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@No-Quarter said in US Politics:
@Kiwiwomble fair enough mate. It's nearly impossible to keep up. I think there are 58 genders now, which basically renders the word 'gender' completely meaningless. I also think grouping together a large number of individuals under this umbrella term and then making assumptions on what their experiences are is completely the wrong way to go about it. Treating people as actual individuals is a far more effective way to overcome any discrimination.
I asked a couple of my gay friends, because I got a bit lost, and generally they all said none would be offended if you missed “their” letter, the thought that counts kind of deal, I’m sure there are people out there that would be but they seem to be a minority
I agree people should be treated as individuals, 100%, but then I also don’t want to tell someone how they want to be treated is wrong if it doesn’t actually effect me at all
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@No-Quarter said in US Politics:
@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
Its official.
Now the attacks begin. Rapist/racist might be difficult being a woman with black kids...my money is on the alphabet people.
I assume you mean LGBTQI+ ?
You're missing an A on the end. Do try and keep up.
And you're missing a QIP2SA & a +.
By alphabet people I mean the extremist members of this group and their supporters who work tirelessly to undo the progress made in gay rights and tolerant attitudes in society.
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@Siam said in US Politics:
@Rembrandt he's a nasty nasty man that fellow. Incredibly smart too.
He's a black supremacist that has openly advocated for racism against white people to "right past wrongs". Jack (Twitter CEO) also donated him $10M to fund his "studies". He is everything that is wrong with Twitter and the far left.
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@No-Quarter said in US Politics:
Treating people as actual individuals is a far more effective way to overcome any discrimination.And not doing that is the way to make them get offended (or have someone get offended on their behalf) and demand a 'letter'
Do it right from the start and avoid a lot of silliness might be the best option. -
Back to the main issue at hand and the polls seem to show a handfull of states flip-flopping around the <>5% mark. This could just be margin of error stuff but either way shows that the likes of Georgia, Iowa and North Carolina especially could go either way.
Florida, Texas, Arizona, Ohio and Penn also all still under a 5% margin.If you only count those states over a 5% margin Biden is only 5 College Votes short but all of those states mentioned above are currently leaning Dem except Texas and Georgia.
Trump's solid and leaning (5-10%) are only adding to 125 at the moment. Even adding Flo and Texas in wouldn't get him over 200.
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Mad day in US politics.
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NY Times release a report showing Trump has paid jack shit in federal income tax for ages.
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Trump's former campaign director hospitalized after self-harm threats.
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Ilhan Omar connected Ballot Harvester in cash-for-ballots scheme: "Car is full" of absentee ballots.
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@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
@Frank Also just to add to that. Trump tweets referring to this mail voter fraud...and twitter fact checks saying mail voting is safe and secure.
Facebook are doing the same. Election interference.
A symptom of the ratshit voting system across states within the US. Complicated and arguably loose solutions to fix a problem that should be fixed at source.
I don't have a problem with the fact checks because the 'problems' Trump tweets about are not supported by evidence. Doesn't mean that there won't be instances but no proof that this is a widespread impacting issue.
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@Virgil said in US Politics:
Long time lurker first time poster here.... surely if your vote can be rigged/lost if you mail it in then there’s as much chance of fraud when it comes to counting of traditional votes.
Sssshh. Dont say things like that, it'll spoil the narrative....
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@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
@Frank Also just to add to that. Trump tweets referring to this mail voter fraud...and twitter fact checks saying mail voting is safe and secure.
Facebook are doing the same. Election interference.
how is a private company saying "look at the facts" worse than Trump spouting off without any about something he has a personal interest in...that...that seems like Election interference to me
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@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
@Frank Also just to add to that. Trump tweets referring to this mail voter fraud...and twitter fact checks saying mail voting is safe and secure.
Facebook are doing the same. Election interference.
how is a private company saying "look at the facts" worse than Trump spouting off without any about something he has a personal interest in...that...that seems like Election interference to me
yep.
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@Frank said in US Politics:
NY Times release a report showing Trump has paid jack shit in federal income tax for ages.
So what (if its true) UNLESS he evaded tax. (Only a fool pays more tax than required). So if its unfair look at those that were in power and set the tax rules up.
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@Winger said in US Politics:
@Frank said in US Politics:
NY Times release a report showing Trump has paid jack shit in federal income tax for ages.
So what (if its true) UNLESS he evaded tax. (Only a fool pays more tax than required). So if its unfair look at those that were in power and set the tax rules up.
Huge difference between evasion and minimising tax using the existing rules
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How do we watch the leaders debate in NZ? Will it be streamed?
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@No-Quarter said in US Politics:
How do we watch the leaders debate in NZ? Will it be streamed?
Supposedly C-Span will stream it live on YouTube here:
It's 2pm tomorrow NZ time, and most of the Sky news channels are showing it e.g. Fox, CNN, BBC World.
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