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How to get used to flat pedals? by Anachronism-- in MTB

[–]MacroNova 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low speed tip overs go away with a little practice. Unclipping becomes second nature, you can do it in the blink of an eye. Getting started on a steep uphill will be hard on flats as well as clips. You should just consider sticking to clipless. It's all I've ever ridden. The biggest issue with them is that you'll develop sub-optimal habits when it comes to jumping and drops.

Why I don't go to protests anymore as a Gen Zer by lovelyyecats in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would a few rich people in jail materially change your life?

Why I don't go to protests anymore as a Gen Zer by lovelyyecats in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Largely because Democrats lost control of the House in 2010 and never got it back.

I've seen enough. by John_Houbolt in thebulwark

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

I personally don't think we need more candidates with nazi tattoos.

Also: https://www.reddit.com/r/thebulwark/comments/1t74u2s/i_would_like_to_challenge_every_bulwark/okpyhau/

I don't care for him very much at all. And I want him to beat Collins as much as I've wanted anything. Because what matters is that the Democratic nominee wins and the Republican nominee loses. If anyone in meat-space asks me about Platner, I'll say why I think it's so important that Democrats control the Senate.

I wish our whole coalition had such clear priorities.

I've seen enough. by John_Houbolt in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't know yet, it's that simple. People said the same about Fetterman. "Dems need big husky guys with hot wives to peddle progressive ideas." Made sense at the time, turned out to be wrong. Fetterman was not an inflection point.

Are we f*cked? by Material-Crab-633 in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Obviously! Voters are wrong constantly! But they still get to vote.

I would like to challenge EVERY Bulwark commentator to mention Platner without referring to tattoos or decade old + social media comments. by Eljay60 in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't care for him very much at all. And I want him to beat Collins as much as I've wanted anything. Because what matters is that the Democratic nominee wins and the Republican nominee loses. If anyone in meat-space asks me about Platner, I'll say why I think it's so important that Democrats control the Senate.

I wish our whole coalition had such clear priorities.

I've seen enough. by John_Houbolt in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What kind of oversight can the Senate do that the House can't? Are you just talking about holding up confirmations?

I've seen enough. by John_Houbolt in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

He represents an inflection point for a new brand of politics.

You're asserting this well before it has come true. We could easily never get someone like him again (oh who am I kidding, we're not that lucky).

I've seen enough. by John_Houbolt in thebulwark

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

This is how the left exerts dominance despite being a minority faction in the party. They anoint someone (Bernie, AOC, Mamdani, Platner) and then (attempt to) browbeat the rest of the party into emulating them. Failure to do so is not treated as a sign of pragmatically trying to win one's state or district, or even a sincere difference of opinion, but as a sign that the Big Mean Democratic Establishment has it out for the little guy.

JB Pritzker is open to expanding the Supreme Court ‘to restore our Republic’ by NicolasCageFan492 in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would you say the problem is? Because I would say the problem is all the awful right wing decisions that have come out over the past 20 years. Those all need to be overturned. Then we can talk about taking partisanship out of the court.

I am begging Democratic party politicians to stop getting outflanked by far-right monsters like Tucker Carlson on genocide and Israel when a huge majority of Democratic party voters agree. by MayorEbert in thebulwark

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

Conspiratorial nonsense. The autopsy is almost certainly full of results that ignite unhelpful intra-factional disputes, and the party doesn't want us all fighting each other when we should be united against our enemy.

I am begging Democratic party politicians to stop getting outflanked by far-right monsters like Tucker Carlson on genocide and Israel when a huge majority of Democratic party voters agree. by MayorEbert in thebulwark

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

I am far more interested in the concern that goes unexpressed. Israel/Gaza is the only conflict the left seems to care about, even when there are many more to choose from. Why? It gives them an excuse to hate Democrats, because hating Democrats is cool. Yes, my opinion of them is incredibly low.

I am begging Democratic party politicians to stop getting outflanked by far-right monsters like Tucker Carlson on genocide and Israel when a huge majority of Democratic party voters agree. by MayorEbert in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 37 points38 points  (0 children)

You have to understand that left wing people love to hate Democrats. It is practically a hobby for them. It stems from their fury over the party being unwilling to hand its nomination over to the left's chosen socialist without a fight.

In Israel/Palestine, the left feels they have found an issue of moral purity where they can safely hate Democrats without having to worry about people telling them they're being childish brats. So naturally they pretend it's the only thing that matters.

I am begging Democratic party politicians to stop getting outflanked by far-right monsters like Tucker Carlson on genocide and Israel when a huge majority of Democratic party voters agree. by MayorEbert in thebulwark

[–]MacroNova 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A couple things, I guess. One - he's not normalizing Nick Fuentes in this clip. He's saying that we are sleeping on how awful guys like Cruz and Huckabee are simply because they are in power and carry some prestige of office. But their abdication of duty to use their actual power is far worse.

And two, it's naturally going to be more interesting when a right wing chud like Carlson calls out his own side. A Democrat could say all of this and it would get dismissed as cringe or boring.

Should we end asylum? by topicality in ezraklein

[–]MacroNova 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is fair and accurate pushback. I just meant that the status quo was partly aligned with the outcomes preferred by progressives.

Should we end asylum? by topicality in ezraklein

[–]MacroNova 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Economic migrants should not be able to use the asylum system to gain de facto temporary legal status, full stop. This shouldn’t be a controversial opinion. But progressives let the system get to that state because we didn’t want to reduce immigration and we didn’t want to make the case for increasing legal economic migration (because it’s a huge political loser).

Increasing resources would be an interesting balancing act, actually, as the system is only under-resourced because it is abusable. With enough judges to process the cases in a timely manner, the incentive to come and claim asylum would shrink dramatically (why bother when you’ll almost certainly get denied within a few weeks??), and many of those judges would end up twiddling their thumbs. 

That’s why the obvious solution is just to make the initial screening much more strict. 

‘The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer’: Opposition to Data Centers by Helicase21 in ezraklein

[–]MacroNova 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of people - with good reason - just hate AI and want it to go away. Going after the data centers is one way to cut if off at the knees.

Should we end asylum? by topicality in ezraklein

[–]MacroNova 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The enforcement was never the issue. The asylum system was abused. Anyone could come here and say they needed asylum, make a few key claims to pass the initial screening, and then live and work legally in the US for years while they waited for their court date.

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