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@TWS1405
These idiots actually believe they have a right to question cops doing their job, refusing lawful commands, aggressively grabbing at a cop, reaching for their taser and/or service weapon, and all to contradict society’s established law and order.
The officer didn't tell him what he was being stopped for when the guy asked. Why would I assume a cop is "doing their job" or giving "lawful commands" if, up to the moment, I've done nothing wrong. Law and order can only be upheld in a society if citizens can know the law and what is expected of them.
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@PREZ-HILTON
1. Liberalism's core value is that we are inherently rights bearing beings. I agree that you can enshrine it in law and make it a cultural value, and I think the United States, as a byproduct of a less than perfect democracy structure from the get-go, is divided culturally and doesn't have a defined identity. However, John Locke, a key liberal thinker said that everyone has the right to "life, liberty, and property". The issue with this, like all ideology, is that there is tension within these points. Property has, writ-large, taken precedence over liberty, and this isn't a failed application of liberalism, but simply one iteration.
1a. Your conflation with big tech and the Democrats is also inaccurate, so even if you're right that big tech/corporations writ large are subverting liberal (in the philosophical sense) values, this doesn't indict the Democrats.
2. I'm in university, and there is a huge diversity of thought. Every political science class I've taken (that's my major) begins with multiple theoretical frameworks to every issue and how they all interact with different concepts in class. I had a class literally yesterday where we were debating the effectiveness of police, and everyone got credit for participation that day, despite the fact there was people who think the police are over-regulated and scrutinized in the status quo.
3. I've always heard the theory as an intentional replacement by the WEF, Jews, Democrats, etc. If it was unintentional, then there isn't any replacement, but simply demographic changes. I would argue that even if some individuals don't indict a specific actor, it's still a dog whistle for more sinister intentions.
3a. Even if white populations are declining, is this something that is bad? Why is it such a negative talking point unless there is some racialized attempt to keep America white, which is the precursor to fascist movements.
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@YouFound_Lxam
1. Every nation has a certain level of privacy. To what level is North Korea required to be transparent?
2. Yeah, I agree North Korea engages in human rights violations. I was simply saying that, in a world where we buy that North Korea is simply not getting a fair shake by Western media, what are they supposed to do besides say "we're ok"?
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@PREZ-HILTON
I think the Democrats, as a whole, are still supporters of liberal democracy. There is the small sect of the most extreme progressives and Bernie Sanders, which are socialists, but I don't think there is any mainstream Maoism, Marxism, or MLM. There are proponents of white replacement theory in the main stream Republican party, being said by Lauren Boebert as a politician and Tucker Carlson as a pundit. I think the Republicans are still supporters of liberal democracy, but they're on the cusp.
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@PREZ-HILTON
I agree, personally. The Republicans, however, are going to create a fascist or right-wing authoritarian state. I would say that is uniquely worse.
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@TWS1405
Fatherlessness is the cause of this degeneracy.
Like, even if you're right to a certain extent, this ignores that fatherlessness is majorly affected by poverty, as is crime. This poverty has existed because it is cyclical in nature and statistically hard to get out of. The reason this is important is because a prior slave class that was then affected by Jim Crow until the 60's (there are literally people who are still alive that were faced with legal discrimination) is not going to have generational wealth to build upon like other families.
Edit: "liek" to "like"
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@PREZ-HILTON
1. We've crossed a divide point where Republicans (as a party, there are individual exceptions) won't allow another Republican to look bad. January 6th is the proof of that. This means that, to heal the divide, we have to move past things of this nature. To be fair, this can't be the only step, and would require election reform and might even be debatably impossible under current ideological differences, the partisan difference reflecting this ideological one. This also works on the notion that everyone wants to preserve liberal democracy.
2. No. The cover-up justifies further action if the goal of the Republican party (once again, as a party and not the individual goals of certain individuals) is to subvert liberal democracy. If that's the goal, then we're lost no matter what. If that isn't the goal, only a risk ignoring the event doesn't further radicalize the Republicans and allows us to come back to a central point.
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@ebuc
Without getting into the nuance of my values on the issue, I'm pro-choice. I, however, wanted to ask about your original post.
...These three pivotal justices also happen to be the only justices in American history appointed by both a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by the votes of senators representing a minority of the U.S. population....The only other justices in history similarly confirmed by senators representing a minority of the American electorate, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, are also on the court. These are the five justices who voted to overturn Roe. "
My question is, do you think that
- This is American democracy working as intended or opposed to it's original constraints/values?
- Is it bad we have these systems in place?
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@PREZ-HILTON
Even if that's true from an abstract sense of justice, it furthers the political divide and wastes political funds and time.
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@YouFound_Lxam
In all fairness, if North Korea is being unfairly portrayed by the West, what are they supposed to do to try and shift away from that narrative?
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@sadolite
Why is it so stupid? I mean, is there a reason to have natural gas stoves? Obviously, it would be a gradual transition that couldn't happen tomorrow, but does slowly phasing out gas stoves create so many issues?
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I think the statue is ugly. I don't see the phallus like other people do and I'm not opposed to abstraction in even specific art, however, I do think that this piece of art fails to really get the message across.
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@Lemming
That's really cool. I've never actually been to Alaska. My Grandmother, who is full blooded Alaskan Native/Aleutian, followed a guy to Hawaii, met my Grandfather, and then followed him to Texas, where both my Mom (half) and I (quarter) were born.
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Hey, I'm Aleutian Texan, which describes my race and location. I've been on the site before, but it has been awhile and I had to make a new account (I've already contacted a moderator about that). Politically, I would say I am anarchist and left-leaning economically, though a lot of that gets lost in the details, especially around cultural politics. I am an atheist, though I have a lot of respect and almost jealousy for religious communities. I'm in my last semester of my Political Science degree with a history and philosophy minor, though I'm using to be an English teacher, so pros and cons.
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