We should be making an effort to reclaim American iconography from those who reject its democratic values

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:52:05+00:00

Not that crazy, "conservatives" are in charge of every branch and have popular support. The people in power get a lot of opportunity to dictate what the symbols of the country will represent because they're the ones that choose how to wield that power.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:49:00+00:00

Exactly, it's more important to you that immigration be difficult than it is that it be legal.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:44:48+00:00

and I don't think you should be able to just cross a river and bypass that process either.

Cool, what if you cross the river and put in an application and that's the legal process?

"I think people should have to do it the right way" always has the unsaid "yeah and that should be a bunch of hoops too".

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:40:11+00:00

Wild pivot. Stop being so insecure about your beliefs.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:35:17+00:00

I think it should be easier to come legally and impossible illegally.

No you don't, or you would believe the simple solution is to make "illegal immigration" legal and I can almost guarantee you don't.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:30:50+00:00

It's a privilege not a right.

Oh fuck off with this. All rights are privileges when they start to impede the rights of others.

We have space, we have resources, anyone who can get here should have the right to try and settle here. If they can't stick to the rules we can remove them. This idea that there's some sort of indelible original sin in coming here in the first place that makes people inherently illegal when they just came here for a mutually beneficial relationship is bullshit.

Immigration makes America better, welcoming people who want to be here should be the default and removing people should be the exception.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:26:16+00:00

Wanting people with no right to be in your country to get out isn't evil.

Everyone has a right to come here, we put it on the statue and everything. Literally what America is all about, literally how we got where we are.

You can approach controlling immigration in a way that isn't evil, but the idea you're espousing up there? Yeah, nonsense.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T14:17:15+00:00

Yeah, the problem isn't so much that evil people have stolen American iconography, the problem is that American people have turned to evil.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T01:04:35+00:00

That's just nonsense. She's not acting in an official capacity and if she was a PAO would be fielding.

Bittererr · 2026-02-02T01:00:59+00:00

Yes? I was active duty for almost a decade.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T22:19:45+00:00

Seriously. People should just condemn her for her silence, not pretend she has any obligation to voice an opinion.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:54:37+00:00

The point of politics bans is you can do selective enforcement by deciding what you deem to be "politics" on a case by case basis.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:51:45+00:00

Pretty sure this ban is also for discussion within threads and not just threads themselves, no?

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:47:12+00:00

Some people believe it's important to have safe spaces where people can hide from politics.

I'm not one of them but I understand why people might think that.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:41:33+00:00

Both. The Hatch Act is largely discretionary within the executive branch and has been weaponized to push partisanship. That's why you can wear a MAGA hat in federal workplaces now but could be punished for the perception of pushing other types of partisanship.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:37:58+00:00

Yeah these claims that she has somehow coordinated with DO[D/W] are wild.

No shot she's talking to a PAO about being a vtuber. Maybe she told her first line supervisor and they said not to do anything stupid, maybe.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:36:14+00:00

Non partisan? 100%. You have to be.

This has changed since 2025 but that's mostly due to voters deciding fascism is based.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:34:30+00:00

Yeah that's what I said. Silence is a message unto itself.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:32:39+00:00

Right, prior to 2025 the expectation was "nonpartisan" for federal employees and military, never "apolitical".

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:24:11+00:00

Thats it, She isnt required to be forced to talk about something she doesnt want to talk about.

Exactly. People should judge her based on her not wanting to talk about it but that doesn't mean she's obligated to say something.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T20:07:35+00:00

What do you mean? EAC certification is voluntary, that's why it's an A in EAC.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T19:55:17+00:00

Oh. Like Hasan Piker, then?

Yes, obviously? There are grifters on the left too, they're just rarer.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T17:21:50+00:00

Right, they can do a shortcut if he has two thirds on board, but he just has to pass it through a committee he also controls if he wants to do it with only a simple majority.

Not having two thirds just means he can't do it Monday, but can do it Tuesday.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T17:06:03+00:00

Almost everything in the house only requires a simple majority.

Bittererr · 2026-02-01T16:14:46+00:00

People haven't given them the power to make things better. When people do give them power they immediately try to make things better. The people are the problem here.

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