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OK. I still think we're allowed to call it something else (much as I've been referring to recently-passed legislation... which also possesses an official alliterative name... as the "Large Ludicrous Legislation" instead of what the GOP calls it).

I was thinking about this reality (more Trump than FDR) even as I was typing that... and the fact is that I have no good response to it. I still can't get behind supporting it for Dems. Violates my sense of "integrity," I guess.

I don't think *I* understand it, either, but I've heard it enough to say it's a thing. Especially when discussing minors (who don't generally get nose jobs, either, and I could see controversy there if they did...). I should note that if the parents are okay with it, it's less of an issue, and...

Am fully supportive of changing the nickname from "Alligator Alcatraz" to "Alligator Auschwitz." As the FB friend who posted the suggestion pointed out, it's not a prison (no one there is there because of any crime committed, unless one is counting being undocumented in and of itself), it's a...

I won't argue, except to separate out "supportive of trans rights" (broadly) from "medical intervention" (specifically), which I was taking some pains to do. If you still disagree, we can leave it at that.

OK, as I get into this, I find that I'm engaging the discussion from a rather different place than I originally set out to. I apologize in advance for any contradictions from my own previous statements that this creates, but I guess that's the nature of political discourse.... As I said in my...

One thing I'm struggling with, that I'll admit creates an inconsistency in any definition I might seek to create, yet seems to be true insofar as political viability goes.... Pacifism, per se, seems to be a problem for political candidates. Democrats and Republicans both seem to need to be seen...

The more I'm trying to explain every little thing, the less I'm able to work on the post I've already said I'd be creating to engage, here. Going ahead and being as "bad" as the opposition says you are doesn't sound wise to me. It sounds like insanity. I'm really not even trying to appeal to...

I doubt I qualify in the technical sense, but as an aspirational classification, it gets close. That said, I would absolutely acknowledge that being a pacifist would be very much one of those things that can cause liberals (whenever it's true of a specific candidate) to lose elections.

I won't deny that. But their violence can't justify my own.

I'll admit to a bit of inconsistency in myself at that point, but it actually is one of the items on the list I'm working through....

The question of definitions is more for the discussion I'm still putting together with Rhinox, but please note that I have NOT called Mamdani a left wing extremist. I have expressed concern that his opponent's harrassment issues seem not to be considered as part of the discussion about why...

But what, then, would you argue the moment calls for? It's clearly an important, if unanswered, question. Point blank, if there's violence involved, I'm going to be against it. This is non-negotiable.

I think I hear what you're saying, but to use that as a criticism of my position strikes me as singularly unhelpful. Suffice it to say, *I'm* not the politician, and policies DO matter.

Responding now just so you don't think I'm ignoring you. I'm going to take your advice to take my time. I'm trying to look up specific policies that, in my opinion, cannot generate sufficient popular support to win elections, while simultaneously being real positions advocated by real candidates...

A lot of the ones you, specifically, have promoted tend to leave me thinking you'd be okay with active violence, although you've routinely denied it, so I'm not sure I can answer that question in a way that will be helpful. It's not that I don't believe you (that you don't actually support...

The risk is in thinking that voters want left wing extremism, when they really just want (more moderate?) left wingers who won't abuse people. I want to make sure we actually win elections, first and foremost. If we push politicians that would do what we want, but they can't get elected, it...

FWIW, I found Threads (Meta's would-be Twitter-substitute) to be far worse, and far more quickly. I stopped using it because within only a week or two, my feed was flooded with left-wing political commentary. While Bluesky (in my experience, of course) definitely leans leftward, I find...

With some voters, it's clearly not, but it really IS with a lot of folks who lean more to the left.

Even if I agree re: court expansion, you do NOT want to keep promoting that idea for at least the next few years.