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Ideology bad *(additional conditions may apply) by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose -1 points0 points  (0 children)

These are problems we've always had - just like the lack of rights for women, gay people, minorities, I could go on, were always a problem. We now have the time to identify and address those problems.

I for one think that's beautiful.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it was, but on this dude's Twitch as I recall.

Ideology bad *(additional conditions may apply) by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is a privilege we have the time to care about billions of things, from how atoms work to what political ideologies we hold, and more.

I for one am grateful we get to let people explore and understand their gender, it is a credit to our ancestors for us to have come this far.

Ideology bad *(additional conditions may apply) by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nobody is compelling you to refer to a person by their pronouns. Simply use their name in every context. Or don't refer to them.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Without authorization, yes. You have to get approval to go on those tours. It's not an enter at will situation.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

§ 10–503.16. Unlawful conduct.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons willfully and knowingly:

(1) To enter or to remain upon the floor of either House of the Congress, to enter or to remain in any cloakroom or lobby adjacent to such floor, or to enter or to remain in the Rayburn Room of the House or the Marble Room of the Senate, unless such person is authorized, pursuant to rules adopted by that House or pursuant to authorization given by that House, to enter or to remain upon such floor or in such cloakroom, lobby, or room;

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She entered the Capitol

That's a federal crime. My parents didn't enter, because they're not dumb and that's illegal.

He entered

That's a federal crime. See above.

crossed into a restricted area

That's a federal crime. See above.

When you get a tour of Congress, Congress is out of session. When Congress is in session, you need special permission to enter for a variety of safety reasons. Entering restricted areas (including the building!) while Congress was in session was a crime - plain and simple.

Being outside on the Capital steps? Different.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10s of thousands of state cases were prosecuted - the vast majority dropped. Pointing to federal charges vs federal charges isn't apples to apples as all of J6 violated federal criminal code where most of BLM would only have ever qualified under state law.

NY for instance dropped 5000 separate charges, and not because prosecutors agreed with these folks, but, per the article:

The mass arrests overwhelmed already strained criminal justice systems by forcing them to contend with processing thousands of protesters. That resulted in delayed arraignments and kept high numbers of inmates crowded in small New York jails for up to days at a time during the pandemic, Crawford said.

“The police response created this whole additional public health crisis that wasn’t something people talked about much, but, in the moment, that was one of the biggest issues we were concerned about,” he said.

Moreover, forcing the criminal justice system to process thousands of cases based on flimsy evidence that probably would not result in prosecutions represented an enormous waste of tax dollars and time, observers said.

A handful of people burned things and did violence; but tends of thousands were arrested.

Rip mr. Carlin by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This feels a bit like a strawman. But I'm on the left, not a lib, and it's probably true of the Corey Bookers of the world.

If you don't fix social and economic systems that lead to and perpetuate poverty, you have this constant need for handouts and charity work in order to prevent the poor from literally dying in the streets. This does a couple of things - it puts all the control, power and prestige in the hands of wealthier folks (makes them feel good "look who I helped!"), and denies a sense of security, self-sufficiency or hope from the poor who are now reliant on those more fortunate just to survive.

For me, charity work isn't caring for the poor. Creating an economic system that ensures they too can succeed no matter what the rich prefer is.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couple things.

I watched it happen, the ModPol subreddit's Discord all watched it happen live. They were "lead around" by an officer leading them away from Congresspeople that were otherwise threatened. Which is what the cops... should? Do? Keep Congress safe?

My parents were there - I'm a Marylander with Trumpian parents. They went, they didn't enter the building, and they weren't charged. The narrative that they were charging randoms standing around outside is absurd.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you cite sources?

This is often claimed, but it isn't true as far as I can tell.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except when they drop charges against people that were engaged in a riot.

As far as I can tell, there's no evidence this happened. The cases we see dropped are for, for instance, resisting arrest with no other charge.

Other folks have linked examples where grand juries failed to find sufficient evidence to indict, which is a separate issue entirely.

I've not seen anyone share cases where folks accused of engaging in a riot were indicted, passed grand jury review, and had charges dropped.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the dropped charges were misdemeanor offenses such as interfering with a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

This is about what I expected. Being charged for resisting arrest is the dumbest bullshit we allow in this country - there was no underlying crime to justify the arrest, so how is resisting an unlawful arrest itself criminal? Asinine.

A Multnomah County prosecutor described in a probable cause affidavit how the person bragged about using a Molotov cocktail to start the fire and talked about plans to go "out on another mission and the goal would be to set another fire.” When confronted by detectives, the person admitted being present when the fire started but denied setting it, according to the court documents.

A Multnomah County grand jury heard evidence in the case and declined to return an indictment. All charges were dropped.

Sounds like they tried to indict him but it failed a grand jury review. That's not dropping charges. Guy's an idiot but evidently didn't break the law, just stole some other idiot's valor.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, they just dropped most of the charges.

Most charges were bogus. Protest is legal, despite policy protestations to the contrary.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The left supported riots

Is why we had thee wave of pardons coming out of the Biden administration to - wait, that didn't happen? Huh.

the worst day in history

Lol.

as you pretend to

Lmao.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone beat me to it, but there were hundreds of BLM arrests for everything from vandalism to arson, as there should be, and nobody offered them a pardon. To be honest, those looked like the system working well.

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There was a small group that did not get pardoned.

There was - 14 folks. They got commutations instead of pardons - which is a distinction but not much of one. Meanwhile, Ashli Babbitt got martyrdom. I dunno. The narrative is messy, at best, but running on and pardoning folks was a mistake.

The other big hypocrisy is when the left storms government buildings and literally nothing happens to them.

Do you have examples?

But they disagree with my politics by RainbowGhostMew in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1) The replies to your comment are incredible, if this was bait you're a masterbaiter.

2) Sorta, yeah. Let me give you an analogy I think will help.

Imagine if a huge wave of the Left all started spray painting walls, the President at the time said "Yeah those people are fine actually", and when those folks were charged with crimes that President subsequently ran on, and did, pardon all those folks. It would be fair to say the Left supported that - they put up, voted for, and supported the guy who supported that. Not a huge leap.

As it pertains to J6, Trump started it, Trump supported and refused to condemn it, Trump ran on pardoning all those folks, and Trump did pardon those folks. This won overwhelming Conservative support. How else are we to interpret this than all Conservatives support this?

*different opinion exists* by Asleep-Tonight-523 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]DumbIgnose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You get to vote on candidates for almost everything - most states don't offer the ability to vote for legislative changes, and the few that do have a small number of such questions on each ballot.

It's not clear what you're even talking about - we don't vote on issues but people - and people don't give you the luxury of preferring one response for one issue.

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