No it generally makes sense to teach kids to not cite Wikipedia. Though it is consistently checked and updated you can look at the wiki link and drama for the Israeli genocide just to see a perfect example of why it shouldn’t be cited.

The great part of wikipedia is going to their actual resources ans reading and understanding those. What you were supposed to learn was HOW to research things and come to your own conclusions, not just how to cite information.

Ok to your second sentence, but it is proven over and over again that health care for women is at a much lower standard than for men. Less funding, less research, less care. Those are objective facts. Calling that out is not creating a gender war its identifying a drastic gap that has been written about in countless medical journals for decades.

Pretty sure human trafficking was illegal then too…

Why is that? The woman who won the prize is a car right extremist. What has Maduro done badly?

The dems havent had a legitimate primary since Obamas first election and the only reason that happened is because he had undeniable support. They have fucked every primary since, and then wonder why they lose every time it matters.

I agree with supporting real progressives

I disagree with too late to bitch. The dems fucked Bernie over for Hilary in one of the most corrupt political situations ive ever seen. Either dems can stop providing candidates that dont support genocide and that no one except billionaires want, or they can keep losing to literal fascists. Its a really easy choice for them but they absolutely seem unwilling to make it.

Gavin Newsom is a right wing candidate. He shouldn’t be within a million miles of the presidency.

Gavin Newsom has always been a slimey shit who is basically a right wing candidate. If the dems could stop fucking giving us right wing or maximum centre right candidates that would be super cool.

Thats honestly crazy If youre making 100k and can still barely make ends meet that should be a sign for someone making 30k that shits broken. The difference is billionaires hoarding money. They should be the ones everyone is teaming up against. Someone making 100k in a high COL area is in a lot of ways really similar to someone making 30k in a low COL area.

It really wasnt though. Garland was chosen for a reason. They had more than enough evidence that he caused an insurrection. They absolutely could have landed him in prison had they actually wanted to.

I agree with what you’ve said too, but again, I think the dems would have done a lot of this either way. Not as callously, not as absurdly, but they had a chance to lock up trump, Pence, McConnell, Paul Ryan, etc., and chose not to do it in order to protect themselves. Biden had more deportations than trump did in his first term. We just didnt hear about it. Are you telling me every single one of those people were guilty of whatever crime? Or that families weren’t torn apart?

I agree that it wouldnt be as bad as it currently is, but they were both trending in that direction. Genocide would have continued at the same pace. People were losing their homes and families while the rich buy up all estates for dimes and dollars under the dems too.

You say “compromise, nuance, and empathy will slow you down, but thats not a reason to abandon your principles”. I would argue that a lot of people were refusing to abandon their principles - namely genocide being bad and promises being broken, and the democratic party showed theirs - namely corporate welfare, money, and lip service to the middle and lower classes. The thing was, those principles were not the same.

The immediate response and the response ever since from Dems has been to blame every sort of minority they could (Arab Americans, black americans, millenials, latinos), while refusing to countenance the fact that those groups still did by and large vote majority for dems. The people who didnt were white men and women. On top of that, they keep talking about how the voters were wrong and cost them, rather than focusing on what they did wrong, which everyone was shouting from the rooftops.

Things were not great before Trump. Thats why he won the first term, in addition to the DNC shooting themselves in the foot and doing all they could to stop Bernie. Biden stabilized some stuff, but didnt do much for anyone, and things got worse from the first trump term. Its not like everything was sunshine and roses while the dems were in charge. And even if they do come back in charge, they fucked themselves by allowing the Republicans to stack every single court in the country. Again, that level of incompetence cannot be real - either they are fully incapable of planning anything, or they were okay with it happening.

The thing is that was their entire campaign. They didnt give a fuck about anyone or anything. They just sat there and said “hey im not that guy” with absolutely zero plan on how to be anything other than a milque toast version of that guy.

No one was turned on by that. No one wanted that. They assumed their base would just come out and vote for them no matter what they did. Then they pulled a shocked Pikachu face and started blaming everyone except themselves when it happened, and they still do. It is the party and the politicians job to be on the side of the people and win their votes. If they do such a fucking shit ob at it that a demented shit wearing paedo can win above them, then they need to take a good long hard look at themselves in the mirror. And through all words they’ve said and all actions they’ve taken since, it seems very very clear that they are not doing it at all

I think the issue here was manifold in a sense

Biden promised he would be a one term president. That was a main talking point of his first run.

He promised he would cancel all student loans. Dems had a majority for two years and he couldn’t or didnt want to get it done.

The democrats have long been a party of corporate boot lickers. People were already getting tired of that 12 years ago.

The DNC again didnt really hold any sort of fair primary or give their voters much choice, for the third election in a row. They basically just re-ran the Hillary campaign. 4th or 5th if you want to be more cynical and talk about how they were pretty against Obama until he drummed up the giant swell of support that he did. They also campaigned with people most dems detested and thought were the worst humans on earth until trump 1.0 rolled around. They ignored their entire base and continuously have ignored the rural areas.

GENOCIDE. that was pretty big for most people. It was obvious to anyone paying any attention in the first two weeks of the war what Israel was doing. Biden fully endorsed and funded it. That quite rightly pissed off a lot of people.

If you dont draw the line at genocide, you really cant draw the line at democracy.

Even now dems are barely putting up a fight against Trump. Theyre more interested in shafting the progressive wing of their own party and keeping their positions.

All of that combined led to an increased sense of “what the fuck are we voting for you for if all youre doing is keeping the status quo the same and shafting everyone at a slower pace”

Immediately after Jan 6th they should have locked up every single person involved, and they would have been fully able to do it. They again let them off easy, the same way the north let the south off easy after the Civil War.

Vista was horrible. 8 was actually not that bad I barely remember 7 existing

But XP and 98 were the best ones

1200 a month for a one bedroom? Where lol You wouldnt get a studio for that near me

Idk man its not just boomers ive seen plenty of millenials and younger believe everything they hear on both sides of the aisle.

Its like critical thinking has vanished. And to be honest it doesn’t seem like media literacy is really taught that much in the states anymore

Are 60% of Americans, blind, racist, stupid, or all three?

Because the current regime is worse does not make her stance better. They have not done anything that Biden did not or would not do, and she promised to continue what he was doing.

Genocide is, or at least should be, a very clear moral issue. Either you are against it, or for it. There is no middle ground. There are more people on the liberal side who are willing to hold to their morals. They did not try to garner their base, they tried to garner the billionaires and republicans who were not fully on board with trump. Any idiot could have told them that those republicans would vote republican in the end any way. In addition, the dems rigged three primaries in a row dating back to Bernie in 2016. Biden got elected because Trump absolutely fucked covid. No one was voting for him because they thought he was a great candidate. He promised to be a one term president. That was his main line in 2020.

2024 would have been a great time for him to step aside. He didnt. The dems did not ask for any vote to replace him in the run in, they just said here’s your choice. She did nothing but say she would continue doing everything he had done. The dems sold out themselves and the country to the billionaire class. People were mad about that. All they did was say they would keep doing it.

Even now, they do nothing but say “oh my gosh how can we stop this”

They enabled this to happen, and are now trying to say look we told you so, even when their own policies have shifted far to the right.

There is no liberal or left wing party in the US. In most civilized countries, the Republicans would be considered far right extremists, and democrats would be considered right wing.

But again, if genocide is not a place you draw the line, it is very unlikely that you will draw the line at democracy.

I will absolutely stand by the idea that burgers should cost MAXIMUM 10 dollars ansd come with fries

Basic burgers with a single patty, a piece of lettuce, ring of onion and slice of tomato should be 5.

Yes if you had a sundial and put even marks around it you would definitely notice

Also people generally track the sun, our circadian rhythms are tied up to it. You notice even now when the days are shorter or longer without a clock

You’re absolutely not wrong but not everyone who discovered things or paid attention is/was autistic either