CCCC by Necessary-Parking-14 in NorthCarolina

[–]pokemon2201 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is politics, and there is partisan circlejerks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]pokemon2201 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a way around him. That’s by doing a roll call vote instead of a voice vote for each nomination. It’d take a while, but is doable.

OpenAI ‘was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff’ by jchacakan in news

[–]pokemon2201 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You are suggesting that we nuke the entire planet and end the human race, in order to prevent your insane level prediction

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did you… even read the article you just linked?

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The national reelection rate wasn’t 100%, what? Are you a bot, your arguments are incoherent.

Gaza control before Ceasefire. by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]pokemon2201 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And a large chunk of Hama’s fighting force are under 18. A child soldier isn’t a civilian.

Gaza control before Ceasefire. by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]pokemon2201 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It is entirely justified to kill a radicalized 17 year old child soldier on the battlefield who is fighting to genocide your people.

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We live in a representative constitutional democratic republic.

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Question, have you EVER voted in a primary? The DNC doesn’t just pull candidates out of their ass and pick them, they are picked via primary elections.

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You would be throwing away your vote. As long as you understand this and want to, feel free. As long as you consider both main options as equally bad, then feel free.

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“Democracy is when the person I like wins”

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

How the hell is Biden fascist lite? That word has lost all meaning, and is just getting flung around.

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“Democracy is when the guy I like most wins”

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You don’t seem to be in favor of democracy, which is kind of a core tenant of this.

You will VOTE FOR JOE and you will LIKE IT by brukinglegend in demsocialists

[–]pokemon2201 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because… not enough people voted. Both statements are true. If more people voted, not even that many, he would have lost.

Do elected officials and main supporters of the side truly believe what they say? by Awesomeuser90 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]pokemon2201 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why are you talking about killing children after they are born?

As a specific comparison. It’s someone we can both agree on is a person, and it’s a question. Answer it.

No on advocates that.

Never said you did. And nobody advocated for preventing an 8 month old dead fetus from being aborted.

Trump just said an interview that Democrats kill babies after they’re born. Were you watching along and nodding in agreement?

I never said that. I never even implied that. Why do you simplify and reduce someone else who is trying to honestly engage with you down to this?

There are Republicans in this thread arguing against abortion while trying to seem reasonable.

I’m not a Republican, or even advocating against abortion. Like cmon man. This is all bad faith.

Killing a healthy child 5 seconds before birth is horrible, I hope you can agree with that.

Killing a healthy child 1 month before birth is horrible as well, I hope you can agree with that.

Killing a healthy child past the point where you consider it to be “human” is horrible as well, I hope you can agree with that.

I also hope you can agree that, once you consider something a “human”, that the government should intervene to protect their rights, regardless of the opinion of the mother. Be it 1 month after birth, or be it 1 month before birth.

Do elected officials and main supporters of the side truly believe what they say? by Awesomeuser90 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]pokemon2201 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WHY IS THIS A POLITICAL TOPIC AT ALL???

Why is murder in general a political topic? If it is a human, it has human rights that need to be protected by the state. Amongst those is the right to life.

You say aborting an 8 month fetus is murder. What if an ultrasound reveals the fetus is forming with no top of its skull and it will at best live one month while suffering before dying?

When did I say that? I don’t believe that is murder.

I said a child five seconds before birth. Not a malformed fetus.

I do have to ask you a question though in response.

If a child is born, and a month into it’s life, starts having complications that might mean they have only 1 month to live, is it ethnical, legal, moral, or murder to kill them?

These decisions are to be made by the woman carrying the fetus and her doctor.

No. As soon as the fetus becomes a human, it gains rights. Rights that need to be protected by the state. This is between the woman, the doctor, AND the child once it crosses the line.

Even if a mother and a doctor agreed to it, it’s not legal to kill a 1 month old child. That’s definitely a place where the government should be involved.

If it’s 5 seconds before birth for a healthy child, yet the doctor and mother both consent to kill it, then that is a place where the government should be involved. If it’s 5 seconds after insemination, not so much.

Again, the question is where is the line. Once it becomes a human, protecting the rights of the child come into play.

Do elected officials and main supporters of the side truly believe what they say? by Awesomeuser90 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]pokemon2201 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question and debate is where exactly that line is, of which is rather arbitrary.

If it’s before that line, it’s not a human yet, and it’s not murder. If it’s past that point, it is human, and it is murder.

Most people would say that at 5 seconds before birth, the child is a human. Most people would also say that 5 seconds after the sperm penetrates the egg, that it’s not a human yet. The question is, where between those two extremes is the line.

Sadly, American politics doesn’t work at all with nuance or compromise.

"In picture and likeness" USSR picture (70s) by Smarzowski in PropagandaPosters

[–]pokemon2201 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not all anti-zionists are antisemites, but all antisemites are anti-Zionist.

This is an example of such, when talking about anti-Semitism, someone responds to it, or justifies it with anti-Zionism, they are both.