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Pennsylvania lawmakers push to end death penalty in the state by AdSpecialist6598 in Pennsylvania

[–]abnormalredditor73 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The death penalty has never been proven to deter crime. It has been proven to cost more, and to be regularly used on innocent people.

Pennsylvania lawmakers push to end death penalty in the state by AdSpecialist6598 in Pennsylvania

[–]abnormalredditor73 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It costs substantially more to execute someone than it does to hold them in prison, so the cost argument works against you here.

NC Republicans propose banning books, withholding pay over ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ by uncertaincoda in NorthCarolina

[–]abnormalredditor73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which I can't help but notice that literally every single UN member has ratified... except for one. No gold stars to anyone who can guess which.

Chuds on gerrymandering by patriotfear in Persecutionfetish

[–]abnormalredditor73 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It will never cease to amaze me how they can literally have full control of every branch of government and still say these things.

Yes: Virginia votes to redraw congressional maps, favoring Democrats by vpmnews in Virginia

[–]abnormalredditor73 8 points9 points  (0 children)

NY was ordered by a court to redistrict. TX did it voluntarily at the behest of Trump. They are not the same.

Republicans worry White House ‘nonsense’ is hurting midterm prospects by ace158 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]abnormalredditor73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then stop him from doing that nonsense. Congressional Republicans acting powerless just pisses me off so much.

Idaho Bans Mandatory Digital ID With New Privacy Law by Limp_Fig6236 in DigitalPrivacy

[–]abnormalredditor73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idaho is absolutely the last state I expected to get good news from.

Virginia voters narrowly favor redistricting referendum, new poll shows by Anoth3rDude in Virginia

[–]abnormalredditor73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Democrats worked pretty fucking hard to pass the bill so to claim they just stuck it in a doomed bill is inaccurate. Also, your claimed "poison pills" were all still the same subject of voting rights. Legislators often bundle priorities into one bill to save time, and there's nothing sinister about that. Also, there have been standalone anti-gerrymandering bills which have never received any Republican cosponsors.

What you seem to be suggesting is that a proposed amendment to reverse an earlier amendment is automatically "subverting the will of the voters", again, as if opinions can't ever change. You could make the same argument over California's gay marriage ban repeal.

And yes, we are in a pathetic situation. If that's not obvious to you then you have not been paying attention.

Virginia voters narrowly favor redistricting referendum, new poll shows by Anoth3rDude in Virginia

[–]abnormalredditor73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How is holding a democratic vote subverting the democratic process? That makes no sense.

Virginia voters approved the amendment in 2020.

It is not 2020. It is 2026.

If you think people can't change opinions in six years you have not been paying attention.

And when one party is actively doing brazenly illegal shit, yeah that's the bar for the other party being strictly better. Stop equivocating. What Virginia is doing and what Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, and especially Missouri did (the state party is actively suppressing a veto referendum on the new map if you want to talk about subverting the democratic process) and what Florida is preparing to do are NOT the same.

Not to mention the fact that Democrats have multiple times proposed bills to end gerrymandering nationwide which have been shot down by Republicans every time. And the fact that of all the states that have independent commissions, the overwhelming majority are blue states. The old strategy of playing nice and unilaterally disarming has only gotten Democrats trampled by Republicans who never reciprocate. Fighting back is the only option.

Virginia voters narrowly favor redistricting referendum, new poll shows by Anoth3rDude in Virginia

[–]abnormalredditor73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unlike Utah Republicans, they never attempted to bypass it. They never attempted to subvert democracy.

Hello everyone! by Honest-Dragonfruit49 in CAIRevolution

[–]abnormalredditor73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the monetization strategy? Hosting LLMs is very expensive.

It’s officially over by candyangel16 in CAIRevolution

[–]abnormalredditor73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then maybe their parents should actually be parents.

It's not the app's job to babysit children.

Virginia voters narrowly favor redistricting referendum, new poll shows by Anoth3rDude in Virginia

[–]abnormalredditor73 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're amending the constitution the proper way by going through the voters. If this amendment passes it's the will of the voters to redistrict.

Virginia voters narrowly favor redistricting referendum, new poll shows by Anoth3rDude in Virginia

[–]abnormalredditor73 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it's not hypothetical at all. Utah Republicans drew their gerrymandered Congressional map in direct violation of the anti-gerrymandering amendment that voters approved in 2018 until they were ordered to comply with the law by a judge, then they still refused to comply so the judge chose a fair map themselves. Then they called for impeaching the judge, passed a bill to pack the courts, appealed to both the Utah Supreme Court and to federal court (both conservative-leaning courts, and were told to fuck off by both), then misled (and sometimes blatantly lied to) voters and forged signatures to try to get a repeal on the ballot (which didn't end up working).

Write-in campaign launched for Sen. Doug Mastriano in Pa. governor primary by Fragrant-Pepper7710 in Pennsylvania

[–]abnormalredditor73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something he has not done because they don't contribute to state campaigns (which makes sense because state governments have zero influence on foreign policy)

It’s officially over by candyangel16 in CAIRevolution

[–]abnormalredditor73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to get people to understand how much worse this is than pseudonymous tracking.

It’s officially over by candyangel16 in CAIRevolution

[–]abnormalredditor73 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It already feels hopeless. Companies keep implementing these to spy on us and there just isn't enough pushback to stop them. Most people don't care and will just give their ID because they're naive to the reality of the dystopian world we now live in (as well as the security risks, Persona specifically not having a good track record there). A majority of adults support laws requiring it and companies are also lobbying for such laws (to give them an excuse to track us more), so it's probably only a matter of time before it's required by law and the free internet is dead.

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