gehringer_2 Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 20 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: But she doesn't know what a woman is. LOL - Maybe she should have said: "Chromosomes are genetics, gender is a social construct." Quote
CMRivdogs Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) Too many long words for Trumpublicans, they don't understand things as social construct, chromosomes and genetics. Nothing longer than two syllables. Edited March 30, 2022 by CMRivdogs Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: LOL - Maybe she should have said: "Chromosomes are genetics, gender is a social construct." Blackburn's base was going to get fired up no matter how the question was answered which is why she asked the question. Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: Too many long words for Trumpublicans, they don't understand things as social construct, chromosomes and genetics. Nothing longer than two syllables. They have heard the term "social construct". They don't know what it means, but it's a triggering phrase based on who uses it. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 Just now, Tiger337 said: They have heard the term "social construct". They don't know what it means, but it's a triggering phrase based on who uses it. HaHA - Of course for many of them it means they shouldn't be racist, and sure, that's a problem! Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Tiger337 said: But she doesn't know what a woman is. the best answer would be: "It doesn't matter what I think the answer is because all are equal before the law" , which in essence is pretty close to what she did say. 2 Quote
buddha Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 56 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: LOL - Maybe she should have said: "Chromosomes are genetics, gender is a social construct." the inability for people on both sides of that issue to draw the line between "sex" and "gender" is very frustrating. that said, we have drawn so many legal and social lines along gender (who gets protected by what rules, who can use this facility (bathrooms), who can compete against whom, who is being discriminated against, who can go where in society) it makes it an almost impossible problem to "solve" and an impossible question to answer, especially in a legal sense where so many questions are supposed to have black letter law answers. how do you legislate who can use what bathroom? or who can compete against whom in sports when the variables change so much? i doubt most people care - or would notice - if some transwoman walked into a woman's bathroom. but how do you write that into law and prevent dudes from abusing it? its easy fodder for scaremongering republicans to present a worst case scenario (which does happen but very rarely) and make democrats look bad for defending it. Quote
mtutiger Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 20 minutes ago, buddha said: the inability for people on both sides of that issue to draw the line between "sex" and "gender" is very frustrating. that said, we have drawn so many legal and social lines along gender (who gets protected by what rules, who can use this facility (bathrooms), who can compete against whom, who is being discriminated against, who can go where in society) it makes it an almost impossible problem to "solve" and an impossible question to answer, especially in a legal sense where so many questions are supposed to have black letter law answers. Reminds me how "mental health" is used whenever there is a school shooting in this country. It's easy to blame a nebulous subject that cannot really be legislated than it is to address problems that actually can be legislated. Its really a perfect strategy for today's GOP on any number of issues given how little interest they seem to take in actually legislating. Quote
chasfh Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I know. I was being sarcastic. I have a MAGA friend who was instructed to be in arms about her response. Quote
chasfh Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: Too many long words for Trumpublicans, they don't understand things as social construct, chromosomes and genetics. Nothing longer than two syllables. Except "tremendous". That's the MAGA code word. Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, chasfh said: He was actually looking for a reason to mock her and that's the sound bite he was given which may be what you are saying. Edited March 30, 2022 by Tiger337 Quote
chasfh Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 51 minutes ago, mtutiger said: Reminds me how "mental health" is used whenever there is a school shooting in this country. It's easy to blame a nebulous subject that cannot really be legislated than it is to address problems that actually can be legislated. Its really a perfect strategy for today's GOP on any number of issues given how little interest they seem to take in actually legislating. Just a friendly reminder that Republicans actually have no interest in legislating, because they profess to despise government. They're business people, or at least business-people-adjacent, and businesses are anti-government because good government holds them to standards, and businesses want no standards. That's why these Republicans ran for government, and frankly, that's why their districts voted them in. Their twin goals are to destroy the effectiveness of government from within, and then plunder the Treasury for themselves and their benefactors on the way out. Quote
chasfh Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Tiger337 said: He was actually looking for a reason to mock her and that's the sound bite he was given which may be what you are saying. Correct. I am also saying that these MAGAs are too weak-minded to develop opinions based on analyzing whatever the subject at hand is. They are already reactionary, which they've committed to instinct, so they know they need to oppose everything—that's the easy part. The hard part is coming up with the why, which is what they need to be told by their media. Get back to them on any of this in a couple of months and ask them why then. They'll have moved on and long forgotten the reasons by then. Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, chasfh said: Correct. I am also saying that these MAGAs are too weak-minded to develop opinions based on analyzing whatever the subject at hand is. They are already reactionary, which they've committed to instinct, so they know they need to oppose everything—that's the easy part. The hard part is coming up with the why, which is what they need to be told by their media. Get back to them on any of this in a couple of months and ask them why then. They'll have moved on and long forgotten the reasons by then. I know one guy who whenever I tell him sonething is not true, he'll immediately send me a link from a MAGA site telling that it is. I tell him his source sucks and then he sends me an equally stupid link from another terrible site. He's a nice guy though as long as he's not talking politics. Quote
buddha Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, chasfh said: Just a friendly reminder that Republicans actually have no interest in legislating, because they profess to despise government. They're business people, or at least business-people-adjacent, and businesses are anti-government because good government holds them to standards, and businesses want no standards. That's why these Republicans ran for government, and frankly, that's why their districts voted them in. Their twin goals are to destroy the effectiveness of government from within, and then plunder the Treasury for themselves and their benefactors on the way out. what is the goal of the democrats? Quote
buddha Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 1 hour ago, mtutiger said: Reminds me how "mental health" is used whenever there is a school shooting in this country. It's easy to blame a nebulous subject that cannot really be legislated than it is to address problems that actually can be legislated. Its really a perfect strategy for today's GOP on any number of issues given how little interest they seem to take in actually legislating. agreed. "mental health" and "therapy" are the new penance. Make a public mistake that causes you to lose reputation? go to "therapy". you dont have to say 10 hail mary's and wear a hairshirt anymore, now you need to go tell a "mental health professional" all your secrets. just as a side note, i think a lot of legislation gets passed but we never hear about most of it. we hear about republicans obstructing democrats from passing larger legislation - which is true - but more actually gets done than we know about. Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 Murkowski and Romney both a yes to confirm. 1 Quote
buddha Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said: Murkowski and Romney both a yes to confirm. but what about manchin and sinema!!!!!!! lol. she'll be easily confirmed. she's taking a liberal's seat so its not a fight. now....if thomas dies...then you'll see a fight. especially since republicans will likely control both houses of congress after the next election. Quote
1984Echoes Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, buddha said: ... now....if thomas dies...then you'll see a fight. especially since republicans will likely control both houses of congress after the next election. Biden will need a non-controversial centrist type judge then... As long as Manchin & Sinema are on board they'll be able to get that person through the nomination... Quote
1984Echoes Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 PS: The House doesn't matter in SCOTUS... Senate only... if Dems can hold the Senate in 2022 (a major struggle...) they can still seat Supremes. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 34 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said: Biden will need a non-controversial centrist type judge then... As long as Manchin & Sinema are on board they'll be able to get that person through the nomination... Doesn't matter, if Beijing Mitch is Senate Leader, he'll declare it's an election year somewhere and delay the selection. Biden should call Lady Linsey's bluff and nominate Michelle Childs (who Graham suggested this time around) 1 Quote
Motown Bombers Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: Doesn't matter, if Beijing Mitch is Senate Leader, he'll declare it's an election year somewhere and delay the selection. Biden should call Lady Linsey's bluff and nominate Michelle Childs (who Graham suggested this time around) Obama did that when Orrin Hatch suggested nominating Merrick Garland. Quote
buddha Posted April 5, 2022 Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said: Biden will need a non-controversial centrist type judge then... As long as Manchin & Sinema are on board they'll be able to get that person through the nomination... it wont matter who biden picked, the republicans would likely not allow her/him to be accepted. Quote
smr-nj Posted April 5, 2022 Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said: Biden will need a non-controversial centrist type judge then... As long as Manchin & Sinema are on board they'll be able to get that person through the nomination... Ummm… this choice now is / SHOULD have been non-controversial. So, you know what? The hell with trying to appease that side of the aisle, because there’s NO ONE they won’t paint as extreme Commie-loving pinkos. It’s disgusting. 1 Quote
1984Echoes Posted April 5, 2022 Posted April 5, 2022 47 minutes ago, buddha said: it wont matter who biden picked, the republicans would likely not allow her/him to be accepted. If they don't win the Senate back, yes, Biden will be able to get a candidate through. And before the next election winners are seated in the Senate, yes, he will be able to get a candidate through. I specifically stated this. Quote
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