***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Lee And His Sneaks]

This can't be real ...

"Blacks for Trump" voted for inverse tangibles



And Jesus said, "shot thy neighbor"

 

[Nike Jordan]

That's what they get. They deserve these low ratings.

 

[Dark Brandon]

a totally pointless video that has nothing to do with this debate.
the gonadal structure of fruit bats and hyenas have zero to do with whether you segregate male/female sports by sex.

humans are not seahorses, hyenas, fruit bats, dragon flies, all of this is irrelevant.



you would never apply this to any other topic

we segregate in boxing based on weight.
It is not fatphobic to exclude a 300 pound person from the featherweight division.

this fact has literally zero to do with the level of acceptance / toleration of fat people in society.




it literally doesn't matter, even if you are doing it with the best intentions,
its irrelevant to the question of weather you are violating the segregation of a protected catagory.




So by this logic you should be accepted into the special olympics even if you don't fit the criteria for entrance into the special olympics?

again this topic has given people brain worms.
we don't treat any protected category like this.

1. Weight classes in combat sports were created for safety on top of fairness. Are you saying transgender athletes make their competitors unsafe?

2. Segregating transgender athletes is a violation of their Title IX rights.

3. I've never heard of an instance where a fully capable man or woman ever claimed to be disabled for the sole purpose of having a competitive advantage in the special olympics then reverting back to fully capable status when the games were over. However, from the website of the special olympics itself:

"Special Olympics is a global sports movement of people creating a new world of inclusion and community, where every single person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability or disability. We are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time."

 

[osh kosh bosh]

1. Weight classes in combat sports were created for safety on top of fairness. Are you saying transgender athletes make their competitors unsafe?

fairness and safety. some instances it's more about fairness, some instances it's more about safety.

2. Segregating transgender athletes is a violation of their Title IX rights.

nope, the law doesn't directly address this, and Biden paused a potential rule change to prohibit sex segregation.

3. I've never heard of an instance where a fully capable man or woman ever claimed to be disabled for the sole purpose of having a competitive advantage in the special olympics then reverting back to fully capable status when the games were over. However, from the website of the special olympics itself:

it's a thought experiment to illustrate the faults in your logic.

"Special Olympics is a global sports movement of people creating a new world of inclusion and community, where every single person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability or disability. We are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time."

 

[biggie62]

That's what they get. They deserve these low ratings.

You wanted to normalize and cater to Trump. You reap what you sowed.

 

[Air Champa]

I'd imagine a lot of people are taking a break from political bs for a while.

A lot of political personalities are seeing a decline in subscribers as well.

 

[dacomeup]

Welp

Trump about to get so many bonus points for absolutely nothing

Then 4 years later, income inequality will be worse, workers will have had so many protections stripped away, and even more PE firms will own industries that used to be full of family owned and operated businesses

 

[dacomeup]

Welp

 

[staffsgtdignam]

That's what they get. They deserve these low ratings.

Proof that the boomers are slowly going extinct

 

[gry60]

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-draft-executive-order-would-create-board-to-purge-generals-7ebaa606

 

[pmatic]

 

[gry60]

Who did these people thought Trump was going to pick?

Did they not pay attention? Or did they think Democrats lied when they said Trump prefers bootlickers?

"Reign of Peace"

 

[heelsandeers]

Project 2025 playbook right in front of our eyes

But hey, eggs are too expensive

 

[Armada]

Two of the worst people possible running a new agency

 

[biggie62]

Two of the worst people possible running a new agency

God I’m so happy I didn’t take that IRS job now. But I hope enough government employees stay to resist them at the senior levels.

 

[nonnative]

I'd imagine a lot of people are taking a break from political bs for a while.

A lot of political personalities are seeing a decline in subscribers as well.

Yeah and some people need it more than others.

We just faced:
1) A worldwide backlash against incumbent governments based primarily on inflation, the economy, and immigration.
2) At least 2 nation states and likely others that had long, concerted, and sophisticated efforts to influence our election through media manipulation, voter intimidation and suppression, subversion, bribery/blackmail, and potentially hacking
3) A generational charlatan and conman
4) An attempt to get our first woman president

Despite all that, we lost by what? A couple hundred thousand votes in swing states.

And yet dudes out here are blasting their keyboards that trans rights and Kamala not going on podcasts are defining flaws of the campaign.

Talk about seeing the trees and losing the forest

 

[heelsandeers]

Have to admit I didn't have Fox News host as Secretary of Defense on my trump term bingo card

No matter how bad you think he will be, he ends up worse

 

[dmbrhs]

Was talking to a bartender today who voted for Trump, and literally the only reason they voted for him was because he promised to cut tax on tips. That's it. And, that's not the only bartender I know who has said the same thing. Literally, one single topic that will absolutely never, ever happen, hooked a whole industry on voting for him.

 

[smedroc]

Yeah and some people need it more than others.

We just faced:
2) At least 2 nation states and likely others that had long, concerted, and sophisticated efforts to influence our election through media manipulation, voter intimidation and suppression, subversion, bribery/blackmail, and potentially hacking

So the US and who else??

 

[solewoman]

We are in for a ride

 

[Public Enemy]

Was talking to a bartender today who voted for Trump, and literally the only reason they voted for him was because he promised to cut tax on tips. That's it. And, that's not the only bartender I know who has said the same thing. Literally, one single topic that will absolutely never, ever happen, hooked a whole industry on voting for him.

The funny part is, like all these other stories, it's really just the excuse, right? Let Kamala or a Democrat have proposed that idea. It would have been "eh, so what, I still have to [excuse]". Some people just want to have an excuse to support cruelty.

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

layoffs in the federal government boutta get that twitter treatment

 

[gry60]

layoffs in the federal government boutta get that twitter treatment

Unlike Twitter, it takes more than a software update to fix a government crash.

Just saying...

 

[biggie62]

layoffs in the federal government boutta get that twitter treatment

If they can maintain union protection it will be hard. But that means they need to stay there through all the BS. As they won’t hire any replacements.

Easiest way to make people hate government organizations is to underfund them so they can’t do what they are meant to do and thus people hate them.

 

[Comparison Ford]

Nothing says “government efficiency” like needing 2 bosses.