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This is the kind of book conservatives correctly identify as engendering hate for America. After reading this one, I saw the value of just burning it all down.

Only after plants appeared on land some 458 million years ago

Wtf?! Really?!

Republicans: Election integrity is when my preference wins.

But what do you think could be the reason that has affected the cognitive abilities of the American population?

The enduring Republican attack on education and the shift to believing it's vocational training rather than citizen development.

You'd think so....

I had the 1000XM4 until recently and it was fantastic, too. My SO would often get mad at me for not paying attention when I was in the computer.

I mean, yes, but what makes you think that?

Not really because I'm not being serious. But at high levels of education that aren't in business, it's because education roots belief in the scientific method and scientific evidence. For the humanities, it teaches a more rigorous form of thinking based still based on evidence and logical thinking patterns.

The way modern conservatives think is very illogical. It feigns a sort of logic but it's really easy to identify as anything but

When you see what humans can do, it really encourages a perspective that pushes against people that say humans can't.

Eh, depends on who you ask. Personally, no, this isn't masculine. People are standing up for what they believe, and more importantly, their resolve come a place of empathy. Merely standing up for what you believe doesn't warrant much praise, imho, especially if your beliefs are demonstrably false.

“We should not reward states and cities that violate federal immigration laws and maintain sanctuary policies with increased Congressional representation,” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement after the vote.

We shouldn't reward states and cities that turn black people into slaves to facilitate prison gerrymandering either. The only difference between prisoners and immigrants is that Mike Johnson and his anti-American can't exploit immigrants for cheap labor the way they can with literal slaves.

So, fuck him and his fake ass concerns.

Edit: Yes I do a bit of self-cringe when I reread that story.

Why? That's actually a very good example.

"It's about time the masculine energy in this country is ascendant," he proclaimed. "I'm not defending what this kid allegedly did. I am defending young men holding up old glory, getting out there in the streets, and saying, we're not going to take this anymore."

So, what the hell is he defending then? What exactly about the incident exudes "masculine energy"?

Well, given that Republicans understand progressivism as fascism, fascism as anything Democrats do, anything that Democrats do as everything they (Republicans) don't like, then yes, that's exactly what they believe. As such, they can disavow explicit racists and continue to be implicitly racist.

This is really the only strategy and we've seen how incredibly effective it has been as the GOP changes into rabid racists.

But better democrats can't employ exactly the same strategy as their far right insurgent counterparts, because we're not racists assholes trying to undermine democracy.

What student protests have aged like milk? All the prominent ones I know of aged more like wine, especially the Kent State protests that turned a bunch of crybaby ass men into conservatives.

This is the kind of comment that restores my faith in humanity

When I was in the military, there was this saying that I thought was so, so stupid: "Perception is reality." They said it over and over like it was the most insightful advice they were giving us. Me, being a rational person, was like....that's fuckin' dumb. No, it isn't.

Turns out, being rational is a waste of time. If enough people believe something, it's functionally true in many cases. (To be clear, not believing in covid killed people, but believing that the medical industrial complex is full of "anti-democratic" technocrats didn't). It seems that having beliefs completely divorced from reality only matters if reality as a way of reinforcing itself, often forcefully. Otherwise, it's elephants and turtles all the way down.

The only reason I'm a citizen of American is because of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution:

Section 1.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

That is, the law of the U.S. defines my status as a citizen of the U.S. by virtue of my being born here.

Still, there are four other ways to become a citizen of the U.S.

• by naturalization
• by marriage
• through parents
• through the military

These pathways are all outlined in various laws.

Again, the status of immigrants who are now citizens is determined by law.

I said earlier that "the 'We support a legal path to citizenship for immigrants that go through the proper channels' people do not, in fact, support a legal path to citizenship for them". That is, Republicans generally refused to grant citizenship to immigrants by passing the DREAM Act. In their inability to govern, they did not pass a law.

You make it seem as if citizenship is an inherent characteristic of being born in the U.S. It is not. Repeal the 14th Amendment, and birthright citizenship goes away. Change the immigration laws, and lesser or greater numbers of immigrants can be granted citizenship. You're right, "They are not citizens of America." But they could have been (and could be) at the stroke of pen. It is the law that determines citizenship. While I'm both an American citizen and identify as American, dreamers only identify as American. It's only because of xenophobia that dreamers are not citizens.