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 :)
Always amazing seeing someone offended by someone saying "yea it is a tragedy!"
Wow thats some impressive passive aggressive hostility there... Have you tried talking to people civilly and in good faith to have productive conversatios? It works wonders.
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.
re: #FediBlock Mention
@koyu@koyu.space
More importantly the list counts number of instances, and doesnt weight for the size of an instance.. They intantionally manipulate things by counting a vast majority of small and single user instances. In reality QOTO remains one of the most federated instances in the fedi, they just managed to make up some phonyt numbers by getting a bunch of single user instances on a list and convince them we are evil
This guy really is a joke with his dishonesty. He even started banning people on his own instance for calling him out on this one.
Like I said, feel freet o cheer on the republicans/democrats all you want as things keep getting worse and worse... which will just ensure they keep getting worse as long as you praise this incompetance.
totally agree there, this is an issue that should have been improved a long time ago and all anyone does is make it worse with nonsense.
While you arent wrong about republicans the fact that you think democrats arent actively making it worse rather than better is laughable.. but it clear from your antagonistic and bad-faith tone you will not and probably never have listened to anyone who ever criticized your home team.
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.
I mean, if you think the republicans, or the democrats, for that matter, are actually doing something youa re welcome to thast very wrong opinion no matter what side it falls on.
The Republicans dont do anything, and the democrats act in ways that make it worse.. both sides are guilty in that sense.
@georgetakei I'm not sure I'm following... It is a tragic situation isnt it? Very tragic.
Me: If you keep eating mcdonalds in 5 years you will be fat!
You: Oh in that case I will stop eating McDonalds...
<five years later>
You: Clearly eating McDonalds doesnt make me fat because you predicted 5 years ago when I was eating McDonalds I would be fat, and look im not! I can go back to eating McDonalds now!
It amazes me you cant see the idiocy in this line of thinking.. Of **course** models adapt as the conditions adapt, if they dont their not a model.
@bufalo1973@xarxa.cloud
If he meant that they would be paying mroe in taxes then they make in income (the tax rate would be above 100%)
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