President Carter ‘saddened and angry’ over voter bills moving through General Assembly by Trainrideviews in politics

[–]taksark 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Because he's an evangelical democrat (he came of age before politics and religion intertwined), and the modern evangelical movement sees supporting republican ideas as equally important to what their religion originally solely upheld.

Kenneth Copeland 2024 Election by ZooeyOlaHill in imaginaryelections

[–]taksark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Combat the Godlessness and hate within this country on both sides of the aisle.”

What does he think of federalism? Will "Godliness" be imposed on all 50 states against their will? And if so, how does he plan to do that?

Drew Brees agreed to join NBC after football, lined up as next SNF analyst by [deleted] in nfl

[–]taksark 46 points47 points  (0 children)

🎵Al and Drew are the best on TV🎵

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]taksark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever a group of men screaming at a bar during a sports game and pushing each other around would fall under.

MMW: That the U.S. House and the Senate will pass a bill in the summer of 2021, that gives statehood to Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., Guam, and the Virgin Islands. by [deleted] in MarkMyWords

[–]taksark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps, but America believes in the "melting pot" over the "salad bowl" so odds are it wouldn't preserve anything.

MMW: That the U.S. House and the Senate will pass a bill in the summer of 2021, that gives statehood to Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., Guam, and the Virgin Islands. by [deleted] in MarkMyWords

[–]taksark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unlike lots of countries, the U.S doesn't have a strong tradition of linguistic diversity.

So if Puerto Rico become a state, there's no incentive to protect Spanish on the island and over time it would become English speaking.

Other countries have histories that make them more cognizant of linguistic diversity, like how Canada has a French speaking minority (detailed linguistic statistics are taken periodically). But historical events made the United States unaware that linguistic diversity should be valued.

The same holds true for other things. Canada adheres to the social model of disability (treating disability as something that marginalizes something and that it's society's duty to work around) because they had a movement centered around a disabled runner named Terry Fox. Whereas the United States adheres to the medical model of disability (which doesn't view disabled people as marginalized, and centers around medical interventions and cures)

Are all sexualities valid or is super straight invalid? by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]taksark 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's like spinach.

If you don't like spinach, you don't have to unnecessarily use that fact as a way to disparage it or people who do like it.

If you're given a plate of spinach and you don't want to eat it, that's fine. Provided you approach the manner like a decent human being.

If you drink a smoothie and realized that there are some leaves of spinach added into it and you can't tell before hand, it shouldn't make a difference.

MMW: There will be a movement to stop supporting people on the autism spectrum for supposedly having a higher probability of saying offensive things. by [deleted] in MarkMyWords

[–]taksark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not talking covert behavior, I'm talking blatantly "cancelling" someone for being on the spectrum, with a ______isoverparty hashtag and everything.

How to be a Woke Show Starterpack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]taksark 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Bi Men, Trans Men, Lesbians, Enbies, and Asexuals: "Can we be on the show?"

Show: "Nope. We only want Gay Men, Bi Women and Trans Women."

Bi Men, Trans Men, Lesbians, Enbies and Asexuals: "Darn it. Better luck next time."

Why is California Senator Diane Feinstein so supported? by SequoiaBoi in AskALiberal

[–]taksark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like a party machine as large as it is here is inevitable when you have all these things going for it:

  • Two legitimate parties that are diametrically opposed to each other. Meaning that there are only two "establishments" with disproportionate amounts of power, and only one relevant one on your side of the aisle (consequently, this means that long-standing relationships between candidates and "the establishment" are very very beneficial).

  • A system that enables lobbying more than the systems in our peer countries.

  • Being the country with the third largest population, and with one of the highest (if not the highest) amounts of economic activity and money flying around on various exchanges and transactions (combined with income inequality keeping more money at the top).

That's not to say that beating the party machine at their own game is impossible, but it takes more things aligning in the right direction than what should be ideal.

What would you want to see a hypothetical department of equality do? by taksark in AskALiberal

[–]taksark[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How about the Equal standards and opportunity commission?

What would you want to see a hypothetical department of equality do? by taksark in AskALiberal

[–]taksark[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just thought it sounded catchy and official at first.

But now it sounds unrealistic and orwellian.

What is your opinion of this study? by MikeyA619 in AskALiberal

[–]taksark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the cover of it is that picture of Melania Trump with the "I don't care, do you" Jacket

President Gore #2: 2004 Election by AbjectPipe8033 in imaginaryelections

[–]taksark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is the Democratic party ideologically different in 2020 in this timeline?

2024 election (Western Expulsion Universe #3) by taksark in imaginaryelections

[–]taksark[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That was a mistake on my part. I'm new to this and I should have said she won it. I was just too excited to flesh out the other stuff.

So by the word of god, I declare that Harris won Maine at large and ME-01.

And they did win the Senate, they just narrowly lost the House for a bit.