volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
There has been so much misreporting about these cases, but if you read the SCOTUS ruling and what AL did, they complied with the ruling.
Perhaps SCOTUS will clarify and say that AL effectively exploited a loophole, or maybe they're say AL got it right.
But there's been a lot of misreporting about what the ruling actually said, allowing for these narratives that AL defied a ruling when really they complied with the letter of the law, so to speak.
If you watch the raw video of the hearing you'll see that the CNN reporting was pretty misleading.
It's just how journalism is these days.
The thing is, that's not how the US government works.
This quote gets it completely backwards.
It's not that the House shuts government down, but rather the government shuts down if it doesn't have authority to operate through the democratic process.
If jagoffs like #Fetterman honestly don't know matters of basic civics then they probably shouldn't be members of Congress, especially particularly powerful members of Congress like senators.
But we should at least make fun of them even if their constituents don't care to hold them accountable.
I love how you jumped right into the conspiracy theory without bothering to wait for the go-ahead.
The best part about zany conspiracy theories is that you can pull the trigger on them at any point and they are equally respectable and reasonable.
I think it's funny that you are posting the statement that culture is naturally evolve to become centralized on a platform that is a culture that evolved to become decentralized.
@strong_sue Exactly! Thank you!
@lauren you see?
Republicans are not a monolithic bloc. Different Republicans have huge different disagreements with other Republicans, as we see playing out very clearly on the national stage today.
With that in mind, maybe it is the explanation that you heard, but it's not the explanation that I heard from Republicans back in the day.
Maybe we were listening to different groups of Republicans though.
I just hope you were actually listening to Republicans and not listening to opponents of Republicans stereotyping their opponents.
I'm legitimately wondering, there's the text of the statute as far as I can tell, how does it apply to a Western Union employee?
Did I pull up the wrong statute? Which one are you referring to, and how does it apply?
Oh I see.
I mean the fact that those civil servants operate within the Biden administration means that technically Biden himself has vetted them for us.
But never mind that, we have an even better source as Biden himself has described his own role in leveraging federal funds to push foreign governments to act in ways that at least implicate conflicts of interest with his own family.
Again, I'm not saying these are smoking guns, and their might even be explanations to justify the evidence, but we have to admit that there is evidence if we are going to address it in the first place.
Also, yes, there were many plans to replace Obamacare. Plan after plan was posted to websites, discussed in conferences, and presented in media tours.
It's always baffling this line that there was no replacement plan that somehow got attention, reported on even as I was in the process of reading through replacement plans that I'm being told don't exist.
The state of journalism these days...
Sure, what matters is what they do, so can you point to a vote among Republicans that would end all gun restrictions?
If that's what you're claiming their position is, then show where they did try to put their position into practice.
Otherwise them declining to tighten restrictions is a huge leap from wanting to end all restrictions.
Sure, I didn't point to a single thing except for the things I pointed to *rolls eyes*
This has nothing to do with Trump.
Republicans had many different objections to VAWA starting with the complaint that it was redundant and simply unnecessary given other elements of US federal law.
To frame it as the GOP wanting a free for all on guns is a huge stretch, particularly in the face of Republicans supporting gun laws already on the books.
@lauren
That's the opposite of what I hear when I talk to Republicans and listen to their mainstream outlets, where they're plenty supportive of restrictions on firearm ownership by dangerous people.
Again, if you have a source to cite of a mainstream conservative calling for an end to all gun laws, feel free to share it.
But what you're saying here is the complete opposite of my experience.
I mean, it's a ridiculous thing to ask.
Responding with silence is probably the right response to such a trolling question.
@watson@freeatlantis.com
I mean, since Trump can't win the Electoral College, working to get him off the ballot is probably a good idea for Republicans.
If they can get Democrats to help then all the better: Democrats would be the source of their own loss in the election in that case.
Wow, month after month of evidence being presented, civil servants sounding alarms, insiders testifying under oath to call attention to wrongdoing, and we have posts like this saying flatly that there's no evidence?
Anyone keeping up with developments coming out of DC will know there's evidence, whether or not it ends up being conclusive after further investigation.
It's fine to say the evidence is weak. It's ridiculous to claim it doesn't exist.
I think so many want to focus on dramatic narratives around #McCarthy personally while overlooking that his story merely reflects the state of the country that elected a bunch of representatives who can't get along.
WE made this bed and we have to lie in it.
McCarthy is going to be fine. I'm sure he has income for life and a fine house and all of that.
But we will all suffer because we elected and reelected morons to #Congress who aren't interested in actually making the government function.
It's a problem that we focus on the reality tv-like story revolving around McCarthy instead of focusing on our role in needing representatives who actually work together to find common ground.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
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