WeirdGoesPro

Texas is very different than most people make it out to be, especially in the cities. I’ve lived all over this state, and I still love it here, even though the politics drive me insane sometimes.

People should understand that the politicians of a place rarely resemble the populace, especially in a state as heavily gerrymandered as Texas is.

As for talking with Trumpers, I find the most effective method is to find things we can agree on. As a leftist, I also have a lot of grievances with the Democratic Party. I’ve noticed that Republicans are more receptive of my opinions when we get the venting out of the way first, acknowledging their legitimate grievances that I can agree on, and then discussing my different solutions to those problems (a la Bernie Sanders as opposed to Trump).

You’d be surprised how many of them are willing to consider leftist solutions when you acknowledge that their complaints about the establishment are both real and valid.

I didn’t know that, thanks for the extra info.

Controversy has centred around the period of time detainees have been held without charge and the use of interrogation techniques.

Understatement of the century.

To everyone who hasn’t read the article, this kind of seems like nothing major to me. Before I continue, I want to say that I don’t know much about Dawkins’ stance on trans rights, so I’m just going exclusively off of what I read in this article. If someone knows something I don’t, please forgive my ignorance.

Basically, the freedom from religion foundation published a paper saying that they can’t define what a woman is. Another author published a rebuttal that was saying that, while that may be true for the psychological definition of a woman, the biological definition of one can be quantified by the presence of specific biological traits.

The freedom from religion foundation then retracted that article without telling the author that they were going to do so, and issued a statement saying that a woman is whatever she says she is. They seemingly ignored the intent of the article, making the author look like a bigot even though he expressly said he didn’t have any qualms with the LGBTQ+ community, and was only speaking about biology.

Dawkins found the retraction to be unprofessional, and then chose to withdraw from the board of that organization. It seems like it had less to do with a personal opinion about trans people, and more to do with the professional standards of an organization.

For the record, I support trans people and their rights, I’m just relaying what I got from this article since a lot of people here expressed that they would not read it.

Link without paywall

This is all good to see out of Mexico. People need it.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

The obvious answer is that Medicare for All would be a great place to start in the USA. If not that, then laws limiting the ridiculous profits of insurance companies and regulating payouts would be another option, combined with some kind of Medicare for the poor that is better than the current Medicaid bullshit they have available.

Most of all, ensuring that doctors rather than insurance companies are deciding the care plan would save many lives per year.

You’re telling me. It’s ok though. Now I have nothing to lose, so I can start over exactly how I want to.

Bruh, that is only the start. Let’s just say I lost her and my best friend of 20 years at the same time. I’m sure you can fill in the blanks.

I, too, support more beaver.