Given what we know about left leaning groups faking right wing events (Terry McCauliffe hiring tiki torch bearing men to show up at Glenn Youngkins events and the SPLC sponsoring hate groups) don’t think the Patriot Front March was real?
Looks a lot like a staged event.
Personally I hate this move. Reconciliation is for budgets not for passing legislation without consensus. That happened with the Affordable Care Act and now it seems republicans are doing it on every piece of legislation. To my knowledge this would be the third time reconciliation would be used to pass legislation. Here is the hill which made the claim
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5954031-save-america-act-house-vote-2/
I’ll throw in cultural changes as an option as well. And for both answers, pick two issues you feel strongly about
The Sustainable Culture Lab, a non-profit, produced what they consider a needed amendment to the constitution, a 28th Amendment: https://scl.community/28th-amendment
The proposed amendment covers human dignity, citizenship and immigration, voting and elections, socioeconomic rights (like a right to education), civil rights (like a right to privacy), and separation of powers. It's a smorgasbord of constitutional changes.
I'm sure we all agree that there is absolutely no chance that an amendment that is trying to do so much will ever become reality, but I'm curious whether you all think the country would be better off (or worse off) if we had this as a 28th amendment.
The ideals behind white supremacy are inherently violent towards non white individuals. The concept of race itself was created so that white supremacy could exist.
European powers were conquering and enslaving, while most people were of christian faith. Which at the time condemned unequal treatment. The concept of race came into play as a propaganda tool. To support the european slave trade and colonization of african countries. Psuedoscience was pushed out to make people believe that some races were naturally superior to others so therefore treating them unequal is ok. That's why race exists. That's why white supremacy as an ideology is inherently one of violence. Every white supremacist group at some point attacked or attempted to terrorize a community of minorities.
We bring in immigrants because we need labor and then we either kick them out or put them on the chopping block for some atrocity.
America is rooted in white supremacy and that is exactly why minoroties have such a long and continued history of suffering. Its terrorism. Why do we not treat it as such?
I'm specifically interested in answers from people who do believe that the Commandments should be posted in these locations, which I recognize is a subset of conservatives more broadly.
Are you OK with passing a law that would make it so only one side can win?
Is it OK because you believe that the only reason a Democrat ever wins now is because of cheating and the Save Act corrects that?
Or is it that the other side so evil that ending democracy is necessary?
Something else?
I understand that you believe the Save Act is making it so people who shouldn't vote can't vote is a good thing (and it is.) But if you make it harder for citizens to vote to make sure others don't vote, there has to be a better way.
Happy 4th everyone!
I assume culture tag is appropriate, if not, mods we can change it to a better suited tag.
As some of us celebrate 250 years of America ive seen a lot of debate come up around this topic, especially after Mr. Trumps finances have recently come out with a staggering increase in network during this first year back, while the cost of living keeps going up, the illegally waged war in Iran continues and the DOJ ignores court orders. Would any of this be acceptable behavior to you under dem leadership?
Not much else to add to the title, just would like to hear some honest thoughts on this topic.
Again, mods, if a different flair/tag is needed, happy to make the change.
Conservatives like to say they are against violence, but when you have white supremacist groups that identify as conservatives, wouldn't that be an oxymoron?
Mine is usually set to 81 but that's because electricity is really expensive, I think I am a statistical outlier, I think something like 78-79 is more typical. Some politicians got backlash for asking people to set their AC to 78 and I was mostly confused since I don't think I've ever set the AC that low, is something like 60-70 much more common across the country?
Republicans talk about American energy independence and yet it still seems we are way too dependent on other countries for our oil supply.
This is more so evident with strait of Hormuz being closed and Americans paying at the gas pump.
Wouldn’t it make sense to heavily invest in renewable and nuclear energy to make us completely self sufficient on energy production? Then we wouldn’t hurt so much when other countries mess with oil supplies.
Or heavily incentivize EV adoptions so that Americans aren’t paying so much at the gas pump.
What am I missing here?
Bonus for what’s in the cooler/mini fridge.
Edit: I'm referring to the left wing debater/radio host, not Ben Shapiro.
Perhaps most importantly, what are you cooking/eating? What fireworks are you blowing up or watching?
No politics, please.
It's me again, early Gen Z guy who is drawn to Republicans because I am very passionate about cars, but also drawn to Democrats due to economics/labor/race, etc. Trump is in the news for pardoning violators of the Clean Air Act. I ask because I've long read about emission control device deletes, the government going after aftermarket tuning shops/companies that sell them, etc. - this scare over the use of "offroad use only" parts on street-driven vehicles back in 2016 tarnished my opinion of the EPA (to this day) and made me less likely to vote for Democrats (or more likely to consider this issue when voting).
I believe, with gas engines, you should be able to modify them however you want, and delete whatever you want (and if the CAA needs to be amended again to reflect that, then amend it), though I don't support allowing new cars to be sold without catalytic converters (I also don't think people will start removing theirs en masse if some people with modified cars do). With diesel engines and "rolling coal" it's different (you can make power without doing that, as legendary diesel tuner Gale Banks says, but people don't want to). I think it's tacky and makes all car enthusiasts look bad to others. However, there are practical reasons for "deletes", and some say the presidential limo itself is "deleted". What is your opinion of these pardons, and modifying the factory emission control systems of vehicles in general?
During his Mt Rushmore speech Trump called for the filibuster to be ended specifically to pass the SAVE America act and promised that Republicans won’t lose another election for 100 years if they do that.
Do you think this should happen?
Do you think this will happen?
Timestamp 6:35
I posted a question on r/whatBidenHasDone about Trump vs Biden's economies, and tried to put it in a fairly neutral light. While y'all are generally polite on here, about 90% of their comments were calling me all sorts of derogatory names for even considering supporting Trump, and were keen set on villifying Trump on every single matter. Why can't they act like you guys? This is a legitimate question.
Edit: less than 90% called me names but that was the general demeanor.