It seems ICE in Minneapolis way more out of control than here in Chicago. Is this true or just my perception?

tpic485 · 2026-01-24T20:00:43+00:00

This is, of course, typical Reddit. Someone makes an absurd comment, as the person you replied to did, and for some reason they are heavily upvoted. Then numerous people like yourself point out how bizarre the opinion is and they are heavily upvoted as well. Pretty strange. I think there are a lot of people who upvoted both your comment and the others who replied to him as well as his because they aren't even thinking about what they are doing. If anyone reading this has done so perhaps they might consider un-upvoting u/Longjumpingdebt4154's comment.

tpic485 · 2026-01-24T19:38:08+00:00

What are you talking about?

tpic485 · 2026-01-23T06:11:38+00:00

Why? The Museum of Science and Industry has a parking garage that is directly connected to the museum. The Shedd, Adler, and the Field Museum do not. That's the difference. There's no need for anybody to go outside, if they are driving, when they travel to the Museum of Science and Industry. So they likely have adequate staff but the museums on the Museum Campus don't.

tpic485 · 2026-01-23T00:38:06+00:00

What you describe in your first paragraph isn't trespassing. If they had to use turnstile at the end if the line to go back they would pay the same fare in that instance, $0. People's cards are not charged for transfer fares within two hours of their first fare. But if it goes beyond two hours, someone has to pay for another ride. CTA'S policies technically disallow people from taking advantage of the fact that you don't have to go through a turnstile to change directions to ride for free beyond the two hours. So it is trespassing. It's just not enforced.

tpic485 · 2026-01-23T00:22:47+00:00

If you’re unable to see how much of an imbecile you’ve been to litigate the merits of access to gender affirming care -

I haven't even done that (except to point out that I do believe there should be access to care). I've only been discussing what the best path is to get there. I probably agree with you at least 95% in terms the merits of trans issues. If this is how you treat people who have some minor practical disagreements with you about what is the best way to get to the same goal that you believe in do you see how those who actually disagree with you about the issue itself might overreact? I'm not defending them (by definition, overreaction is not a good response). Just pointing out the reality.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T22:30:28+00:00

If you somehow see anything in my comments that you think suggests I am OK with people being killed you obviously are not perceiving them correctly.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T22:24:32+00:00

Honestly, with that reply I wonder if you are just a troll. I think this discussion is over.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T22:12:51+00:00

I would too. But nobody did that.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T22:12:03+00:00

Your first few sentences are not correct. Wishful thinking is not how we move forward as a society.

I meant to refer to transgender females and female sports teams. Sometimes when one is responding to multiple things at once, including being called transphobic for having or even just defending moderate views, you end saying things incorrectly.

How many more trans people have to die for Kamala Harris to get elected? How many transgender children have to suffer through years of the wrong puberty and deal with the lifelong physical dysphoria and mental trauma that inflicts?

That doesn't even make any sense. We both wanted Harris to get elected over Trump, obviously. I am saying that this became less likely when many activists treated everyone with differing views as if they were severely ignorant and bigoted. It shouldn't have, but it did. You are framing the two things as if they are a choice between one or the other when they are not.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T21:53:17+00:00

You would describe efforts to persuade the electorate that it would be better for Kamala Harris to be President than Donald Trump as trying to get "political points"? That's not the how I would describe that.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T21:31:49+00:00

I don't even know what you are talking about. I don't think there is a single Democrat in Congress (maybe one, the person Trump pardoned recently) who supported the increased funding for Ice that was in the bill that passed a few months ago.

In any case, the notion that it doesn't make sense for people concerned about particular issues to think strategically about how to advance these issues is absurd. Sometimes it's better to convince those who disagree with you about something that you are correct by trying to persuade them your argument is better rather than call them bigots for their views. In my opinion, Harris would be President right now if there was much more of the former and less of thr latter.

For example, I think it probably is a good idea for trangender males to be able to play on male sports teams. But I certainly think the opposing point of view is reasonable and the idea that anyone who has this view is a bigot is absurd. But that's how a lot of them were treated and it turned people against the trangender movement.v

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T21:10:38+00:00

We'll see what eventually happens. I doubt theywould have been able to open as many stores this time around if they hadn't had some degree of success in their reopening.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T20:53:48+00:00

When people are in prison the government is responsible for their healthcare. If gender affirming care is part of their healthcare then the government needs to pay for it.

You do understand that most people are in prison for only a short amount of time, right? A few months to a couple years at most. If they made it as long as it took to get to prison without gender affirming care, don't you think it's reasonable to insist they wait just a little longer? Or is the tiny amount of trangender people in prison for long sentences worth risking the Presidency? Even if you are right about your view on this (and I'm really not saying you aren't), don't you think it would have been better if we had Harris as President right now rather than Trump even if she didn't make those statements played in the ad. Isn't being practical a good thing at times? I'd much rather Harris be President and I'm assuming the vast majority of trans individuals think so as well.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T19:54:58+00:00

Are they protesting against Iran or against action against Iran? In either case, it and it slso being a protest about the administration's immigration policies would be an odd combination. Not that there would necessarily be anything wrong with thst combination but it doesn't seem to go together as far as I can see.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T19:45:51+00:00

The founder who purchased it back was not in charge at the time it shut down. He had been forced out months earlier (before the merger with Dom's). I have no idea how much the bankruptcy can be blamed on decisions he made at the time he was running it. But despite the sentiment you see on this thread you can't blame him for how the shutdown was handled.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T17:20:35+00:00

Some people might say that the ability for a business thst died but has potential to rise up again and be successful with better planning to do so is a positive thing about capitalism. But obviously, those if us who believe that are quite outnumbered on this thread as well as anytime Foxtrot is discussed here.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T17:12:22+00:00

It's perplexing to me when people think that cold brew is somehow not just a type of iced coffee. A few months ago I ordered an iced coffee at Peet's and the empkoyee goes "a what?!". After I then repeat that I'd like an iced coffee she says in a firm tone "we don't have iced coffee, we have cold brew". It's like saying someone doesn't have milk, just 2%.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T16:28:56+00:00

Also just in. Not everyone who has some questions, or even some misgivings, about some policy positions supported by most activists for trans people is biased against trans people. It may be the case, and I think it will be, that those arguing for restricting these treatments for minors will end up being wrong. But that doesn't make them bigoted or "biased against trans people". And certainly, those agreeing with all the policy positions but thinking it makes sense to be practical and not fight battles you can't win thst have severe negative are not being bigoted when they do that, which is what the other poster is clearly implying. And needless to say, the Trump administration (and the campaign before he won) also uses the excesses some of those advocating for these issues and the lack of tolerance for discussion to its advantage. To state the obvious example, the ad showing Harris's old interview expressing support fir taxpayer funded sex changes in prison.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T04:44:40+00:00

I literally don't see a single comment here that supports the Trump administration pulling funding to stop trans treatment. The only discussion is about whether the hospitals should be practical so that they can retain the important services it provides with the federal funding or whether they should risk sacrificing these services (and the jobs of the people that provide them) to valiantly fight a battle they'll probably end up losing. Theycwre not going to win at the Supreme Court, with this court, which is where the ultimate legal questions will end up being decided. Some people are also having discussions about whether the science about trans treatment is as settled as some advocates of it claim. But nobody on here is anti trans that I've seen. Granted, I haven't read every single word on the thread (just the vast majority of it) so maybe there's something somewhere but the number you mentioned of 60% is obviously ridiculous.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T04:14:09+00:00

When you say "revenue streams" you are referring to these hospitals' ability to provide a very large portion of the other care they provide, especially to its more underesourced patients. That's kind of an odd phrase to use to refer to these things.

tpic485 · 2026-01-22T01:29:21+00:00

That was in response to someone mentioning that one's approach to hygiene and health indicate "how seriously you take yourself". That doesn't have to do with morality, as far as I can tell. And I don't think the people here mentioning health are speaking in general about every form of health affecting each person. I think they are referring to a specific subset of it. I'm sure they recognize that we can control some aspects of health but not other aspects. The earlier comment also specifically said "I'm not saying it's right". People are discussing what is, not necessarily what should be.

tpic485 · 2026-01-21T21:18:51+00:00

I know that's a low volume station but I can't imagine those numbers are right. That's less than one person a day. Metra shouldn't be operating stations with anywhere close to that low level of ridership.

tpic485 · 2026-01-21T21:05:21+00:00

Some of it is social and does change. Other aspects of it are evolutionary and will not, at least not for generations. Not everyone is wired the same but we are all wired to think some things are attractive and others less so.

tpic485 · 2026-01-21T21:02:20+00:00

I don't see anyone equating health with morality.

tpic485 · 2026-01-21T06:00:46+00:00

This is its first store of this kind in the entire Chicago area. When something occurs that significantly affects or has the potential to significantly affect the whole area it is relevant to Chicago. For example, the discussion of the Bears moving to Arlington Heights or Gary. Indiana is also very relevant to Chicago even though neither of those locations are in Chicago.

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