I pin my hopes on the "cornered animal" phenomenon. Not calling GOP animals (though some of the politicians I might). The demographics don't look great for future GOP voting, so this might be the lashing out before some sort of hopefully inevitable snap back from the fringe.
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I pin my hopes on the "cornered animal" phenomenon. Not calling GOP animals (though some of the politicians I might). The demographics don't look great for future GOP voting, so this might be the lashing out before some sort of hopefully inevitable snap back from the fringe.
I knew something was wrong with you.
Crunchy is the way to go. Creamy is for lizard people
Shadow Wolf
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You've been gone for awhile.
Sometimes we do naughty things here and mention serious stuff and post links to news stories.
Shadow Wolf
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I don't even think that will work with the way rural Republican states can strong arm everyone else. If more of America were like here, probably, but that vast chunk of fly over America with it's dominate white protestant world can keep getting their way and pushing around the minority of blue states and districts.
Seriously, Trump would still be president had the issue went to Congress, where Reps held fewer states but had more states for more votes if it came to that.
Whole bunch of Gen Z with relatively unknown voting demographics are coming up though. May see just how hopeless it really is soon enough.
Shadow Wolf
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Generation stuff is malarkey. Like Indiana. Doesn't matter how old someone is, chances are great they are protestant and prejudiced.
I'm not so sure about that. Obviously some social progression has happened on generational levels.
"OK boomer" was a thing for a reason.
Disclaimer: I don't like the ageism of "OK Boomer" either. But I get why it existed. Monolithing Boomers is wrong, to be clear.
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
I know there is something wrong with me too.... but it has nothing to do with peanut butter..... But then bears just are not a picky as humans.... and you get more uses out of a jar of creamy peanut butter than you do of a jar, of the same size, of crunchy
It has everything to do with peanut butter. Didn't you know it's the single measure of a person?
Shadow Wolf
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Yeah. My best friend, her "boomer" parents are such awesome people, have treated me more like family than my own family has (I'vealso done more with them than with my own parents), and accept me still after coming out as trans.
I pretty much reject generation as much as I do astrology. That tells me nothing.
I'm vaccinated. But I'm avoiding all venues that
would require sticking a shillelagh up me snoot.
I think there are statistical truths. But that's the caveat that they're statistical, and it's always wrong to take statistics and monolith with them.
For instance it's statistically true that there are less women than men in STEM, but obviously that doesn't mean anything about women's ability to do STEM. Etc.
Wait there are venues that do rapid testing to enter?
I've enjoyed the fact that venues around me have required proof of vax to enter certain areas. Between masks and that, it's allowed me to do some things I otherwise wouldn't feel comfortable doing.
Cartoon trivia....
Chuck Norris never again voiced his character after
The Venture Brothers arrived. He was afraid that
Brock Samson might be written in to his show.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165166/
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Yeah, but that's not homogenizing people and applying things to them that may not even be applicable.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Brock would pulverize Chuck and use his ribs for a toothpick.
Some people do though.
So that's what I'm saying. I think statistically true statements can be made about generations while acknowledging that it's wrong to monolith generations. In my example, a statistically true thing can be made about sexes while acknowledging that it would be wrong to monolith sexes.
I don't know how rapid the tests are.
In NYC eateries I had to show proof & ID.
That was great...other than being in NYC.
And then desecrate Chuck's corpse in the usual fashion.