A friend has been working on a project to compare sexual convictions (including ped) in both parties. She found it was not even close. Here it is. It goes into other subjects too.
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@antifaoperative
Have a friend compiling a list of politician sex offenders and sorting them by party. Its not even close.
current totals, 842 Republican sex offenders, 346 pedophiles.
I don't have the Dem count handy but its within a couple of dozens.
@HumanistReport
Empathy for conservatives doesn't kick in unless they experience the issue first hand (and even then it may hit religious dogma). So someone feeling stress over something they dismiss is outside their experience and incurs no empathy.
@NikkiMcR
Musk is a 13 year old that has been told all his life that he is a special child. And he has been given a new toy and believes he can make it do what he wants it to do just by being special.
@AesPolitics
Doesn't run on any specific platform other than fomenting hatred for various othered groups. Whips it's followers into violent frenzies. Promotes authoritarian politics. Has dogmatic claims baked into it's stance. Sure is quacking a lot like a fascist party.
@nathaliejacoby1
When you are part of the regressive side of a progressing society you always feel like you are being marginalized by said society. People keep telling you your ideas and ways are awful. So they typically lash out at those they see driving the societies progress.
@MacFarlaneNews
@TPBlue4
Thats not a riot. That is an insurrection. They are trying to stop a government function. That is the definition of insurrection.
@davidhogg111
Second biggest mistake the founding fathers made was the unnecessarily vague 2nd amendment. The first mistake was keeping slavery. Wait... the 2nd mistake was not giving women the vote. Ok the 3rd mistake was the 2nd amendment. They made a lot of mistakes.
@kirumb
Yeah there is a full blown civil war going on inside the Republican party. GOP vs GQP. Its going to be a bad Fall for McCarthy. His attempt to hold Government funding and his drive towards impeachment are both going to fall flat because he can't get the GOP in line.
@MatthewLauseng
@Lillysbookshelf
@LanceUSA70
By law. By learned social response she acted correctly. She was diminutive in comparison to him. Once he latched on to her and started trying to shove something in her face she did not know what he intended to do and had every right to defend herself as she did.
@TPBlue4
Oh and there is another bigger lawsuit barreling towards Fox right now. Smartmatic is suing for $2.7 billion dollars (said in Dr Evil voice). And then as others see that the beast has been struck a blow more lawsuits will follow.
@AutisticCallum_
We of the ADHD persuasion come by way of this verbosity via similar but different paths. Often times due to how our memory works we can't access the simple path to an idea and have to express the complex means of understanding it.
@GreenEllsworth
Reminds me of Sander Levin. Former Michigan Representative (D). I was a delegate at the local convention after the speeches and hooplah were over and the auditorium emptied out into the convention hall I went back in to check and Sander was in there cleaning the place on his own.
@joncoopertweets
Ok that I will celebrate. More than anyone I blame McConnel for the state of things. He greased the rails for everything that is going wrong these days. If he is upset thats good for the people.
@lizzyinyyc
Stay home if you are sick does work in that it limits the exposure to others. The problem is the corporate driven social environment puts people on a treadmill where if they stop to get better they lose ground. So people are pushed to ignore their health. Doesn't mean you should.
@ChidalTax
I mean technically speaking life has only begun one time that we know of on this planet and everything since then has been a continuously evolving continuation of that instance. Life on its own is not the big deal. Its minds that are the real focus. And embryos don't have minds.
@ArchTheAtheist
This has been going on for a while now. It may be what is driving some of the religious support of the draconian tactics of the right. The loss of social power drives attempts to mandate positions from the court as they lose the ability to legislate their positions.
@lavern_spicer
Why is it a concern of yours? You have hitched yourself to the party of white supremacists in exchange for a pittance of notoriety. You have left your culture as a sacrifice for power.
@davenewworld_2
Its very effective when used on a base that thrives on being victims. They can't put their finger on why they are victims but they know they feel like it. So they strike out in blind rage until someone parrots their feelings and channels their rage.
@mhdksafa
Yeah... I mean I am there for the connectivity of humanity. We are all born blind and screaming into this world and it is only with the help of others that we amount to anything.
@lavern_spicer
@elonmusk
Woke is just being civil to other people and respecting them. I totally get how you and your friends have problems with that. I mean you mock people with handicaps at the drop of a hat. There is no civility to be found in your entire party. So yeah you would hate woke.
@MatthewLauseng
@LanceUSA70
Once he grabbed her and would not let go as well as started trying to cram something into her face she had all rights to react to defend herself. And once he let go of her she stopped the physical response. She was still amped up with adrenalin. But she did not hit him further.
@NomikiKonst
Unfortunately politics and war are about power not right or wrong. The left as I understand it supports the people. In any military conflict people are going to suffer. I suspect the people you are looking at are trying to focus on that suffering first.
@RonFilipkowski
NOPE! MILITARY NUCLEAR SECRETS. He stole Military Nuclear Secrets. Former president
#NuclearFiresale
stole MILITARY NUCLEAR SECRETS. Do we know what he was going to do with them? Nope. But they were MILITARY NUCLEAR SECRETS. He didn't take them for lite reading.
@YeetCannon556
@piper4missouri
You do know the Dems actually write policy. You guys don't anymore. That is we write down a series of plans we intend to positively achieve while in office. The GQP hasn't done this in nearly a decade now. Your guys probably don't even remember how to do policy.
@OccupyDemocrats
So the sexual predator protector lost out to the blatant racist. I don't think there was any way the people could have won in that decision.
@woodyspigroasts
@Minkiemom17
A fetus isn't a baby. A zygote isn't a baby. The Protestant Christians didn't believe a fetus had a soul until the Vatican told them to believe that. They used to believe the soul did not enter the body until the first breath. There is nothing in the bible about abortions.
@deconstructgirl
No. I sadly never believed in hell at all. So I never got the joy of losing that belief. I was subsequently extremely confused when I actually visited Hell and enjoyed it. What is the problem people have with Hell Michigan and why do you keep sending people here?
@liverational22
@deruntheist
It is interesting from a sociological view how the younger generations are breaking free of dogmatic beliefs. Its a joy to see.
@susanjsmith2
@jaketapper
The runup to the election, the post election, all he did was fan the flames. He didn't need to give specific orders. That's not his style. He couched everything in angry confrontational rhetoric, whipped the mob up, and aimed them at the capitol. That makes him culpable.
@KariLake
Kari... they didn't rig the election. You just lost. Now you either are too much of a narcissist to accept this, or idolise a narcissist that does not accept such things, or you are simply a duplicitous opportunist gaslighting people for self serving reasons. Not a good look.
@MayoIsSpicyy
I remain skeptical of the US justice department's ability to prosecute someone who is politically powerful, rich, and has an army of lawyers. I will be delighted if I am wrong. I fear what will happen is he will be inconvenienced for some time and have to pay his lawyers.
@lyssasphere
There are no contemporary accounts of Jesus from the actual time he is believed to have existed. Nothing written down. No records in legal systems. There is zero evidence of his life.
However lack of evidence is not evidence of absence. Logically we cannot say he did not exist.
@mjszabo
@TheDailyPilot
Love to see it. We have come too far as a society to let hatred push us back again. Keep it up. Progress wins over time all of the time. We just have to push hatred back into its cage sooner because people are being hurt in the mean time.
@JUSTINtime4aLAF
The rich people just want the poor people to put their money into the market to prop up the failing system. The money just serves to find it's way into their pockets in the end anyways. The thought of the poor reversing it in their favor is too plebian to even consider.
@AZ_Brittney
Our opposition have fanatics amongst them. People who wake up frothing at the mouth about their thing. We need to counter fanaticism with dedication, networking, and effort. That's hard. It's hard to maintain. But it's what is needed.
@DocAtCDI
When someone asks "Do you have any questions?" I invariably reply with, "What is the average airspeed of an unladen swallow?". And I am becoming increasingly distressed how many people do not even know the movie this is from. Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
@ChidalTax
The current iteration of the antichoice crowd has latched onto the Life moniker like their er... life depended on it. And its because it allows them to play games linguistically. The constitution is pretty clear that it grants citizenship to people. Not life.
@smc429
Gym Jordan, like most of the other GQP, is an opportunist. He firstly serves himself. And he grasps at power by any means possible. His grasp tied him to trump and so he continues to pay lip service to the man he would have made king in a bid to give himself power.
@cenkuygur
@CNBC
I have always viewed the stock market as a measure of human suffering. It is a system for funneling money from the hands of the many to the few. It concentrates wealth. Yet the financial coverage treats it like a measure of how well a nation is doing. It's exactly backwards.
@YourAnonNews
Accused? As long as Russia is in Ukraine shooting things all things Russia are fair game from Ukraine. Accused makes it sound like they broke a rule. Accuse Russia first.
@WhyRWeHere99
I might also recommend if you are looking for community look into Unitarian Universalist Churches. They are a church with no doctrine or dogma. They are welcoming to both atheist and theist. They draw from the wisdom of religion, philosophy, and science. A very open group.
@joaquinlife
Just had to fight a local city court trying to force a friend with a crippled immune system into jury duty. I had to go in and talk to them. No masks. No precautions. It would have killed my friend and they were not letting her off the hook. People need to take it seriously.
@Sola_Veritas
@iamAtheistGirl
You literally believe in something for which there is no substantive evidence. And you claim others are using a crutch? Sister, do not complain of a mote in our eye when there is a plank in yours. Matthew 7:3-5
@chrislhayes
Police tactics. Do not engage unless you have superior position, numbers, and armament. When you engage do not do so softly. Go hard. The cops in DC were under deployed, under armed, had turn coats in their midst, and did not have the option to retreat. They were sacrificed.
@OhHowByronic
I say we organize a scheme to buy a bunch of clothes at thrift stores and all together on some Sunday leave them outside churches in little piles all over the place while they are in their service. And when they come out they will think they missed the Rapture.
@TheStudyofWar
Yesterday was another bad day for Russian losses. Over another 800 soldiers will never make it back home. Nearly 30 tanks reduced to parts. 30 artillery units turned into twisted metal. And 2 anti-aircraft systems destroyed. The world has not seen losses like this since WWII.
@HamillHimself
Actually to have this lite hearted form of political discourse after a 5 year period of holding our breath to see what horror sprang forth next is a joy. It's like we are collectively exhaling. And Bernie and his mittens made it possible.
@NJBeisner
@pens1487
Then don't go see a dr when you get pregnant. The rest of us in the civilized world will continue to utilize medical professionals to see to a pregnancy no matter how the woman wants to proceed.
@nathaliejacoby1
Coconut. I generally have a hatred for all things with the word nut or nut related. But coconut takes the texture thing to extremes. Want to ruin a cake? Coconut. Want to wreck an icecream cone? Coconut. Destroy perfectly good chocolate? Coconut. The destroyer of foods.
@AtAskCharlie
@iamAtheistGirl
And then they ran the southern strategy southern strategy and completely flipped the parties as a result. They became the party of the disgruntled slave owners and leaned heavy into racism. The more you know.
@Rosemvmt
It was when I worked for a multinational corporation. We had an occasion when an actual VP of the company was touring our facility. Everyone started acting like a Lord of the Realm was about to visit. That's when I realized we were living in a NeoFeudal Society.
@BeauTFC
@SenRickScott
Unfortunately the gop is a cynical cabal with knowledge of PR and marketing. Thus they know the public's memory is short and if you keep pounding on a lie it will be accepted by a measurable portion of the public.
@hemantmehta
Prior to the Pope declaring abortion wrong most xians believed that the soul entered the body with the first breath. After the televangelists turned it into a frenzy it became life begins at conception. The protestants were conned into doing the Popes work. 2/2
@woofknight
There was a movie that came out around the same time and the Matrix. It had a slightly similar esthetique. But was a different sort of movie.
Dark City.
I found this movie to be a study in Humanism. What is the nature of humanity? Great movie.
@TheTweetOfRhea
For me what makes a religion or government problematic is when it turns towards dogmatic positions. As soon as they start insisting that they have the truth that cannot be questioned they are separating people into camps for conflict. And the more power they have the worse.
@Saadia___M
Because the right has the unending fear that someone somewhere is getting something they did not sweat and bleed for. Their twisted sense of meritocracy keeps them at each others throats making sure no one gets a free crust of bread.
@69Ian420
@johniadarola
I keep this film handy any time someone says anime... That's cartoons... That's for kids. Here watch this. Here's two boxes of tissues.
@theymerSophie
We just took a step away from the precipice. We know Joe isn't who we wanted. We need to work with what we have and figure out how to force him into what we hope to see. While changing the system to better serve the people. This is going to take time.
@LiraForCongress
@HStarshot
Unfortunately there are going to be a large number of things the right is going after with their hold on the court. I see it as an act of desperation that they know they have reached their high point and that they have to destroy as much as they can while they still have power.
@bone00afide
@GuinnessIreland
The Antiwoke crowd does not seem to understand how corporations work. The studies they have done show that more people favor LGBTQ+ issues than not. So they are going to market to those people for profits. The CEOs don't have to care one way or the other. Its for money.
@kwok_xian
I used to be a moderator in an IRC
#atheism
channel. We would have Christians come in and argue with us. And then they would ask why are we always just arguing with Christians. Its because other religions didn't come and pick fights with us.
@wyonaf
I believe the Twitter propaganda squad is trying to trigger libs and leftists. That is pretty much all their party has as a promotion strategy these days. They don't have a platform. They don't have policies. All they have is throwing red meat to the base.
@RealLawrenceBec
Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan. Hell yes. And as Hell is an actual town in Michigan she literally governs Hell. She is doing an amazing job fighting back against the GOP. MI is a very divided state. When the GOP was in charge they literally canceled democracy in Detroit.
@eleftheria119
Do you just wake up each morning and make up a list of things to spew into the world with no basis in reality as an exercise? Or does it just flow free form from your mind unbidden like a crazed dream?
@MayoIsSpicyy
No. He is a legitimate self serving narcissist.... ohhh wait... you mean he is a fraud in what he is desperately trying to present himself as. Yeah... he is an example of that someone trying to fool all of the people all of the time.
@perlmutations
I hate to be the one to mention this but even back in WWII it was a close call here in the USA. We flirted with fascism here. In fact Germany got most of its ideas from us. It may be that we have beat it. But we need to be on our game to do it again.