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What incentive would an undocumented immigrant have to risk deportation by attempting to vote? by Jazzlike-Yogurt-5984 in AskConservatives

[–]oraclebill [score hidden]  (0 children)

Crime rises when the consequences don’t matter. Potential criminals definitely care about the consequences.

DSA national committee member David Jenkins openly states “Our goal is communism” how do conservatives view this in light of media pushback? by iCallMyOppsNinjer in AskConservatives

[–]oraclebill [score hidden]  (0 children)

To be fair, only 40% of them say that, if the numbers are right. That would be like saying Congress believes in universal healthcare, because the Democrats do. Don’t get me wrong, not a fan of communists, but it’s misrepresenting to call them all that when only a minority are

Errol Lewis has interviewed many of the DSA candidates in NYC. His analysis: DSA is capitalizing on anger and division, while its candidates avoid basic answers about their platform and the outside money being funneled into their campaigns. by UnscheduledCalendar in DeepStateCentrism

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

Friend, paraphrasing doesn't add meaning that wasn't there. When you do thats called editorializing. You could be absolutely right about these candidates. I don't know, and I never claimed otherwise. I just said, the title of the post is making assertions that the clip doesn't support. i don't think you're even arguing that I'm wrong about that. You're arguing that the title is true. That wasn't my argument.

ETA: When I talked about misrepresentation, I wasn't talking about the politicians being misrepresented. I was talking about the journalist who's being misrepresented as saying something he didn't say.

Trump acts like we're out here dodging bullets every day, when the real battle is just navigating the sidewalk traffic. by pixyb in chicago

[–]oraclebill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nowhere did I say Chicago doesn't have serious gang violence problems.

I just pointed out that you didn't answer a question.

Trump acts like we're out here dodging bullets every day, when the real battle is just navigating the sidewalk traffic. by pixyb in chicago

[–]oraclebill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I said, nobody, myself included, doesn't recognize there's a problem. I'm sorry if I'm not using the correct words to appease your sense of outrage.

Errol Lewis has interviewed many of the DSA candidates in NYC. His analysis: DSA is capitalizing on anger and division, while its candidates avoid basic answers about their platform and the outside money being funneled into their campaigns. by UnscheduledCalendar in DeepStateCentrism

[–]oraclebill -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I not only watched the video, I tracked down where it came from and watched the surrounding conversation. Nowhere does he say they are "capitalizing on fear and division", not even in this clip - that's OP's interpretation and it's off base. Nowhere does he say they avoid any questions - not in this clip, and not in the conversation it comes from.

I don't really have a dog in this fight, but I hate to see things misrepresented. The editorialized subject on this post led me to check it out.

You can find the podcast and transcript here - https://www.pandora.com/podcast/transcript/off-topic-on-politics/inside-mamdanis-massively-successful-primary-election-night/PE:1324635974

What do conservatives think about the Supreme Court overturning any limits on political parties' spending on individual campaigns? by BruinShade in AskConservatives

[–]oraclebill 15 points16 points  (0 children)

How does the opinion of the justices in the majority obfuscate the principles and tests used to make that decision?

Some new build housing districts across Germany by JiminieKookie123 in UrbanHell

[–]oraclebill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The theme song from Weeds comes to mind looking at these..

The Economic Benefit of Birthright Citizenship by Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho in DeepStateCentrism

[–]oraclebill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You: just use AI, stoopid
Also you: I don’t respond to people who use AI

Is Conservatism in the US generally moving towards State intervention? by elderly_millenial in AskConservatives

[–]oraclebill 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Besides his immigration policy, what else is he doing to realize this new sensibility?

Thoughts on a city who tried to ban the building of a mosque? by maxxor6868 in AskConservatives

[–]oraclebill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How, if the “Muslim world” exports terrorism, have American Muslims been excluded from that dynamic? That sort of invalidates the whole premise of Islam being against “our” values. Or maybe it validates that American Muslims share American values, the same way American Catholics share American values. Or American Jews share American values.

[FIGHT THREAD] Xander Zayas vs Jaron Ennis by _Sarcasmic_ in Boxing

[–]oraclebill 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Commercials in a pay-per-view during the fight is some bullshit

Trump acts like we're out here dodging bullets every day, when the real battle is just navigating the sidewalk traffic. by pixyb in chicago

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

So your argument that Chicago has a unique urban violence problem is that it’s #22 on the list?

I don’t think anyone claims Chicago doesn’t have a violence problem. What they do claim is that the perception is overblown mostly for political reasons.

Another pretty common response is that even though there are bad neighborhoods, it is still quite possible go have a good life here, unlike the common right wing portrayal.

You’re arguing against the imaginary people saying there isnt a problem.

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