Equality was an ideological principle woven throughout the Constitution, but it was selectively granted to only a few. That doesn’t mean we should throw out the idea of equality because it wasn’t applied correctly. In the same way we shouldn’t throw out firearm restrictions because they were applied selectively.

Oh yeah, I know. I know it’s not a common take, but I am pro open carry, but anti concealed carry. I feel safer when I know who is and isn’t armed.

Traditionally (as in the decades after the 2nd was written) all concealed carrying of weapons was illegal. It was also not uncommon for law enforcement to disarm people when they entered town. Heller is a terrible ruling because it claims to hold to history while ignoring historical norms that are inconvenient for the pro-gun lobby.

It wasn’t the format but the content that makes it hard for me to binge. It’s just so heavy, it becomes overwhelming after a while. I have to step back because it starts impacting my mood negatively.

As much as being out or outed can put you at risk in many places in the world, I don’t think there is an obligation to put yourself at risk by being an activist. That being said, there are ways to provide aid to those in need besides activism.

Same. It’s just not bingeable and I struggle to stick to any show that isn’t.

Then you will lose to fascism and fascists kill socialists. The capitalism vs socialism debate is meaningless if democracy is lost.

It also shows us that socialists won’t compromise to meet liberals in the middle, while the right unifies.

Both parties have had the same policy on Gaza for decades, so I don’t see the relevance. It was just easier to ignore a slow genocide than a fast one.

Yeah, civil as opposed to criminal.

It’s at worst a civil offense like a parking ticket.

If you don’t unite with them then history shows what you fear is guaranteed to happen.

Arrested for “harboring rioters” who blocked traffic. That’s not even close to a crime.

Even if that were true, it all needs to be put aside to unify against the fascists. They pose an existential threat to democracy itself.

This has always been America. We are just seeing pictures this time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal

There are only two viable parties.

I love how a bunch of people who couldn’t point to Gaza in a map are making that their sole political concern.

The common denominator is that the fascists sowed division so that there could be no unified opposition to them.

This is literally the attitude that allowed the Nazis to take over the German government.

They convinced people that the left and right coalitions that formed the Weimar government made it unstable, indecisive, and corrupt. That made people apathetic about supporting any party or vulnerable to the strong-man image the Nazis used to portray Hitler.

Maybe you could find a privately owned small Internet cafe and explain the situation. They might let you run up a tab and pay once you start getting your paycheck.