Youtube comments of EvilGuacamoleGaming (@EvilGuacamoleGaming).

  1. Seems like she's a good judge of what goes on.
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  2. Hey CBN, you wanna talk about the IDF attacking Palestinian Christians? And Palestinian Jews?
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  3. TN is the first with the specific law. The map showed a wider consideration of laws.
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  4. Y'all went way too easy on this asshole. He is 22. He's responsible for his own actions. He chose to edit that in. I think the biggest concern is the fact that YouTube has no interest in penalizing him for breaking their rules.
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  5. Thank you, Seth team, for not ignoring what's happening to Gaza.
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  6. No, most care doesn't involved anything to do with genitalia and even when it does that isn't done until adulthood. If you knew even a little about the subject you'd know that but you don't care about children's lives.
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  7. Bernie or bust, never Clinton. Not my fault if Clinton loses, she cheated to get here. If DNC had played fair it wouldn't be a problem.
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  8. He's not an idiot. He's an empty shell for rent.
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  9. This makes no sense in so many ways. Is this just you being a baby holding your breath in the store "until the brown people stop coming I won't care about the well-being of me or those around me". Fucking brilliant.
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  10. Technically, he'd already seen it. This is just a repeat.
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  11. I want to believe Warren will say no.
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  12. What are you talking about? Self change and actualization are a huge part of human culture. Always has been. You react the same to people choosing clothes that aren't sacks? Getting tans? Working out? Taking any medicine? This isn't messing with kids minds. It's helping them live the healthiest lives. And it works.
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  13. Rubio decided to do something worthwhile for the first time in his life. Never would have guessed.
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  14. Video games for lesbians are THE BEST.
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  15. I'm a luxury few can afford.
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  16. I mean... the officers did everything possible to be a threat to Jacob Blake. And, they made good on that threat by shooting him. A thing Blake could not do. If they can't handle and unarmed threat they shouldn't be cops. I don't want cowards running around with guns.
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  17. It is sad that there is a law designed to deny children healthcare. But TN did it and now children will die.
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  18. I wonder if Zimmerman would fire anyone who got a divorce, considering how more consistently it's condemned in Scripture. The sad thing is, he got to know the quality and goodness of Pastor Adams and yet his certainty in his homophobic component of his faith meant that he didn't stop and go "maybe I'm the one who is wrong". I formerly was a fundamentalist but actually meeting and befriending someone who was gay wrecked my capacity to keep homophobia in my faith.
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  19. Kids not getting gender affirming care harms them.
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  20. I mean, is this supposed to make Rand look bad? Because it does. He sounds like a crackpot, like always.
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  21. "Why would turnout be high in the critical areas while not that high in areas that are not critical? What, you think there were people working to get people to vote in the states where it mattered most? Sounds like fraud to me."
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  22. Strange way for children to win if this will end up killing them.
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  23. The BS of... the entirety of medical science. I'm sorry, I'm missing the BS. I'm sorry, if your your faith in God is dependent on making sure you spread a disease your God is either not real or evil.
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  24. The point is to make sure they get the body that is best for them. They get the chances to decide. We have a system. It works. This will kill children.
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  25.  @ogradus  These are your feelings. Actual doctors have studied this and know that kids can make the relevant parts of these decisions just like kids have made decisions related to their medical care for forever. I am a parent. I trust if my child says 'I hurt' that they hurt. If there is a problem I take my child to a doctor and if my child and the doctor agree that they want to go through a treatment, knowing the possible risks, I will support what will make my child healthy and happy. This law says that no child can get this treatment because it makes some people upset. And children will die. Children aren't as stupid and irrational as you think... or as you. I return to the question: why do you want children to die?
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  26. Good work
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  27. The first was hyperbolic, the later was him realizing he should be more precise. When you are struggling to keep track of cases this statement makes sense.
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  28. Republicans have always known theirs is a con game. No Republican policy has ever helped the majority of Americans nor brought about greater freedom or equality. They can only try and make the DNC look bad.
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  29. If there is no problem with voting anything done to 'fix' voting will only make it unfair to those most marginalized. More importantly it's fundamentally anti- Democratic. If you love democracy then you should want people to vote.
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  30. This treatment is rarely surgery. It's mostly medication. Children can make irreversible medical choices. They can agree or disagree to having dental surgery. It is rare but surgeries like joint replacements are things minors are part of when deciding. And this doesn't even allow when parents agree with doctors about these life saving treatments. Why do you hate children? Why do you want them to suffer and die?
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  31.  @noneofyourbiz982  I mean, the simple reason is that gender affirming care improves lives. Call it what you want, the results are the point. Kids live better lives, are happier adults and are at less risk of self harm and suicide. Of course, it's not a mental illness to be trans. No more than it is to be gay. But if you wish to borrow more literal Neo-Nazi positions you can keep going.
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  32. The long term implication of the treatment is that kids are happier, less suicidal, do less self harm and have more fulfilling adult lives.
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  33. And yet they did this so that more children will die.
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  34. Gets higher without treatment, fascist.
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  35. @Lil Bean Sprout there is no reason to think the vaccine would cause cancer. We've made vaccines in similar ways for some time and there is no correlation to cancer. However, given the amount of cellular damage caused by COVID-19 it is very likely it will be found to be connected to increased incidents of cancer.
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  36. Ah yes... children not having access to life saving medical treatments. Why do you find children dying so good?
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  37. I mean, isn't this just the nail in the coffin for knowing that support of Israel is immortal?
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  38. I mean, relatively I suppose. Republicans, with a much deeper well of dark money, are more dependent on buying ad space to get results. Considering Zuckerburg is both rich and a Republican, I'm not sure what you are suggesting.
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  39. 1) fetuses aren't babies 2) this law will not stop abortions 3) a life could be saved by the government insisting that you give up your kidney. The same principle that denies abortion allows the government to do that. Are you ready for the state to have that power? Or do you only care about lives when they can't speak and so advocating for them is easy?
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  40. That's not consistent with any data on the subject. I'm sorry but your feelings aren't as important as the facts. Masks work. They aren't perfect. Vaccines are the actual solution, however.
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  41. This saves children's lives. We know this. The science is there. You just hate children.
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  42. The problem is that until this is over the masks need to stay on. Because there are idiots not taking the vaccine and we can't tell who those people are we have to be universal about mask use. Vaccinated people don't need masks; unvaccinated by choice people won't wear masks unless forced. People who can't be vaccinated are in danger if unvaccinated people aren't wearing masks. Thus it's essential that we make everyone wear masks. In short, think of the children.
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  43.  @SeanReyesGirdle  I mean, show me a child who says they are a sailboat and isn't just engaged in play and I'll consider it. But that isn't happening. Regularly children do say they are a gender not assigned when they were children and the best response for that child is gender affirming care.
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  44. No, it only means it is in the best interest of the person doing all this. In this instance your best interest is the same as everyone else's. Take the damn vaccine you fuckin' idiot.
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  45. She's dumb if you assume she believed that.
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  46.  @marcopolo7604  oh, so you don't let facts get in the way of what you think. If you think that in spite of all the recounts this still happened why do you think these laws will prevent such an overwhelming conspiracy?
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  47. That.. what? Trump is the one saying there is a conspiracy against him. How are people this dumb? Fascism is a helluva drug I guess.
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  48. Why should all states kill children this way?
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  49. It is is the medical treatment for trans people so they can live their best lives. This often involves hormone replacement and sometimes surgery. It is very effective at improving the lives of trans people.
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  50. They get the therapy and the result is that medical intervention is the next step. We know how this works. Regret rates are very small, 1%, for anything related. You need to remember that knee replacements have a way higher regret rate. The reality is the treatment works. It saves lives and improves lives. The harm of having the treatment is next to nothing while the harm of denying the treatment is catastrophic. You just hate children.
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  51. 3:40 You can't just point at countries that are openly dictatorship and go 'see, they do it too' and not make yourself look bad, you realize that, right?
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  52. These people? The people trying to save lives?? Why do you hate life?
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  53. They said he'd never get elected to House or Senate. They also said Trump would never win. Your assumptions are garbage.
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  54. Children will die because of this. No child is protected. Stop killing children.
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  55.  @akkat8396  Palestinians are not the 'most priveleged refugees in the world.' It's frankly a disgustin sentiment to suggest it.
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  56. While impressive, I've played plague inc. Iceland is nearly impossible to get.
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  57. Actually, they do. And they don't do it alone. And much of what is done is reversible. Regret rates are less than 1% of anyone who does any transition. Sorry, this bill is only about making children suffer and die.
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  58.  @noneofyourbiz982  What was? Gender affirming care? It definitely is a good thing to exist.
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  59. Why are all of you so amazingly stupid. The protection isn't 100%. So yes, to protect everyone it is needed that everyone be protected. I'm honestly curious what would lead anyone to so desperately attempt to justify doing something that is going to only lead to your suffering and those around you. Are you just a coward that hates needles that much?
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  60. Why? First of all, surgery is rare and isn't the important part here. Hormone blockers and replacements are what most of the treatments entail. More importantly, this will cause children to die. How is that a win?
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  61. Yes. The emergency is the pandemic that is still ongoing. The long term effects of the injections are impossible to know any more than the long term effect of not taking the injection; however, all data points to it being healthy for children. It is ethical because it will save lives and alleviate illness and do so without harming people. I can field more questions, if you like.
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  62. I wonder if someone has ever tried to put 10 things back into the Shakespeare style...
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  63. It does all those things. You are just mad because it makes you feel yucky. Sucks to be you. However, it saves lives.
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  64. If you can't participate in life safely then you can't do anything with your rights. It's not really giving up much of a right to get vaccinated since it makes sure you can live and others can live. I still don't understand the motive of 'my greatest right is to be sick, maybe die and kill others so that I don't have to take a shot'.
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  65. In the good time line, this man was President.
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  66. @goku kaioken Most abortions occur after contraceptives fail. Is abortion acceptable if precautions were taken but they did not work?
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  67. Bob Murray? Wasn't he the guy who approved the original Sonic movie design?
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  68. For dead children??
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  69.  @Heywoodjablowme2  99.2% of new cases are unvaccinated people.
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  70.  @PrecisionHaze  see, the problem is you people are stupid and if it was just going to get you killed... Well, is still try and get you to take care of yourself because even idiots deserve life. However, my child can't be vaccinated because they are too young. Your selfish and stupid attitude endangers my family. The virus is a threat to your life. It can kill anyone of any age at any health. The longer it spreads the more dangerous it becomes. Time for you to grow up, get your head out of your ass and care about those around you. Get vaccinated.
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  71. Yeah, and if we fucking get everyone vaccinated then it can't get to those people. Are you one of those anti-life people? Sound like it.
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  72. There are lots of reasons to run when you've done nothing wrong. I don't know if these people haven't done anything wrong... but they sound like a terrible mix of hoteps and sovereign citizen idiots.
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  73. Don't upset them with logic.
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  74.  @protorhinocerator142  I mean, Biden sucks. But like, nowhere near the abject horror of failure and death that is Trump and his presidency.
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  75. "Fear mongering" suggests the fear isn't justified. It is.
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  76. 3:55 I shudder at your use of 'most privileged refugees'. Their land was stolen. By Israel. Over. And Over. They are being slaughtered as I type this. Do you not have desire to do good in this world? Do you lack shame? I'm done with this game. You are utterly disgusting. You can be a good person, a man of good deeds... or you can be a Zionist. Not both.
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  77. It feels pretty obvious that 1) cops don't listen when Black people demand to breathe. 2) I can't imagine as a white person being even arrested, much less killed in a choke hold, if I showed up some place with a bad 20.
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  78.  Zane Thunder  I mean, they even mentioned here that fascists will call their enemies what they themselves are...
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  79. I am thrilled knowing you've seen this and even more so that you will be talking with the Aamon Hawk.
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  80. With a barrage of dishonest ads? That is the usual Republican strategy. I don't know if this will change that, though.
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  81. The answer is that 1) the vaccine wanes after 6 months 2) all previous restrictions like social distancing and masks were removed 3) many Israeli people vacationed over the summer exposing them to the Delta variant 4) the Delta variant is more capable of overcoming the vaccine. It's worth noting, though, that the vaccine has worked at decreasing the severity of symptoms. The lesson to learn is that boosters are needed. Israel got vaccinated early so they are hot like this early.
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  82.  @krasmussen7514  radical liberals... lol. Anyway, 2016's election was altered heavily by influence outside our country, so yes- we would like a fair election this time.
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  83. That Netflix show about the mob has mobster recorded just tearing Trump apart for being such an obnoxious idiot. He's not smart enough to be a mobster, but he'd like to be.
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  84. The reason she is proud to have made them her enemy is she managed to do so while being essentially as conservative. She has pulled the wool over everyone; it's impressive. If I fooled everyone so well I'd be proud of it.
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  85. +Nathan Hobdy You don't think Clinton will cause deaths? You don't think that when democrats continue to lose over and over and let republicans push their death policies... that won't get people killed?
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  86. I'm in Ohio and I won't vote for Clinton.
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  87. Don't, vote Stein.
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  88. If you aren't vaccinated you aren't taking care of yourself. Or those around you.
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  89. 17th playthrough I've watched. shrugs I was suggested by someone on the DDLC reddit to check this one out. It's not the worst one I've seen. But nothing special.
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  90.  @SkyGardner  the Biden administration isn't censoring anyone. However the last administration wanted to expand libel laws to actually facilitate censorship. This thing about us vs them I can only assume it's projection, since literally the only platform the right has is stop "the communists". These laws are new Jim Crow because even if they extend hours they do not do so when Black voters are available. You should always be suspicious when someone tries to fix a problem that doesn't exist. Any other dumb takes you want parade about?
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  91. Weird reaction to dead children...
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  92. Well, the big thing you got wrong was that this was going to be an important photo. People have largely forgotten about this because it was some republican on republican crime.
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  93. And the same group has confirmed the efficacy of the pfizer vaccine. Which, unlike your quote, is not 11 years old.
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  94.  @SP.Addams  The NCIB, the one quoted by OP.
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  95.  @user-dh8dz4gk7i  I'm sorry... what does this have to do with anything? It's difficult to get people to not take the life saving medicine for full scientific rigor, but it seems some have. This is responding to the state of the vaccines 8 months ago; nothing has come out to indicate any dangers. What is your point?
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  96.  @user-dh8dz4gk7i  Well, as the article mentions, there are people who did continue with the placebo trial. But it's worth noting that vaccines are not the sort of thing where long term placebo trials are needed. At the end of the basic trial period testing can be done for efficacy and we can be pretty sure we have that down; either there are antibodies or there are not antibodies. Pretty straight forward. As for dangers, vaccines do not tend to have long term effects beyond protection against getting certain viruses. We've been making vaccines for a long time and there isn't any reason to think this will be different. In the end, it's unethical to force people who got a placebo to stay with it when we are talking about life saving medication. Would it be more rigorous with more placebo data? Sure. Is there any reason to doubt the safety or efficacy? No. This is just a very weak excuse to oppose a vaccine that will save your life and those around you.
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  97. Yeah! And he's in charge almost democratically! That should be enough.
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  98. So, interestingly enough there was a situation in Ohio a decade back where a 13 year old boy was charged with a sex crime with I think an 11 year old boy? It was complicated since it seemed that it was, as much as they could, consensual. The younger boy actually didn't want the older boy punished; they didn't consider what they were doing a relationship but they were friends. I can't recall how it all went down but there is something there. It was complicated because it assumed that the older boy because he was older and did actions that might be called 'top' with adults that he was criminal in his actions but all evidence pointed to it being mutual activity. There is a discussion to how we treat certain act to be sure there. I don't know how that would apply to impregnation but I suspect if another preteen impregnanted a preteen the male would be considered a rapist even if they agreed mutually to do what they did.
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  99. Because you hate children. By why do you want them to die?
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  100.  @kalebmarquardt8008  all life potentially harms other life. That's nature. Humans can cause damage beyond our expected harm, but that's mostly due to greed and desperation. We can, however, do better to eliminate those things in humanity without harming people.
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  101. 2:55 it's worth noting that the Jewish Palestinian population has also been abused by Israel, not to mention how poorly Ethiopian Jews are treated in Israel. Their fundamentalist theocratic ethno-state isn't that different than yours.
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  102. 10,000 dollars of HBO money being well spent again.
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  103.  @noneofyourbiz982  I mean, if you just prescribe them to random people. All medicine can harm. However, hormone blockers have been improving the lives of trans and cis children for a long time. Denying access to this medication to those who need it does harm. Now, why do you like harming children?
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  104. A coup attempt? I suppose that's worth getting upset about...
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  105.  @protorhinocerator142  As long as it's flak and you not just flying through trees like a fuckin' idiot.
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  106. You've never met a 9 year old I guess.
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  107. I mean, all evidence makes it clear that trans kids need transition and it harms them not to have it. What was it Jesus said about good parents giving their children good things? You are demanding parents give snakes. You do not understand this or if you do you just hate too much to be considered.
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  108. Yes, that's right! The Godly action is, when seeing children blown apart, starving parents massacred for wanting food, and the surviving children dying of heart attacks because they can't handle the stress, is clear: don't do anything. Caring about our fellow man isn't something we should do.
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  109. I mean, if you describe thing in gross ways it doesn't make sense. "Why would anyone slice into another's person's chest and remove an organ other than to kill someone?" The appendix was removed but go off.
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  110.  @sparklesparklesparkle6318  What are you talking about? Gender Affirming Care has been well studied and it is very successful as improving the lives of those who get it. There's very little regret over any of the treatments, which better than almost any area of medicine.
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  111. I was going out and knocking doors for Sherod Brown here in Ohio. But at this point I've stopped. I can't imagine there being a point. I don't know how Brown can win with Biden weighting the ticket down. It was already going to be close. Now I feel like it's a waste of my time. This is happening across the country. I'm just stuck here trying to figure out how to prepare for fascism.
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  112. watches this, gets here Wait, this wasn't completed? Ah, maybe it's still being made? checks date Oh man, that's some time ago, if this was a current series and it was going to keep being made there'd have been an update! Unless... this has been made over a glacial time scale.... when was the first one made? checks Ah, 2015. Mmmk. Well, episode 10 should be done in a few months I suppose.
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  113. This is someone knowing that, for a multitude of reasons, the US is an ally of Israel (most notable because we effectively use it as a base of operations in the region) and he is expected to play ball for them, even when they commit war crimes. It's not blackmail, it's politics coming before humanity.
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  114.  @cecilsays-legalmindsetcant1339  I don't see why, I'm right. Or are you here for wrong answers that support your way of thinking?
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  115. This law will kill children. Please stop trying to kill children.
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  116. But things are better than they were under Trump by far. So same wouldn't be bad.
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  117. Except it is backed by data and saves lives. But on your feelings sure.
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  118. This will kill children. No child is protected by not having access to medical care.
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  119. Yes. Leading the way to have children die. Good work.
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  120. It's not so called. It is science. It's data. People are doing because you hate science. You may die for that very reason. Why are your feelings more important than facts?
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  121.  @jlvandat69  why don't we have equality, though? Why is it childish to expect equality?
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  122.  @johnbarajas-ps7hk  So you have no data, research, reason? You just like killing children and your defense is it is 'woke' to want children not to die. Cool.
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  123. True, pharma is quite evil because they are driven by profit. I'm happy to discuss making a totally public healthcare system that isn't dependent on making sales. However, that doesn't change if the shot is a good idea, which it is.
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  124.  @TheNodrokov  It's almost like a complaint in bad faith. ; )
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  125. The G is for genocide.
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  126. For killing children?
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  127. Sounds great! Let's do it.
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  128. Jesus turns from you.
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  129. @goku kaioken 1) not all people can take all birth control and the most effective are also the most potentially unsafe, particularly in regards to clotting. Even with perfect use, which we should not expect all people to have, there is still a 1 or more percent failure rate. You have avoided the question: if contraceptives fail is abortion acceptable?
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  130. Kids often do things that alter their bodies. I took medication as a child. Many children get surgeries to their bodies. Cis children take these same medications for other reasons. We know the long lasting impact of these treatments: it's overwhelmingly positive. Why do you hate children?
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  131. If need be, yeah. I'm not sure what's complicated. If people would all get vaccinated then we'd be over this and could stop the pattern. Until then we will do what we need to.
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  132.  @justinthomas2880  It is always possible to spread it; there is no absolute protection, but data shows the best protection from spreading it is vaccination.
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  133.  @chriskoschik391  why is it fortunate that the simple, obvious solution to this world-wide pandemic is not what everyone is doing? Do you just like sickness and death?
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  134.  @Divenity  You can not make something more secure that is already secure. There is no function here beyond voter suppression. Show me any proof that there is a problem with voter security and we can start discussing how to 'fix' it. Again, I repeat. You can not make something more secure that is already secure. This bill is not capable of doing ANYTHING but suppress votes.
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  135. I mean, the NYT has not been particularly kind to BLM or Antifa. Just because they sometimes call out overt fascism in the republican party hardly means they are far left.
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  136.  @PrecisionHaze  listen, you hate life? That's on you. I just don't want you in public. Take personal responsibility for your bad decisions.
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  137.  @PrecisionHaze  "I'm not going to let the news reports of the tiger on the loose rule my life" I say as a tiger mauls me outside my house.
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  138. @E.T. Ethics all evidence indicates that Delta is also covered by the vaccine. I am vaccinated but will continue wearing masks because we should expect everyone to. It's the only way we can get the misinformed to wear them.
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  139.  @johntruxal432  unfortunately, children are not as safe as we once thought. Significant numbers of children have died from the virus. I was horrified to learn this as I want being cautious enough with my child. Hmm, I suppose we could agree that media is failing to give fully the correct information, since news on the subject has not made it clear how dangerous this can be to kids.
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  140.  @checa2321  Yeah, Democrats win when more people vote. I'm sorry, do you hate democracy? Should we return to a monarch? Putting up meaningless walls is a racist tradition of Republicans it seems...
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  141.  @TheJaybrone  I don't know for certain if any of that is true but I'll be frank: I've been listening to racists depends police with lies for weeks and I'll leave it as: I'm doubtful. Regardless, if the police can't handle the situation they shouldn't be police. Their incompetence doesn't mean they get to kill when they fail their job.
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  142.  @dafunkmonster  Well, the warrant was from a month and a half prior. If it was that important they could have done it before then. Police don't care about sexual assault or domestic disputes. It's just an excuse. It's not like it is even likely he'll ever be convicted even if he did do it (which he might have, I don't know anything about that situation other than the charge was 3rd degree, which meant no threats of violence were used). Maybe if the assault was against a pretty white girl, but the courts don't care about what Black people do to each other unless it's related to the drug war. And these cops know it. It's why they let someone accused of sexual assault go without an arrest for a month and a half. They would have let it go for months after that if this situation hadn't occurred. Anyway, I don't think we have any form of rational response- we have an ineffective system for the sake of punitive or restorative prison time. We know most crime goes unsolved which means that most criminals aren't kept away from the public. The only function of arrest is cheap American labour; ie, modern slavery. So, no. Maybe if we come up with something that lets us actually rehabilitate criminals (a thing we could do) I'd be more interested.
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  143.  @jpara617  Checking the details it seems only the cops say he had a knife. There was one in the van, yes, but I haven't heard if it is even of reasonable size. It's worth noting that while true it's not like they were just random kids. It was their kids. There was a restraining order against him in regards to the woman, not the children, which leads me to believe they shared custody to some degree. Now, what you mentioned 'what if it was your kid' etc. etc., that's an interesting, though irrelevant question. Because it wasn't the cop's kids in this situation. If she had fired a clip into his back it could be different. Impassioned because of a desire to protect and no training, yes, I could entertain that being justified (it would need to be proven, of course). But an officer is supposed to be without passion- they are supposed to just uphold the law. They responsibility is to bring those who are accused of breaking the law in so that the court can judge the validity of the accusation. You fail if you kill the accused. At any rate, I think if you pull out a gun around a child you are endangering that child. There is no reason to think the children were in danger. They were his kids and nothing about him gives the indication that he would harm them. He might take them some place but like... unless you have extensive money and connections you can't just disappear with your kids. They'd find him and the kids within a few days. Well, this assumes that they'd care if some Black kids were potentially kidnapped...
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  144. ​ @arcanstonehide1429  Seemed I missed this. I'll start with the most obvious point which is this: 10 seconds of video demonstrates everything we must know. Blake casually, slowly walks around the van followed by two officers who are doing really nothing other than pointing a taser at him (I heard two taser attempts failed so I'm not sure why he is pointing it at him, since it could not have been reloaded in that time... unless cops carry multiple tasers?). His hands are clearly empty and swing freely. Nothing is preventing the officers from stopping Blake during the casual stroll towards the driver's seat. Nothing is preventing the officers from preventing him from accessing whatever might be inside the minivan. This isn't split second, this is more than enough time to see what is happening. It should be noted that once the door is opened the first officer has control from grabbing the shirt. He is flanked by the other officer. There is no reason to believe that, at that point, he couldn't be wrestled under control. He never enters the vehicle; he could not have retrieved anything even if that was his intent. Even if he retrieved anything his position was facing away and leaning down; at most he could have leaped into the vehicle but that would make him able to control the vehicle or give him any advantage if he wanted to attack. To put it simpler- he was not shot because he was a danger. The police clearly do not treat him as a threat nor could he be assessed as a threat. He was shot because for not submitting. Either that or he was shot because the officer is terrible at his job and was afraid of an unarmed Black man. No detail outside of that can change the failure of the officers to resolve the situation without deadly force. As for your other points: yes, he was accused of sexual assault by the woman who called 911. She is the woman who is the mother of his children who were in the van. The accusation was 3rd degree, which means it carried no use of violence or coercion; not that it should be taken lightly in that regard, but this isn't a person with a violent history or even the accusation of violence. Given that there is no mention of the restraining order applying to the children I must assume there was some form of joint custody. It appears that his only intention was to get the children which he may have had the right to do. As for the warrant, yes, there was a warrant for his arrest. It was issued over a month prior. The police were clearly not that interested in serving the warrant and, as is evident in everything else, did not consider him much of a threat or concern. It should be at least considered, since he was only accused at this point, that there is some possibility that the accusation was fraudulent for the sake of securing custody. I do not find that likely, but custody battles can get brutal and it's one of the few times women might lie about sexual assault. The 911 call indicated that he had taken the van keys but I've seen nothing to indicate who actually owned the van. It would not be surprising if she was not sole owner of the van considering they had multiple children together and must have cohabitated for some time. I've seen nothing discussing the nature of custody between the two- if he was picking up for his turn for custody he may have essentially been like 'we bought this van together and I do not have a car that can carry the kids safely. I need the van'. This is entirely speculation but it's as much speculation as the idea that he was car thief and kidnapper. The time to 'ask nicely' would have been (as is the case for many people) letting a person know that there was a warrant and telling them they needed to surrender themselves so they can give a verdict and deal with bail if need be. Regardless, they were mousy until they had a moment they could justify using deadly force. Further, you don't get to play Schrödinger's waist band. Literally ANYONE could be hiding a weapon and have intention to kill you. This is why cowards should not be allowed to be cops. Power should not be given to those consumed with fear. Anyway, the idea that this guy was on a mission besides just 'spend time with my kids' is honestly just crazy to me. He didn't walk like someone on a mission. Him fighting back when people assault him is called human nature. And nobody thinks 'oh boy, maybe I'll be a martyr!' other than the mentally unstable. The ten seconds of video says everything. Unless he demonstrated a super human ability to defeat multiple officers at once nothing that happened before matters.
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  145. I mean, most of that were people enslaved and the whole point was to make use of that number to ensure the great American crime against humanity wouldn't end. It didn't exist for Delaware, it existed for South Carolina.
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  146. This law is an abuse to children. We have medicine that saves lives and Tennessee is denying them access. Why do you want children to die?
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  147. Let's also consider that, you know, trans and non-conforming would still be excluded if the dance is canceled. Which isn't to say that isn't at least 'fair', but it's not really the result those kids want either. And let's not forget that we have trans and non-conforming parents. Parent/child dance is probably the best solution because why build a gender narrative in the first place?
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  148.  Dylon Jackson  if he's acquitted it will be a miscarriage of justice and the city should by all rights burn. Just cause you got boot down your throat shouldn't make you blind.
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  149.  @AWESOME2715  I'm happy to discuss restructuring the medical industry so it's not profit motivated. But, it remains that vaccines are safe and effective even if made by greedy assholes.
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  150.  @PathfinderHistoryTravel  I'll be honest, I don't watch it at all. I only come in here to find people spreading vaccine lies and yell at them as a substitute for anything real since I'm not in the position to make much of a difference. I know what I'm doing. I mostly try to get direct sources on stuff. I don't really trust news that has sponsors. I want people vaccinated because I want to protect human life; CNN is corporate and conservative, so their interest is in returning the economy to something more profitable. This is why they virtue signal about a lot of stuff but when it comes down to any sort of real change they will resist it. The real problem is CNN is conservative but Fox is so far to the right they get to pretend like they are leftist and seem it by comparison. I'm not convinced on the idea of 'diversify' though; I believe I saw a study that doing so can actually just reinforce your bias because you see the news you like and compare it and since it confirmed your biases it reinforced the idea that you were right all along. I think it's more important to learn to be critical of news that affirms your position.
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  151. I mean, you'd have to imagine it because you aren't describing something that happens in real life.
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  152. To note, it's Republicans that keep child marriage a thing. Also, bottom surgery pretty much never happens as a child. Stop being stupid. You are killing children.
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  153. I mean, as a method to thwart the democratic will of Americans... yes, it does work as intended. The intention sucks.
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  154.  @nicholasduck9663  If you had a real answer and not some flat earther level screed, I'd be interested.
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  155.  Johnny Chimpo  That seems like some real cope for the fact that you have no science or reason backing up what you believe. "Could I be the one wrong? No, it's the ones listening to the scientists and doctors who are fools!" Please. If you are all bullshit don't bother posturing like you know anything.
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  156.  Johnny Chimpo  No, most scientists are not paid by phrama. We have scientists around the globe, including countries that do not have capitalist pharmaceutical industries, and they all confirm the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. However, I'm happy to talk about universal public healthcare that would eliminate the profit motive of the pharma industry so it would be more trustworthy.
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  157.  sambankman-Zelensky  You know, seeing you icon, I'm pretty happy with letting a Nazi hold the opposite position of me. I don't feel compelled to argue with you.
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  158.  @YankeeDoodle2  It sure would be interesting if you had facts to base that on and not just your feelings. The research is extensive. In fact, we knew this nearly a hundred years ago... but then the Nazis hated the research and they burned it. But now we've figured it out again. Gender affirming care makes people's lives better. You are welcome to share your values with the original Nazis and the current Nazis that exist today... but I'm not cool with that. Or harming children.
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  159.  @lauradent9480  you act like going after Trump is a wild witch-hunt and not an act of defending democracy after four years of incompetence, greed and lies that have left our country in economic ruin, millions sick or dead, and is the source of violent sedition and domestic terrorism. However, protecting democracy from those who hate it isn't the only thing Democrats are doing right now. They've got a relief package on the way to help end the virus. They're working to improve minimum wage. They are working on the Green New Deal to improve our economy and protect our planet. They've got a healthcare plan. Student loan relief. Regulation for big businesses that harm consumers. Protections for unions and workers. Queer rights. Police reform. Should I go on?
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  160. God has no interest in your praise of dead children.
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  161. God had no part of this evil.
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  162.  @caseyk2366  he clearly wasn't wrong in struggling to breathe. He died with a knee on his throat. I fail to see how this detail matters. The worst you could say is maybe he'd escape. Oh no. A person with a fake 20 escaped. The actions of the cops were murder, plain and simple.
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  163. They already have child killing laws. They don't need more.
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  164. I think it's always important to remember that not all Christian Zionists believe the whole rapture, end times thing. However, they still are sold the 'God's Chosen People' thing. Sometimes by those that do believe the end times thing... but not always. There are a lot of Christian Zionists that just think it's being a good Christian. It's treated like being anti-abortion- there isn't any rationale behind it, but it's part of being a good Christian anyway. And it's sold like Christianity has always felt this way even though it's really, really new.
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  165.  @hearmeout9138  So this law that denies gender affirming care is woke. Cool.
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  166. Common sense that is to ... go against scientific consensus and all data and make children suffer because some fascists are scared?
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  167. I wouldn't claim Dore is an asset to anyone.
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  168.  @michaeltuffin5002  that seems a pretty generous assessment.
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  169. For killing children? Strange...
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  170. I am inclined to agree with Raygun but I appreciate Sam's take. We are spending a lot of money to make this happen. We should have plans and expectations. I'm fully committed if we can win, though... and we can.
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  171. These treatments prevent the irreversible damage of not having the treatment, though. You aren't going to find trans people that are like 'man, I'm sure glad I didn't have this as a child'. Trust the doctors, they know what they are doing. They will save lives, improve lives.
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  172. I'm still not writing Ohio out.
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  173.  @michaelmiguelicutti2829  you can not delete dislikes. Please consider how your paranoia influences you to believe things that aren't true.
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  174. Don't forget, Kasich fucked up Ohio pretty bad. He's shit.
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  175. Fuck yes! B. D. Wong!
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  176. The sad thing is, as a progressive I'm more likely to vote for a Biden/Warren than Clinton. I mean, yeah, it's cheating, but Clinton already was cheating. At least Biden isn't actually a Republican.
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  177. I won't vote Clinton because of Warren, I'll lose respect for Warren. Unless this is a clear promise to actually fight for progressive values.
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  178. Jimmy Dore! Switch to Credo Mobile. They are pretty legit on their desire to be a progressive company. Oh hey, and mention my name so I can get fifty bucks off my next bill.
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  179. Ben, don't push the lie that Nadar spoiled 2000. Gore is responsible for losing in 2000 for a myriad of reasons.
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  180. It's the State of Colorado that should be sued. For allowing so many nuts to get guns. And that bullshit propaganda outfit that made those faked up videos.
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  181. Agreed.
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  182. He'll absolutely go pro-choice. Without a doubt.
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  183. +Johnnycassedy 1. Her appointments would be awful. 2. She's a republican; more in common with Drumpf than Sanders.
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  184. +Johnnycassedy 3. the fact that she can't handle state secrets shows that having had the job doesn't mean she has the ability to do the job right. Her experience demonstrates an inability to do the job. 4. Fact checking sites favor the status quo because they are run by newspapers. In addition, the results can be skewed if many silly claims are made. 5. Her history includes supporting Goldwater, telling America that Black men needed to be "brought to heel", has said that "all lives matter", has money ties to private prisons, willing to compromise on abortion, has supported building a Mexican border barrier, her LGBT+ record is awful... I can go on.
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  185. +Johnnycassedy 9. Warren Obama and Biden are all corporatist, establishment democrats. They are the failure we face. Neoliberals are the bane of American politics because they force progressives to vote for their conservative values. 10. Obama's legacy is neo liberal failure and establishment ineptitude. 11. Congrats, she isn't as awful as she could be?
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  186. +Lucifer'sLoveChild because it's intended to erase the threat to Black Lives. Which is why she responded to Black Lives Matters with that retort.
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  187. +Lucifer'sLoveChild Oi. Outside of cultural context, yes, it's fine. If you said it five years ago, before the Black Lives Matter movement existed, thus the statement did not imply that it was a response, it would be fine. But that's not the world we live in now. That's not the world Clinton was in when she said it.
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  188. +Lucifer'sLoveChild "all lives matter" didn't exist before Black Lives Matter. Because it says essentially nothing. Before BLM it would just be ignored. But now it's used because people want to erase the threat to Black Lives. Do I really need to explain what is wrong with "all lives matter"? Do you go to the hospital and complain they aren't taking care of everyone, that more than sick people matter?
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  189. I never said you wanted Black people to keep getting killed by cops. But you can't ignore that there is a concentration on disregarding Black lives. If you must generalize your concern take it to the source; say you want police held accountable, that they kill, that they are dangerous because they know they are immune from consequences. I don't think anyone who supports Black Lives Matter would be upset that you were talking about the source of the problem. Black Lives Matter has also often brought to light many non-Black policing murders, including white victims. "All lives matter" is a statement used to end the discussion. In your example, it would be like discussing AIDS and saying 'we need to care about all diseases. Stop talking about AIDS. There is herpes too, you know.' And yes, that's true. But when you learn about AIDS the same methods that keep you safe there benefit your safety with essentially all other STDs. Meanwhile, the complaint about 'all diseases' mostly just derails the conversation and then nothing is learned to help anything. If you somehow legitimately mean 'all lives matter' and actually plan on helping everyone and keep the discussion going, that's a nice thought. But that's not how people will perceive your statement and that's not what will be accomplished.
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  190. First, I said your statement 'I am a humanist' is bullshit because I don't believe you are. I have significant doubts. I've never known anyone who uses the term 'egalitarian' to be egalitarian or humanist. You've yet to prove an exception. As for calling the line 'all lives matter' bullshit, I doubt you said it before and I suspect you are hoping that the mere fact that it's technically possible that you said it before is enough to satisfy the concept. If you were truly egalitarian you would understand that equality comes from understanding all the needs of those who aren't currently being treated properly. Those with greater oppression must given greater attention. Police brutality is both a racial problem and an authoritarian problem. Black Lives are treated with greater disrespect than whites. It's possible to argue that there are other groups that are even more mistreated... transgender people, Native/Aboriginal, undocumented immigrants, the mentally ill... but to act like police abuse is an equal opportunity situation is insulting to those they target. If you don't care how people perceive what you say, why are you communicating at all? You are mixing up 'I stand behind what I believe' with 'I won't clarify what I mean'. At best 'all lives matter' is too generic to mean anything. The point is that you are insisting on something that is not believed. Currently some lives matter in this country, particularly the police. These lives are middle to upper class, white, usually male, straight and cis, 'naturally born' citizen, English speaking, able bodied, neurotypical Christian lives. When you include those lives, which I remind you describe myself for the most part and certainly most of my family, in this statement you weaken any message you have. It is so rare for anyone who meets these descriptors becomes a target of police abuse, and that this is not an accident, that you make your message mean nothing.
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  191. I'm feeling that exhaustion Black activists always talk about. Though I have the option to just leave. I'm not your google. I'm not going to look up the hundreds of ways white men, as well as other cultural defaults, have hundreds of advantages over marginalized people. But here are some search terms; 'stop and frisk' 'there goes the neighborhood' 'paper bag test' 'reparations' 'resume black sounding names' 'angry black woman stereotype' 'NRA response to recent police slayings' 'driving while black'. Those are what I'd be looking up if I had the time to teach you. To more specific responses: Yes, more white people are killed by police, but not per capita. More white people are killed mostly because there just are more white people. Largely the white people fall into other categories, most notably poor and/or mentally ill. Some of the categories can be invisible, but race itself is determined by perception and history, not by some biological function. If a police officer or other government official believes a person might be undocumented they will be more of a target. If they believe a person is Muslim they'll be more of a target (this often happens to various Brown people, such as people from India). In the end, I suppose isolated I don't care if you need to think of things as 'all lives matter'. As long as you don't respond to someone saying Black Lives Matter with 'all lives matter' I'm not sure if I care. It's worth noting that it's fast becoming an active racist slogan. A viral video is going around of a couple who mistreated a Black girl; when her mother confronts the two, among telling the woman and their daughter that their ancestors owned them and that they are monkeys they also chanted (unprovoked) 'all lives matter' at them.
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  192. Just to be a pedantic weeaboo, Samurai is not meant to be singular there. Not that I think Cruise was needed for that film... but he wasn't the eponymous Last Samurai.
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  193. I think they mean they lack the courage to risk the money to do anything. At least, that's how I took it.
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  194. The electoral college erases the voice of everyone who didn't vote with their state's majority. It does the opposite.
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  195. I see people saying "inside job" and I think it's assuming too much. This was a failure of a system that saw these terrorists as friends. The police aren't trained to see an angry mob of white supremacists as dangerous. Do I think some people purposefully made this possible? Yeah, Trump mostly. But all he needed to do was deny the national guard and tell the police chief not to worry. The test falls into place pretty simple. Because the police systemically serve the interests of white supremacists.
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  196. You love dead children?
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  197. Oh, so true. Can you be considered a leader if you aren't starving a million people to keep a hold on the land you stole?
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  198.  @valerieirvin249 Yeah, the people who hate Schumer do love violently invading Congress.
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  199.  Jon Marten  this is so wrong I'm not even sure its worth responding to.
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  200. Indeed, if they don't get gender affirming care they will be damaged. It is disgusting that the right is doing literal Nazi stuff but that's where we are.
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  201.  @SkyGardner  Paul always has, and always will be, a joke. He's a fake libertarian who will support anything authoritarian if it works for his team.
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  202.  @tachiroakisu5128  the real question is has he ever fight back against the increasingly authoritarian GOP? Had her fought for reproductive rights? Has he fought to remove ICE? Has he fought to end the PATRIOT Act? Did he fought against the useless and expensive border wall? No, his fake libertarian beliefs only amount to taxes are bad and, like he does here, using the aesthetic of libertarianism to support the American death cult.
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  203.  @SkyGardner  I have my doubts about some new 'talking to phone companies' but know if your crazy story was true it would pale in comparison to what the PATRIOT Act did. What do Republicans fight for? What is their policy prescription beyond 'don't let the communists ruin 'merica!'. What is this shit that Rand Paul is doing other than trying to get us all killed by letting conspiracy theories ruin all of our lives? The Republican platform is simple: we have no policies that help anyone so maintain power through fear of the other.
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  204.  @tachiroakisu5128  I don't even know what you are talking about with facebook. I can't keep up with every nonsense conservative outrage.
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  205.  @tachiroakisu5128  I mean, did I miss some moment when Trump's authoritarian regime was pushed back on by Paul? Far as I'm aware he was in goose step.
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  206.  @tachiroakisu5128  if Paul is regularly out of step with the rest of the party that regularly does authoritarian stuff then I'm wrong. I've seen him talk a big game but not seen him act on it. I don't recall him voting to impeach for the insurrection, the authoritarian coup the former President attempted. I don't recall seeing him oppose the police state we're in where police can kill and rarely receive consequences; where if someone has a gun they can be killed by police eliminating any personal interpretation of the 2nd amendment. I've never seen him defend the right of bodily autonomy in regards to trans rights or reproductive rights. I've never seen him oppose ICE and our draconian immigration policies. And this is only considering liberty in regards to stopping government action that restricts freedom.
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  207.  @tachiroakisu5128  I don't watch network news or get news from social media.
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  208.  @tachiroakisu5128  you are going to argue that white people are killed by police at a higher rate than Black people? And you think I don't read...
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  209.  @tachiroakisu5128  just double checked and yeah, Black people, who are what, 1/8th the population of white people have half as many deaths by being shot by police. That's consistent with the the times as likely to be shot by police stat I'm familiar with. Are you that unfamiliar with how stats work or are you dishonest?
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  210.  @ReyceRamsey2010  I mean, many churches are trying to force kids off the medical treatments they need, and children will die from this. So it's more accurate than your accusation. Since children aren't dying from getting gender affirming care. They are having their lives made better.
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  211. I don't think 'baseless', a simple and common word for probably hundreds of years, is a 'buzz word'. What you are noticing is that anyone with any sense of rational thought coming to an obvious conclusion- the law suits are in fact based on nothing- 'baseless' and are just a façade for a coup.
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  212.  @verakeys769  Baseless is the accurate description. I'm sorry, but the facts don't care about your feelings.
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  213.  @nobodyknows2919  I mean, yes, that's what the report said. Anti American Trump allies are making baseless claims.
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  214. Man, you really want kids everywhere to die.
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  215. This is not objective. This is propaganda. Do not confuse some facts with an objective conclusion. These facts are like the fact that there was a pool at Auschwitz. It is mentioned to hide atrocities. Four thousand children at least have been killed brutally in the last month. All to secure stolen land. I mean, don't forget that Hamas exists because of Israel.
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  216.  @lk3309  I mean, like how it should be noted that this is a bill that will only harm children and that it's lead by religious fanatics who are ruining every state they are in control of so must distract the populace by scapegoating a marginalized group?
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  217. So, democracy is bad? Why should a minority decide what happens?
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  218. The tyranny... of good health?
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  219. 2:24 I mean, part of this change is likely due to many Jews in those countries leaving for Israel in that time. In addition, Israel's cruel and genocidal have always caused greater anger in the surrounding countries. It's not justified, but it is factual. Israel's existence did give those countries the excuse of 'you have your own land to go to'; and thus even the non-Zionist Jews likely had to leave. But yes, some of these are due to the fact that some of these countries are now fascist ethno-states like Israel and thus no longer want Jewish people in them and that has changed in those years. However, at best this is suggesting that lots of countries are doing ethnic cleansing.
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  220. Hot take: bail is rarely justified. I don't think this person is a risk to the community but it's possible he might be a flight risk if fellow rioters or such assist him.... but I'm not too concerned with this. IF this person is not being charged with a violent crime I think the leftist position should be that recognizance is acceptable. There's no reason to think he'll skip court because most people don't because people don't like having warrants out for them. Second hot take: an impoverished person who went to the insurrection is the least concern to me. A person with limited financial means also has the least perspective on how much of a farce this all was. If we are to believe that Trump did direct these people their actions do have more justification. This is not to say this person is innocent but certainly it is a mitigating factor.
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  221. It is healthcare. People get the treatment and their health is better. Mental and even physically. The reality is this move will kill children.
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  222. Hippos are fucking brutal. They will kill you and everything you love.
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  223. Are the Ukrainian forces having any success at liberating the forced conscripted soldiers?
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  224. I mean, about a thousand people a day are still dying from it in America alone. It's the leading cause of death for police officers. It's still a major problem across the globe and the longer it remains in the human population the more it mutates and the more likely it will overcome vaccines.
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  225.  @luna-p  This was a complicated case because the law was anyone who had sexual relations with someone under 13 was statutory, even if both children were under 13, at which point both would legally have committed a crime. My recollection of the details is fuzzy since I'm pretty sure it's been a decade since I read about the case.
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  226. Hey. I'm here for free cancer treatment, too. That's a more expensive project. It's also harder to prevent.
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  227.  @zippydoo9533  big pharma is greedy, which is why we should nationalize healthcare like the rest of the modern world. However, vaccines work the most recent time someone was proven to run a scheme to make people take more expensive vaccines or more vaccines or was actually the guy who started the anti vax movement who had made up the autism thing in order to get people to buy his new more expensive vaccine. Fact remains that right now 99.2% of new infections are unvaccinated people. They work.
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  228.  @zippydoo9533  they are wanting everyone to wear masks because some people won't get vaccinated. However with 99.2% of cases being unvaccinated people, and those vaccinated having less severe symptoms, it's clear they work.
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  229.  Elias Boudinot  are you referring to how it's an mRNA vaccine? While relatively new, mRNA vaccines have been tested and are safe. While a few questions remain they pale in comparison to what we don't know about COVID-19 which continues to be worse than expected in the long term.
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  230.  Elias Boudinot  damage from the vaccine is something to continue to monitor and mitigate but the damage of being unvaccinated is far worse both personally and for everyone around you.
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  231.  @MadMax-xc4lr  well, technically yes. Vaccines are exclusively related to viruses. However, there is a treatment for lung cancer often referred to as a vaccine that was developed in Cuba. This doesn't change the point, it's just interesting.
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  232. Yes, I want the government to have my finger prints so I can vote. Typical republican wanting the government jammed into our lives. Anyway, there is no current problem with the voting process. Nobody is voting illegally. Why would we waste tax payer money on a non-problem? Typical republican being reckless with my tax money.
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  233.  @Chai_biscuits77  I'm not interested in installing lie detectors for anyone, as they are extremely unreliable.
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  234.  @Frostbite08  You have made the mistake that conservatives actually believe in small government.
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  235. ​ @Frostbite08  it's so hard to find any of these assholes that are honest.
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  236. Yeah. We should be a democracy and these idiots are wanting the electoral college.
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  237. Alright. I would not ask you to watch the remake. But what do you think about Arabic depictions in Sofia the First? My daughter really likes the show and I decided to go back and check the episodes that focused on 'Tangu'; the show has its own world that has many analogous kingdoms and nations, Tangu I believe is intended to depict Iraq or Saudi Arabia... but clearly it's supposed to make you think of Agrabah. There are things I notice that were attempts to do better- the architecture and dress seem more consistent, there are depictions of bodies of water near places people live and there are many more plants and gardens that can be seen in the cities. It's not without glaring problems- there seems to be some obsession with elephants... which makes me think they are shoving India in. Which is frustrating because I believe there is a different Kingdom that is intended to be influenced by India. I think that's more interesting ground to discuss than the remake.
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  238. I can believe he meant something else. That is possible. However, when given the chance to say what it is he did believe he waffled. He did not want to say what he believed. And so we have to assume he believes what we all assume he meant but he doesn't want the blowback from it.
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  239. I mean, that's not how governor's races work; even in New York, the governor has to court votes throughout the state, even though NYC is an even more overwhelming percentage of the vote. However, it is very important to get the vote of NYC, since that's where the most people are. And it's supposed to be democratic. So yes, I want a president that represents the majority of Americans.
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  240. 2:03 Incorrect. This is the same kind of number games that Nazis use when denying the Holocaust. In particular, supporters of Imperial Japan today when defending the ethnic cleansing of Korea in WW2 do this. 'We built hospitals'; as if that changes the brutal figurative and often literal rape involved. If it's not ethnic cleansing it's only because you are being too precise on terms. Genocide is likely more accurate.
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  241. No, that's exactly it. We know that electoral college was an agreement so those who enslaved human beings could have more political power based on how many people they had enslaved without said enslaved people being allowed to vote. Sorry if I don't want a relic created to give power to those who enslaved human beings to still exist.
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  242. People are doing. We're reaching two thirds of a million. Why would this not be concerning?
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  243.  @Sirdontrip  If the standard applies equally to all parties how is that tampering?
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  244. But they still don't have any say. And why should the Dakotas have extra say in our elections? If the states wouldn't have interest in joining past the Mississippi river without special treatment... what point is having them at all? You need to convince me that the US stopping at the Mississippi is worse than not doing democracy.
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  245. Let's hope this crushes the hopes of the Canadian right seeing what it leads to.
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  246. Is this just cope? Is this a 'hey, I'm a republican. I'll vote for the Nazi guy because the other choice is letting poor kids get a free lunch, and I won't let that happen' situation?
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  247. But why? Why do states outweigh the value of the citizens? Why is democracy bad?
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  248. I honestly don't think he thought it was debated, I don't think he was unaware. I think he was trying to make sure he wasn't fired. I think he honestly thought that saying the truth would be a problem.
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  249. That's what democracy is, though.
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  250.  @normalhuman9260  I don't think so. I look back at when I was young and I hate gay people. My regrets are due to being a hateful, awful person. I can only hope you can learn such a thing.
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  251. Dude, get some kickass art done for your stuff like this done by your friends at Drawfee. This stuff wasn't news to me but ah... it feels good to hear it.
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  252. Why would a giant corporation like FB be left leaning? It's owned by a rich republican.
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  253.  @jayctacohut  I don't go near the unvaccinated just like I don't dance on the interstate. Your lack of self preservation is just a sign you're an idiot.
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  254.  @jaka2926  I can't imagine hating my child this much.
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  255.  @ouroboros5793  of course governments have done dangerous things. The argument is if this is one of those things: it isn't. Additionally, given the severity of need I'd say the vaccine was done quite methodically. It was not rushed. It is proven safe. Also it kills about 1 percent of the time; we don't know how bad the long term consequences are but they seem severe for all populations and common. Viruses mutate as they spread and vaccines limit the spread.
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  256. I mean, I became a democrat when I watched the VP debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin and went 'oh... I've been with the dumb people. This is what people think of me.' I can't be the only one. It may have been that moment for someone else tonight.
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  257. What are the point of these? Neither seem that useful. Other than as a pretense for greater government crack down on personal freedoms. This isn't like killing a CEO. What's the goal? What's the message here?
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  258.  @protorhinocerator142  fine, I'll engage with your metaphor. He is over his target: journalism. Trump knows his enemy is the truth and people learning he's a crook. As such, of course he'll get flak as he continues to be an enemy to the American people. He's attacked by journalists because they are doing their job correctly.
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  259.  @protorhinocerator142  to be clear, his efforts mirror the work of other fascists.
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  260. I will always give deference to an apology being genuine since part of the purpose of an apology is to be open about being wrong. Even if this boxer secretly hates trans people it doesn't matter as much as her saying she was wrong; her position now, publicly, is that her take was wrong. Which means she doesn't intend to be part of the culture war as well.
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  261. No, that is not likely. All research shows that trans suicidality is linked to acceptance. Please do some reasearch.
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  262.  @mrbleepblopguy4638  This is about what people need. Things you take for granted. Not about wants.
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  263. @anabelandralph5418  they can, the issue is society. And let us be clear: there is no healthy solution for trans people to attempt to stop being trans.
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  264.  @mrbleepblopguy4638  I had to look it up. There seems to be a lot of speculation here, but I see nothing suggesting a regret for surgery or transition. Seems it's all based on how she said she 'didn't feel like herself'... which, honestly, a star of a reality television show would likely say. There's no indication this is about gender or surgery. So, I'd say it likely did her good, or at least no harm. It seems they had to do a second surgery at some point but that's not uncommon for any surgery. If there was anything abusive that happened to her it is the fact that her parents let her be the star of a TLC show. No one should suffer that fate. Anyway, sex reassignment surgery is probably the least needed and least done medical procedure. Hormones are far more important. And ultimately what improves the lives of trans people is acceptance; but the reality is that trans people are more accepted when they look the part. It's just how these things are. This is why genital stuff isn't that important. This is, however, why things like puberty blockers and getting the right puberty is so essential. In the end, you are basing your position on disgust and reaction. Not on reason, science or compassion. Research is clear: affirmative care is the best care for trans people. Sometimes affirmative care requires surgery or hormones. It's simple: you either are okay with trans people dying or not. Give trans people the care they need or admit you are part of a genocidal project.
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  265. For the record, you are the reason why they still have to wear it.
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  266. The double down evil of life saving medical care backed by data and research.
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  267.  @chrissingletary2876  Oh, right. They were 'warned'. And given a day to leave their homes. Besides the obvious parallels to what happening in the Holocaust, how well would you do? Canada has invaded your town, claiming there are terrorists there. Your home will be bombed. Everyone you know's home will be bombed. This includes your whole extended family. You know Canada does not show mercy. You must grab everything you need to survive and everything you ever want to see again. You must pack everything any family member needs; bottles for babies, medicine for everyone, particularly the elderly. All items precious to you. You are saying goodbye to your home. This is a task that should take a week at least, even more. But it's worse, because you don't have a car. You know you will be out in the desert and may not have any shelter. But it's worse. Because you have no idea if you will be safe on this trip, since you know Canada has been attacking indiscriminately. Now, at this point, is it possible you don't even bother? I mean, there is no reason to trust Canada. There is no reason to think you can even survive this trip in the desert. And what's more... why should this happen? You aren't a terrorist. You don't know terrorists. The group in power that did terrorism isn't one you voted for because the last time there was an election you were six. Or maybe weren't even yet born. As is the case for 90% of the people you know. What's more, Canada was the one that put them in power in the first place. It's your house. Why should you have to leave it? Why is okay to bomb a house just because you give a couple day's warning? This is the Palestinian experience.
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  268.  @chrissingletary2876  To put it simply, why should Egypt have to take in refugees when Israel could just not make refugees? But that's the thing. Israel's goal is to make the refugees. It's an ethnic cleansing. Dead or gone, they want Palestinians out. This is why they have bombed cemeteries, pretending there were tunnels underneath (there aren't), so that the evidence of Palestinians can be removed.
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  269.  @LibertyFighter4USA Well, yes. My statement is sarcasm. These are indeed ungodly actions. Israel is an affront to God and Judaism.
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  270. Objection! I site death of the author. It doesn't matter what Lucas or Spielberg say in regards to her age at the time of the affair- if it's not in the movie it's not part of the movie. As such, we would need to go with in movie clues to judge her age. At the very least Jones seems perfectly interested in women of legal age in this and other Indy movies; he also seems to have continued interest in her when we see her in this movie and, if you include Crystal Skull, well past this age. He also seems to have this interest regardless of if she's easily controlled (as is implied happened 10 years prior) or not (every instance we see her). This eliminates the profiles of those we know seeking sex with minors- a pedophilic sexuality or a desire to groom. From all we know Marion could have been 18 or older when the affair occurred. In addition, she says '10 years' but that's a nice round number and could be rounded. She also doesn't state her age and could be 28 or even older. Do we even have a concrete age for Indy? She was the daughter of his professor which could indicate he wasn't that old himself at the time. I hate to use the defense but there are those 'Romeo and Juliet' laws that make age of consent fuzzy for those who are just barely over the age of consent themselves. As an aside, this is only a logical defense because we are discussing fiction. In fiction we get to shape how we engage with it. Reality isn't like that. I don't want a character I like to be a child predator and I am thus motivated in my defense to that end. This is reasonable when it is a character. It's not a pattern of thought for real people. All we have to go on is tidbits of what happens in the movie, unlike the living testimony when it comes to real life victims.
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  271. You say it's not a red v blue thing but the reality is that this is the inevitable conclusion of the money and power worship that is the heart of the conservative ethos.
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  272. I mean, he was selected by 7 million more people than the last guy.
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  273.  @jamesgray6697  I'm sorry, facts don't care about your feelings. Fact is, the last election was the most secure in history. Many attempts were made to find irregularities but it all amounted to a few dozen votes, often in Biden's favor. Maybe if Trump wanted to win he should have not let half a million Americans die to covid-19.
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  274.  @jamesgray6697  if you think anything besides Biden won handily with ease you are without facts. If there was anything to your lunatic conspiracy theory it could have made traction somewhere in the 60+ court cases on the subject. Y'all are allergic to facts.
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  275. There really aren't that many detransitioners. 90%+ of detransition is due to abuse from transphobic people or a lack of funding to continue treatment. Your information is incorrect and will kill children.
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  276. I'm sorry if I lack respect for a group of 9 people in which we know two of them are rapists.
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  277.  @sparklesparklesparkle6318  Known? So you know what I've said that was a lie and how it is a lie, then? I'd love to hear that.
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  278.  @YankeeDoodle2  Again, you don't have any facts to back this up. You feel I'm really wrong. It disgusts you, what I'm saying. But that's only ignorance.
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  279.  @YankeeDoodle2  I mean, you're talking about bad research rejected for being biased or just poorly done. There are 'facts' backing up evil spirits causing cancer and the Earth being flat and the moon landing being faked. But that doesn't put them on the same playing field. You are talking about nonsense parading as facts. I'm talking about science.
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  280. Most of the country support trans rights, actually. Also, there is no need to show fascist imagery.
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  281.  @petersburgtug6633  Whatever? Kids will die for this... and your response is 'whatever'?
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  282.  @ritakruger2304 No. Hamas did terrorism on Oct 7th. Genocide is an attempt to, in part or in whole, remove a culture or people by eradicating the aspects of it or killing said people, or both. A terrorist attack in not capable of that. A prolonged, indiscriminate bombing campaign can. Israel has now killed ten times the amount killed then just in children that we know about. Many more will not survive the starvation Israel is causing. I do not believe there is anything particularly Jewish about Israel. I think it endangers Jews the world over by committing crimes against humanity in the name of Judaism. If you believe God calls us towards compassion towards the suffering, you can not side with Israel.
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  283. God wants no part of this evil. God likes children.
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  284. (at 31:24) Strangely, as I've heard about this case a number of times, I can't recall how sentencing went. I have a feeling though that this wouldn't be too noteworthy if they indeed were hung. As for how it should be settled- the law is clear that the penalty of their crimes could be life sentences, so it's within the law to give them their desired punishment. As for justification, the only way you could have someone more deserving of death is if their crime involved more people dying. A child being killed for pleasure? It is the height of crime. Certainly, they present the greatest of danger if allowed to be out ever again. I feel the defense's arguments were not all particularly strong, either. I do suspect the war could have that effect on young boys to some degree but ultimately they were in environments that supported them not being murderers. All that said, as judge I would use my discretion to avoid capital punishment whenever possible. We know now (though I'm not sure if we did then) that it is not a deterrent. We can see it would not have been for these two- they believed fully that they would receive no punishment so it doesn't matter what they believed the punishment would be. In general, people don't not murder because they fear punishment. We don't murder because we are naturally inclined to not harm others. On a grander scale, it just doesn't make sense to kill someone who's killed others. At that point you are stating that it is acceptable to kill people, but only when the government does it. That's... not helpful.
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  285. I'm glad to see how it ended. I suspect that had a long impact on the death penalty... at least until the 'war on crime' started pushing for capital punishment again. We really were improving the world at one point...
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  286.  @fonyterguson562  I mean, it's not correct. It won't only be Republican ads. It will just effect Republicans more because they can't change minds with honest discourse and have to resort to overwhelming, undemocratic pools of money from rich donors who are the full purpose of the party.
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  287. If Warren makes this happen I will forgive her for betraying Sanders four years ago.
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  288. Correction: Gaetz isn't interested in 21 year olds. He wants high schoolers.
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  289. Sedition charges for these people. Simple.
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  290. Ah, yes. We like to stop crimes after they start killing.
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  291. For what it's worth, I'm politically active and I really knew very very little before Biden dropped. I know her well now and am excited, but again- I'm active. I'm sure lots of people still don't know much about her.
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  292. For... killing children?
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  293. I'm not sure "responding to situations as they change" is confusion. But if you are looking for an excuse to be selfish that's a handy lie to tell yourself. But you should take some personal responsibility.
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  294. Why not just have a king?
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  295.  @tonyilias2561  I'm in agreement there. My point is that the electoral college exists to bring us closer to a monarchy. That is, away from the will of the people.
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  296.  @caesarismisorder8295  no, it's only been poorly interpreted to condemn homosexuality. I don't know Zimmerman so maybe he's consistent, but I doubt it. (Edit: misread point on divorce, giving a clearer response) My comment is on those who divorce who are believers. The condemnation of divorce, which is very clear, is rarely anywhere near the condemnation of homosexuality.
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  297.  @caesarismisorder8295  also, nerd? That's awkward on your part... Was it an insult? It wasn't good but it makes you look very childish.
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  298. For killing children?
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  299. That's not how democracy works, though.
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  300.  @navaronehartman8880  why shouldn't we, though? I understand practical limitations, thus a need for representatives in the form of congress. But why should our leader be decided by who can get at least a slight majority in enough states? What is the justification? It's important to realize that if it was democratic it wouldn't be NY or California deciding but the majority of people. Everyone's vote would finally count. Republicans in California and Democrats in Texas would count.
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  301.  @navaronehartman8880  in short, those who grow our food can't vote, the people in cities are mostly not rich (unlike the 'farmers' who are just the people who hire undocumented workers to do the farming), and I don't want my rights determined by someone who has never met a Muslim before. To clarify, I'm not a Muslim.
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  302. I mean, go outside any hospital and you'll see nurses smoking. The police often aren't much different than the mob in practice. I mean, it's a "brotherhood" defined by violence, avoiding accountability for crimes and extorts common people for money. The strongest men and women in the world are by definition "fat"; you may be used to those who do "body sculpting" but that's for models- you can be fit, and train fitness, and be fat. But I suppose you are right about drug councilors. 1 out of 5 ain't bad. But the most obvious is ministers can be gay. Certainly many megachurch pastors have been gay, we know because they've been caught with male prostitutes. Often they are allowed to continue being a pastor with along for forgiveness, etc etc. But that's a poor example because they're hypocrites and universally greedy monsters. What I assume you are saying in this terrible way is "being gay is incompatible with Christianity" which is absolutely false. No reasonable interpretation of Scripture contradicts same gender relationships and marriage where participants are treated as equals. Further, being gay doesn't contradict any creed used to define Christianity. Even further it's reliable to assume King David was bisexual and there are numerous affirming verses in Scripture. I think the bigger question is why you would willingly follow a god that was homophobic. I'd rather face Hell than serve a deity that was evil.
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  303.  @caesarismisorder8295  is that so on nurses? You might be right 2 out of 5. .200 isn't the best batting average... Convicted criminals don't go to become cops. People who want to commit crimes and get away with it become cops. I mean, cops get to be murderers but never be punished for it. That said, about 40% of cops beat their spouse or kid so... I'd say power lifters are fit but even without like, you can be fit and fat. You can teach fitness and be fat. They aren't contradictory. Even if fit and fat were contradictory, which they aren't, being fat wouldn't actually make you incapable of training fitness. I mean, being fat in general is largely out of a person's control anyway but even if it were that wouldn't change things. As for verses you can try but I know them all and you're wrong. Even if you were right about those, again you aren't, nobody is required to accept the entirety of a Canon to be a member of a religious belief. As for formatting, it's a YouTube comment not a dissertation. I'm not sure I'm going to take much concern about formatting from someone who misspells "you're" "you" and "are". As for smartness you may be right, though it would contradict your track record. But my smartness is irrelevant in if I'm right, which I am. PS- "stupid fuck"? Not a very Christian thing to say about someone. I'd say you can't argue what Christian morals are while cursing and insulting another person. Did you mistake me for a fig tree?
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  304. Since flip flops aren't sandals that seems about right.
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  305. He is a nuisance.
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  306.  @georgehenderson7783  I mean, he could submit to the will of the American citizens which reject his nonsense.
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  307. I mean, what more fact do you need beyond the Palestinians lived there before the Israeli colonialist project began and since then they've engaged in a brutal, fascist genocide of the those that lived before them. As the brutal slaughter continues in order to shore up more power for the far right, racist government... I think Israel has proven it is a failure. If it was to prove the good of the Jewish people, it has proven only that they are capable of the same barbarism imposed on them throughout history. If it is to give Jewish people a safe place to live, it has failed- Israel is not safe because they've yet to slaughter the people who they stole the land from. If it was to secure access to the Holy Land then no, they are as dangerous as any time in history. There remains no more anti-Jewish statement than to associate them with the apartheid state of Israel. Fortunately, I know that around the world Jewish people are the strongest opponents of Zionism, which is no surprise. Because for the most part they learned 'never again'. The ones who didn't became Zionists.
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  308. The guy is pushing Nazi lies. Why would anyone like him?
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  309. Dumbest man gives out money in illegal way.
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  310.  @billytarpon9871  masks have been demonstrated to lower viral load shedding significantly giving an injected person more time before they catch the virus. The limit to O2 is very low and should not be a concern for anyone except if they have particularly bad lung health.
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  311.  @billytarpon9871  I'm surprised you'd recognize that masks contain microbes and not realize they work to contain microbes....
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  312.  @LastSunrise1981  I can take those on one at a time. You have been lucky but also likely you've been protected by less selfish people who have kept the virus from you. I would not count on your luck to go on forever. What you are discussing is your personal anecdote. I work with data. Vaccines are very effective but aren't perfect. This is why 99.2% of new cases are unvaccinated instead of 100%. Countries who have used masks and carefully monitored who caught COVID-19 and made good use of quarantine have effectively eliminated new cases. See: both Korea's and Vietnam. I'm not sure why the CDC responding to new data in a way that corrects problems as they are observed. Technically, it arrived in 2019, hence the 19 of COVID-19. Or at least it was discovered then. Doctors have been using the best possible PPE to minimize casualties but the last year and a half have been extremely dangerous for healthcare professionals. As for the unhomed I don't know any stats on the matter, however they aren't well documented as is. I don't think it would be reasonable to label all deaths Corona deaths but also they aren't. There may be a few cases of misattribution but you'll find that is more common that things weren't counted as Corona deaths because there never was a test done.
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  313.  @LastSunrise1981  again, I work with data. Just because you are the idiots around you have survived doesn't mean it's not real. Again, I work with data. The CDC works with the most recent data. Unfortunately, since they weren't listened to very much last year many people died. It's a result of ineffective leadership and internal greed regarding the previous administration. The solution was making sure industries could stop for two weeks through financial support and making sure essential workers were protected and compensated. Many countries did this and they suffered far less than we did. This is what a bad welfare system does to you. I'm not familiar with this claim about motorcycle deaths. Do you mean if someone has COVID-19 and then dies in a motorcycle accident it's a COVID-19 deaths? I mean, it's likely in that case. Riding is difficult and if you can't breathe right, well...
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  314.  @Silverlined_69  then offer vaccinations without threat of deportation. Is rather have undocumented immigrants than anyone who refuses vaccination here.
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  315.  @Ottbucket  It works but it's not 100%. It greatly reduces your chance of infection (and reduces the danger of the disease). It is not a all or none game, here. As such, your irresponsible action to not be vaccinated does potentially endanger me. However, if you don't go around anyone else you are welcome to not get a free vaccination that could save your life.
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  316. It's interesting when Vaush points filter down.
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  317. CORRECTION! Horses would not smoke through their mouths because they can not breathe through their mouths. They are obligate nasal breathers. Which I suppose means they would have to breathe through their noses... But yeah, their mouths are only for eating and I dunno, grabbin' stuff.
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  318. I love that we get this news from Jose. Really excellent creator here on Youtube.
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  319.  heehee___  You mixed me up with a Republican.
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  320.  @RobRamirez456  Gender Affirming Care is treatment that improves people's lives and often gives them better mental health results, reducing the rates of sucidality and self harm. You want to deny children this life saving treatment. You want them to die. Why do you want children to die, Danny?
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  321. nearly 2/3 a million people is... low deaths? Not to mention how permanently debilitating it is. Friends I know who had it said it was the worst thing they ever dealt with and they are in their 30s. What have you gained from being willingly ignorant on this subject? Do you feel good knowing that people die because of the lies you spread?
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  322. Not having gender affirmation is irreversible as well, you know? We know the science, gender affirmation improves lives. The question is why you want children to die.
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  323. What is sad is that idiots hear Rand Paul and think he knows anything about what's going on and making a good show. The big brains like him got us what, two thirds of a million Americans killed? Why does anyone listen to these death cultists anymore???
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  324.  @reneldageisinger5597  They did get removed. I used to use Christ to harm people. I won't do that anymore. I won't deny worship with my mind, the ability to see harm happening in the world, and responding with compassion. People will die without gender affirming care. Why are you okay with these children dying? These children will die. No amount of pretending your position is Godly will change this fact. It is recorded over and over. Will you deny devoting your mind to God, to allow it to realize what is happening? You wish to give scorpions to our children.
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  325.  @reneldageisinger5597  Also, my God fearing mother agrees with me on this.
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  326. @chrisdrouet1568  a lot. Sanders is 100% correct here.
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  327. Propaganda is wild. And nobody has stupider propaganda than conservatives.
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  328. @goku kaioken First, the law in Texas is not constitutional, so while it passed due to Texas having too many people who hate freedom and restricting the voting rights of everyone darker than tan or has a uterus, that doesn't make it reasonable. That said, Texas is about a decade from going blue. And that's only because of the new Jim Crow laws they are using. Being a 'majority rules' country does not mean destroying the rights of a minority. Well, I suppose in this country and certainly in Texas that has been the case, but it's not supposed to be. The disabled are a small portion of the population; do you want to get rid of handicap parking? Your rational is as ignorant as it is immoral. Utterly authoritarian. My concern is for everyone. I do not limit my compassion to those in my state. Where one person is oppressed we are all oppressed. It's like what Jesus said, what you do for the least of those among you you've done for me. I wish to save people from having to shove coat hangers in their vagina because they can't access safe abortions. A thing that is already happening. It would be against my religion to ignore the suffering happening in your state. But I digress. I suppose it's unfair to hold you to Christian standards since it does not seem you are one. The fact remains that this is a violation of bodily autonomy. To get to the point, yes, we make exceptions. You indeed could make exceptions for those who had contraceptives fail. At least on an ethical level you could agree but say it would not be provable in most cases so it's ineffective as law. BUT. That's not why you mention contraceptives. You are working under the assumption that pregnancy is some sort of punishment for sinful women that they should not cheat their way out of. Which is why you have no interest in an exception.
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  329. @goku kaioken whoa there. Why would I mock myself? I am a Christian. I will mock those who honor Him with their lips but disgrace Him with their actions, however.
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  330. @goku kaioken that is an apology quite a bit more sincere than expected. I can appreciate your defensiveness and if there was any harm to me you are more than forgiven in my mind. If we are speaking candidly, here is my thought on the manner. I think the issue of abortion is an effective way to make good Christian engage in politics antithetical to Christianity. It channels the desire to do good in the world into something harmful. It gets Christians to vote for a party that is cruel to the poor, sick and elderly. That celebrates the wealthy. That is for a punitive and cruel criminal system rather than one based on forgiveness and restoration. But, having convinced Christians that babies are being murdered and only they can stop it, conservatives still get the Christian vote. I suppose if babies were being killed or that conservatives were going to do something to stop it maybe I'd be convinced myself. I despise how Christianity has been corrupted in this country. I am often ashamed to admit I'm Christian but never because of Jesus.
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  331. Why is something that is unquestionably a lie the catalyst to truth? Like, you can make some rationale for that with the Bible; that you can go 'this isn't exactly right, and some was just stories passed down over centuries, but it was all attempting to get closer to God'. But there isn't a moment where someone was like 'yeah, we just made a bunch of stuff up'. Everything about the Bible points to it being written by people who sincerely believed what they were saying. But this all kinda screams that it was a game to Smith.
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  332. @katesomossy4157  I think I made this comment a little early, and she did explain that somewhat. Your explanation is more rational, but just barely. Why would JS never understand it was a catalyst and believe he was translating?
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  333.  @johnj.6419  you mean like all vaccines? I'm all for removing the profit incentive for big pharma but it isn't pharma that's don't the data on the vaccine needs. They are also all producing at full capacity as is so there is no motive to create more demand. In fact, they are motivated to build confidence in their product and would not want to defer production to a second product that implies limitation in the original. If they were just manufacturing the problem.
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  334. Dave really needs to be concerned about the comedy club he's building that doesn't even have adequate parking and is trying to build a merch store that faces an alleyway causing a security problem for locals and also being a dumb idea because who's going to go to something not facing a main street without a sidewalk?
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  335.  @EddySawaya8637  Why are you looking at my profile? Is that all you've got? You have no reason or data behind your desire that children die so you resort to literal ad hominem? Amazing. Children will die because there are too many idiots like you.
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  336.  @PattyOflan88  the suicide rates increased for all kids, and that's for a variety of reasons. However, we know that suicide rates of those who's gender is affirmed is SIXTEEN times lower than those who are denied their gender at home. These bills will kill children. They have killed children. And the children they don't kill will still have a worse life. Facts are clear: you can either care about children or you can deny gender affirming care.
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  337.  @IronskullGM  Will it matter if you see it? I'm not going to do all your google work for you just to have you go 'I don't care, still gross so it's bad'.
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  338. It would be cool to see you do stuff with other big names in the youtube leftist space. Hbomberguy, Philosophy Tube, Big Joel, Shaun, Some More News, Illuminaughtii*, Adam Something, Three Arrows, Jack Saint, Renegade Cut, Zoe Bee, Cass Eris Donoteat/Well There's Your Problem*, Maggie Mae Fish* and of course Contrapoints. If you want to hit at more media focused stuff that's still quite leftist there's Quintin Reviews*, Linkara, Dominic Noble, Jenny Nicholson, Sarah Z, Pushing Up Roses, Xiran Jay Zhao. There's also people within the debate/news/reaction sphere- you know The Serfs and Hasan but there is also Xanderhal, Vaush*, shark3ozero, Hannah and Jake, Hunter Avalone. Anything marked with * are especially well fitting.
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  339.  @chriskoschik391  Those are all excellent issues to be concerned with. However, that doesn't change if the vaccine is effective or not. I don't assume the government or big pharma has my best interest in mind. Well, 'the government' is an oversimplification for a gigantic organization that is working to many ends often without the input of other groups within. I mean, we get lied into wars but that doesn't mean I hate everything the government does. That's the way a baby thinks. To the point, the data is there. We have no reason to find the data suspect since it's been confirmed across the globe by various governments and other agencies. It turns out that the government and pharma companies are motivated to make a good vaccine. Maybe it's a broken clock, maybe there are systems in place that make it happen. Regardless, the vaccine is safe and effective. Though I'd love to talk about dismantling the military industrial complex and creating a public healthcare system that isn't profit motivated.
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  340.  @sakaistaxxssmith8166  the way you end an epidemic is getting the r value under 1; r being the amount of people who will catch a virus from a new infection. If all people world wide were vaccinated at the same time the r value would be way under 1, soon it would not be able to find enough new hosts to propagate and eventually it would not exist in any human. Also, that is not how antibodies work. You don't just have more of them and having more doesn't mean you are more immune. You need specific anti-bodies to fight a virus. The vaccine gives you antibodies directed at the virus. It both protects you from infection and reduces symptoms and spread. You have some very bad info about viruses and I'd suggest not listening to whoever is giving you your wu.
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  341. Not true, incorrect and also it's unconstitutional to require payment to vote.
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  342.  @Divenity  I'm unfamiliar with this specific requirement but anything that tries to 'solve' a problem that doesn't exist is not trying to solve the problem it says it's trying to solve. Anything that makes mail in voter more difficult makes it less likely to happen. You don't have to be in a marginalized community to have a difficult time finding appropriate documents. Now, if you are well off you can go 'well, I'll just vote during a work day' but if you are poor your options are limited. To short version is thus: there is no evidence that any of these steps will eliminate illegal voting, therefore they can only eliminate legal voting.
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  343. @Vulkan Georgia did not experience any irregularities. There was no problem with the Georgia election. There were big babies that whined because they lost and now they want to 'fix it' by making Black people not vote. That's the simple part. Also, to be clear, these new bills are designed to make it so Georgia State officials can override the votes of certain counties at will if they feel like it. That's the biggest way this will be used to eliminate legal votes. So this imaginary thing you just talked about with the Federal government coming in and altering it is actually what the Republicans want to do to cities.
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  344.  @Divenity  any extra step required to solve a non-existent problem is there for an ulterior motive. Tell me this. What is the purpose of this bill if, as we know quite clearly, there is nothing wrong with our election process? The burden is on you to explain why you want more government regulations.
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  345.  @Divenity  I mean, Trump did cheat. Or at least the election was interfered with. This is a matter of public record. I don't think there has been anyone saying the vote count was wrong. If there is cheating enough for it to sway an election is relevant if you are using that as an excuse to do something that WILL sway an election. If we disenfranchise 100,000 voters (in a combination of all these efforts) to eliminate 10 cheating votes that we catch already... that's a problem. You do not have to show ID in all states and it has only ever been implemented to limit certain groups from voting. Why should I believe a method that has only ever been done as a racist act to limit voting has now been fixed to the point where it isn't going to limit voting? And to be clear, it is more regulation. Again, I come back to the baseline. You must prove there is a problem to justify anything to fix said problem. You are trying to sell me mouse traps. I don't have a mouse problem. The area doesn't have a mouse problem. I already have cats. Why do I need to buy your mouse traps? You are telling me your mouse traps are safe and won't hurt my cats but... why should I do anything like that? Even if you are giving them to me and promise they are safe... I'm not going to risk hurting my cats in case mice show up in the future. Which, since I have cats, I already have a solution for EVEN IF said problem started. Stop trying to prove your mouse trap is safe when you haven't answered why I should have them in my house at all.
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  346.  @Divenity  I'm unfamiliar with any irregularities that were an issue that would not be capable of being caught with the current system much less caught with the suggestions. Please provide evidence to these supposed claims.
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  347.  @PAHighlander24  can you idiots stop with this nonsense. Black people, on average, are less likely to have photo ID and since they are less likely to already need it it does make it more likely that it would be a set of tasks that would make voting more difficult. There is nothing inherent to being Black that makes this true. What makes this true is that Black people have experience centuries of systemic oppression that has lead them to live in poorer areas; said areas are more urban where people are much less likely to drive a car because it's impractical. There are less DMV locations in such places for this reason. It is not racist to observe patterns that exist in reality. It is racist to ascribe those patterns to their race. I know you idiots think people use racist about anything but that's not the case.
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  348.  @donaldaltman4764  I want any adult who lives here to vote once. Because that's democracy. You vote for the government that you live under and pay taxes to. However, no federal or state laws exists to extend voting rights to those who aren't citizens. Voting twice is extremely rare and it is something on average is done mostly by Republican voters... but it's such a small number I'm willing to deal with it.
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  349. Man, the racists are always super mad at all the accurate reporting on this trial.
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  350.  @joeg9112  this is just a bunch of random words. I already use ddg. We are seeing somewhat different results in different places, but different places have different variants. They also have different social structures. What remains constant is vaccines and masks both work.
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  351.  @johntruxal432  that's significant, I'd say. Certainly not immune. And let's not forget the long term effects. Given how much more infectious the Delta variant is likely that number will increase, but that's only a hypothesis.
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  352.  @williammiskel  ah yes, that's why we tell people it's fine to go outside in a field during a thunderstorm. Less than 1000 people die from it a year so precaution isn't needed.
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  353.  @MegaAvids  children, mostly. But also those with certain immune deficiencies. While vaccines are generally safe some very specific conditions make them unsafe. Most commonly we're talking about those under chemotherapy and suffering from AIDS, but other conditions exist.
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  354.  @ahnguyen1  it is possible to be vaccinated and spread COVID-19. This is extremely rare, though. Most notably because of how difficult it is to contract it in the first place. Further so it is noted that those who do contract the virus their viral shedding is significantly less making transmission much more difficult. You aren't wrong, however. The important part is we are lowering r.
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  355.  @TaxMan1776  I fail to see how my attempts to get people to not to die due to ignorance is amusing. It's there something you have an issue with? Or is this just a virtue signal to others who don't know anything that you too have chosen death?
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  356.  @TaxMan1776  I really don't want to. I want to stand next to your living body because you survived. As much as this is now a disease hyper focused on republicans and other fascists I don't want you to die. You may not respect life, but I do.
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  357.  @TaxMan1776  No, I'm just clever like that. I've been clever since before world wide web. Call it what you like, but my point is genuine: I do not want you to die. I want you to get vaccinated and follow whatever mask mandates there are because I don't want you to die. I also don't want those around you to die. The science is overwhelming that doing those things will protect you and those around you. This is in addition to the fact that the faster this is eradicated the less variants show up. It also means that there is less likelihood of an additional shut down of any sort. I think wanting you to live is indeed the moral position to have even though I know it is only your willing ignorance, stubbornness or selfishness that is keeping you from doing what is needed to protect your life. That said, you haven't pointed out anything failing in my reasoning for all this.
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  358.  @joseandrade1227  I mean, this speaks to the death cult mentality of the right. Of course most deaths are happening in blue states, most people live in blue states. Republicans are mostly popular with those who long ago got rid of every Black person from their county. But this isn't that many people. Still, death rates are far far higher in red states because the concentration of people willing to die for a lie in said states.
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  359.  @TaxMan1776  you don't need to point out any failing in my logic? I mean, sure, but effectively you are saying that you're all feelings no facts. Which, of course, is true... But I didn't expect you to just admit you have no argument.
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  360.  @joseandrade1227  are we talking over the entire pandemic or the last few weeks? Because entire pandemic yes, states that have huge population centers were hit hard because basic virology. Post-initial vaccine roll out it's been all unvaccinated people who are dying. Also, Ohio isn't doing as bad as other red states because DeWine didn't drink the Kool Aid.
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  361.  @TaxMan1776  I mean, if my views were getting people killed and had no data to back them up I'd give up on debating too. I've had my mind changed many times in debates and arguments. It requires the argument to be good, however.
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  362. Betamax has a clear answer as to why: news broadcasts were using beta for a long, long time. I would be surprised if in 2016 there was some news station somewhere in the world worried about how there weren't going to be new Betamax blanks being produced and they really did have to finally transition to digital.
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  363.  @dafunkmonster  a month and a half later. If he'd loaded the kids in faster they'd have come, taken a few notes, dumped them in some folder and continued to not care. Though they might have cared about the stolen car. Actually, they might have gotten there on time because of the stolen car aspect.
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  364.  @natebarnette3657  You can't separate the law and race when from before this country was formed laws have been crafted to subjugate races to whites, a thing that continues to this day. If you ignore race you can not understand the law. If you can't understand that you are stupid or too racist to see reality.
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  365.  @TheJaybrone  Yes. Nate put it that there are two concepts to be considered. At the time of the shooting did A) he pose a serious threat and B) did the officer have a reasonable response. We can know from the video he neither posed a threat nor was considered one. He was walking casually around the van. The officers were casually strolling behind him. We know he didn't have a weapon. I'll give that in the ten seconds of video maybe we don't have it established that the officers knew he didn't have a weapon but we know from the rest of the video they knew. While we see a taser pointed at Blake I think it's pretty easy to say if there was any real urgency and threat in their mind there would be far more than a taser and a slow follow. It demonstrates clearly the state of mind of the officers- frustration at someone they want to submit but who is not submitting. It demonstrates clearly they do not view him as a danger or threat to anyone. This is the best case scenario for the police motive; the police being so irresponsible as to not handle what should have been a threat when it could have been done with little harm then, when maybe faced with evidence of a threat, failed to use obvious, expected methods to neutralize the threat non-lethally in favor of lethal methods. If that's not the case, the only other possibility is that he was allowed to leave until there could be some sort of plausible excuse for using lethal force. That is to say, first degree murder. Anyway, as for 'reasonable response', I do not feel the use of lethal force can be justified because an officer failed to use the non-lethal force at their disposal. The police should, if they must exist at all, use lethal force only when doing so is the only way to prevent other loss of life and can be done without contributing to loss of life. Firing a gun around children when simply tackling the person in question is not only possible but easy and should be in the police skill set is not reasonable. In short, yes, I watched the video. Yes, the 10 seconds is all that is needed to be seen (with the exception that it doesn't establish that the officers knew he didn't have weapon; we do, however, know they knew that).
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  366.  @ericallinger7479  This was months ago but yes, I'm fairly certain the man here was unarmed and that was something the police knew. Unless you know of something different here.
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  367.  @mikej2704  yeah. Because it's their fault and the video shows it.
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  368.  @amyjoyce2301  I mean, I always will have the highest condemnation to the systems that produce violence but that doesn't exonerate the officers who enact the violence. Also, it's been some time since I've looked into the video and all, but I'm not sure it's police procedure officially to just open fire when spooked rather than using less lethal methods which are easily available, like tackling, pinning inside the door, letting someone leave and place a warrant... well, the later I know isn't procedure, but it would be less lethal.
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  369.  @guyfanno1  obviously I can only respond to the info I have. I'm assuming that he didn't just immediately crash it every time and considering he was alive is safe to say the accidents he got in to were not fatal. The kids were secured. The obvious decision remains let him go, grab him later. On the miniscule chance the children were hurt it would be his fault. There is absolutely no reason to think he'd use the knife on the kids, assuming the cop even saw it for it to be relevant.
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  370.  @jlorde8838  I'mma be real. It's been 2 years. I don't recall everything that happened. I do know remember that the police didn't need to shoot because they could have controlled the situation through easier, less deadly means. This wasn't a person who was going to disappear; he clearly didn't have the means. Nor was it reasonable to think this person was planning to hurt the kids. Not for a rational, correctly trained officer.
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  371.  @jlorde8838  lol lol lol lol. Right right. Because here in America police officers get charged all the time because they use unjustified violence. Definitely a reliable standard. You are very funny or very stupid.
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  372. Surgery isn't done on children. Gender affirming care sometimes uses puberty blockers because the results are good. It is abuse to deny medical care we know works because you are uncomfortable. Also, they've moved on from the children because it was never about the children. Republicans don't care about the safety of children, which is why they are always in support of child brides.
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  373. taking notes considering the Amphibia finale coming up
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  374. You celebrate every time laws kill children?
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  375. OBJECTION! Well, not a legal one. You indeed can legally write on currency, HOWEVER! It's really rude because it means more work for bank tellers who have to pull out said bills and send them to be destroyed by the fed. The fed 'buys' said bills from banks at an equal exchange.
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  376. I don't think a dance has to be inherently sexual or romantic- I certainly danced with some friends of mine back in my school days that I had no romantic or sexual attraction or relationship with. But, I do understand that concern. Of course, you point is undermined by using multiple slurs and being ignorant of the issues you are talking about.
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  377. Wow. Neat. You are entirely wrong. You used a slur that begins with T and one that begins with R. Both words are used to harm and dehumanize people in the groups they describe. In addition, you insult people with PTSD, you know... soldiers, those who've been raped, victims of abuse, etc., but throwing around 'trigger' without even remotely understanding the term. Slurs aren't curse words you douchebag. And lastly, 'sticks and stones' is not true; it's a mantra we teach children to help them deal with the emotional hardship of verbal abuse. It has never been intended to be a free pass to be an unmitigated asshole to other people.
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  378. We can't convince enough people for this to swing how the first night will look. It's not possible and, if we did, it would pose a serious health risk. We have to be ready to wait.
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  379. I mean, probably another republican. They do have all the guns.
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  380. We all know Rove's agenda is NOT to make sure Biden can get to work. So his only possible motive is to protect Trump.
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  381.  MøønChild  why would I need to be paid to encourage people to do something that will protect me and my family? Only the selfish, ignorant, gullible or sociopathic would oppose getting vaccinated.
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  382.  @royalmcmorris1211  what the fuck are you talking about?
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  383.  @Demicleas  listen, if you don't want to take the vaccine that's fine. It's your body. Just keep your diseased breath to yourself. The blood clots are extremely rare and only in certain vaccines and only for younger patients; if you are over 35 you have nothing to worry about. Even so, if you are concerned you can monitor yourself and if anything is off see a doctor. Blood clots are dangerous but treatable. The vaccine still presents less of a threat than aspirin.
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  384.  @bw2442  people didn't choose to be Jewish. You are choosing to be a biohazard.
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  385.  @AmandaNBS  but it doesn't actual make sense. I can desperately want you to stop pointing a gun at me and it be in your best interest. This is just idiotic fear mongering.
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  386.  @mattogami4455  getting people to not die isn't fascism. It's just the government doing what it's supposed to do. The purpose of the mandate is to protect everyone. Those refusing vaccination have indicated they don't care about their own lives, however it still is for their own good. But, trying to convince those who don't care for their own lives about their own good is pointless.
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  387. Rand Paul has never been correct about anything and he didn't start at this point.
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  388.  @AWESOME2715  agreed. I don't think they make 'bad medicine' or are hiding research, but it is true that they don't have an incentive for permanent solutions. This is why we need greater amounts of public research grants.
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  389.  @ScriptureShores  If CNN said this, they are wrong. Vaccines prevent transmission. This is very basic virology. If you are less likely to get the virus you are less likely to spread it. If you are less likely to build viral load you are less likely to spread it. If you are less likely to have the symptoms that assist in spreading it, particularly coughing, you are less likely to spread it. Anyone who suggests the vaccine doesn't stop the spread of the virus is simply ignorant and CNN should know better than to suggest such a thing. I suspect they do and never suggested that; the reality is almost certain that you got this nonsense from some idiot who makes millions lying to people who want to believe lies such as yourself. People always need to be careful with medical decisions. However, short of any reason to be warry of vaccines, such as being on chemotherapy, everyone- children included, should get this vaccine. Emergency approval is not done on a whim.
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  390.  @Marie_5Z  Christ said that the world will know us by our love for others. Lying to people so they get sick and die is hardly love. I do not trust anyone to have heard God say we should help people die in miserable pain. No greater love than to lay down your life for another yet so many 'Christians' will not get a simple vaccine to protect their neighbor. You do not follow Christ, you are merely a member of a cult that is a laughable mockery of the Church.
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  391. ​ @earlthepearl4161  I'm sorry, what does that have to with, as my father would say, the price of eggs in China? Yes, malpractice is bad. We are mostly talking about people that without medical intervention would still have died. This isn't how we even categorize how people died. Unless the person died from medical intervention that was not intended to otherwise prevent death medical malpractice is not the primary cause of death. It's been a while since I've seen the charts but those numbers are in a few thousand. But I do wonder what this has to do with anything. I don't even like the medical industry. It's profit driven because our country sucks; a public system would fix that.
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  392.  @thefroggyiest4799  First of all, I am myself a Christian so all of this is a little wild there. Second, being vaccinated protects others because vaccines prevent the spread of the virus; anyone telling you otherwise is ignorant or a liar or both. I've never suggested Christians can't be vaccinated or enjoy getting people sick. I would say I doubt the claim of Christianity to do something so deeply cruel as to not vaccinate yourself. Those who claim to know God would not want us to be vaccinated follow a false idol. But sure, please explain whatever you think I didn't understand.
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  393.  @thefroggyiest4799  God said to love one another as He loved us. If Jesus was willing to take nails to His wrists for us I think we can take a needle for our fellow man. And we know what will happen- we won't get and spread a deadly virus. And no, you are wrong- it does stop the spread. I don't know where people got this completely wrong notion but vaccines stop the spread. Anyone telling you they don't is lying. All studies show it limits the viral spread. It does so by a) stopping people from getting it in the first place, thus unable to spread it b) limiting the viral load of those who do get it c) lessening the symptoms of those who get it so they aren't coughing which spreads the viral load. The only thing that might mitigate these benefits is if people get lax and social distancing and such because they believe they are utterly immune and then the spread happens there in the breakthrough. No evidence to that happening, though. As for what my issue is? Well, first off, I don't want anyone to get COVID, even people who are spreading lies about vaccines and such. Secondly, if you aren't vaccinated you are much more likely to be a vector. Made all the worse by the fact that those who don't vaccinate are more likely to spend time with other unvaccinated people. Further, every new host of the virus gives it a chance to mutate, making it more capable of defeating the defenses I have from the vaccine. I don't know your heart of hearts, but I doubt the sincerity of faith of someone who claims Christ from their mouth and denies Him with their actions.
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  394.  @charliehutto  the bullheadedness of checks notes believing in medical science... I'm sorry, I don't know what the fuck you are on about. Your the ones following the death cult that looks at a deadly virus and goes 'sounds fake'.
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  395.  @Marie_5Z  I think people that spread lies are liars. I don't think everyone who thinks differently than me is a liar or ignorant, but if how they think differently is that they are lying or being ignorant then yeah, I'd say that's the case. Anyone telling the vaccine isn't a good idea is a liar or doesn't know anything. Anyone telling you not to get vaccinated wants you to help spread the virus.
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  396.  @Marie_5Z  Data, science, multiple sources for information. Sometimes it's difficult to find the truth in situations, sometimes it's nuanced. This isn't. The evidence is overwhelming and also just a matter of common sense in addition to the result of study. Vaccines are good. Not getting vaccinated is spreading death. This isn't complicated. I can't even keep track of the reason why anyone hates vaccines anymore, it's all stupid.
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  397.  @charliehutto  it is a vaccine. You are less mature than my 7 year old. And more gullible.
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  398.  @charliehutto  I've yet to demonstrate any ignorance, so I suppose that might seem true. However, ignorance can't reflect a moral compass. Ignorance prevents people from acting on their moral compass accurately. For instance, there are people who are good but told dumb things like 'the vaccine is bad because points at vague lack of evidence and, in that ignorance, might do something like spread a deadly disease. Your willing submission to racist and cruel dogma, however, does reflect your lack of maturity and moral fortitude.
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  399.  @Marie_5Z  Sounds fake. Particularly because I know Fox news would be all over the heart attack story. And I wouldn't necessarily buy that it had anything to do with the vaccine, but that wouldn't stop Fox from blowing their load from it. Anyway, when you surround yourself with people who won't get vaccinated it's more likely that you'll get sick. And it's difficult even with the vaccine to live with someone and not catch it. Having it worse sounds like you stretching the story to fit your anti-science narrative but even if that is the case most new cases are delta variants... not to mention that how bad it goes for any person varies quite a bit. I can tell you the aggregate of the data makes it clear that the chance of COVID goes down dramatically as does spreading it. Your anecdote is not data. And in the end, I don't care what people do with their bodies until it affects me. Freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose, after all. Your freedom to be unvaccinated ends where you can spread the disease to me. I have no interest in telling you to not shit, but I will tell you not to do it in my yard or in my child's classroom.
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  400.  @Marie_5Z  Man, you anti-vaxx idiots have like three points and they are all wrong. Yes, people not getting vaccinated effects me because the vaccine is not 100% effective; just like natural immunity is not 100%. It also effects those who can't get vaccinated. It also encourages mutation of the virus which will make the vaccine less effective over time. I don't think something needs to be on the media to be true. But I know groups like Fox News are desperate for anything anti-vaxx and so seems like something that could so easily be spun like your story would be there. However, even if your extremely suspect story was true it doesn't actually indicate that the vaccine was related. I think the Moderna vaccine had mild issues with younger patients and heart conditions or something, but I'm not sure if there were ever deaths related to it. Wait, I looked it up, doesn't seem there were any deaths, only some hospitalization. What I do know is that Covid is far more dangerous to a person than any of the vaccines. That's something we know already and probably the info is just going to be worse and worse. Again, you are responding with anecdotes not data. This is why we do studies and stuff. I don't have a vested interest in believing vaccines work just to believe it. It would require total fool to make medical decisions because of political alignment. I'm really just concerned with being correct and making sure everyone is healthy. As it turns out, the best way to do that is for everyone to be vaccinated. As for Kyle Warner, I couldn't find any info that wasn't from a conspiracy website. His own testimony doesn't even make sense which makes me doubt it. You don't just get a metallic taste from a shot in the arm. But it's a great way to sell a story to conspiracy consumers.
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  401.  @Marie_5Z  huh, you were right about a thing. Shocking, you've been so wrong about everything else. Still, I don't really trust a story that is only reported by conspiracy nuts. And it remains an anecdote. And it remains that the risk from vaccines are far less than the risk of Covid. It's also strange that he said he got Pfizer when there has been no study showing issues with it. And even if this miniscule chance of minor danger is real it is better than potentially spreading Covid if you aren't a sociopath.
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  402.  @Clayton.Bigsby.360  Every country has police who ask for papers. What do you think 'license and registration' is? What do you think you do at the border? What do you think you have to do to get your kid into school? Did you know the Nazis breathed? Better stop doing that! My goodness, Hitler had scientists. I had no idea. I thought the rockets were fueled by the hopes and dreams of racists. Well, we can't have rockets anymore. Actually, that's closer to something real since we did hire the Nazi scientists to get us to the moon, as opposed to vaccinations which have been forced in one form or another in this country since George Washington forced his troops to be vaccinated. Now, if we are done being stupid, we can get back to the fact that the vaccines have been studied across the globe by groups both public and private under governments of all types and all research confirms the obvious: vaccines are a good idea. Indeed, the idea that they are not is at best a conspiracy theory, though that is probably abusing the term 'theory' since theory exist based on actual knowledge which the idea that the vaccines are not safe is not.
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  403.  @Clayton.Bigsby.360  Are you not well? What is with the dumb laughter? I think most people didn't think vaccine passports would be needed because we underestimated how many people wouldn't get vaccinated. We underestimated how unhinged the far right is. Which, of course, is a constant mistake of those even marginally rational. We really thought it would only be a few idiots who would drink the kool aid but, well, it wasn't. The passports are barely being used, sometimes not at all, but it should be. I don't think disease vectors should be allowed near the people not trying to die.
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  404.  @Clayton.Bigsby.360  So you are saying that you have always been against stop and frisk policies? Interesting. Anyway, if there weren't people posing a public health risk this wouldn't really be an issue. I'd understand if the vaccine didn't work, was dangerous or cost money. But they do work, they aren't dangerous and they are free. So, you have no excuse to not be vaccinated right now. If it was only a small amount of people risking everyone's lives we wouldn't need to stop anyone and ask if they decided to risk everyone's lives today. So in short, the unvaccinated are encouraging the police state.
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  405.  @Clayton.Bigsby.360  I mean, not always. But when it comes to 'should we all get vaccinated' the obvious answer is 'yes, if you like living and not being sick'. There isn't anything of merit that contradicts this. What little there is mostly is like 'maybe we should be cautious with this particular vaccines for this age group' and then they go 'oh, no, it's fine'. I've seen this stuff you talk about. It is misinformation. Because it's misinformation.
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  406.  @Clayton.Bigsby.360  While I'll agree that what FDR was unconscionable, that's not really relevant. There was no evidence that ever suggested 'internment' (I agree they were concentration camps; I use internment only to be clear on which concentration camps) would make anyone safer, certainly not those sent there. It was entirely based on fear. Like I said, I've seen the contradictory 'evidence'. It sucks. It's a mishmash of bad science, misunderstood results and straight up lies. I'm sorry, there is real evidence showing the effectiveness of vaccines and the danger of COVID. It's not a made up fear like Japanese spies. And while I agree not to rely too heavily on what the government says the evidence is backed up by governments across the globe with a wide variety of systems and goals and tendencies. It's also backed up by private research and public NGOs. The issue with a passport needed to do commerce or something similar isn't the concept by itself but it's potential to harm specific groups. We already have a similar system in place for the purchase of alcohol. You need a government ID to purchase it. If you have a problem with that you are welcome to not purchase alcohol. If you don't want to participate in public marketplaces you don't have to do the thing that makes it safe for you to do so. It differs from things like the treatment of the Japanese in America and Jews in Germany because neither could retract their participation in the particular group. The Japanese weren't just denied access to markets but all freedoms; there was no alternative way to function. They also could not stop being Japanese. However, you can get vaccinated for free at any time. And if you don't get vaccinated you can just not be in public where you will harm people. I'm sorry, in order to learn from the past you have to actually understand what happened and if it applies to the present.
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  407.  @Clayton.Bigsby.360  actually lots of laws exist because of what might happen. I can think of an easy health related law. You can't place a palette on its side in a store or warehouse. That's because it might fall over and harm someone. You can't insulate places with asbestos because it might later be mishandled and give someone cancer. Lots of places don't let you smoke in public because the second hand smoke may also cause cancer. The whole concept of a driver's license is that it's illegal to drive, even correctly, if you haven't proven you've prepared and have adequate vision. I guess I can admire your passion but it would help to be right about anything you are passionate for.
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  408. I don't know how I'd keep from shouting 'fuck you' any pause in his speech...
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  409.  @PathfinderHistoryTravel  1) I don't like the idea of people dying just because they are stupid or gullible. 2) The only way to have actual protection is herd immunity, which is done through vaccination 3) Unvaccinated people are a danger to those around them, even the vaccinated, since nothing is fool-proof. 4) People who have decided not to be vaccinated have, almost universally, done so because of misinformation.
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  410.  @PathfinderHistoryTravel  If there are systems in place that make sure stupid people don't do stupid things it saves lives. See: seatbelt laws, helmet laws, etc. 2) I don't want there to be unvaccinated communities and there are people there that don't really make much choice being there. 99% is how many don't die- a large percentage of that group is suffering long COVID and have permanent damage. Natural immunity is slow the virus mutates in the process. 3) I'm not for a forced vaccination- but if people want to be in public around responsible people they need to be vaccinated as well.
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  411. Because children are going to die?
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  412.  Hortler   I mean, sure. The police can kill Americans without consequences. You think you have gun rights? Nobody has gun rights in this country unless cops like you. If you don't change that you're always one step away from being disposable. BLM is the vanguard against tyranny right now.
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  413. 1:11 this is interesting since this is pretty explicitly a Roman Catholic religious call. Protestants and evangelicals are not going to connect to this. In fact, outside of RC, most prayers to angels are fairly sacrilegious for Christians. This may speak to a focus on recent RC converts, who are often the most extreme on the right.
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  414. Can we get rid of the Cheesecake Factory anyway?
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  415. I'm still going to say octopi because it sounds cool and I do what I want. I'll use the wrong plural. What are you going to do to stop me, nerd?
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  416. But Isreal is the one causing the suffering. They have killed ten thousand people, including four thousand children in a month with no end in sight. If you care about suffering, then Israel is the problem.
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  417. 1:10:00 I... I guess he likes gladiator movies...
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  418. Sure glad data isn't made up of one anecdote. As usual, Peterson is spreading bullshit because he has magical beliefs about what a man and a woman are.
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  419. You wake up, tubes tied between you and a stronger. You are informed that your liver is functioning for his; if you remove the tubes, he'll die. Tell me- should it be against the law to remove the tubes and leave?
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  420.  Censorship Is real  As stupid as the unvaccinated are I have yet to hear anyone say they want them rejected from care. But, I deal with pro-life people, which is why they got vaccinated in the first place.
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  421. @Dr King what's that have to do with what I said? But, if you feel moral responsibility is necessary, let's say the reason is that you were driving, made a mistake and hit the other man's car. That is why you are hooked up to him. Should you be forced to be hooked up to this man?
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  422. Listen, I've lived near Cincinnati for ah... almost 20 years now. The response to "she's from Cincinnati" getting a "I didn't know you were into that sort of thing" is not entirely unreasonable.
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  423. I wish.
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  424. It's wild thinking that people view Jimmy as left of Seder.
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  425. I mean, while true, Biden at his worst is nowhere near the buffoon Trump is all the time.
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  426. I'm not sure how 'hey parents, you can protect your child from the deadly plague and from them killing your parents' is lowest common denominator. Unless you just mean 'basic and functional'. Which I suppose it is.
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  427. @Henzo88 It is a deadly plague. It can kill, even children. And we don't know if the next variant will be more deadly to kids. More importantly, even if it isn't deadly to kids it is a deadly plague which is important when you consider that kids can spread this deadly plague. I don't want my kid being a carrier that kills my parents of their teacher.
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  428.  @nullw8768  I mean I'd still say lightning is deadly, I don't know about you. Shame you would be so involved in lies and have an avatar of a character dedicated to revealing the truth. Shame, really. I guess there are FFT fans that suck.
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  429. Here's the key problem. I reject that those two cases are good standards for police action. I don't think if an officer feels like they are in danger that this is a reasonable standard to use violence. Particularly because it is easy for police to invoke danger. We know how police operate- they do not listen. This guy just finished breaking up a fight and his reward is harassment. He knows full well that his life could be forfeit at any moment because the police have made that clear for... well, the entire time they have existed and double down on the idea that police don't care if everyone sees that they are violent and unreasonable. As such, the officer's safety is not something I believe is reasonable to be concerned with. If they dislike that they are putting their life on the line to serve as an officer then they can quit. When their job becomes more dangerous than trash collection we can talk again. To put this all to a finer point- (tl;dr) I don't want to give an out to violence instigated and continued and exacerbated by police by giving them a 'I'm scared' standard. To extend this point- the only reason why Jacob Blake got to the point where an officer might think that he is dangerous is because of the dangerous, ignorant actions of the police themselves. It is essentially like entrapment. Anywho, I'll state that I think this is good case to bring this about race. I think if he was white he would have been given leniency to get in his car. I think if he was white he would have been listened to when the cops arrived. If he was white he wouldn't have acted in as much fear- with good reason, white people have less to fear from police. Hell, it's likely that the initial response of police- how quick, what they expected to see, how they viewed everyone involved as dangerous- that was all institutional racism. I mean, I don't know everything here but was this a Black neighborhood? Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if what cops were assigned to the neighborhood represents a systemic problem itself.
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  430. As for the other case, we're dealing with someone with a knife. You have batons. If you can't disarm a knife with a baton turn in your badge. The threat to the populace at large is real, but a reasonable officer should be capable of using non lethal force. It should not be considered reasonable to shoot someone holding a knife who is yet to be in range of a potential victim and given what we see of the situation they should have had that under control. Their failure to properly deploy stun weapons is not an excuse. If I was in that gas station I'd rather the cops do nothing than shoot because cops aren't that good at aiming. I'd take my chances reasoning with even a mentally ill person with a knife than count on police aim.
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  431.  @androiddx6102  Are you familiar with 'Warrior Training'? Are you familiar with how it creates violent, fearful police who think they are God's answer to evil? Even when it isn't directly used it's often similar. Police are a woeful redundancy.
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  432.  @androiddx6102  I remain unconvinced that police can be reasonable that such a standard could exist. Warrior training is dangerous, is very violent, it is littered with religiousity in the most disturbing and dangerous way. Anyone who adheres to warrior training at the very least is incapable of reasonably determining who is dangerous because they remove their ability to reasonably think some people aren't dangerous. It is through and through authoritarian dogma. Further, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to care about the liability of the employing department... I'm not even sure why you mention it. But if we've been ignoring liability I'm not going to say 'oh, well, this would be hard to change so let's keep them killing'.
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  433.  @nicholasduck9663  vaccines stop the spread of deadly and harmful diseases. Take vaccine, less people get sick. This is good. Listen, I'm smart enough to know a solid argument and I just made one. I can't shoot any holes in this without lying.
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  434.  @nicholasduck9663  I have done the reading. It turns out the obvious, expected, common sense conclusion that vaccines stop the spread of viruses is true*. Because of course it is. And I've never heard anyone discourage vaccinated people from getting tested if they are exposed. I'm completely aware that vaccinated people can spread the virus, which is why I encourage social distancing and masking in public, in-door places even if you are vaccinated (also, it's too hard to distinguish between the vaccinated and unvaccinated and until we don't have an unvaccinated problem the vaccinated will need to continue doing precautions primarily for unvaccinated people). Vaccinated people catching and spreading COVID is the main reason why I want as much pressure as possible to get unvaccinated people vaccinated. *If you want to be pedantic, you could say it doesn't 'stop' the spread because it's not 100%. It will absolutely limit the spread; makes it less likely to happen. This limitation, lowering of the r value, is what will stop the virus.
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  435.  @Clayton.Bigsby.360  Okay, cool, but the vaccine works, is safe and it is going to let us have a functioning economy again. Not my top priority but if you are bothered by inflation then you should be trying to get everyone vaccinated. And if you aren't, don't complain about the economy.
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  436.  @nicholasduck9663  That's... already a really small number of people. I mean, lots of people have gotten Covid but, as it gives you some immunity, it makes it pretty unlikely that you'll get it again. If you do get it again it will be like with the vaccine where you are far far far less likely to spread it after immunity due to a number of factors. Add to that that people who've had it before, at least some of them, the ones who survive, are probably likely to be more aware to do things like mask up and social distance while they have it. Sorry, it's been a while and I don't know where this conversation is. I can't imagine this number is actually zero, though. We're at millions of cases in this country at this point? There is no way any factor is a zero.
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  437.  VIII Elstaroth PaganGrinder VIII  Hmm... no. You are listening to idiots if you think those numbers are anything besides under reported. Discussions with scientists, statisticians, doctors- they'll tell you the number is only counting confirmed cases.
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  438.  VIII Elstaroth PaganGrinder VIII  it verifiably true. I'm sorry that you have bad information, but the reality is that the number is higher than reported, not lower. There is no reason to suspect anyone reported as a COVID death would not be a COVID death. Meanwhile, anyone who died of it who was not tested, even in the hospital, is not counted.
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  439.  VIII Elstaroth PaganGrinder VIII  Ah yes, a funeral manager. A person who gets full medical details of the dead. Oh, wait, no. They don't. They get casual mentions unless it's relevant to how someone is interred. Anyway, you are basing this idea that we really don't have 185k+ dead from Covid from your aunt? Like, that's not 'verification', that's 'found someone to tell me what I wanted to hear'. That's assuming she actually said that and not something like 'well, some of these Covid deaths had other illnesses that I've seen' and you went 'yes, my conspiracy theory is correct!'.
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  440.  VIII Elstaroth PaganGrinder VIII  Cool, so you believe every dumb line of thought I figured you would. 1) Fauci said that 2 million was a worst case scenario; not impossible but not reasonable to prepare for. He predicted at the end of March that the middle of the road estimates would be 100k-200k deaths... which we are about to overcome. All this dodging the point- you said the numbers were fake, and they aren't. You can't reply to that because there is nothing to suggest less than the reported number have died from the virus.
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  441. @Christopher Vanasse So like Fox news, who defends Trump, who has discussed how he likes girls and how he enjoyed peeping on teen girls and who has stated how he likes to sexually assault people. Indeed, I would not trust anyone who defends such a man.
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  442.  @TheTopNotchOne  There are many parents who trust 10 year olds with loaded guns and kids actually pretty rarely are dangerous. The biggest exception are the times where guns are too powerful. I'm not such a parent, but I can see the argument. Driving a car where, for what reason? If I had a heart attack and my only chance to survive was my 10 year old driving me a mile in a car I could consider it, if it seemed like it wouldn't endanger anyone else. Generally, no, cars aren't built for 10 year olds. But there are worse drivers who are on the roads. This is clearly a rare exception but we also know that it's just a minority of kids that are trans. If we're talking about 'unlikely' then might as well include unlikely events. Time is not a social construct. If my child believes they've existed for a thousand years through reincarnation or something then that's a religious belief. Not one I share but I'd respect none the less. And not one to be concerned with, since it doesn't entail denying other people medical care. The social concept of a kid having an 'old soul' already exists, many kids are considered to be 'old souls' and it causes no upheaval. These are not the same as 'should my child get the medical treatment they have sought and that doctors, both those who study in the field and their personal doctors, support them obtaining'. If you are wondering if a child can know they are trans, well, it seems as well as anyone else. There isn't really much evidence for such things being 'phases'. And more importantly, gender affirming care is structured so that children can find out if they are in fact trans or if they are just gender non-confirming. Transition has a very tiny regret rate; most detransition (90%+) is due to not having the support of family and friends or a lack of access. I think you are just mad because you wish children to be property of their parents. My child is not my property. They are their own person. Capable of making decisions and understanding themselves, even if not as well as an adult.
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  443.  @mudgirl4x494  I'd suggest you get some real research. You have no data to back up these assertions. Trans surgeries are one of the most successful surgeries in regards to patient regret, having around 1% when almost all surgery is above 20%. These treatments aren't that new. The surgeries have existed for decades. The medicine used has been prescribed for decades. It's safe, it's effective, we know it lowers suicidality, we know it improves lives. Gender affirming care also recognizes and accounts for those who will out grow dysphoria. This is why it's so successful, because it doesn't recommend treatment for those who don't need it. You are wrong. And children will die for it.
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  444.  heehee___  Neat, a slur. Fun. Listen, this effects people I know. Maybe you have no problem with children dying but I do. You're welcome to the Nazi position on the issue but I will not ignore this.
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  445.  Dennis Moran  as a socialist I promise you Biden isn't remotely a socialist or radical nor is the DNC, much less communist. You'd have to be an idiot or gullible to believe such nonsense.
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  446.  Dennis Moran  also, you know mainstream media is a business and leans heavily conservative, right? Like, there was a socialist (well, social Democrat, but you're working with bad definitions) and the media worked to keep him from getting the nomination. If the media is leftist why did they help one of the furthest right DNC candidates? Y'all are fucking stupid.
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  447.  Dennis Moran  So in other words you have no defense against what I've said and are scared. I understand. I know how you conservatives are snow flakes and can't handle the marketplace of ideas.
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  448.  Dennis Moran  It must be exhausting to be wrong over and over again. By the way, I'm not a liberal. I don't hide my political beliefs.
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  449.  Dennis Moran  I mean, I don't listen to mainstream media. I dislike it, it's very corporate and conservative. If what they say is the same as me it's a broken clock thing. That said, I do know you are saying stuff said on Fox News which is mainstream media... so, I don't think you know what you are talking about. Also, why do you bring up Biden's son? So weird... it's a bit unhinged, really.
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  450. It was the center that was the problem. We need to go left. Things were good until the pivot right.
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  451.  @TheEnergizer1965  Ah. I see we have another 'I'm not capable of defending my position in the least'. Anyway, I guess enjoy children dying.
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  452. You could cut out the middle man and shoot up a school if you hate children this much.
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  453. Russia's role in 2016's election is indisputable. They made a major sway that helped Trump win an election he couldn't win otherwise. That's just fact.
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  454. The Lord is not pleased about the death of children. This is Satan's work.
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  455. All you anti-vax people? Just know I hate you and I hope you suffer for what pain you are causing the world. Fuck you.
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  456. How I suspect it came out: that the trap was legal. How I would want it to come out: that the trap was not legal. My main conviction here is that the concept claimed here is that the home owners wished to have a deterrent. The trap is not a deterrent if the home owners did not somehow announce the use of deadly force.
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  457.  @altonbulani3419  yes. An unarmed intruder should never risk being shot. Life simply is now important. The need to declare deadly force is now necessary when the home shows signs of no one living there, like no trespassing signs and boarded up windows. I'm sorry, possessions and the prevention of theft just aren't worth physical harm to a person.
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  458.  @altonbulani3419  we have cops to protect Capital, not people, but I'd say that how cops exist in this country is inherently wrong. The fact that we currently have police who will harm and kill over possessions when their victims pose no threat does not justify the position that criminals should always expect their lives to be in danger. Nor has the existence of possible punishment, potential or delayed, ever been a very effective deterrent. This feels similar to blaming sexual assault victims for wearing revealing clothing or being flirty or for rejecting men. Even if those things may facilitate how the attack happens it does not justify the attack. Let's say I'm in a bad neighborhood and I get mugged: is it my fault because I should know people get mugged there?
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  459. Sure. As long as you aren't going to shove something into my body in the process. I don't want to breathe your virus. If you do not go around other people then you are free to remain in danger.
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  460. I've never seen anyone more anti-free speech than Trump. FB is a mega-corporation and by definition anti-communist. What a private company does with their product isn't a matter of free speech. If you want speech protected on FB it would need to be a system controlled by the government. At any rate, limiting the use of money to influence an election seems like an obvious good, since it equalizes people's voices.
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  461.  @tpks2542  I'm not sure I ads as information, particularly ones that lie. Limiting an unfair advantage based on money is a good thing. I want an election based on facts, information and the nature of what the candidates claim are their positions. I've seen Trump ads and they fail this standard. Further, I want an election that is not manipulated by money. Money should not be considered speech. It is anti-democratic. It is an attempt to create oligarchy (or more specifically has created oligarchy). Effectively, being able to overwhelm an opponent with money limits the speech of those with less money. This takes the will of the people away and gives it to corporations. Which, certainly, is the way capitalism goes- it will destroy democracy eventually... if it hasn't already. And, as democracy dies even the pretend version of free speech we have now will disappear.
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  462.  @tpks2542  Corporations make money on the excess value labour produces. I can work for ten dollars an hour but the company makes thirty dollars in that hour from my work. Some amount of that money goes to other costs of the business but in the end a big chunk of the value of your work is taken and then given to either the owners or the stock holders- people who, by definition, do no work. They get money for gambling money they already had. The government, which has no inherent interest in profit but in whatever maintains the government- in a democracy this is approval of the masses, more or less, through votes which means they generally are more efficient, more concerned about externalities and pay better. My greatest concern about politician pay is not them getting money from the government but getting money from corporations- which they do, which they then use to maintain their positions. Which leaves us with politicians caring more about corporations than people. Personally, I'd eliminate all public funding for political campaigns. If you are approved as a candidate you get a certain amount of money. Nobody can advertise on your behalf. Nice and simple. This protects free speech by not allowing the richest person win through overwhelming resources. But... this country has always been designed to help the richest people. Many of the 'founding fathers' specifically disliked democracy because they didn't want the common people having a say. Washington was the richest person on the continent because his family exploited indentured servants for the previous two generations and owned like, half of Virginia. He was a terrible military leader with a losing record. He likely was single handily responsible for the French & Indian War because he couldn't do his job right. He didn't become the first president because he was a good general, he became the first president because he said he wanted to and no one thought they would be able to counter the power of his estate. Anyway; this pattern is pretty consistent with most of the founders. Rich assholes who were racist and anti-democratic. Little has changed. Anyway, even with that weak defense of the government I gave I'm not most interested in the government solving things. I want people to solve things through controlling their work places and controlling their governments.
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  463.  @nspowers7130  What lie?
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  464. I gotta say, there isn't anything as antisemitic as tying Jewish people to Israel.
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  465. Remember, to disable the robot dog, pull the battery out; it can be removed by pulling on the handle on the front of the "belly". Be careful of the legs as they are potentially dangerous.
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  466. But he did take the medicine that is a horse dewormer. Like, sure, he took the human form, but it's still stupid and doesn't work. And the only way other people can get it is from horse supply stores. So, yeah, it's a horse dewormer. Cope harder.
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  467.  @AC-wp7em  I mean, first off, you can't call it a lie- he did take a horse dewormer. He took the version meant for humans, which he got prescribed because he's rich enough to know a doctor who will prescribe him anything he wants. The rest of us don't have access to doctors without morals that will prescribe us medicines that won't work for what we've got so if we wanted to take this medicine that doesn't work we'd have to go to a feed store. IF the medicine actually worked to help with COVID then I'd bother to reconsider. But it doesn't. It is a dewormer- an anti-parasite. COVID is a virus, not a parasite. We've also studied trying it to cure COVID; it doesn't do anything but make humans sick. I'm just saying, if you want to point a finger at a place where big pharma could be making cash by pushing something that doesn't work I mean this is a great example. So to review; not a lie. Not a plain lie, not incorrect. You could argue it's a bit misleading, but we are talking about a medicine that isn't going to help anyone with COVID. I'm not sure why you want to make sure to be polite and precise with someone using the wrong medicine which could harm people directly who follow suit and gives people the dangerous misconception that there is a 'cure' besides, you know... the vaccine that was made to be a cure.
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  468.  @AC-wp7em  because calling it a horse dewormer accurately describes how stupid it is to take it. And again, it is a horse dewormer. You conservatives are such snowflakes. "it hurts my feelings that you didn't describe the medicine someone took the right way". Human or horse versions it's pretty much just as stupid. Your issue is imaginary. I'm sorry... facts just don't care about your feelings.
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  469. 23:10 Thank you for calling out Cincinnati in such a brutal and true way.
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  470. There is no evidence behind that. That's barely a hypothesis made by a discredited doctor. They have never found any data suggesting groups of friends decide they are trans.
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  471.  @tiznip  I mean, there is no data to suggest this is happening and people have tried to find it. Also, I assure you. There are lots of trans people on the internet. You don't get followers for being trans. I know lots of trans people who can't get anyone to watch their twitch streams.
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  472.  @tiznip  Yeah, those people were already getting views. Transition for subscribers isn't a real thing. Nobody has made that work for them. Nobody is thinking that. That's just your feels. I care about facts. Trans identification has gone up because people aren't being killed for being trans and there is more information out there so kids can have words to fit their feelings. We also are better understanding what is trans and what is gay/lesbian; previously many trans people just identified as gay or lesbian even if they lived very trans lives. Your imaginary narrative doesn't hold water. I think Mulvane was doing find before then... I don't really know anything about them. Nor do I think Mulvane transitioned for subs.
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  473. Serious question: is it possible that a word could be good because it combos well with a second word? I use the word 'deals' in part because if it doesn't give a lot of information I can input 'fruit' (which I usually do). Getting at the rest of the vowels would be difficult with 'crane' it seems.
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  474. NM, kinda answered this in the second half of the video.
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  475.  @ks4394  The Palestinians never started a war. Not that they'd be wrong to; the British came in, took over their land then gave control of it to Zionists. Since then the Palestinian's land has been stolen; literally their homes, their businesses. And then they've been shoved into the world's largest concentration camp.
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  476. They do get mental care. And also trans people are vastly underrepresented in mass shootings. White straight males are the ones needing therapy.
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  477. But kids can still spread it. And kids usually don't want to kill their teachers and grandparents and so most will be happy to be protected.
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  478.  @Konghammer1  You do realize how huge a number of people that is, right? And that number will be higher if we don't prevent more deaths? I'm not sure why you are cavalier about death.
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  479.  @Konghammer1  I mean the death by plague of the indigenous people of the Americas is probably more apt for your comparison but yeah, this isn't going to kill off the human race. However, I think we can say safely that millions of people dying from something is a big problem. Like, I don't think we have to get to 'this will wipe out humanity' to be freaked out over something. Though, as a side note, more people freaking out about climate change, which is a threat of that level, might not be a bad idea.
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  480.  @Konghammer1  Firstly, the poles aren't flipping, that's not a once in a ten thousand year occurrence, it's a once every 100,000 year occurrence and hasn't happened in three quarters of a million years; it doesn't seem to be happening now and further there is no evidence that the last time it happened there was a change in climate on earth. Get better sources of information. This is just rehash of bad doomsday prophecies from 2012. Secondly, while I'd love for there to be more efficient means to transport politicians we are talking about a fraction so small it's not worth talking about. It's also not worth talking about like... the carbon footprint of race cars. This is a major problem with understanding how this works- it's not an individual problem it's a systemic one. Like, those motorcades would have less carbon footprint if they were electric and we had a clean energy grid. But you can't have a motorcade of electric cars because there are only so many power stations and unless we get off of burning coal for electricity it isn't even a benefit for them to be electric. That matters way more than what any one person is doing. No one person makes a difference in climate change unless they can change the system. Like oil execs and politicians; they could change our grid to not be destroying the planet but don't. You are pointing at vague hypocrisy to avoid doing and supporting what needs to be done. You are missing the point. I likewise do not care if oil execs privately ride bikes and use solar powered electric cars; that doesn't change the real problem of constantly feeding our addiction to fossil fuel and avoiding the solution. I want a planet left for my child, I don't have time to give a fuck about a single boat or a motorcade or a private jet. The river is flooding the house and you are worried about faucet that is dripping.
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  481.  @Konghammer1  it's virtue signalling. If they were like 'oh, I don't go on the jet' it's just a virtue signal. Maybe it might encourage better behaviour in other citizens but I wouldn't count on it. Most people don't have the option to have private jets. We could save more carbon footprint by enforcing old FAA guidelines about airlines needing to do a certain amount of direct flights rather than doing bullshit hubs to try and save on labour costs. Do I want my reps to do better? Sure, yes. But their personal actions aren't as consequential as their actions to enact laws and regulations to save the planet. As for an electric motorcade, it might work? But that means investing in electric vehicles for congress which means getting that approved and I think that's a fight that won't be easily won by the left. And it won't matter if the power grid is still using coal and oil; in fact it could be worse. Not to mention we need improved infrastructure so clean energy can get to the areas that can't host clean energy plants. There is only so much power that can go through a wire and unless we build bigger, stronger interstate power lines it won't matter if it's green energy. New Hampshire, for instance, has stopped programs for new green energy because they are pretty much entirely on that grid and they can't get enough of it out to areas that need it. This is what I care about. In the worst situation where all the stories you say are true about personal waste of environmentalists I still know that short of getting a third party viable the only chance for the environment is with Dems. I'd love to get to the point where gops are no longer relevant, and then we can go 'I want the environmentalists that never have done anything remotely hypocritical'. But that's not a choice we have right now.
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  482. Sure are a bunch of big mad racists in the comments.
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  483. No. It's care. It is treatment that improves lives through data and research. Of course, if you wish to burn that research you are in good historical standing since that is literally what the Nazis did. The books they burned? It was trans research. But hail Trump, yeah?
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  484. Fables also require an animal that talks. Elves, for this point, aren't animals. They are people of some sort.
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  485. Why is it common sense to ignore science and doctors and parents? It's not common sense to turn to a fascist and go 'what do you think' and then agree. But here you are.
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  486. Man, if only anything near communism was being done in this country.
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  487. If the police restricted citizens and family from entering the school to enact protections for their children aren't they preventing people from engaging in the actions the police were refusing to do?
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  488.  @hannahnwhite  anything that makes it more difficult to vote will cause some percentage of people not to vote. This is just basic sociological statistic analysis of human behavior. Everyone has a threshold of how much they are willing to do to vote. Adding bureaucratic hoops and red tape means less people vote. How would a requirement of ID in the form of a bus pass restrict white voter, for example? I mean everyone can get one. Of course, more white people live in rural areas where they may 50 miles away from the nearest place that can issue a bus pass, but nothing is stopping them. And a bus pass is as logical a system of ID as a driver's license.
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  489.  @otaku_mclovin4209  it's not racist to suggest that people who have been made poor due to their race and beyond their control... are poor. This is just fact. It turns out that you can't just call anything racist. Further, no, many people move quite a bit without being immigrants of any sort. Also there is no evidence of undocumented immigrants voting so it's not really a concern in this issue.
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  490.  @mostlypeaceful1817  yes, they can. If a law makes it more difficult for a particular race to vote... it's racist. This is not 'common sense' because common sense says 'if it isn't broke, don't fix it'. There is nothing broken with the voting system. This isn't about fixing the problem of 'illegal votes being cast'. This is about the 'problem' of too many Black people voting. And this will 'fix' that, as Republicans desire. You know, they called a literacy test a 'common sense' election law. Just saying, you are doing the same things as the racist assholes who supported Jim Crow laws.
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  491.  @hannahnwhite  Until you prove there is a problem I will not accept any solution to your imaginary problem as acceptable. Particularly when we know that it will decrease participation in voting. And we know that it will be poor and Black people most likely to be disenfranchised. Also, how does one get this 'free' ID? What hoops must be gone through? Is it technically free but requires you to do something else that isn't free? I don't trust Republicans to do something like this because I know that Republicans know they are unpopular and their policies suck and that they can't win by an actual democratic process and they, by necessity, must figure out ways to cheat. We are talking about the party of racism. This is the party that invaded the Capital. This is the party that voted for the most racist person available. We know that Republicans have taken great strides to block Black people from voting and such efforts have to be blocked by the supreme court. So no. There is no hypocrisy. You can play pretend if you like or be stupid, but I'm not stupid and I know why this is happening.
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  492.  @diamonddave62146  I mean, when they were enacted they were done by Dixiecrats. You aren't stupid enough to think those parties are the same. The parties changed due to the Democrats supporting Civil Rights and the Republicans coming in and sweeping up all the racist vote in the Southern Strategy, yeah? This is all well documented. I mean, it's not even like I like the Democrats. But it sounds like you are about one breath away from saying something really stupid so I thought I'd stop you with clear fact on the matter.
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  493.  @0xredrumx078  The last major anti-gun regulations put in place were done by Trump. At any rate, most of the increase of gun sales is due to fear mongering done by gun manufacturers. I don't think it's fair to compare the actions of irrational, paranoid people with money to those of poor people who just want to vote. Of course well off people afraid of brown people and the guverment are going to get guns in this country.
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  494.  @hannahnwhite  You are the one depicting the situation as being lazy. I'm still unaware of this free ID you talk about. Further, I have to guess you've been at a DMV, right? This is a process that can take a long time, time poor people don't have. To get something they do not otherwise need. This is an unreasonable burden to place on the poor, who are disproportionately Black, because we never gave back pay to their families for centuries of not paying them for work. So Black people work twice as hard for half the money. You continue to fail like all Jim Crow warriors to prove ANY need for this. The burden is on YOU to justify changing a law when nothing is wrong.
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  495.  @hannahnwhite  you have failed to prove your laws are needed. And it isn't racist to state facts about how the consequences of the law would disenfranchise Black people. This is, of course, only the lightest of issues involved in this Jim Crow bill. The change in hours and the ability for State officials to just alter votes if they say they don't agree with them is far far more important. Still, there remains no justification for ID requirements.
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  496.  @AlphaFoxAdam  I mean, only if the cops chased him. A totally reckless decision on the part of the police. Considering he never posed a threat until the police arrived.
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  497.  @AlphaFoxAdam  The woman didn't call about him but about the fight he broke up. If she did think he was a threat it would only be due to extreme poor judgement. Like, police work level poor judgement.
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  498.  @jaydoe5654  The incident is a bit old, when it comes to the frequency of police murdering people... but I try to keep in mind white people as well when it comes to the unrestrained violence of the police. In general, I hear about white people murdered by police through BLM related channels and people even when it won't make the mainstream news.
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  499.  @TedKidd  While a true statement, I fail to see what 'emotional conclusion' he came up with.
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  500.  @TheLegionofReason  I'm aware of Tony Timpa and given BLM's track record I'm going to say they tried to bring that up back then. It's quite some time ago and would have been pretty early in BLM's movement, but consistently I've seen BLM talk about white victims of police more than the media or white people in general. Honestly, I think white victims don't get talked about much because white people are willing to ignore injustice against white people if it maintains the oppression of Black people. That said, violence by police against Black people is far more prevalent and harassment by police is nearly a universal experience for Black people in this country. Anyway, sometimes the 'knee jerk' comes entirely with a reason. We know police are trained in ways that specifically dehumanize people of color. We also know you can act due to your racism without ever using racist words. We know that Black people have to learn how to de-escalate police hostility in childhood as a survival tactic. Again, particularly when it comes to police interaction, we shouldn't assume a white person has a non-racist attitude towards Black people in this country when everything in our society teaches white people that we are superior.
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  501.  @garyvlahos635  I think your issue is that you want BLM to include stuff that doesn't matter that makes you feel good. And frankly, like facts, I don't care about your feelings. I'm sure you'd like BLM to include how sometimes these people executed by the police have criminal records. The thing is, it doesn't fuckin' matter. At any rate, I don't know anyone involved with BLM who would not consider Timpa's death part of the same problem that is getting Black people killed. This is particularly because police love to kill the mentally ill and neuro divergent. Anyway, blame the corporate media for hiding the story. A tragedy that should have consequences, but I'm sure never will. Police will be off the hook once again.
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  502.  @garyvlahos635  fact: Tony Timpa being ignored is a tragedy. I'd argue that the reason why is because if white people heard it they'd give a damn about police violence. Fact: if George Floyd had been white it is far less likely he'd have been killed. Fact: BLM's objectives would, without a doubt, help prevent police from killing white people as well.
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  503.  @garyvlahos635  what do you mean? He said one thing that was entirely misleading and another thing that was just a lie. There's nothing extreme about basic statistical analysis and the truth.
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  504.  @Nathan-ok1dq  I'm not entirely sure what you are responding to but I don't care what cops are suspicious of. Cops are cowards, they are afraid of everything, particularly anything convenient. I fail to see why Floyd saying he couldn't breathe before the choke hold can be assumed to be not true in any capacity. If I was in the custody of people who, with rare exception, can kill me without consequences (it literally took the largest protest in our nation's history to even consider justice) and also do not value my life in the least... yeah, I'd have a hard time breathing too. If a cop is around it's reasonable to assume they are the source of distress in the situation.
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  505.  @IIBloodXLustII  he did not have a lethal amount of any drug in his system; if he did he couldn't have gone into the store. That's not how opioid od works. Further, we know from the autopsy he died of asphyxiation. Additionally, even if I were to entertain your false narrative, it just means negligent homicide. Police are trained to recognize overdose. Once a person is in custody their well being is now the custodian's responsibility. It was their job to be able to identify if he was in medical distress. A concern that someone is lying about said distress is not an acceptable excuse for ignoring it. Just like 911 must respond to every 911 call police most take every cry for help seriously. If you false narrative was true they should have called an ambulance.
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  506.  @IIBloodXLustII  The idea that he swallowed the drugs to hide them is insane. Multiple people watched everything he did from the moment he entered the store until his death. Please ask yourself why you would make up such an impossible scenario; I'll give you a spoiler, it's because it gives an excuse for your racism. Anyway. Once an unbiased autopsy was done it was clear that he was choked to death. The actions of the police directly lead to his death. There is no evidence that he might have died without the police choking him. It's a farcical narrative that shouldn't be entertained.
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  507.  @jmmproductions6741  As I mention in a different comment, once an unbiased autopsy was done it was clear he choked to death.
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  508.  @nadlymadly4935  I'm pretty certain that's not possible to determine with any accuracy. The first autopsy was bogus and biased.
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  509.  @superpsyched5624  what you are suggesting would require him to have, in front of the people in the store, take this drug. Something that didn't happen. He must have, well before that, taken a normal dose. The unbiased autopsy did not suggest that he was under enough to cause adverse health effects under normal conditions. At most we are talking about a complicating medical factor. It's no different than if he had a heart condition or asthma and it made choking him to death easier. To put it simply, the whole drug thing is red herring to make Floyd's murder just a coincidence and ultimately his own fault. I don't know what was going through his mind when he killed Floyd. I do know what should have been, 'My God, this man is dying, crying for help. I should help him!' It is not only the obvious, human thing to do it was also his duty. But I don't really care how 'racist' he is; his mind is not a place I need to give a damn about, in all honesty. I care that he was trained to do a job in a way that furthered white supremacy. He was trained not to feel compassion for Black people. Trained to see anyone under any suspicion as an 'enemy'. I know we have a society that leads Black people to have little choice other than to sell drugs or be consumed by them. Where your success in life is more determined by your zip code than any quality you possess. I don't care about a police officer being racist. I care about how police departments encourage racism, ignore the infiltration by white nationalist groups and push out anyone who complains.
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  510. ​ @superpsyched5624  There is no way he could be convicted of 1st degree because he never sought to kill Floyd. It would be extremely wild and unreasonable take that he wanted him to die. Even if true it is impossible to know and no evidence supports that. 2nd degree is the correct charge. Though I believe all four officers are equally culpable. A knee to the neck itself might not kill a person, even over an extended time. It could, for someone who was putting up an incredible fight be needed (or at least argued as such). The difference is easy to identify however. Floyd was not a healthy teen, he was not a trained fighter, he didn't put up a struggle. He clearly identified his distress and need for help. The police not only did not provide this it can be recognized that they prevented any help from getting to him. He could not leave, nobody who might have been trained could get to him and the presence of police makes people assume an authority has control over the situation (thus, people would not call 911- we expect the police to know if someone needs medical attention). As such, they all functioned the same- as someone who was given authority over life and death of a person and ignored his needs as he died and prevented any possible scenario that could have saved his life, including any attempt of his own. Effectively, this is the scenario: you are the lifeguard at the pool. Someone is running around the pool which is against the rules so you throw them into the pool. You then see that they are drowning; they say so as they struggle. You tell everyone, including anyone else trained or with floating objects, to stay back. Three other lifeguards look on without doing anything. The person drowns. This is murder. Maybe we can go 'they were running around a pool, certainly they'd fall in eventually' and 'if they did, without the lifeguard they'd have died anyway, maybe' and 'he couldn't know if he was faking drowning or not'. Sure. But none of those questions change the issue. Interestingly, we can include the racial aspect here as well. If the drowned person is Black we know that Black people have systemically been denied access to pools and ways to learn how to swim. If the pool in question was owned by someone who's owned it for 50 years (a little long, but a parent may have) we're talking about a pool that likely once denied access to Blacks- something that such an owner might wish was still true, and something that might be taught to their children. If that's the case the lifeguards might be selected among those of similar disdain for Black people. Now, with pools this continued oppression isn't that strong (at least on the owner side); 'lifeguarding tradition' is hard to maintain when most people are a lifeguard for one or two years. Police tradition is strongly upheld, however. At any rate, I would say that all the lifeguards are guilty of murder. As for the other point, I've seen enough white people be like 'there was this white person killed by police' and still come to the conclusion that the police aren't a problem to feel pretty secure in the point I made. I mean, it is true that white people are often just not that interested in hearing about injustice done to white people by police. Most white people I personally associate are supportive of BLM and many are on the ground activists so I'm really talking about what I've seen online and the effect in our society.
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  511.  @Thomas-uk5cp  even if that was his cause of death, which it wasn't (as unbiased autopsies revealed), that doesn't change culpability. In response to a counterfeit 20 the police responded with shocking levels of violence. If they believed he was overdosing the only correct response is immediate medical attention. I find it ludicrous that someone can take a lethal amount some drug (particularly a downer) and then walk to a store and shop and then stay there until police arrive and then appear as anything other than a blitzed man at death's door. IF he died sure to overdose the police cuffed a non violent man who did a non violent crime and prevented him from getting medical attention when they should have been the first to know he was dying. Of course, the reality is he didn't die of overdose, at most it was a mitigating factor which made the police's assault into murder.
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  512. I mean, they weren't in the first place nor do BLM or Antifa 'loot and burn'. You should consider a more reliable news source.
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  513.  @PaulLorenzini-ny2yw  Wasn't that a Trump suggestion? Regardless, antifa acts to deter fascist actions, such as those of the police. BLM is involved in protesting police violence. Outside of that, people have protested and rioted in response to injustice that is never corrected, a reasonable reaction. It isn't a planed or organized action, but a reaction to having no power.
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  514. I want a gif of the ferrets.
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  515.  @fredgarvinMP  Sounds like the GOP is very woke. They harass everyone they disagree with.
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  516.  @hearmeout9138  First off, gender affirming care covers many treatments, not all have any sort of 'irreversible' change. Second, many treatments remove 'good' parts of the body for the sake of greater health. Many people have breast reductions. Gastric bypass is modifying a healthy organ. Appendixes that are healthy are regularly removed. Wisdom teeth can function perfectly well but are removed just in case. You are pretending that trans healthcare is different than that for cis people and it isn't. You are just grossed out about it or hate children. Either way, children will die.
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  517.  @hopesfall2win  is the only standards where Rubio could be deemed worthwhile.
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  518. A senator not wanting the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians to continue.
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  519.  @michaeltuffin5002  Dore makes his existence on hating the DNC. When you prioritize hating the DNC over hating fascists... you have a problem.
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  520.  @michaeltuffin5002  He doesn't deliver truth, only cynicism. It's just a brand. It's actively harmful towards any progress.
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  521.  @michaeltuffin5002  On what? Dore has been targeting the best politicians on the left while defending trans-phobe and soon to be nazbul Tulsi Gabbard. Yeah, no thanks. Dore would do us all a favour if he could just become like a morning DJ or something doing comedy routines.
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  522. This is legit the first time anyone looking at historical record has said that there was an actual census. I always hear about how there was no census. I'm sure to some extent people are mixing up that 'going to your home for a census' wasn't a thing but I've felt very mislead by all this.
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  523. 1:17 No, it's not a democracy. Palestinians do not have voting rights. And we've seen since this video that there have been crack down on those opposing the war in Israel.
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  524. If you wanted that you'd get out the republicans who are always creeping on children and want to keep child marriage a thing. This is going to kill children.
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  525. Didn't Brexit completely fuck over so many sectors of the economy? Also you don't have immigration which is just a loss for growth too. Amazingly wrong. Complaining about protests and political speech is also a little weird...
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  526. Yeah, that's why they aren't supposed to be elected with those beliefs.
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  527. We literally have been circumcising babies for decades without a religious or medical reason. As for this, this is just denying life saving healthcare. The real question is: why do you want children to die?
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  528. Can we do a better job of tying Mareno to Vance and the other conservative weirdos?
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  529. Ah, not in Utica. It's a Carthage expression.
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  530. The BS of... science and data?
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  531. This is so fully incorrect. First of all, they do still have overwhelming say, even with the undemocratic system we have now. Secondly, that's not how elections go like governor's races, so we know that's not true. Third- so what? Sorry, you shouldn't get more political power because you live in the middle of nowhere.
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  532. Indeed, people over 70 do have a high turn out rate.
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  533.  @kaialexander5636  yeah, you are an exception. But it's likely due to religious indoctrination into the republican death cult. Perhaps a bit more life will change your views. It did with me.
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  534.  @ctrain9257  I'm not even sure what you think is false.
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  535. "no person in this republic did not mourn his death" someone didn't ask his many slaves...
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  536. Boy you fuckers will believe anything.
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  537. I don't get why conservatives hate watch CNN. CNN works at least somewhat in reality, conservatives don't like reality. If conservatives want their delusions reinforced they have multiple propaganda outlets to suckle on. There's plenty to complain about with CNN but it's not like conservatives are within the ballpark to discuss it.
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  538. Hard to pick between an American back dictator or Margret Thatcher. Or tell the difference.
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  539.  @gg-ps1vz  I mean, Thatcher definitely killed more people for certain.
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  540. Yeah, wouldn't want a Jew involved, eh?
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  541. Yeah, that does sound like the anti-vax movement alright.
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  542. Also, Trump and his buddy Musk are the biggest threats to free speech currently. Both are aggressively attacking free speech by proposed government actions as well as destroying access to speech privately. We are looking at a large threat to free speech indeed.
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  543.  @DJ-mj5pq  Antifa hates the DNC. Well, that's hard to say because antifa isn't people, it's a philosophy. I've never known anyone who supports or does antifa work that liked the DNC. Anyway, the largest news channel in the country is de facto State Media, Trump wants to shut down all non-conservative media- using the old 'lying press' line from literal Nazis... And why would anyone need to lie to make Trump look like shit. He's an egotistical, amoral, child predator who is responsible for the deaths of over a hundred and a half million Americans this year. He has failed to make good on the very few promises he made to get himself elected. He's a complete failure. This is beside the, you know, treason stuff. Multiple instances of treason. Which he keeps admitting to.
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  544. ​@Jimmy econlib doesn't seem to understand what Communism or Socialism is, so I'm not keen on thinking they understand... anything. It reads like 50's red scare propaganda. As for the other two sites they clearly would indicate Trump in that regard. Anyway, fascism is authoritarian right politics. If a definition doesn't bother to say that out right it doesn't matter- the other characteristics are part of the far right. Ultra-nationalism, racism, obsession with tradition.
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  545. @Jimmy What are you talking about? I wasn't acting in any sort. I tried to see if maybe you got confused by some rhetorical device I may have employed but honestly... I don't know what you are talking about.
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  546.  Sam Mortakai  I mean, if you are a fascist, loving your country to a point of worship is fine. It's part of the whole Trumpism thing. Trumpism pretends like America is some great savior, it can do no wrong, that the founding fathers were great heroes and we should always view things as how to put our country before others. There's also a thing about deciding arbitrarily who is American enough to be part of the country. Anyway, Trumpism is obsessed with the trappings of tradition- so called family values that amount to oppression of women, ignoring abuse men cause, lauding of a mythical past- be it the 50's, romanticized ideas of the Civil War or the cult of the Founding Fathers. There is also a lot of big daddy worship when it comes to Trump. By any measure he is a complete failure. He's made no one safer in any fashion, he's not accomplished any goal and he can't stop lying. Any rational person, if such a person can exist on the right, should be demanding his replacement with someone competent.
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  547. @Jimmy What part am I acting on. I don't have any idea what you are responding to.
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  548.  Sans Handlebars  No. Fascists kill Marxists. And it was Communists who did most of the work to defeat fascists in WW2. Sure, we helped, but it was really the Russians who won the European theater. Anyway, the Nazis specifically killed any actual socialists in their mist- both in the party (see night of long knives) and out (Socialists and communists were the first to be put in the concentration camps- this is why the famous poem starts 'first they came for the socialists and I said nothing'). Fascism is a response to the same problem; capitalism. As such, sometimes the responses are similar. But the solutions always involve going back, blaming the 'bad elements' and contributing to 'the great war effort'.
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  549.  Sans Handlebars  They have been more peaceful than they should be. But any violence caused by the protests and riots pale in comparison to that done in response.
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  550.  Sam Mortakai  Minorities do not want a war with white people, even though it is what we deserve. They merely want the same chance as us. And we have not stopped oppression of minorities. For fuck sake, we still have slavery in this country, we just use the prisons to justify it.
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  551.  @oslier3633  Neat, but like, pretty much every holocaust survivor still around is like 'this is very familiar'.
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  552. Also, if there is anything that is a message in either attack it is the fact that a Tesla was blown up in front of a Trump tower. You aren't wrong for hearing what was being said. You just didn't know it was intentional.
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  553. I mean, what do you call people who fall in line and do what's asked no mater how wrong?
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  554.  @wesh388  what are you talking about? Trump had been talking about how he's keeping lists of who is with him on this. People are clawing for last minute pardons.
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  555.  @wesh388  that makes them asked to continue this stupid conspiracy of Trump having magically won.
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  556.  @wesh388  If there are irregularities we should investigate them. But there aren't. The biggest discrepancy found was about a hundred votes for Biden in Wisconsin. No rational person can believe any of these investigations would mean a changed outcome. You have to be stupid or delusional. The only purpose of the hundreds and hundreds of complains that mean nothing is to weaken the foundation of democracy by making the manipulated populace who votes for fascists like Trump never engage with the fact that they lost. You fall in line with your government masters if you like.
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  557.  @wesh388  I apologize for falling in line with facts. His attack on journalism, his appeal to a mythic past, his desire to rewrite history to glorify the nation, the opposition to democratic elections, his demonizing of minority groups... like, that's just stuff off the top of my head. It's just an accurate description. Now, are you just going to get triggered or respond to what I said?
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  558.  @wesh388  I don't watch mainstream media. I only came here to see what bugs were under the rock. At any rate, the mainstream media is pro-corporate and conservative... I don't know why they'd agree with me. Unless we both just arrived at the truth so obvious that only a liar or someone delusional would disagree. At any rate, you need some facts or reason. All you have is this feeling that 'it's what the mainstream media think, so it's BAD', whatever that is supposed to accomplish. What a tool.
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  559.  @wesh388  I mean, he has. I mean, he's now obsessed with China being evil. Which didn't keep him from getting in half a billion dollars in debt with China. But hey, I know your hunch can't be swayed with facts.
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  560.  @wesh388  Do I look like a conservative?
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  561. I really believe that Palin said the whole 'I can see Russia from my back porch' thing. She didn't, of course. That was just an SNL bit. It was based on something that was a little iffy on her part but wasn't outright 'break with reality' like believing she could see Russia from her house.
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  562. I mean, with this we are talking about swaying people into not dying and killing people and destroying our economy and causing untold misery.
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  563.  @StephenKershaw1  My media consumption does not change if I am scientifically literate or not.
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  564.  @evanraynovic  I mean, if it was true it would be a solid argument against abortion. Considering the most common feeling someone has after getting an abortion is relief and there is nothing to indicate a fetus is itself a person, certainly not within the range almost all abortions happen... I'd say you'd have a difficult road to prove it. Meanwhile, the evidence is overwhelming for the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
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  565.  @evanraynovic  And that is besides the fact that the vaccine limits the spread of the virus which limits it getting to people who are vulnerable.
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  566.  @kingtupp8473  isn't it? He's pointing towards countries that produce refugees in large numbers and complaining that only Israel gets any attention for their awful, violent behavior. That doesn't make Isreal look better.
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  567.  @TruthSeekingAlways  how ever many we need. Until every corner of the globe is vaccinated we will continue to get variants.
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  568.  @TruthSeekingAlways  I mean, it's not complicated. We have to bring r below one. The best method is having everyone be immune at the same time. Keeping everyone up to date on shots is the best method for that. 2 to 4 shots a year is not that big of a deal. People dying is.
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  569.  @TruthSeekingAlways  the vaccine was started under Trump under project warp speed. While the rest of the COVID-19 response was a disaster, Trump's fast tracking the vaccine is arguably something he should get credit for. As much as it is the product of any politician it is Trump's vaccine. I'm well aware of this and have no issue taking it. I'm not going to die just to own the conservatives. Most importantly I'm going to listen to medical experts and I want national health policy guided by medical experts. If the republicans get into office and follow medical experts suggestions and push for quarterly boosters I'm going to take the boosters. I don't want to die. I don't want to kill anyone. I don't want anyone to get sick. This shouldn't be a political issue. The fact that the republicans are a death cult that seems intent on bringing suffering and misery everywhere is beyond my control.
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  570.  @TruthSeekingAlways  to be clear, I'm a libertarian. We should maximize freedom until it causes harm. Unvaccinated people cause harm. If you can be vaccinated and choose not to your presence is a violation to other's right to life, prosperity and free movement. You can go where you want; you can't go to a doorway and stop. If you wish to remain a disease vector you must do so away from other people.
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  571. It's worth remembering that the really was held outside because Trump cheated so many people over the years that the indoor places won't rent out space until he pays up. This happened because he's a thief.
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  572. in 2016 I poured over the 2015 mass shooting data- this is the true mass shooting; at least four people shot (not killed) in one event that could span a distance if it was part of one action. Of the some 370 shootings at that time only 3 were stopped by an armed citizen. One of the ones stopped by an armed citizen only because a mass shooting because of said citizen; a limo driver was being held up, rather than give money he fired back; in the gun fight two of his customers got hit and he hit the two thieves who were later caught. However, it's probably safe to say that it would have been less damage if he'd have just given up whatever money he had. Another incident involved a family conflict home invasion; a couple, related to those in the home, came to kill everyone that was there. The mother was killed first off; in the gun fighting the invaders were killed as was the father, though the son survived. I can't recall the last one... but it wasn't much more impressive. Of note, more incidents were ended by unarmed citizens tackling gunmen than by armed citizens. Also of note is one of the shootings was when a misfire happened in a sporting goods store and ten people were shot... that one ended by the gun being put down, obviously. 99% of mass shootings were ended by the gunman surrendering, the gunman killed by police or by suicide. I've never bothered to go through the data again but... I doubt it's very different.
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  573. This is very much gamer thinking.
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  574. We could eliminate all police involved shootings if we removed their guns. And the cops. We have no reason to believe they keep us safe, they are relatively a new invention and they pose a significant threat to many people. Why should we accept that there is gang out there we must bow down to? Anyway, crime is largely the product of desperation. If you really cared about those kids killed in drive bys you would eliminate the need for gangs- invest in Black lives and businesses, give homes to the homeless, fix what this country has stolen from Black people for hundreds of years. That and legalize most drugs and end the drug war which fuels the gang violence. I reject your solution of licking boots and arming wife beaters with guns and super hero complexes to solve a problem we could easily fix with legislation and rerouting tax breaks into improving society.
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  575. I also reject that the use of deadly force is needed whenever cops are scared. By definition cops are cowards, that's why they join the force. Anyone not willing to put their life before others should not be trusted with what we trust cops with. Also, if you can't pull a single guy out of a minivan when you have backup you are too weak to be trusted with a position of state violence.
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  576.  @DTRAX33  I mean, we let the cops run the streets and they aren't any better. Crime is not a product of a lack of police. Roe v. Wade reduced crime more than police ever have.
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  577.  @flarp3564  I don't expect them to change. I expect their plans to change. People don't break the law because it's cool or they just hate doing legal things. When people break the law on purpose they do it knowing there is a risk. Why would I risk my life to sell drugs if I have an education and there are jobs available the pay well and aren't risking my life? I mean, you realize that there is only 'same race crime' because we refuse to legalize the sale and distribution of narcotics allowing for gangs and cartels to fill that vacuum of a market need- and the industry itself, being illegal, is dangerous and encourages gang on gang violence to pull the most money possible out of their dangerous venture. There wouldn't be a high amount of 'same race crime' if there were more races forced into the illegal drug trade.
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  578. Fascinating question! Historically there are a ton because the Quran doesn't really provide meaningful condemnation of homosexuality. It wasn't until colonization by the West that the Muslim world began being homophobic in earnest, certainly through a religious lense. As for today there are a number of gay Islamic imams, particularly in the States and in Europe as well as promote pro LGBT Islamic groups. If it wasn't for Islamic countries adoption of far right fascistic politics Islam would probably universally support gay rights. It's notable that many anti ISIS Islamic groups in the Middle East are very supportive of gay rights.
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  579.  @caesarismisorder8295  here's the thing. Islam doesn't have as clear of Canon as Christianity (though you do see variations there as well). While the Quran is generally accepted as Canon that is not true for the various hadith, collections of sayings of the Prophet. Sura is one such collection that is heavily contested and as far back as the 10th century scholars argued that there wasn't any clear condemnation of homosexuality because it came from unreliable hadith. Anyway, I don't know what your point about ISIS is; the Klan isn't a government but they are still fascistic and far right.
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  580. This is just a less pretentious PragerU.
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  581. Considering this is accurate reporting on the subject I'm not really sure what you are on about. I know you don't think killing Black people is a crime but I'm afraid it is.
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  582. Objection! They're are two major reasons why Ghostbusters II is better than I. First, no weird demonization of government regulation and the EPA. Second, no weird ghost blow job scene!
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  583. For the record I've never heard anyone suggest everyone go on puberty blockers. However, there is some preliminary evidence that, due to how well even those who do not go on to use HRT that go on hormone blockers do and other things we know about puberty it is suggested that hormone blockers may actually be good for all children. I will say that I'm inclined to believe this is true... but I'm not planning on putting my child on hormone blockers unless they need them.
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  584.  @normanalvarez5751  So you have no argument is the short part here. You're just mad because you have no way to suggest this isn't killing children. Have a tantrum on your own time.
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  585.  @IronskullGM  I mean, just look up the suicide rates of trans youth without support and those with gender affirming care. It's sixteen times lower. There are dozens of studies that show this to be the case.
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  586. I'm not seeing Reagan here.
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