TheTetrapod

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[–] TheTetrapod 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There is no one-size-fits-all answer to political violence. Some portion of the populace will justify any specific violent action, and it's up to the history books to tell us which of those were actually justifiable. I get the feeling we'd land on different sides of this one.

[–] TheTetrapod 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I imagine they're referring to Peterson misgendering someone using him/her, perhaps the Elliot Page debacle. A stupid and unrelated comment, to be sure.

[–] TheTetrapod 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Left to right, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin, leaders of the UK, USA, and USSR respectively.

[–] TheTetrapod 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Not the plague. Other plagues.

[–] TheTetrapod 14 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I don't necessarily disagree with your overall point, but it is kind of insane that we think 4 months is way too late to change candidates, when other countries do their whole election cycle in a month.

[–] TheTetrapod 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The Right Stuff?

[–] TheTetrapod 5 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Is this a joke? How do you "pin up" your dick?

[–] TheTetrapod 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Between how long they had known each other at that point and the situation Kirk was in, I find calling him "Doctor McCoy" very jarring.

[–] TheTetrapod 29 points 5 months ago

One can consent (implicitly or explicitly) to sex before one is fully aroused. This is exactly analogous to a woman not yet being wet.

[–] TheTetrapod 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm a big proponent of compulsory voting, and Voting Day being a national holiday is a natural consequence of such a system.

[–] TheTetrapod -2 points 5 months ago

Okay, we can say he's done a fine job in aggregate and that he's probably our only shot at beating Trump, but that does not mean his politics are good.

[–] TheTetrapod 35 points 5 months ago (6 children)

What is there to be optimistic about, Gandalf?

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