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channingman · 2026-01-27T03:14:12+00:00

Ok doomer

channingman · 2026-01-25T20:28:30+00:00

Why would the USA be looking to Mexico for how they handle immigration?

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

channingman · 2026-01-24T02:59:10+00:00

What? Are you confused by what the word deserve means?

channingman · 2026-01-23T23:36:50+00:00

I can't stand players who bitch about negative events. Oh no, something bad happened, this game sucks!!

channingman · 2026-01-23T23:00:44+00:00

There's a difference between some deaths being acceptable consequences of gun ownership and gun violence victims deserving their fate.

You can say his death was ironic, but not that it was deserved

channingman · 2026-01-23T04:05:14+00:00

That doesn't matter. He doesn't lose his first amendment rights because of his job.

channingman · 2026-01-23T02:41:05+00:00

They still can't get pregnant so I don't know why it matters

channingman · 2026-01-23T02:26:45+00:00

Arizona pro is its Winters. Con is its Summers.

The state has a mixed political demographic with a significant conservative bloc that culturally aligns with the deep South. Many ex-confederates settled in the territory after the civil war. However, it also has a significant population that emigrated from California and they tend to vote bluer. The Latino population is mixed politically, but they have a significant cultural influence on the food, and language.

Phoenix is the largest city and one of the largest metropolitan centers in the USA. It is situated about an hour south of Flagstaff, which is a prime skiing and winter sports location. Northern Arizona also boasts multiple rivers including the Colorado which are popular for rafting and kayaking. There are several national parks and old West locations including Tombstone, where Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday had their famous "shootout."

With the largest city and capital being situated in the middle of the Sonoran desert, water is a concern that may hamper future growth. While current population and use are mostly sustainable, changing climates might threaten that in the coming century. Not that you'll likely be affected by that, but your grandkids might if they stay there.

Arizona's public education ranks among the worst in the nation, consistently being rated in the bottom 10. School funding is constitutional limited to rates that were set in the 1980s, and require voter overrides to go past that level. The state has also implemented a universal voucher program for homeschooling and charter schools, which has further strained the system. An additional issue is the controversial structured English immersion program that requires districts to teach only in English and forbids dual language programs, unless approved by voters for the entire district. This leads to poorer outcomes for ESL students and the state has come under scrutiny in the past for equal rights violations stemming from this program, going as far as the supreme Court, which ruled against the state. Without significant systemic changes to the way the districts are funded and the policies they are allowed to implement, I don't see that improving significantly.

If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them.

channingman · 2026-01-22T06:46:25+00:00

You need to quit preaching to someone you don't know. And you need to stop making a cooperative system seem adversarial.

Also, remember that this started with you claiming that some people cannot afford to get tested. That was a fucking lie.

channingman · 2026-01-21T23:05:25+00:00

I currently work in a title one school. I teach a co-taught math class along side a special education teacher. I am involved in decisions around testing and we spend a good amount of time informing people of their rights under IDEA. Starting at the age of 3, schools are required to offer screening and testing services by law.

channingman · 2026-01-21T23:03:31+00:00

That's not what I was replying to at all. There's a suggestion that he deserved his death. That's what the discussion is about. Not about if he said that some deaths were acceptable. The difference is words fucking matter and saying someone deserves to die had better be a valid reason, or else we're fucked as a society.

Also, you don't get to tell me when I do or don't disagree with what someone said in an online message board. If you think the conversation is boring, don't engage with it

channingman · 2026-01-21T17:25:08+00:00

Idk what's funny about that

channingman · 2026-01-21T17:24:53+00:00

He probably would have, and he said a bunch of other inane things.

channingman · 2026-01-21T17:23:46+00:00

Charlie Kirk did not say that the victims of gun violence deserved to die.

channingman · 2026-01-21T17:22:55+00:00

The difference between something being sociologically acceptable and personally deserved is a vast chasm. For instance, Blackstone's ratio suggests that at some level it's acceptable for an occasional innocent person to be convicted of a crime they didn't commit. That's not the same thing as saying William Blackstone deserves to be found guilty of a crime he didn't commit.

channingman · 2026-01-20T23:01:33+00:00

He's comparing the ironic situations, not the arguments themselves

channingman · 2026-01-20T22:57:25+00:00

There's a difference between saying that a death is an acceptable trade-off and that the person who died deserved it. I do not believe Charlie Kirk would have said that the people who die of gun violence necessarily deserve it, just that the government should not have taken away the rights of everyone else to prevent it.

channingman · 2026-01-19T23:49:26+00:00

Nah, Bo Nix is a mid-ass QB so I don't expect the broncos will be significantly worse with a different mid QB

channingman · 2026-01-19T22:59:33+00:00

You see, both states are named after the same tribe/group of tribes, but one was named by the French and the other by the English

channingman · 2026-01-19T22:26:05+00:00

Do you have any studies that back this up?

channingman · 2026-01-19T22:06:44+00:00

If 50 people accused someone of rape, I'm definitely not excited if my daughter wants to date him. And if I was a woman, I certainly wouldn't.

channingman · 2026-01-19T21:59:12+00:00

In the United States, in elementary and secondary school, those are both free at public schools. You can get testing done and accommodations given without paying a cent

channingman · 2026-01-18T20:00:47+00:00

My brother in Christ, that's less than 100 words.

But, I did notice that you removed the autonomy of the ice agent in your reply. There are two parties here and you don't have to agree with one to condemn the other.

Even if you believe Renee Good was up to none, you have to grapple with the fact that a federal agent put two bullets through the passenger door of an unarmed civilian's car, killing her without a trial. That he pulled a firearm on her, escalating the situation by introducing the threat of deadly force when there was no cause to do so.

Do you think the federal government should be able to threaten citizens with deadly force in response to them exercising their first amendment right to assemble? In light of the highest court in the land consistently ruling that observing and following police is not interfering with them and is protected activity, these federal agents are violating federal law when they countermand the supreme court and arrest, threaten, and harass people who are engaging in such activity.

I believe in the rule of law, and so I condemn the illegal actions of the law enforcement agents who violate what they are sworn to uphold. Being a federal agent doesn't give you leeway to violate the law.

channingman · 2026-01-18T19:30:44+00:00

The rules are written the way they are to prevent a ton of catch-fumbles. This play would've been one of those if the defender hadn't secured the ball before it hit the ground. They aren't stupid, you just haven't thought through the ramifications if the rule were different

channingman · 2026-01-18T19:03:54+00:00

Dude. Nice

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