ApostleO @ ApostleO @startrek.website

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And don't insult Doug Jones like that, either.

Wait, wait, wait...

Greece is just now getting around to legalizing gay marriage?

Greece?

Greece?!

Don't insult Ian McDiarmid like that.

Yeah, that tracks.

Until they kill a beloved celebrity, there will be insufficient outrage to force change. And even then, it might not matter beyond the specific cops that did it.

Yeah, I do not get it.

Having grown up in a redneck community, I'm quite confident Trump supporters can at least make a functional pipe bomb.

Now show "Violence by Christians."

Matches their smooth brains.

Goes back before Reagan, even. Look at Nixon. His pardon from Ford started the trend that the president was above the law.

The leader of each house is Republican, and they control what comes up for a vote. He can encourage all he wants, he has no say in the matter.

I mean, what's he supposed to do right now? Republicans still control both houses of congress (or, at least, hold enough seats to render both houses impotent). The upcoming congressional elections matter as much as (or potentially more than) the presidential election.

Two things.

One: even removing those listed senators from the supermajority, that still leaves a majority.

Two: their original comment lamented that the Democrats never even held a vote when they had control with the intent of putting their votes on the record, so that voters would know who actually supports their rights.

Yeah. I'm tired of embarrassment every time I see my state mentioned in a news headline.

Well that is scary.

It should have an option to add an event to your calendar.

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

I used to imagine, "What would a new constitution look like if we actually invoked the clause to hold another constitutional convention?"

But imagine if we voted to hold one now, when billionaires hold so much power already. I all but guarantee that they'd make sure they had control over a majority of the delegates, and we'd end up with something that was somehow even worse than what we have today.

Agreed, but it's unfortunate, because I feel that clinical detachment can come across as insincerity in a therapeutic context. It can promote a feeling of cynicism.

Bump all punishments up by a tier for elected officials.

Capital offense is still a capital offense.

Life in prison becomes a capital offense.

Long prison becomes life in prison.

Short prison becomes long prison.

Large fine becomes short prison.

Small fine becomes large fine.

I also think we should make a law that says any elected official making a public statement is assumed to be under oath to tell the truth, and provably false statements made by public officials in an official capacity should be punished as harshly as perjury in court.