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The answer, unequivocally, is "Abso-fucking-lutely." But, you phrased the question wrong because you assume that people that vote Democratic are Democrats. They are not. Something like 20-30% of people who vote exclusively or near exclusively Democratic consider themselves Democrats, whereas Republican voters are around 50-60% for their respective categorization.

This isn't particularly strange if you think about the authoritarian vs anarchical political dichotomy these two voter bases lean to for more than a second. The real problem with that is that Republicans, as a general rule, would never align with socialist values. So, while technically they could, anyone that claims to be a Republican with my values is almost entirely likely to be lying.

But, you missed a big thing in American politics: The moderate voter. We have a large group of people who consider themselves moderate, for reasons that all range within the realms of apathetic ignorance to willful ignorance. These people have either no moral quandaries with either particular side, are general unaffected by politics in a way perceivable to them, or are people who lean one way but do have moral quandaries with that side. Debates between parties are for them, which is why it's about presentation, media sound bites, and moderate views.

Anyway, hopefully that answers your question!

Are you suggesting it is okay to kill civilians being used as human shields?

Honestly, that strat went out the window once we got the ^. No need to waste time using the Greek keyboard exploit, expecially since the top runner was found to be using macros to emulate anyway.

No you can't because you're lying and science, doctors, and reality disagrees with you.

The problem with your statement is that it is incorrect in every possible way: Historically, culturally, psychologically, biologically, just to name the easy ones.

Let's do a thought experiment: Are left-handed people a fad because there was a period of time (up to, and including, now) where parents, teachers, guardians, priests, etc. would force children to use their right hand instead of their left hand when they picked things up? Left-handed people increased in large numbers when we stopped discriminating against them (as much), and let them use the hand that they wanted to use. What possibly caused that dramatic increase???

That's not correct. It just means you're not the gender assigned to you at birth. You're not the "opposite gender" because there are ranges in gender identity and expression. Non-binary, for example, is trans and that is identifying as neither male nor female.

But, surpising to no one, everyone is different. Some want surgical reassignment. Some don't.

Also W.

Asking "Why would you do X?" implies heavily that had they not done X, the situation wouldn't have happened. It is victim blaming.

Most people aren't trans, but anti-trans legislation still affects them. It doesn't really matter who it affects more, because it is meant as a culture war, but also as a hate tactic to bully people. How do you check that someone is transgender? You really can't. You could claim they are dressing a certain way that doesn't match. You could claim they look like they have more of a hormonal type. You could claim they are acting a way that doesn't match their assigned gender at birth.

But that's the point. You can pick and choose who to apply this to.

Ah yes, just like Martin Niemöller's poem:

First they came the trans people, and that was totally okay because there was less of them, so it never affected me.

So, which part of that article suggests the CIA forced them to drink poison?

You were the one that assumed I wasn't from the Midwest, not I you.

The increasing hostility isn't the cause of "coastal elites," though, so it is still misplaced rage. The only one you can reasonably blame for that would be the upper class, which, regardless if you understood it or not, is not the same thing. The term "coastal elite" is a loaded term to target certain types of people. It is, as you already put it, another way to isolate, but also one used by fascists themselves., which is why I put heavy emphasis on your usage of it.

But, yes, I do agree that I am typically a slug of some sort and that my mucus trail is both far and wide.

He's the one that frosts the flakes.

You're not pointing at anything.

I'm from the fucking Midwest. Any "young man" that ate the fascist bullshit ate it because they were fed it from their friends and families. It wasn't the scapegoat "coastal elites" or the "globalists" or the "bankers," it was a learned behavior. My dad eats that shit and tried to feed it to me and my siblings. My grandpa eats that shit and fed it to my dad and aunt.

If you want to blame anyone, blame Fox for making it so easy for anyone to feast 24/7 on fascism talking points where you turn your brain off. My dad is a smart guy, no question about that. Lots of Republicans are! But that never stopped him or any of them from being a dumb piece of shit loser. Because he chooses to ignore the facts as they are presented to him. He chooses not to know what the 16th Amendment is. He chooses not to understand the costs of education. He chooses to believe the lies that are said to him when you give direct video or picture proof otherwise.

Because if he didn't, he'd be wrong. And I think he can't accept being that fundamentally wrong.

Right, but you never said anything about the people that left Jonestown who talked about their experience. Were they government agents?

What the fuck are you talking about?

It's really convenient that you can simply refuse any information as it being from the government with no proof because it allows you to never be wrong.

It was, in fact, a cult. The only people you could reasonably assume were "hostages" were the children that were forced to drink cyanide because they didn’t understand what was happening. You can hear them on the recording.

There were people who left Jonestown that spoke about the practice sessions. Most people were not in any way forced to drink it because they were brainwashed.

Typically you point out the word when you say the line.

Are you saying that violence should be met with non-violence? Are you saying that these particular stochastic terrorists are not fascists? Are you saying punching is an inadequate measure to deal with fascists?

Why, feel free to explain yourself, lest you look foolish.