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The Governor just called the school shooting in Tennessee a “tragic situation.”
Think about that.
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@georgetakei I'm not sure I'm following... It is a tragic situation isnt it? Very tragic.
@freemo @georgetakei And yet our Republican leaders refuse to do anything about it. Instead, they ban drag shows.
The Republicans dont do anything, and the democrats act in ways that make it worse.. both sides are guilty in that sense.
Take your stupid bullshit elsewhere.
If you actually think republicans, or democrats for that matter, are solving hte problem I hate to break it to you, but you are the one witht he stupid bullshit here.
@freemo @marq @Litzz11 @georgetakei the idea that "both parties are just as bad" is a Republican talking point. Don't fall for it. I have big problems with many in the Democratic party (mostly when they're acting like Republicans), but there's no comparison. With regard to guns, most Democrats have voted in favor of some controls, while every Republican always votes against any.
Oh I dont think both parties are "just as bad"... the democrats actively take steps that are popular and most of the people think help, but are very clearly harmful when we look at numbers.. in many ways thats worse than doing nothing. That said Id be hesitant to say they are worse than republicans just due to the fact that the things that would actually have some positive results (like investing in mental health aspects of health care) they routinely block.
We are talking about guns here, not just what party is worse in general.
If we were talking about what party, over all, is worse I think I'd say its close but republicans are slightly worse than democrats overall. They seem to have a better head economically and in terms of personal liberties, and the democrats seem to have at least some motiivation to address social injustice.
The think that the democrats fail at is they make choices that are actually harmful to their stated goals but carry them out more because they are popular and give the impression they are helpful.
Sometimes I think democrats may in fact be worse simply because at least republicans dont hide (or at least arent good at hiding) the fact that they make shitty decisions :)
On the subject of gun control: I'd really love to see a candidate who was for addressing social and economic inequality and emphasized the role of addressing that in addressing problems such as violence (gun and non-gun), crime, poverty, and radicalization risks. They'd probably go really far and do a lot of good in the process.
Instead we get this really shallow posturing over really terrible and ineffective gun control laws by elected officials who don't know what they are talking about, and don't seem to care that they don't know. We get similar posturing over other superficial solutions to deeper problems on other issues. It's infuriating
Id say that sums up my sentiments fairly well.. though perhaps im a bit more harsh on both sides.. But yea its pandering, real solutions dont seem to be the goal of either side for...w ell.. anything.
@freemo @jamesmarshall @marq @Litzz11 @georgetakei The Republicans are way worse, but Democrats still have issues.
Look at the recent law in California regarding “age appropriateness” in social media, or Kathy Hochul’s social media law (which was halted by a federal judge), or Hochul’s gutting of the NY right-to-repair bill, or those Democrats who want to get rid of Section 230 of the CDA because they think doing so will do good (it won’t)…