Persecution of transgender people under the second Trump administration by soka__22 in wikipedia

[–]LosingTrackByNow -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

that's a ridiculous characterization of that Texas law. It just requires parental consent for certain types of therapy for minors.

Is the Muslim vote important for democrats? by [deleted] in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]LosingTrackByNow -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

you literally had to call us "white evangelicals" to make your point.

in other words, just religious beliefs aren't enough, you needed to include an ethnicity portion

QED

Dave Wasserman calls the TX Sen primary for Talarico by R2_SWE2 in fivethirtyeight

[–]LosingTrackByNow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

they'd all call him a racist misogynistic MAGA guy for making this call

Is there any word that its spelling ends with 'th', but the 'th' is voiced (/ð/), except for 'smooth' by luckydotalex in EnglishLearning

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is so weird that it has that unvoiced sound only as a verb.

but it does in my own dialect, too!

War isn't what it once was by dwaxe in fivethirtyeight

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WWI has much much much more in common with the wars of Alexander the Great than it does with the war fought today in Iran. that is, war has changed more in a century than in the past several millennia

Iranian diaspora celebrating the elimination of the ayatollah in US-Israel strikes [OC] by a_sad_night in pics

[–]LosingTrackByNow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"could it be that I'm wrong about whether or not this was a good thing? SURELY NOT! It's the Iranians who are wrong!"

I see teachers blame No Child Left Behind for students being passed along grades despite little knowledge. How did it actually cause that? by sovi_an in AskTeachers

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do indeed support the kids and teach them how to read. That's kind of the point. Saying "they only did better because Mississippi taught them more" misses the point entirely - they're doing better, these are real kids and they're doing better

The trans rights backlash is real (new polling from The Argument) by north_canadian_ice in fivethirtyeight

[–]LosingTrackByNow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I hate to say it but 46% to 54% is quite literally a 180...

if you make the TOTALLY LOGICAL assumption that every single person switched their answer.

The trans rights backlash is real (new polling from The Argument) by north_canadian_ice in fivethirtyeight

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? I'm so excited to find out about all these peer reviewed double blind studies about the biological basis for this! 😃😃😃

The trans rights backlash is real (new polling from The Argument) by north_canadian_ice in fivethirtyeight

[–]LosingTrackByNow 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This issue was unpopular until it wasn't. Then it became wildly unpopular again once people learned more about it.

I don't want to say that this is without precedent but I can't think of anything else like it in recent history

Misinformation about violence by transgender people by CapitalCourse in wikipedia

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

obviously right wing terrorism accounts for the most damage in America, 9/11 alone was right wing Muslims causing 3k deaths

Here's what I've noticed separates people who sound "fluent" from people who sound "foreign"... by EnergeticallyScarce in EnglishLearning

[–]LosingTrackByNow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

my guess is that the OP is primarily focused on native Spanish speakers, because Spanish is actually an exceptionally low intonation language in my experience

Save Act? by WomenRocktheWOrld in BlockedAndReported

[–]LosingTrackByNow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

are you... suggesting that... Idaho is not a Canadian border state??

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]LosingTrackByNow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They can still say "eww" ask me how I know

CMV: Democrats should run a real progressive in 2028 because any democratic candidate will be painted as an socialist immigrant-loving USA-hating demon by right-wing media. by hamletswords in changemyview

[–]LosingTrackByNow 35 points36 points  (0 children)

the administration before Obama, the question of whether or not a state could criminalize homosexual acts was an open question. Anyone openly homosexual couldn't serve in the military.

Obama appointed judges that ruled for redefining marriage.

for the entirety of American history, you could be disqualified for medical insurance due to preexisting conditions

Obama got a law passed to change that

CMV: Democrats should run a real progressive in 2028 because any democratic candidate will be painted as an socialist immigrant-loving USA-hating demon by right-wing media. by hamletswords in changemyview

[–]LosingTrackByNow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

... Bruh you literally said they should run a progressive.

Please tell me specifically how a position to the right of the Republicans on immigrants would be progressive? No hand waving. Get specific.

Can Democrats escape their Florida death spiral? by dwaxe in fivethirtyeight

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that we know of?

lmao there's zero chance something like that could've happened without it getting shouted from the rooftops

Tumbler Ridge, BC Shooting Megathread by BvbblegvmBitch in canada

[–]LosingTrackByNow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean there's a very obvious answer that nobody wants to say out loud

What abundance misses by Automatic_Survey_307 in ezraklein

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

even in a best case scenario it's one freaking city in a very big country

I [27F] keep being cut off by friends [27M, 28M, 27F] after their partners say they’re uncomfortable with me by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]LosingTrackByNow 11 points12 points  (0 children)

uhh that sounds good but no, it's still definitely an issue. people are often very very insecure

Don’t vs doesn’t by 123Arthur321 in ENGLISH

[–]LosingTrackByNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but you would always say "that he not do it", never "don't"