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  1. PseudoSABR
    So you think without Trump this would have happened? (Or some equally reprehensible tea-party right winger leading our country). I don't. Whether or not we can hold Trump directly responsible isn't really point, he and the right's rhetoric and how they position themselves among disparate groups is a major contributing factor. And again, honestly, this kind of both-sides talk, minimizes the right's contribution to this culture of violence/normalized extremism. I mean what should those on the left do, to avoid being labeled as also extreme, shut-up and take it? Because I think that's the only way to evade this lame both-sides argument.
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    Trump's response to today's shooting: we need to use the death penalty more.
  3. PseudoSABR
    I couldn't disagree more. The issue isn't extremism on both sides. It's that one-side's extremism has become it's rallying cry. Yes, there is violence on the left. But it is not front and center to the belief-system that the left is selling. Moving from Hillary to Bernie, doesn't get somehow more violent, because suddenly we're interested in socialism (sharing is so much like violence!). For a long time, there's been a core of othering on the right. Clinton did that somewhat behind closed doors with her deplorable line, but it was not a feature of her campaign. In my opinion, it's god-damn cowardly how the right washes their hands of the culture violence that they've been stocking for decades. (But never forget there's some bad people on the left! Let's make sure and mention that!)
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    Calling someone a Nazi, or a racist isn't remotely the same thing as inciting violence. These kind of comparisons minimize what's going on not just on the far right, but in the right's base, spread out in rallies across the country.
  5. PseudoSABR
    I don't see the relevance of mentioning Sanders at all. It's classic both-side-ism. "Yeah, Trump does bad things, but did you know about those crazy, violent liberals?" Yes, political extremism is bad all around, but one political persuasion has a monopoly on that, with only a few exceptions.
  6. PseudoSABR
    Look this is a false equivalency, and totally down plays the different kinds of rhetoric coming from Trump and, say, your example Bernie. Yes, people are crazy; that's why you don't incite violence at rallies, dehumanize your opponents, or condone attacks on members of the media. Come on, man.
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    I saw that twitter-joke too. One would think this would quiet those false-flag arguments, but right wingers will use the ostentatious vehicle to suggest he's a liberal mole, obviously.
  8. PseudoSABR
    Van of the suspect of the pipe bombs. I can't make any of the images out, but others claim is plastered with MAGA bling. (And good job on the part of the FBI, Postal Inspector, and local police by finding this guy quickly).
  9. PseudoSABR
    I'm lukewarm on Mauer. At worst, he goes the way of Ichiro, and retires when he shows he doesn't have it. And at the right price, Mauer isn't a negative player (though of course, we'd want someone better, but with both 1B and DH open next year, I don't think he'd be blocking anyone right away).
  10. PseudoSABR
    Smarty! And non-relevant, which I think is your point.
  11. PseudoSABR
    How many languages do you know? I studied Spanish for several years and French, too. Neither stuck with me. It's harder and more time consuming to learn a foreign language than people are willing to grant, evidently. Do I wish he knew Spanish? Yes. Do I think it's fair to hold that he doesn't know Spanish against him? No.
  12. PseudoSABR
    What I had heard was that he already talked to Mauer and would welcome him on the team. I'm not sure he's advocating for Mauer, but rather being respectful towards the team's most popular player whose on the cusp of retirement. I mean what is he suppose to say publicly about Mauer on the first day on the job?
  13. PseudoSABR
    I don't see what his intelligence or his education have to do with learning Spanish. It's not as if he could learn it by osmosis, he'd need to study it and probably go through an immersion program, which would take time, likely time away from the work experience that led to the job he just got.
  14. PseudoSABR
    I like his story, his pedigree, and his name. Well done, Twins.
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    I wasn't posting that to endorse Gillum, (as you probably know, I'm just getting to know the public figure/and haven't researched the allegation). Rather, I posted to highlight that taking money from racist organizations does acknowledge their belief that the candidate will further the cause (the kind of rhetoric, I do want from Democrat candidates). Maybe you can poo-poo the racist slant, but I can't because it looks pretty part and parcel to me. Desantis may not be a racist, but he accepts their support, and that both has real meaning, and should have consequences. *But I do think you are probably right, that a candidate who moves further to the far left is susceptible to supporters who overlook his own corruption; that tribalism definitely exists on the left as well.
  16. PseudoSABR
    We need more of this. (re: our discussion of how to respond to right wing arguments)
  17. PseudoSABR
    Trump's conflicts of interest are disqualifying by itself, which are numerous, and many known before his election. We need not get to his mental fitness, his sense of empathy/decency, his capacity for honesty, etc.
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    Right. As I understood the electoral college was far more about that policy than insuring that any minority group need a larger portion of the electoral pie. The arguments for the electoral college, as I understand it, are largely post-script, and don't necessarily reflect the intent of the framers. Though clearly the framers were concerned with Tyranny in all its forms.
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    On today's news.
  20. PseudoSABR
    The solution to Tyranny of the Majority is not Tyranny of the Minority.
  21. PseudoSABR
    Totally fair. It'd be a nightmare to do in bulk. (And obviously for those who might find themselves choosing between heating their home in winter and boiling water to drink; like Flint.)
  22. PseudoSABR
    So much this. I've been saying this for years; why wouldn't small businesses be all about a national health care. Sure some may think their low-cost plan or no plan at all will be cheaper than a tax related to nation healthcare, but it's not just the cost of the plans, it's also the man-hours put into managing and choosing a plan, and the cultural effect of good plans/expensive plans on work cultures. So should any national health care plan offer tax protection for small businesses? That's a concession that's fraught for abuse, on the other hand.
  23. PseudoSABR
    How these institutions should be run is honestly conservatively, with an eye both on efficacy and efficiency. I think once we accept that the market doesn't provide a solution, we'll invest in making more productive government institutions. The debate should be how do we shape these public institutions, not whether we should have them. For myself I've always been very liberal in terms of setting the goal, but over time I've grown more practical and realistic about how we reach those goals.
  24. PseudoSABR
    I agree. I wish Beto would say: "Yes Ted, I'm going to tax you and your Fat Cat friends. We've all heard how hard it's been not being able to afford a second home. I think that makes you out of touch with common Americans, and sounds like with your desired standard of living you could afford to pay your fair share." Or something like that.
  25. PseudoSABR
    I've known you've always held socialist and liberal positions, but I've also heard you identify as a moderate, sometimes adamantly. I think even if Beto loses, the fact that he's competitive shows the viability of his message in freaking Texas. Beto, I think like Sanders, bucks the righteous, elitist liberal criticism and seems genuinely authentic. As to the practical concerns with the policies on the left, I think the Democrats shouldn't be afraid of the T word and articulate a reasonable tax policy that taxes the income of rich people (negotiable what that is), and spares businesses and the middle class. I'd also look at the capital gains tax, maybe to increase it on non-IPO stock buy/sales. (One idea I had was to tax the dollars spent on advertising, say on Amazon, who somehow gets around paying taxes).
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