Bongo_Stryker @ Bongo_Stryker @lemmy.ca

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So this "article" is pointing out that both the democrats and the republicans have a long history of lying in America.

So is this like a "both sides" thing or is it making some other argument that I'm not grasping? Because it doesn't address my feeling that despite knowing they are all a bunch of goddamn liars, i have to vote against anyone who is aligned with christian nationalists, who seem like the worst, most iniquitous and villainous kind of liars.

Oh it's the brownstone institute, one of the many anti-vax arms of falun gong.

Is anyone on the fence going to be swayed by a debate anyway? I think the people who are really not sure about which way to vote at this point likely can't be reasoned out of wasting their vote on some third party.

To anyone reading this that is considering voting 3rd party, my advice is to vote dem and then put as much political pressure on the democrats as possible the other 364 days of the year. The alternative, while maybe morally pure, is a lot less workable and doesn't benefit others.

I think there are a number of thigs people generally don't allow kids to have/do, not because it's immoral but because it creates a hassle for you, the parent. Take sharpies or other permanent markers for example. If you give one to a 4 or 5 year old, not matter how much you teach them about "how and when" to use them, you're still guaranteed to get sharpie marks on places you don't want them, and while it's not the end of the world it can be a drag.

Of course it's up to you to decide when's the appropriate age to have access to permanent markers, cans of spray paint and pocket knives.

The issue with swearing is that kids copy everything you do, so even before school age you can create hassles if your four year old shouts out at the wrong moment "Eat shit, ya fuckin cunt!" This might sound funny but it's possible to unintentionally set your kids up with habitual patterns of behavior that create unnecessary drama -both for you and your child- that would have been a lot easier to avoid in the first place.

Rising wages are a great thing when they are the natural result of workers becoming more productive

Oh yeah, I agree, a great thing, but then why

From 1979 to 2020, net productivity rose 61.8%, while the hourly pay of typical workers grew far slower—increasing only 17.5% over four decades (after adjusting for inflation https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

Well I guess because

Starting in the late 1970s policymakers began dismantling all the policy bulwarks helping to ensure that typical workers’ wages grew with productivity. Excess unemployment was tolerated to keep any chance of inflation in check. Raises in the federal minimum wage became smaller and rarer. Labor law failed to keep pace with growing employer hostility toward unions. Tax rates on top incomes were lowered. And anti-worker deregulatory pushes—from the deregulation of the trucking and airline industries to the retreat of anti-trust policy to the dismantling of financial regulations and more—succeeded again and again. https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

But, but, who could have pushed for these policies that deliberately devalued labor in America and reduced workers rights?

The Heritage Foundation, sometimes referred to simply as "Heritage,"[1][2] is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation

So rising wages are a great thing when it's the natural result of more productivity, but the heritage foundation has spent the last 40 years making sure that wages don't naturally keep pace.

Now the heritage foundation is trying to convince you that workers are better off with lower wages, happier when they can't afford healthcare or pay rent, and more fulfilled when they work two jobs but are always on the brink of homelessness. Don't be fooled.

My grandmother once told me that answering a question with a question is being evasive.

Here's more questions: did you know that according to the new england journal of medicine the leading cause of death among children and teens in America is firearm related injury?

Why do people in America seem to want to talk more about woke transes and puberty blockers, instead of safe storage and teaching kids not to play with guns?

My answer to yours is that I don't know. I have heard some wild conspiracy theories about the Tavistock, and I'm not familiar with the good law project.

My wife was for many years in medical research and she says that people misinterpret, misrepresent, hide and lie about data all the time. " You can make the data tell any story you want." She says.

So really, I don't know. I hope so.

I probably put more thought into this than I should, but I feel it should be mentioned that this was almost certainly written by a non-american who speaks English as a second language.

Some of the word choices are very telling: "Falangist" and "Mosleyite" are references that, if they were made by an American, would only be made by an American acaademic from one of those "woke" universities, and they certainly wouldn't use these terms incorrectly as this cognitively challenged author does. "Gavage" is an unusual word for most American English speakers. It is originally a French word for force-feeding ducks or geese to make their livers grow enormous and delicious. I believe an American would more likely have said " force feed" or " indoctrinate". Taken together with " tommyrot" -again, not a common americanism- leads me to believe this is someone who learned English in the United Kingdom or from a British teacher/ source materials.

Of course it doesn't say that, and if you are a very literal-minded person I can see why my post might be bewildering.

If in your mind the claim about a surge in suicides is sufficiently refuted, why is it important to post an article about British children and gender dysphoria here, in a community that is devoted to American conservative politics and policies?

Maybe the reasons are to push the idea that gender dysphoria shouldn't be taken seriously, or perhaps posting here is part of an effort to take these kinds of decisions away from parents and doctors and make legislators responsible for who gets what medical treatment.

I personally think constantly bringing up trans children is an effort to perpetuate a moral panic and keep people distracted from more pressing issues and voting against their best interests.

Interesting how it says the real number is an average of two suicides a year, a small number, really guys not that big a deal.

Then goes on to say that suicide by any young person is a profound tragedy: it should be seen as an indictment of our society.

Despite the fact that kids suffering gender dysphoria are such a small minority and that some children actually do benefit from the use of puberty blockers, the Tories want you to focus on this rather than their plan to cut spending on disability benefits.

When woke parents, teachers, and judges join forces to gavage "woke" tommyrot into the minds of young kids, it's time to consider the options you have regarding your kids' education.

Now is a good time to remind you that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) just signed a law stating that schools need not contact parents if their child decides he wants to cut off his pnis because he thinks he's a girl that day.

Lmao. Is somebody getting paid to write this stuff? They must be getting paid in rubles.

This guy.

https://www.vox.com/politics/360283/jd-vance-trump-vp-vice-president-authoritarian

I don't understand what the hoax is. Trump has nothing to do with it? I already said that's believable, since by many accounts he doesn't read, and in my opinion can't string two meaningful sentences together (unfortunately neither can the other guy).

Democrats are lying about project 2025? Are they? No persons or lies are mentioned and no corrections are made. So what's the hoax? Is it like COVID was a hoax? Like global warming is a hoax?

Meanwhile, Alabama is holding onto millions of dollars in unspent federal funds meant to support low-income families, despite a growing need for assistance.

Benefit levels for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in Alabama ranked 50th in the country as a percentage of the federal poverty level, according to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Alabama’s TANF benefit is only $215 a month for a family of three, less than half the national median of $492. According to the latest USDA Cost of Food report, the monthly cost to feed a child age 9-11 is about $230.

Instead of distributing that money to needy families they just hold onto it and use it for other things.

But they're spending time making sure votes that were never counted anyway are illegal to cast in the first place, so they got that going for them, which is nice.

ITT: People who have not read the original works.

Love this game.

Straight from the abusers handbook: DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender.

I'm interested and curious to see what happens with such a setup. I wonder if I will end up on the ban list as a result of mostly participating in the conservative community and being contrary.

Economic adviser Gary Cohn: “It’s worse than you can imagine … Trump won’t read anything—not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored.”

Yeaaah I feel like it wouldn't be all that hard to slip a whole bunch of stuff past him, likewise with the other guy.

I'm sensing some anti-trump sentiment in these comments. Maybe he's lying, probably, but isn't it also possible that he really doesn't know about the plans someone is making for him and his administration in case he gets elected?

After everything else that's happened, it doesn't seem all that implausible.

Slightly off topic but your note about smarties reminds me of an elaborate experiment I participated in with my wife and kids. Several Canadians said that m&m's were better than smarties and I disagreed, strongly - until we did double blind taste testing and m&m's won as the better candy every time. I was shocked I tell you, shocked!

Now this was many years ago so it could be that smarties have improved (it was before they switched to all natural colors) or maybe m&m's have gone downhill due to cost-cutting or something. We might have to do a rematch.