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flipht,

This is a good idea in theory, but it doesn't really hold up when you look at what we ask reps to do.

They have to maintain two households, basically, and have a lot of travel expenses.

State legislatures are a great sandbox to review how pay impacts the folks who can afford to hold seats. Turns out, the less they're paid, the more likely they are to be independently wealthy. You will never "show them what it's like" to be poor by paying them less - you'll just ensure that actual normal people can't afford to take the position.

I think it was New Hampshire* that had a legislature paid $100 flat*? And had the richest legislature ever.

Ultimately, this is another problem of America trying to retain an agricultural mindset (part time legislature so that everyone could go home to farm), despite the world having changed.

*Updated, got my info wrong originally

flipht,

This. They mean "find one of us to start a family of you want us to be friendly."

flipht,

This. Cryptofascism relies on being able to scream, "It was just a joke / I didn't know!"

Mistakes can happen and you might accidentally engage in a dog whistle as a normal person.

A dozen mistakes all pointing to the exact same thing are unlikely.

And to be fair, it could be one person at the top putting all these wink wink indicators in, and the majority involved might just be normal folks.

I still won't be buying the game.

flipht,

Personally, I'm tired of media calling us idiots because they refused to write the stories when the rest of us saw pretty clearly what was happening.

flipht,

They fall for it because our entire society is set up to be transactional, so when someone pops up and offers to sell you salvation or enlightenment, it sounds remarkably similar to any normal for profit company's advertising.

flipht,

It's normal for regressives to phrase things this way. They're deeply uncreative people, and they can't imagine something if it hasn't happened to them or if they'd do it themselves.

So when they say, "This thing is going to happen," that isn't them doing the projections and thinking that it will happen spontaneously due to the actions of others. That's them saying, "This is my reaction, therefore this is what will happen, and if it doesn't I will make it.".

flipht,

Lol what?

There are no empty spots for them to claim, and I highly doubt you can draw a line anywhere that would work. They tried that with India/Pakistan and it was an absolute cluster.

This isn't like the civil war where it was regional. This is a lifestyle divide.

flipht,

There shouldn't be capital crimes at all, because the people deciding who committed a capital crime and should die are the ones who shoot people in the wrong house or speed drunk through red lights and blame the victims.

flipht,

I guess my point is that I don't trust half of our establishment to use such an ability at all, even if it would be valid/legal/morally correct to do so, and the other half will use it to punish their opponents regardless of reality.

flipht,

This. The supreme Court also shouldn't have taken the Florida recount case, but they did, and this court is worse than that one was.

flipht, (edited )

It was their children, engaging in terrorism they support (this is the natural consequence of the rhetoric they spew against LGBTQ+ people), against someone they consider subhuman.

If they haven't expressed their displeasure yet yet, it's because they're waiting for Fox to tell them which spin it needs to be "acceptable."

Remember Kyle Rittenhouse? The judge literally posed for pictures with him, and they turned him into a media darling and will probably run him for office if he can stay relevant and out of jail for a few more years.

flipht,

You need to stop giving regressives the benefit of the doubt. They will couch their rhetoric in as much plausible deniability as you're willing to extend them, exactly so that you'll go into the comments and carry water for them.

You and I both know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this will be prime fodder for AM talk radio, pulpits, and other bastions of the culture war. They are out there right now saying, "This is sad, but the boy [sic] was confused and was groomed by society." Framing it as grooming, dead naming, etc. is all a way for them to muddy the waters and poison the well. If it isn't blood libel, it's a single step away. Here's one example, I am sure you can find more if you look: https://twitter.com/Jermont_II

flipht,

I've heard of people growing kombucha scoby in rectangular containers and then drying it to use in place of leather.

flipht,

This. If parents were being parents and letting their children know they're loved unconditionally, then no one would need to hide what they're feeling as they discover who they are.

Colorado Supreme Court, in landmark ruling, bans Trump from state’s ballot under insurrection clause (apnews.com)

DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the...

flipht,

This is a bad take.

It overvalues the republican narrative machine. What's the alternative? Rolling over and letting him do whatever because we're afraid of whatever lie he'll choose to tell? Hard pass.

If several blue states do the same, he will lose the nomination or the RNC will have to change the rules to put him in as the nominee. There are more republicans living in California than there are in Texas, and if they can't vote for Trump, they'll have to vote for another clown, which gives one of them a fighting chance of beating Trump. Regressives are selfish - they won't be able to resist infighting.

flipht,

This one is not actually hypocritical - half of them like Israel because they don't want Jews here, and the other half like Israel because they think Jews in the holy land means Jesus is coming back soon.

They support Israel for what it means to them, they still don't like Jews in general.

Bill banning Pride flag would make showing support for LGBTQ a ‘political viewpoint' (www.rawstory.com)

A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...

flipht,

As with all things regressive, their whole truck is to treat their own viewpoint as a default state, and then try to force everyone else to argue around it, which allows them to steer the discussion and eventual outcome.

When they're headed off on one avenue they pivot, but this is the consistent direction of almost all regressive talking points.

flipht,

They become the darling of regressive media. Even if that doesn't happen for them, they get to feel like an underground hero that is being repressed.

These people have literally built persecution fantasies into a religion.

flipht,

There's a great book on the subject of food fraud called Sorting the Beef from the Bull.

It's insane what people will sell as food.

flipht,

For legality, you need to talk to someone local. Type in your area and "tenant rights" and see what comes up - most places have a group for education if not to help you advocate, and they may be able to pair you with a lawyer to consult.

Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads (www.404media.co)

A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations of consumers through embedded microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to gather data and use it to target ads, according to a review of CMG marketing materials by 404 Media and details from a...

flipht,

The scariest thing about marketing is that it does work. You may avoid ads you notice, but you also ignore like 90% of them and they stick in your brain. The entire game is recognition. If you see two products side by side, and one was advertised to you a year ago via a random ad at the gas station, and you've never heard of the other before, you are much more likely to buy the one you've been exposed to.

Advertising is a net drain on our economy, but they spend the money on it because it tips people their direction.

flipht,

This is a long standing joke - what do you call someone who believes in Satan?

A Christian.

flipht,

If you're reading my comment and you didn't click expand on the one above...go back and do so. It gets better and better.

flipht,

Not going to lie, my first thought was to wonder whether and how they controlled for this.

But I took a step back and reminded myself that REDLINING HAPPENED. Well into the modern day. It was only outlawed in 1968, and there's evidence that banks continued to do it through the 70s.

It's absolutely no surprise that there are still disparities, and I would be further unsurprised to find out that the deciding factor was zip code.

flipht,

So you're inferring something from a headline.

Any chance the target of these statements might infer the same?

That's how wannabe mob bosses work.

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