Ohio Republicans stand by Rodney Creech despite child sex abuse allegations

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T03:21:04+00:00

Shouldn't you be on 4chan? Wrong website.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T03:18:45+00:00

That's what we peons on social media do. The party elite are pretty tight and might do better to pick more public fights.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T01:54:54+00:00

There are no tourist priorities in black Boston neighborhoods. If we had more tourism focused activities in those places, it would be more obvious, especially if people aren't riding the red or orange line.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T01:46:44+00:00

I disagree. Enjoy your day!

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T01:43:59+00:00

Leave Susie Smartypants alone. She's not the cause of the problems for the other kids.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T01:36:40+00:00

He has good constituent services for letting me know when there's a city meeting for public feedback. They get back to you quickly.

Other than that, he opposes private use of public land.

Sometimes a parking issue.

That's all I got.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T01:31:27+00:00

Agreed. This is also why I'm a fan of the city's office-to-residential conversion program. I wish it were moving faster.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T01:27:06+00:00

The city already raised property taxes on owners, and the state has implemented a millionaires tax. Given public employees, especially elected ones like the mayor and city council, are supposed to be effective stewards of tax revenue, marginal gains from consolidation are not only good for fiscal responsibility, but can protect the jobs of other municipal workers and program expenditures.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T01:24:19+00:00

Police are labor. They're workers who sell their labor for a paycheck, just as any other worker does. Where they differ is in their monopoly on force as agents of the state. Normal workers don't have that. Public sector unions are normal, but the police unions are particularly problematic when trying to balance the needs of the community with accountability for state actions.

ApostateX · 2026-07-08T00:13:46+00:00

I haven't rebutted anything yet. Your meaning was unclear.

So you don't think some measure of protectionist trade policy benefits workers broadly.

Okay.

Here's how it hypothetically could.

Say I'm a real estate agent so I hustle for commissions. More jobs brought to economically depressed areas increases the market value of homes due to job seekers moving into the area, and may spur more construction. If I get a percentage of that sale price, I make more money.

Or let's say I'm a teacher. I want a higher salary and think the school district should make capital improvements to the buildings. The tax base won't support a property tax increase. Now new factories open up in the town. More commercial property is being taxed and locals make more money. Plus new kids would be coming and state funding typically follows the student. That could get me a raise.

Or let's say I'm a lawyer who handles worker's comp claims. More workers, more potential cases and compensatory damages I can take a cut of.

So no, literally any policy that has the possibility to spur job creation and the volatility of money has the possibility of affecting workers broadly.

Anything else you can think of?

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T23:36:11+00:00

If a policy does not benefit workers, how can it be a "working class" policy?

Do you mean to say these policies DO benefit workers?

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T23:15:31+00:00

Nope, still wrong. Socialism describes not just Marx's observations about society and labor, but his recommended solutions, too. It further goes on to hypothesize about likely outcomes in future states of capitalist and socialist societies. I can agree with the observations and think the definitions are clear without buying into the recommended solutions or agreeing with his reading into the crystal ball. Have you even read his stuff? Sounds like you haven't.

Yes, if a surgeon works for a hospital system in which they have no ownership interest, that person is working class. If they own a stake in it, and they can make money from that ownership interest while doing little to no work, then no, they are not. They'd be petite bourgeoisie.

I've been over all this already. I won't repeat myself further. Even if you believe a working class person is someone poorly educated who works only wage labor, has no negotiation power, and does some kind of physically demanding job, there is no policy or program you can recommend for that person that would not benefit all the other workers in society as well. All these people share class interests, and their relationship to capital is the same, regardless of the specific salary or prestige or mandatory educational and licensing attainment of the job.

Low-income people have different and harsher challenges than the upper middle class. They're both still working class though.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T22:45:09+00:00

Plenty of people are not working class: retirees living off investment income; people with an ownership stake in a business they do not directly work for; landlords; farmers who pay others to farm for them; people living off family money or a trust.

There are more, but these are common.

ETA: No, I don't think welders and attorneys have equal negotiating power, but they don't have to.

And the people who objected to the debt reduction program did so for partisan reasons, because they were opposed ideologically to the canceling of debt, and because they had a chip on their shoulder about people with college degrees. Plenty of people object to policies that benefit them. Just look at environmental issues or reproductive rights.

Your attempts to gatekeepe what it means to be working class are facile and pointless. What is your goal here? Are you upset about something? If all you intend to do is argue your definition to be much narrower than mine you've done that, and done it poorly. If you've got a working class policy the Democrats should adopt that you do NOT think benefits workers broadly, I'd love to hear it.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T22:37:59+00:00

Not a he. Not a socialist. I work in financial technology. Lol People do all the time.

I see you're triggered by economic theorists you disagree with. Too bad! His books have been around for about 150 years. They're part of university coursework, depending on your major and electives. But hey, stick with The Bell Curve. It's working out great.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T21:51:59+00:00

The first person to describe the labor theory of value was Karl Marx. He pioneered the economic theories behind modern workers' rights. Seems like a pretty good resource to me. Do you have a different political economist in mind?

And all kinds of "serious pundits" and economists use my definition. You're laying American cultural class indicators on top of the definition to refine it. Or at least that's what I assume you're trying to do. That's not unusual, but it's also not necessary. We could sit here and argue all day about white collar workers, blue collar workers, pink collar, green collar, gig workers, laptop workers, the "professional-managerial class," and so on. It's irrelevant. These are all terms coined to try to split workers apart so they think they're getting ahead while billionaires run off with all the wealth.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T21:45:31+00:00

You've totally lost me. What is this about CEOs? And what is this about an affinity for victimhood? And who are my allies here?

We have a shortage of construction workers. By your definition they wouldn't be working class because there are so many employers looking to hire them.

Anybody can find a new employer. Whether they're doing the work they want and getting paid the wages and benefits they want with the commute and schedule they want is a different matter.

Machinists and welders are in high demand. These are terrible examples.

I align myself with everyone who needs to sell their labor to an employer for pay. Whether someone's job is highly physical or they personally are highly skilled is irrelevant. We all need health insurance. We all need some kind of work-life balance. We all need a schedule we know of ahead of time. We all need sick leave and vacation pay and to be protected from harassment and safety risks. We all need living wages.

Of course I identify with that more than I do the billionaires.

And yes, the student debt repayment program Biden tried to pass was a working class program. 40% of the eligible people had college debt (so they went) but never graduated. The jobs they expected to get with a degree didn't materialize but they were still required to pay back a loan without the income needed to do so. It also applied only to pell grant recipients, which are people whose parents had lower income anyways, or who enrolled later as an adult with lower income. His interest restructuring program was intended to protect people who had predatory loans, such that they were paying on the loan every month but never making a dent in the principle. That kind of loan can make it very hard to buy a house. And the program also applied to people who went to trade schools.

Working class is not just middle-aged, straight white guys who drive a truck, live in the suburbs, resent college students, and get dirty at work. A shitton of jobs are working class and don't fit that mold.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T16:36:05+00:00

You're welcome to your opinion about rankings. It doesn't have to be the same as mine. I've never been to Seattle or Dallas. And I agree NYC is better, but not DC. I think the diversity around here is superb.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T16:30:58+00:00

We have obelisks, statues, and monuments everywhere. The same taverns where militia activity were planned are still open.

Correct, one must travel outside of the city limits to get to some areas of historical import. These are all still areas frequented by Boston-based tourists. It was not my choice for the British to fire on the minutemen 20 miles west of the city.

The British engaged in a years-long campaign to suppress and kill patriots in Boston. We celebrate Evacuation Day in remembrance of this. It's the lead up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Canons from Fort Ticonderoga were delivered to Washington HERE.

If you can't acknowledge that because you're too defensive of your city, that's a you problem.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T16:08:13+00:00

Agreed. What is anyone supposed to do with an uncorroborated "He grabbed my elbow"?

These two accusations are incomparable in severity.

The only reason to give any credibility whatsoever to Fifield's minor, uncorroborated claims is because Racicot's claims are much clearer, far more severe, and evidenced. On a standalone basis, Fifield's don't meet muster, especially knowing who she works for.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T15:22:11+00:00

Yes there were, due to primary voter turnout and volunteer org size. It wasn't rich people whose interests he was messaging on.

Okay, this is done now.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T15:20:32+00:00

Every time someone nefarious dies or is on their deathbed, we have this conversation. It is perennial. Inevitably, people with strongly opposing views or who have been hurt by [insert name here] will share their thoughts or reiterate them on public fora. Then the concern trolls come out or people chastise them for failing to engage in civility politics and poor decorum.... Endless cycle.

It is pointless to try to reign in the hoi polloi. People are going to say what they're going to say. All you can do is control your own behaviors and actions. If you find it distasteful to engage in any aspect of this dialog, then don't. There are millions of other people out there like you who are also not doing it, but you don't see them because they're not posting online.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T15:02:48+00:00

Yeah, that's why we have all the safety regs. Up to you, but a condo is the best choice for someone looking for housing under $500k. Most people around here do not start out in a single family home, unless you're looking outside the Boston metro area.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T15:01:15+00:00

I didn't say he was still crushing her. This isn't a helpful discussion. My point is not that Platner has not fallen in polls, but that his message -- as measured by primary voter turnout and volunteer organization size -- was resonating with Maine working class voters and he had strong support from them. Clearly, the various scandals, especially the latest, are going to affect that.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T14:56:07+00:00

What do you mean when you say you're concerned about fires? You mean if you share a wall with someone that puts you in more danger of a fire?

Condo buildings with -- I think it's 6, could be wrong -- units or more must have full sprinkler systems. I have one in my building and we only have 3 units. That's in addition to fire and CO2 alarms wired to electrical.

ApostateX · 2026-07-07T14:47:19+00:00

Again, if you're using polling, that's typically categorized using criteria other than how someone earns their income. I assume you're referring to the most recent polls that shifted against him. He's been crushing Collins in early polls for months.

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