HandBreadedTools

Incorrect. Literally has a legitimate colloquial use to refer to two things that are different but similar.

Obviously nothing is ever literally something else, you do not need that to be explained to you to understand the intended meaning of the hyperbole. Don't be intellectually dishonest.

Biden had a full Congress to work with when he took office in '21 and he rolled back virtually nothing advanced by Trump.

Yeah you have literally no idea what the fuck you're talking about, like at all. That's okay, not everyone needs to know everything about everything.

Check out Biden's first 100 days of executive orders.

Immigration policy is worse

Objectively false as long as the perspective you have isn't that of a xenophobic bigot.

His foreign policy is worse

Explain. If you're referring to the stuff in Afghanistan then you're unfortunately misled as Trump ensured that would have to happen through actions he took at the end of 2020.

"Literally pointing at Biden's actual policies" by making shit up lmfao get the fuck outta here. Also, yeah, Dems had 2021-2023 to make stuff better. Unfortunately, yes, Sinema/Manchin have had disastrous effects in passing bills. Can you please point out a better bill from the current Congress or any Congress since Obama than the Inflation Reduction Act? Because I can't.

I hope that you're simply ignorant, the only other explanation is blatant malice.

Believe it or not, you can do more stuff than just vote. However, you can do nothing about problems that you're unaware of, even if they're problems that affect you directly.

If only that were true. I can't speak for the world as a whole, but things are pretty bad in the US. As a whole, LGBTQ+, especially trans folks, are at the highest risk of being victimized in the last 50 years. Just a few months ago, about 15 miles away from where I live, a trans kid was lured by right wing extremists and murdered. They used Grindr to catfish him in a planned, coordinated action. They are on trial for it right now.

I used that example to iterate how problems do exist in our personal communities. Anecdotes are not proof of larger societal trends, but the societal trends show it is a societal problem, too.

Yes, the number in the article I linked is not large by itself, but it is important to remember they are nearly all people who were fully out and were not afraid to tell people it. Most trans people are either somewhat or entirely closeted for safety.

"it's not real if you just ignore it"

Or even

"They're just lying to you about it for views"

I'm sorry to inform you, but the world is going through very rough times politically, especially the US. Many things are exaggerated, or even entirely fabricated, for views, but many things are not. Some of the worst stuff, however, is stuff that is never even covered by the news, like Project 2025 or the stuff happening in the Midwest/southeast states. Putting your head in the sand helps no one, even yourself.

I voted for Biden and am pretty fucking happy with him, he's significantly better than I thought he would have been due to his trust in his wildly competent administration. The only problem, and it is a massive one, is his unyielding support for Israel.

Edit: forgot to mention, I'll also be voting for Biden in November.

The person I was replying to originally said:

the fact he made it illegal tells any leftist all he has to know

They edited it after I commented without saying anything.

The first page is pretty much all you need for the context of the conversation. Basically, according to the paper, Black people in the US are significantly more likely to be exonerated of any crime, but especially murder. This inversely means they're significantly more likely to be found guilty of a crime they did not commit.

The reasoning, I assume, for the person to link you that article is because of your statement about crime rates. I believe the other commenter is trying to say that crime rates are not actually equal once you normalize for poverty because of the high rate of false convictions.

Tbh, I'm not really sure what else to say about that. I just wanted to comment my thoughts on your question since I saw how rude the person you commented to was.

I'm not sure which case they're referring to, but the concept they were talking about wasn't outlawed until 1911 in Baily v Alabama.

"everything is bad, nothing can ever actually be good"

Your patriarchal assumptions of "he" are very telling

Tbh dude I got no idea what the hell you're trying to say in your original comment