This is the bit that really gets to me; all this time they've known how to say reasonable things grounded in reality. This only proves to me that they choose not to.
this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
312 points (97.9% liked)
politics
19247 readers
2933 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
They know they’re bad. But they don’t want to be good, because being good means they have to accept lgbt and non-white people. They just can’t commit to that, so they go all in. And, that usually makes them rich.
I may be an asshole, but I can afford to forget it.
Seems like any Republican with even a shred of honesty or decency retires from politics instead of doing the hard work of staying to fight and to change things.
They built this monster, and now that they can't control it they bounce and leave the rest of us to suffer.
Romney has always struck me as one of the better conservatives. He still has some profoundly dumb ideas but I genuinely think he actually believes all the shit he says and is just very sheltered. There have been a few times where he has said some stupid shit (mainly about reproductive health) and was later corrected by one of his staff so he backtracked on what he said. Out of all of the conservatives he has shown the greatest ability to admit when he is wrong and change his behavior. I still wouldn't vote for the guy normally but if the choice was between him an any of the other republicans then I would probably vote for him. He is the shiniest shit in the turd sandwich.
Yeah he's a "decent guy" to the extent that that term can apply to bigots.
The bar is so low for those regressive fucksticks you'd have to go deep mining to find it.
Brought to you by MIT fucking Romney. What has this world come to.
Ah, another DONT CLASS WAR WHAT ABOUT GENERATION WAR? brought to you by the classists.
Too bad because he'll be replaced by MUCH worse.
Not too much worse. Romney voted with Trump 85% of the time.
Oh my sweet summer child.
the Republican Party has been captured by a “super MAGA” faction
Insert astronaut meme "always has been"
Im sure he meant pass on .
Let’s hope.
And Gen X’ers TBH.
Millennials are hitting 40+ now.
Of course, people in their mid-fifties are useless. That's a bit short-sighted, don't you think?
So is judging people by their age in general (or skin color, or gender or etc), but people do it all the time.
It means you don't have to put any thought into your judgments, just look at someone and decide they "don't look right".