it, you "progressive... |
politics | >Per the article, by... wait for it, making alternate types of burgers (such as artisinal burgers and/or burgers with meat substitutes) available
To be fair, most people on the right take the exact same approach with marriage. Their brains are wired to make false equivalencies between *other options are available* ... |
politics | The first article is about Finland feeding its own military forces ***two vegetarian meals per week***, not banning meat for two days. That's nothing extreme, and the only reason it made the news is because a Finnish minister who doesn't understand nutrition made a stink about it.
The second article is about butchers ... |
politics | >happy meals,
Because kids start to associate fast food with getting a new toy, and that encourages bad eating habits and leads to obesity.
>soda refills,
Because Americans drink far too much soda in one sitting already. And it's all just sugar water, anyway.
>plastic bags,
Terrible for the environment, a... |
politics | Yep! People who call themselves “libertarians” but support policies from individuals like Gary Johnson and Ron Paul are actually Anarcho-Capitalists (or AnCaps for short) and think the “free market” solves all problems. These are reactionaries who have no answers for what we do about things like “the spoils of the comm... |
politics | How very off-topic and distracting of you to ask!
Let’s be clear about what your comment is doing:
- The story is about a Republican lawmaker
- No mention of Democrats whatsoever
- This is about a member of the Republican Party who is being accused (by his own daughter) of repeated sex crimes over a period of more ... |
politics | You sure you wanna go down this road? It's going to be pretty embarrassing for you.
Here's a short list of Democrats recently convicted or credibly accused of by child sex crimes in the past five or so years:
* Anthony Weiner
Here's a short list of Republicans:
* Dennis Hastert (Convicted for sex abuse)
* Matt Penn... |
politics | >Also, this whole debacle is going to do nothing but ruin abuse victims' credibility in the future.
Absolutely. I say this as non-partisanly as possible, but this whole situation is just getting worse and worse for Ford, and Dems as a whole.
When Fords accusations first arose, I had heard Feinstein sat on the let... |
politics | Not at all.
"What level of certainty about the nominee’s guilt should drive a senator to vote against that nominee? The standard to convict a defendant in criminal court is often understood as requiring anywhere from 95 to 100 percent certainty of the defendant’s guilt. In civil court, the ‘preponderance of the evid... |
politics | The right question is: ""What level of certainty about the nominee’s guilt should drive a senator to vote against that nominee? The standard to convict a defendant in criminal court is often understood as requiring anywhere from 95 to 100 percent certainty of the defendant’s guilt. In civil court, the ‘preponderance o... |
politics | In court yes but again this isn't a trial, it's an interview to determine whether or not someone is worthy of one of the most important positions on the planet.
The question is: "What level of certainty about the nominee’s guilt should drive a senator to vote against that nominee? The standard to convict a defendant... |
politics | "What level of certainty about the nominee’s guilt should drive a senator to vote against that nominee? The standard to convict a defendant in criminal court is often understood as requiring anywhere from 95 to 100 percent certainty of the defendant’s guilt. In civil court, the ‘preponderance of the evidence’ standard ... |
politics | I think it boils down to:
- What is the appropriate standard to use when determining whether or not someone is worthy of being appointed to the Supreme Court? IMHO that standard should be virtual certainty.
- Does her allegation (together with the rest of the evidence) create a reasonable doubt as to his worthine... |
politics | How does this in any way mean that they don't believe in due process? Judge Kavanaugh is not on trial. The concept of due process is completely irrelevant here, so I think you just don't know what it means. This is a job interview and they're asking for issues that weigh on his character to be considered for whether... |
politics | Nobody is owed anything and you thinking that is the sad part here. This is a job interview not a court of law. He's already lied under oath this is just IN ADDITION to all the other shit they have on him. If I owned a business it's not up to me to decide beyond a reasonable doubt that they are guilty of something, all... |
politics | You mean like this number?
[1,488 U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Arrested, Detained by ICE Since 2012 - The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/1488-us-citizens-mistakenly-arrested-detained-by-ice-since-2012)
The article OP meant was this though:
[Feds say they lost track of 1,488 migrant children - CBS News](https... |
politics | I do often wonder what the world would be like in 100 years from now if humanity just got rid of religion.
My bias tells me we’d be a lot better, but I do contemplate the possibility of us being worse off in some regards.
I struggle to see that, though. So much of the bad in the world only exists because of religion... |
politics | If the GOP is going with _"What teenage boy hasn't tried to rape someone?"_ then the NEXT question should be _"What teenage girl hasn't been raped or have someone tried to rape them?"_; and if we're at the second question then the reality is that it is 2018 and the United States of America does not know how to educate ... |
politics | Conservative women are often trapped.
If they are Christian Conservative types, they are trapped by a family who has raised them to be obedient and silent. They are often un- or undereduated and are unable to support themselves. They can be married off in the teen years at which point they will start having children a... |
politics | Not true. People, especially women, are the opposite of "meh" on this topic.
>If there’s cause for hope in these horror-show days, it’s this: the Republican party has no idea what’s about to hit it this November.
>Even the dimmest and most misogynist of Republican operatives must realize, by this point, that th... |
politics | > Since he's already lied before (provably) and the R's are determined to push him through anyway, I don't see how him lying now will make any difference, honestly
That's an implied point in the article. Many if not most of the Rs probably know he lying is about what the article calls "his dissolute youth," but the... |
politics | At the table now and oh my GOD there are a ton of kids signing up! It's really encouraging.
edit: we've signed up 77 kids since the doors opened at 8 EST
edit2: we're a non-partisan group, and we've been explaining to the kids that we are not here to discuss politics in any way, just to help them get registered to v... |
politics | This is all supposing that the votes tallied are accurate and reliable anyway. The machines we use can be hacked by a 10 year old with a smartphone, we know at least one foreign country has directly and indirectly interfered with our elections...I don’t think a lot of people have much confidence in the voting system ri... |
politics | I mean, if someone asked me that question, I think the answer for me was yes one time, and it was when I was 18. I’ve never been “excited” to vote. It’s a thing I do. It’s the very least thing I can do.
I also think we have to remember not to shame people who don’t vote, and rather impress upon them how it’s importan... |
politics | 55.4% of American electors voted in 2016. That's not "nuh uh," that's a cold, hard, depressing fact. There will undoubtedly be an uptick in November, but whether it will be enough or not remains to be seen. The data show that millions upon millions of Americans did not care enough to vote, and historical election turno... |
politics | That's excellent and I commend you (and those engaged kids), but please don't confuse your laudable personal ethic and your personal experience with the reality of modern US politics and a disturblingly disengaged, malinformed electorate. I quote from a post I made below:
>55.4% of American electors voted in 2016.... |
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