If we’re being pedantic, we can go bank to the Magna Carta, or Hammurabi as the beginning of civil rights. But you’re the one who set the 80 year mark, which coincides with the 20th century civil rights movement which was a distinct movement from the abolitionism of the 1830s.

But you’re wrong either way. The 20th century civil rights movement was absolutely supported by Democrats, or was Lyndon Johnson not a Democrat when he signed the voting rights act?

And the 19th century civil rights movement was championed by the pre-switch liberal Republican party. So yes, the liberal party has been supportive, if not integral, to civil rights. You’d have to be pretty poorly educated in US history to be ignorant of that fact.

Strange, that’s right about when the entire civil rights movement started. What are you smoking?

You’ve been voting the lesser evil for 80 years, does it feel like it’s bought you time?

Unequivocally yes. Imagine if the right wing clinched power in 1944 and never lost traction. You think civil rights would be better?

I’m not voting for genocide, in voting against it, hence why I’m not voting for Dems or Reps.

What’s that accomplished in the last 80 years?

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how voting works, mechanically, in a FPTP system. You don’t vote for things. You vote against them.

Once RCV takes hold (thank your local and state representatives) I’ll be right there beside you voting my conscience. Until then, that’s not a productive strategy. It does not achieve the intended goal.

Lesser evil buys time. Vote for progressives on your state ballots. If there aren’t any, vote for progressives on your local ballots. If there aren’t any, run for local office as a progressive.

Genocide is bad. Multiple genocides, and faster, is worse. One genocide is closer to my preferred ideology of zero genocides than that same genocide but worse, plus additional genocides. The only people who are unconvinced by that arithmetic are idealists who care more about maintaining their ideological purity than actually helping people.

How right, I should limit my neurotic nitpicking to appropriate spaces.

They seem like cheap plated metal, any alterations are going to wind up flaking and looking terrible

Eclipses do not have a semicircular phase. It’s wrong as lunar phases, and it’s wrong as an ecliptic transit.

Considering that semi-circles are not part of an eclipse, no.

Different colors? They’re all monochrome gold, if it looks like different colors that’s just reflections from light in the room

I’m not sure I understand. Like put them in the lathe and smooth the points out?

He absolutely attempted, but Congress firmly asserted their authority in the matter.

Didn’t he try to block shipments to Israel back in May, but Congress smacked that down saying that they’re the ones who make that decision?

The man who said to “say anything, make up anything” is being dishonest about policy positions? Say it ain’t so

Because feels > reals, obviously

Vance didnt lie about shit

Probably because he did in fact lie about many things. It probably didn’t help that he has explicitly said that just making stuff up is his strategy to win.

I suppose it’s a matter of perspective. Some would say the joy and enrichment from being alive and caring about others outweighs the sadness from loss.

Video killed the radio star

I just bought a house, and having someone to coordinate all the paperwork thoroughly and promptly was definitely valuable to me.

“Objection!”

“Why?”

“Because it’s devastating to my campaign”