The whole transgender thing could have been handled by appeals to live and let live, leaving the thornier issues (sports, bathrooms) to local case by case decisions.
But noooo ... Dems only know how to turn the civil rights protest crank.
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The whole transgender thing could have been handled by appeals to live and let live, leaving the thornier issues (sports, bathrooms) to local case by case decisions.
But noooo ... Dems only know how to turn the civil rights protest crank.
I read it at 15.
It sparked quite the discussion with my father, who had just retired as a SAC strategic bomber pilot.
Not sure i agree that culture wars are everything, but they sure trip Dems up.
What's your recommendation for Dems?
Sure she didn't
Naw.
There were better alternatives to Warren. And for those keen on a progressive, she was Bernie-lite.
I consistently say that Republicans talk about themes while Democrats talk about policies. Things like tax credits, which is lame. Democrats need to talk in themes that resonate.
But Democrats must also jettison what the right has successfully labeled as "woke." It's just killing the center left.
80 years ago today the first atomic bomb was used against human targets. Since 1945 the power to do it again has rested in the hands of one person - who can order their use without anyone's permission and cannot be countermanded.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Why does the power to launch nuclear weapons rest with a single American?
I agree. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How Hollywood taught a generation to fear nuclear catastrophe
Someone needs to make a 2025 version of the movie Threads. People need to see the horror and be scared to death.
A lot of people on the Right are fine with socialism as long as they're the ones pulling the levers.
I dont do that stuff so I dont need to stop it.