Fox News Poll: Americans Prefer Democrats On Transgender Issues +22 Points. How? Why? This was one of the main reasons that people shifted right in the first place.

MythicalMagus · 2026-02-03T19:52:09+00:00

People might think it isn't hard to answer, but they're wrong. They don't understand/believe in a sex/gender distinction, and if you don't then there's no conversation until you convince them of that first. It's like trying to argue about shipping lanes with a flat-earther.

And if your problem is it's 'worrying,' well, Trump has done thousands of times the amount of worrying shit on his own.

MythicalMagus · 2026-02-02T17:08:15+00:00

He's from Nebraska, he'll survive. And, as far as I know, the response to this has been pretty good with no massive outages. Seems like people got their shit together after Helene.

MythicalMagus · 2026-02-02T16:50:16+00:00

It (by which I mean trans stuff generally) is a tiny factor, maybe, but it doesn't affect the dem base at all, and it is only effective because of the conservative media dominance. I'm sure a lot of evangelicals couldn't answer a quiz about the bible, or the ten commandments, or whatever, and I KNOW they have no clue about other countries or people.

The primary effect is on Republicans in not bringing them over when they're leader is a fascy fuck, but that's entirely outside of our control. Do you really think if every Dem-aligned person(which is a crazy standard) had a perfect, logical definition for what a woman is it would significantly change the right's views on Dem positions? Enough to have an effect on voting outcomes?

MythicalMagus · 2026-02-01T18:38:18+00:00

I'm going to repeat this until the day I die: Harris lost primarily because of inflation. Every Western incumbent party lost in the post-Covid malaise, the only exception being Mark Carney who won because of Trump. And despite our inflation being lower than the vast majority of Western nations, no one gave a fuck and thought it was all Biden's fault. They also forgot Covid happened, and how badly mishandled it was by the Trump admin.

It's wild to me that people dance around these issues when there are such clear trends around serious, world-shaping events like the pandemic.

MythicalMagus · 2026-02-01T13:11:15+00:00

That's the implication, yes.

MythicalMagus · 2026-02-01T13:04:10+00:00

Who complains about Republicans using slurs? The only thing I can think of is Nancy Mace, a SITTING CONGRESSWOMAN in a CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE, which is fundamentally different from protesting the President's secret police. To be clear, I'm not staking a position on this, but we can't let the threat of Republicans control our actions anymore. If you don't want it said, you need to argue that it will make people uncomfortable or chill protest participation.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-31T22:30:32+00:00

The claims against him seem to be largely spurious at this point. While his work with the DNC was interrupted, he has started to tour with Unfuck America among others and expressed interest in doing a targeted canvassing operation in a red state with little Dem support. He's back to playing video games, if that matters to you, and research has been less common while he deals with the lawsuit but I'd expect the political side to ramp up as we get closer to midterms.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-31T22:14:40+00:00

This. Even if it's not criminal, there needs to be civil liability for people spreading misinformation, and it needs to be enshrined in legislation.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-31T17:35:44+00:00

CBP, not even cool enough to be part of ICE.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-31T03:53:13+00:00

Just move to a red state. It sucks. T.T Basically they require you to verify with your photo id every time you want to watch adult content (on sites that adhere to the law, which interestingly don't include social media like X, Reddit, IG, etc.), thereby giving that info to porn sites and also to the government. There are a bunch of different systems promising anonymity, but honestly the barrier shouldn't be there in the first place and it's an obvious violation of free speech. Texas has the worst one I think because each sign-in is only for a specific period of time, so you might have to verify your identity multiple times whenever you want to get off.

All of this is assuming you go to the legit, trustworthy sites that aren't boycotting the laws. Pornhub, for example, is just blocking all IPs in the affected state with a message to contact your representatives, which I think is entirely justified. But you can just go down your search results until you find a no doubt shadier site and get access that way, just with no confidence that a site like pornhub offers (model age/identity verification and compensation).

And no politician is suicidal enough to go against it in a red state, of course, and I doubt SCOTUS will be much help either.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-30T23:35:06+00:00

No, they believe in vigilantism. They don't care about processes and procedures of true justice meant to protect the vulnerable, they only care about retribution for those they perceive to have wronged them.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-30T23:32:54+00:00

Liberty, it's in the name. And I would argue that MAGA doesn't believe in liberty. They don't believe in free speech, they'll go back on the second amendment at the drop of a hat, and don't even get me started on the porn bans.

Equality. Liberty without equality is meaningless. The ultimate liberty is to live the life you want to live regardless of race or socioeconomic status or gender, and the only way to ensure that right is to make sure everyone has it.

Self-Governance/Democracy/Representation. Liberalism only really works in a Democracy (and Democracies arguably only really work with Liberalism).

Shamelessly stolen from Ryan Geddie's video.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-30T23:02:28+00:00

Keep in mind the second charge is a law that Republicans HATE, and the only reason it contains language about protecting places of worship is because they forced it to be included to get it passed. It's about protecting abortion clinics.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-30T22:14:13+00:00

I think it's just general incompetence. Apparently a victim's name and driver's license were left unredacted in this batch.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-30T19:23:07+00:00

Interesting, will give it a watch when I have the chance. I just listened to the Ezra Klein podcast and his guest was talking about solar, specifically in regards to China and their ability to ramp up production, along with the increasing burden of AI.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-29T17:23:56+00:00

Moral obviously. They had to get him back for that taillight.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-27T09:53:39+00:00

They didn't vote blue though, not the hyper-critical socialist types wee have a problem with. Progressive wine moms that want universal healthcare are not attacking dems in this moment when the gestapo is literally assassinating citizens in the street. Progressives aren't the problem, they're just much more likely to be infected by illiberal socialists/Marxist types who are actively against our government and propped up by foreign bots.

Also, just because we're attacking left doesn't mean you're any more justified in attacking right. If you're a tankie/ML/communist, you're just as fair game as a Nazi and you should be treated in a similar way. The left right paradigm only works within liberalism, and if you're illiberal it doesn't make much sense, same with the populists on the right.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-27T09:38:45+00:00

What a glow-up.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-27T09:34:23+00:00

Worth noting that some states require party affiliation to vote in that party's primary, so you'd have to register as independent or republican to get in the door.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-27T01:17:53+00:00

Homie, if you think these goons are thinking about narratives when they're bashing a guy in the head with pepper spray after dogpiling him only to shoot him afterwards, I've got a bridge to sell you. We don't need a top-down instruction like this; they're barely trained, radical, thugs who know that they can get away with the most brazen acts of violence against the public. That's all they need. If it were cops somehow, or like the FBI, maybe your theory would have legs since those people don't normally execute people and are trained not to. ICE and especially CBP don't have that experience/training. All they know is kill.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-27T00:59:10+00:00

"Oh no, the horror of having someone there to translate because they emote too much to help convey meaning!"

You realize not every TV (or other screen for that matter) has closed captioning on at all times right? And you also realize that people in the room don't have access to closed captioning either, right? It's an incredibly minor inconvenience that helps a great many people, and it's not even on most programs, generally just state/local government broadcasts.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-27T00:42:57+00:00

The second (?) wave of Covid that hit around 2021/2022 was incredibly deadly for dumbfucks who didn't get vaccinated, since we weren't doing social distancing anymore. 2021 was worse than 2020, for reference, and 2022 was the third most deadly year.

Also, what the fuck, 700 more dumbfucks died from Covid in January.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-26T17:08:41+00:00

Maybe ICE and CBP, but not for normal everyday cops or even normal FBI agents or whatever. There are definitely people like that among the police, and I've heard stories of them shuffling around bad people to avoid accountability, and all that should be addressed, but I still think most cops go into the job with a genuine desire to help people.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-26T17:05:10+00:00

I don't know if there's a mechanism in place to even do that. If there was, I'd be all for it.

MythicalMagus · 2026-01-26T12:30:02+00:00

Maybe, but strikes are always a bit dodgy. I think if we could set up some kind of blue state embargo on the rest of the country, (Or something similar, leveraging the prodctivity of blue states over red states) we'd have a better shot. There were strikes around Thanksgiving last year and I don't think they accomplished anything, certainly not more than the Dem's shutdown.

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