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I should clarify: laws that have actually passed.
Yet even so, you point to the edge-case exceptions while I point to the norm. For example, preceding the States Reform Act, Democrats beat them to the punch with the MORE Act, so your point is of such low-hanging fruit and the biggest exception -- NOT TO MENTION -- it literally won't be brought to the floor for a vote thanks to none other than (R) Mike Johnson...
... So your point?
Also, did you forget this? https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/06/statement-from-president-biden-on-marijuana-reform/
In effect, Biden has de-facto decriminalized Marijuana. Let me know if he prosecutes marijuana possession in legal states.
Yes, when writing lengthy posts arguing semantics you should be clear and specify what you're talking about.
You meant what you said, you just assumed and were called out.
You play more hopscotch with reading than my daughter at the playground, lol.
Even if I did, it changes fundamentally nothing about the overarching conclusion. This isn't the gotcha you seem to believe it is. So says Confucius, when the wise man points at the moon, the fool looks at the finger.
Quit looking at pixels; look at the big picture.
You're clearly the bad faith poster here.
Please do not be abusive and personally attack posters rather than their beliefs.
This is an obvious sign of "my team" rather than logical thought.
There's nothing more to discuss, good sir. My arguments remain unchallenged. Like I said, I'm simply playing with the food that is this rhetorical discussion and referencing famous applicable adages. Sorry if you misconstrue this as attacks on the person. Certainly not my intention! I promise I'll refrain from such ad hominems!
You can make this argument once you respond to >80% of my points that were deflected.
Anyways, I'm pretty happy because my initial comment was heavily up-voted. I already won long ago.
Lmaooooo
You're posting a popular opinion in an online echo chamber and taking a victory lap over up votes?
I can make the opposite post on a right wing site and get more up votes, that doesn't make it more valid or a "win".
Your attempt to wedge-drive fell on better-informed ears here and only reinvigorated the existing population here to turn out for BIden. Your objective failed spectacularly. Better luck next time.
I'm sure you will spark the change you desperately seek in the world by being belligerent to other people in a meme community.
Belligerent? Good sir/madam I'm merely reflecting the tone and sincerity I receive. Ethics of reciprocation is something I live by! If you find me to be belligerent, then one need merely look in the mirror.
I have yet to attack you rather than the content of your posts.
I can make an exception here though: you talk like someone on reddit athiesm subbredits back when it was front page. In this moment, you are euphoric.
Know that if your preferred candidates lose, contributions such as yours are suppressing turnout. Source: minority polls are tanking, and the only response seems to be to guilt trip rather than offer real solutions or representation.
Real solutions necessitate getting obstructionists out of the way. Minority polls are beginning to swing back as Democrats actually begin campaigning as of last month. I'm not too worried, for we know early polling yields no valid data and the concerns will be addressed.
Meanwhile Trump will be stuck in trial after trial as he attempts to grift more of his followers for every last dollar they've got to pay for his legal expenses as opposed to actively campaigning.
So again, yeah, I'm actually more confident going into this year than 2020 OR 2022 midterms :)
You truly are euphoric
I prefer data-driven, really.
But true, there are classic hurdles to overcome, like the archaic slave-era Electoral College giving land a vote and disproportionately giving Bubba more voting weight (I can make those jokes; I'm from Appalachia); the fact that Republican states are trying their normal shenanigans of adding more hoops to vote (especially in lieu of conservatives gutting the VRA).
I just wish you demonstrated enough courage to show revealed true colors instead of hiding behind anonymity. Then we could have a real conversation if you'd just confess whom you really support. Crazy that your positions are so unpopular you can't even openly say it lol.
I somehow doubt the average Lemmy poster you're so in tune with agrees on this.
Economy is better for the country, or you personally? Are you a land owner with a large stock portfolio and other assets?
When the average Lemmy poster is the average member of the electorate, then you let me know. Not too concerned for tankies and right-wing wedge-drivers, if that's who you're referring to.
Put another way, by every classic metric Republicans would hold the economy over Democrats if Trump were in office, we're doing fantastic. GDP Up, Inflation coming down, Gas prices coming down, Stock Market all-time high recently, unemployment low, etc. etc.
Most importantly, pretty much every single metric is improved since — again — the previous two election cycles.
I find it amusing you always try to just reply to singular pieces of low-hanging fruit because you have fundamentally no argument consistently for >80% of the points I make; and of that which you do respond, it's quite easily picked apart.
Just checked your profile and you created 3 different communities and can't attract a single other monthly user due to how you behave online and your ridiculous viewpoints.
You are clearly not interested in discussion and prefer talking to yourself in circles.
Blocked.
LOL as if that has anything to do with the subject at hand. I haven't even attempted to advertise. You're trying so hard to find something and got: Nothing.
Looks like I'm right.
You ignored all this dude's salient points to argue about token legislation, then blocked him when he responded to each of your points with due diligence. You whined about posts for personal attacks, then you made THIS post. What a bigger man you are. Kudos. You should be lauded for your patience, you would never stoop to such a level. You haven't made an ad hominem since middle school debate club. I bet you're right proud of your reading comprehension skills and ability to research.
They kept changing their points and insults with constant edits. You're coming into this thread a day late after most of their posts have edits.
I don't have to engage with bad faith actors after giving it a serious try.
You know edits are public and people can see which posts have been edited right
How can you see the content of what was changed in each edit diff?
You can see edit timings - meaning this gentleman is just lying about "every post being edited". I edited the post where I mentioned it when it was posted to illustrate the point (Timestamp doubled, edit timing shows in parentheses)
In fact, you can see he edited his own posts more with quickly googled info.
You're already in the thick of it but this guy is peak debatelord, he is really not worth engaging unless you feel like counting arguments like they're points in a game.
Having actual, valid points instead of just vibes and twitter quips is debatelord?
A debatelord is someone who treats every conversation as if it's debate club, and says shit like:
Yeah you're right. I saw one of their bulleted posts that seemed genuine at first glance but the more we talk the more they expose their focus on "winning" rather than being realistic or truthful.