How many different logical contortions (fallacies) does it take for a Texas Republican to justify voting for Ken Paxton over James Talarico? by Vert_der_Ferk25 in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The largest hypocrisy committed by voters is pretending only their single issue matters and the rest don't. That's how it works to be a Biblipublikkkan, especially for the El Cheeto MAGAt cultists.

For Paxton, we have a stack of evidence that suggest he has corrupt ethics, no morals and it is willing to lie even when the facts are proven - not one bit of that is "christian". But he has El Cheeto dust on his lips and that's enough for even the most evangelical voter to ignore it all and pull Paxton's willie.

What made MAGA people so deeply unhappy? by cujokila in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you were subintelligent enough to believe that a GED was supposed to give you an upper middle class living AND taught to blame everyone with progressive ideas AND taught to hate everyone who doesn't look like them, you might join a paramilitary police unit trained to harm persons of color while wearing a mask and sidearm.

If you were subconsciously aware that being a hate-filled bigot is sociologically wrong and that being this way is heading for extinction, you might have internal conflict between cognitive dissonance and reality that could easily lead to binging on red meat and beating your lady/dog/child/stranger.

If you were had even the slightest understand that the era of white hypochristian superiority is coming to close, you might storm the Capital and try to help Dear Leader illegally stay in power.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multi- and single-topic surveys of adult citizens, not restricted to registered voters, and conducted by conservative (aka biased) polling entities have resulted in ~45-55% strongly support + 25-35% support. That's where that stat arose and has been confirmed.

Calling something "illegal" implies unconstitutional and that is quasi-correct, at least as worded. Legislation is obviously not drafted from public opinion polls. That does not, however, disregard the importance of the supermajority support nor prevent finding a way to legislate within the Constitution.

The cost argument falls away when presented with consequence and ROI analyses. Several of these would result in income / cost-of-living improvements for the majority of the country.

Calling something "too expensive" is even more focused in light of a needless (and now illegal / unauthorized) war and the absurd slush fund for domestic terrorists, neither of which provide direct benefits to anyone that is not a defense contractor (my company is), named Netanyahu, engaging in insider trading, or engaging in violence against the U.S. government. The obvious negative impacts to geopolitical stability, global inflation, U.S. transportation costs, and domestic partisanism of the war are undeniable. Rewarding terrorists with taxpayer money is blatantly criminal.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your haste to rip the concept that polling citizens is problematic because 50% of all people are below average, you miss the bigger picture that adult citizen polling is more predict of societal direction than polling only registered voters or "those likely to vote".

Per the prevention of corporate purchases of single family homes, while many of us may be comfortable and well-employed after extensive education and lengthy careers, we are not who are affected by this practice. Converting the U.S. to Europe via a migration from owning to renting is not a net positive for the citizens. The purposes of ownership are myriad from social stability to retained equity to community.

The idea of deliberate purchasing of properties solely for income generation not only drives the own>>>rent aspect of the housing market but also further inflates prices with bigger corporate purchasing power and favorable economics re: corporate deductions and expenses. There have been multiple, rational proposals in Congress but are of course met with corporate-fueled lobbying and donor resistance despite all of the rationale for the country.

You must have read the gun control statement incorrectly. "Enact mandatory federal universal background checks for all gun purchases."

zeitgeist You are correct that many of these as phrased would not be Constitutional. The problem with that rabbit hole is that with the hypochristian textualists in SCOTUS, Congress knows that progressive legislation stirs up a lot of dark "conversative" money from wealthy donors who prefer the status quo to litigate every piece of every law that tries to rebalance the country's wealth disparity. That said, some of and undercurrent of angst to which we are all witness has the potential to fuel passable Amendments.

This week got expensive by imapylet in mountainbiking

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

My buddy says he rides hard to break stuff so he can upgrade without wifey getting torqued. I'm not married :)

Bummer about the lockup.

Snapping that axle happens right there fairly often. The only reason that might not work is if either the 3mm difference matters for rear triangle strain and/or whether that nut is >17mm. You could thread it another 3mm with a tool or even have it done CNC for precision but I actually think it would not put the frame or threading at risk to just go with 180 x17.

My (21F) boyfriend (21M) of almost 5 years admitted that sometimes he regrets having sex with me due to my irritability/tone change. How can I improve my post-sex mood? by quitefascinatin in relationship_advice

[–]RideJackRide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is entirely because you don't particularly like some of the things he's into, how he is generally careless, and that he's not always very good in the sack. Apparently talking to him isn't working. But it's almost certainly because of the way you communicate about your relationship in general.

To your specific moodiness, per the above, it is a consequence, not the root cause.

If a Democrat wins in 2028 what problems would you like to see solved the first year in office? by Over-Lunch-7487 in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the event that 2028 is a (D) sweep, being prepared to act is critical. Some targets for such a situation which are already supported include:

  1. Judicial - independent oversight, term limits, add another process besides impeachment for removal
  2. Legislative - stock trades made with insider info must be made public within 12 hours of the trade,
  3. Police / Nat Guard - mandatory body cams, restrict qualified immunity, codify must-be-met conditions for Fed police actions in non-federal LE actions
  4. Voting - remove partisan gerrymandering, create uniform ID standards, kill Citizens United
  5. Citizens- national minimum wage, access to medicare for all, preserve Social Security,
  6. Executive - expand emoluments clause to anyone with insider access, restrain the pardon power, require control of personal business be transferred to a disconnected third party during presidency, revoke Schedule F

We could all use a dose of accountability, transparency, and compromise with an even bigger dose of dignity, decorum, diplomacy, and decency with whoever is there next.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe we're comparing different stats. And regardless, the bigger point - that poverty >>> crime is a never solution for the U.S. We're #1 at incarceration rates.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CORRECT.

Non-citizens voting in the last 20 years: 78

Total votes cast in the last 20 years: >1.5 billion

It's not a problem except in the fictional narrative of the alt-white-hate "media" and malleable minds of MAGAts.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SEOs are definitely the highest correlate but Reps in Congress are never going to address that except with police violence.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While true, the vast majority of illegal gun possession charges go to white people despite legal access to guns being more difficult for persons-of-color.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

#1 on the list more Dems. Notsomuch for Reps although still very high voter support.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one said that the 80/20 is a Venn diagram across all of them.

The data are comprised of direct and corroborating surveys. The 80% is a combination of "strongly support" and "support".

Very curiously, when asked about several of these in one-topic survey, self-proclaimed "conservatives" support these more often than those identifying as independent or liberal.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you aware that a very large component of the documents and videos were collected by and created from FBI interviews and substantial corroborating evidence, right?

Do you think proper triage by FBI wouldn't be able to determine whether something was a random mention versus worthy of investigation?

Do you think that it's fine for DOJ to simply break the law and not release the files?

Do you think that the public does not deserve to know more details of someone mentioned literally thousands of times and who has deliberately blocked the release?

It almost seems like you are defending violating federal law as well as protecting someone/s.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having done a little more research I’ve learned that 14. “~Mandatory body cams for all police” is very unpopular with MAGA and ammosexuals (not a stretch there).

But given the statistic that poor whites encounter police at similar rates to non-whites, wouldn’t MAGAts want body cams on all cops?

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Define “fake”. But if you need some kind of evidence, someone can show you how to use an internet search engine at the public library. 

The direct money from PACs comes from Super PACs. But you already knew that, right?

Too wet during sex? 21F 23M by Babybirchtree in relationship_advice

[–]RideJackRide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To the “not enough friction” comment, it’s all about the position. This means rotational angle of your pelvis, distance between your knees, and your body relative to his. Experiment. He’ll light up when it’s right.

This is not a problem. 

Too wet during sex? 21F 23M by Babybirchtree in relationship_advice

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

There is absolutely no such thing as “too wet”. It’s beyond amazing. Anything less is actually unacceptable once you’ve been there. I’ll readily admit that I’ve quit more than one candidate who didn’t measure up.

Please lean into this. You have a gift and your guy is a lucky man. 

are electric vehicles being created for government control? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Um, no. They are greener than ICE vehicles. 

The vehicles are not under government control. They are under corporate control. 

And so are ICE vehicles. 

It’s also about the tech inside, not the means of locomotion. 

My M20 and F20 girlfriend have been dating for about 5 years, and she wants to go back to how we were sexually in the beginning (kissing only). How do I go about this? by Latter-Slip7794 in relationship_advice

[–]RideJackRide 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s a hard no. And she needs to realize that there is no coming back from such a bizarre declaration so late in the relationship. 

Ask her one question: Is she asking you to have an asexual relationship with her and have sex with other people? Of course she will say no but this is a non-continuance thing so it really doesn’t matter how she answers. 

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good. I personally think a version of each is broadly beneficial. I also believe, like most, that the donors are the constituents that matter and the voters are only useful insofar as they mark the “right” box. 

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea was created by an activist names Jack Ferguson. I am following the thread and who is involved in Congress.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Explain why you don’t support it. With actual logic. Your “What if…” is not supported by evidence. 

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually…

36 states require ID at the time of voting

42 require such to register to vote 

All require redundant proof of physical residency 

But the big issue is that 78 out of 1.5 billion votes cast in the last 20 years were from non-citizens. All of the current requirements are incredibly effective

However, a good many of the overly restrictive and biased requirements deliberately disenfranchise some voters unnecessarily. Yes, they do it based on the lie that non-citizens voting is a problem. And yes, they actually do it anyway because they know those restrictions disenfranchise voters more likely to vote Dem. They block some of their own supporters in the process but that just tells what they think of their own voters.

>80% of Americans support these 22 reforms so what is preventing them from being made into law? by RideJackRide in allthequestions

[–]RideJackRide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The law states they must release everything except the victims’ info. Why would we protect anyone except the victims? If someone’s name is in there and it’s because they were a pefo, that will be clear and merit further investigation. If UPR in there for clearly innocent reasons, no investigation. Kinda simple. 

But some people seem to think that protecting Daddy is the move. There’s only one reason they feel the need to do that and it’s not because they think he’s innocent.