Well Trump wasn't wrong. Pence is cooked in politics as long as the MAGA crowd run the Republican party, which I think they will for the foreseeable future. I'm sure he'll find some kind of consulting gig or maybe a podcast or radio show that panders to the ultra religious evangelicals or something, but I can't imagine him getting elected anywhere for now.
That means that the government is injecting itself on deciding what "extremist" is. I do not trust them to do that wisely. And even if I did trust them, it is immoral for the state to start categorizing and policing ideologies.
You'd rather stay ignorant in your Biden bubble and not know that he's doing really bad across most demographics?
Absolutely this is the case. A lot of democrats are going to think that they've got this in the bag because "Trump is worse!" They're want to live in echo chambers and think that Biden is doing great because the other option is too scary for them to admit to themselves. And anyone that prods that cognitive dissonance will be yelled at and shouted down with cries of "Russian bot" and "You're helping the fascists".
Meanwhile, Trump republicans and "normal" republicans (is there such a thing now?) are all rallying behind their God King, and everyone "in the middle" (i.e. uninformed people that don't keep up with the news, and what they do know is surface level at best) just sees a doddering old grandpa vs a charismatic flimflam salesman.
I want to enthusiastically support Biden. It would be great if he were earning my support. But his behavior and campaigning are forcing me to merely reluctantly hold my nose to vote for him.
When I was in middle school the girl I was crushing on and went on proto-dates with had a dad that was a political science teacher for the high school. He asked me my political leanings and I said "conservative" and my only reasoning was that I didn't dress "weird" or dye my hair.
I think about that a lot and I don't even know why.
Right here. He's the head of the administration giving them access to the weapons to carry the genocide out. At best he is abetting a genocide. At worst a willing participant.
My internet experience has been slower since switching to Mastodon and Lemmy/Kbin. And it's so nice. The things I see are more interesting. The conversations are usually more well thought out. And lowest common denominator dopamine content isn't being driven into my eyeballs by Algorithms. I've legitimately been happier since the Reddit API debacle.
Since it says nothing, it's left up to "us" to decide. And by us, I mean our elected representatives and the courts. And those entities are indeed making these decisions right now. I'm just not shocked that they don't all come to the same conclusion like some people in this thread.
No shit. But everyone knowing something is different than being convicted of it. It's why OJ Simpson isn't in jail. Either we all agree to abide by the legal system or we don't.
I agree to a point. But everyone with the power to do something about this also has the obligation to act within and maintain the law. They have to use their best judgement on what it means to have "committed" insurrection, whether it is just based on vibes or a common understanding or a conviction in a court. I can't fault them for any of those choices. Legally at least.
I didn't take an binding oath to respect our legal system, so I can easily say he shouldn't be on the ballot anywhere in America. They can't make that assertion so easily.
Just the title haha. I had thrown in a lora model of my face, but it got overpowered by the base model. I guess I'm not considered a "creature".