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Colin
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@mattyglesias the tradeoff is the elected blacks will be moderates & conservaties rather than progressives. black leftists take no joy the next gov of FL will be black or that South Carolina has represented statewide in the Senate by a black or that the longest tenure Justice is black.
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I want folks to know there is no longer really a tradeoff between maximizing African-American representation and just doing Dem-friendly gerrymanders, but it’s still true that this approach could be bad for a bunch of existing incumbent politicians.
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There’s a tradeoff around owning up to tradeoffs, where you sound more honest and credible to thoughtful people but tend to disadvantage yourself short-term in debates and especially when trying to persuade elected officials who *hate* acknowledging tradeoffs.
Stefan Schubert@StefanFSchubert
Many people overrate overestimate analysis of the type “they don’t want more growth/houses” and underestimate of the type “they’re intellectually dishonest about trade-offs”. Shoddy reasoning about trade-offs is a huge problem (and often blameworthy).
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@FranWalsh73 for an early retiree, a paid off house is essential to be able to keep investment income low enough to maintain ACA subsidies
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Paying off your mortgage eliminates your single largest monthly expense.
On a $2,200/month payment, that's $26,400 a year you no longer need to generate just to break even.
At a 4% withdrawal rate, that's the equivalent of having an extra $660,000 in your retirement portfolio.
The paid off house doesn't show up on a brokerage statement.
It shows up in how little you need to survive - and how much breathing room that creates for everything else.
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@LeorSapir the reason why the democratic base is engaged in politics is privilege the interests of transgendereds, muslims, asylum seekers, homeless, and criminals
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A key explanation for why Democrats support unpopular (70/30, 80/20) positions on trans issues.
This is not to deny that some Dems are "true believers." But electoral incentives are, in my view, more important.
Leor Sapir@LeorSapir
Most won't, for a simple reason. They need to win elections, starting with primaries, and "the groups" are FAR more influential in that process than unengaged voters. By the time the latter get involved, the choice is between Trump/Trumpism and Democrats who have signed on to trans ideas/policies, which, frankly, are not top priority for most unengaged voters. Every general election comes down to "sure, we're crazy on some issues, but Trump is worse." And Dems believe--not without some justification--that that strategy is effective enough to remain competitive.
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@jah7x1 @MaxAbrahms every jihadi in the Gaza, including teenage jihadis, is a valid military target. the dead non-jihadi children were never targeted, as there’s no benefit to Israel’s war goals in doing so. They are dead because their families & culture chose to wage a genocidal war.
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@ColinLA @MaxAbrahms You seem to avoid the question and I’m genuinely curious:
How many of those 21,000 children would you say are considered jihadi/a valid military target?
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Federal agents at polling places.
Voter intimidation.
Purges of voter rolls.
Donald Trump’s assault on free and fair elections is deliberate, coordinated, and accelerating in plain sight.
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@ColinLA @FightWithMemes Bullshit hypothetical. Their very job is to ensure compliance with existing laws and regulations and you act as if they are doing the company a favor be merely doing their job.
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The HR department exists for one reason: to perpetuate the HR department.
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@OckhamMan @FightWithMemes for a business with 10% margin, avoiding $1M in meritless grievance awards is the equivalent of $10M in new revenue
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@ColinLA @FightWithMemes That is the very definition of their job, not a choice they are making to benefit the company.
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@AdamCarter15792 @DreyfusJames i’m sure there are straight guys who do feel uncomfortable sometimes in locker rooms due to the presence of gay men, but it’s got nothing to do with men being allowed into women’s
locker rooms
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@ColinLA @DreyfusJames They just don't understand real life. Not once have I been in a gents toilet and felt intimidated by a gay guy. I most likely have had a wee next to a gay dude without realising, not everyone screams and shouts about their sexuality.
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Because, historically & correctly, women fought for their right to privacy, dignity & separate spaces to be away from men, not the other way round.
I do hope that’s cleared up your confusion.
john cox@johncox510456
@DreyfusJames James, you're gay. As a heterosexual, I've to undress in single sex spaces in front of people like you who are sexually attracted to my sex. Under the Equality Act, it's harassment as I've no privacy, dignity, safety from this. Your right to watch me undress impinges on my rights
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@OckhamMan @FightWithMemes their best argument is their policies existing are helpful evidence to management when defending the company from meritless grievance lawsuits
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@FightWithMemes Yep, in my last corporate job I was amused by HR not understanding that they are a cost center, and that the rest of the company did not exist merely to support them.
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@AttfieldCheryl @DreyfusJames a becocked lesbian, no doubt. and no, you don’t have the ability to provide consent on behalf of all women to men who say they’ll kill themselves if not allowed to shower naked in women’s
locker rooms.
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@ColinLA @DreyfusJames As a lesbian. Ive always kept my eyes down. Maybe it's a male thing?
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@sonofazraels_cr @MaxAbrahms Israel will continue to wage war in the Gazans until the Gazans abandon their 78 year deathwish for the regions Jews. literally no nation is coming to their defense. the only end is submission.
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@ColinLA @MaxAbrahms I don’t think that’s true at all but even if it were true the people of Gaza have been targeted relentlessly by the IDF. It would make complete sense for them to think (correctly) that Israel is a terrorist state and needs to be destroyed. I do.
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@ComputerTwink @jaredsthumbs @Timodc palestinianism is nazism. look at the surveys of their support of genocide of jews in Israel.
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I love how the conspiracy pushed on here was that the DNC blocked the autopsy because of what it said about Gaza when in fact it doesn't mention that & they didn't put it out bc it seems to have been written by a 5th grader. Perfect encapsulation of the discourse around the DNC.
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@BottomStructure @jaredsthumbs @Timodc you can compare the per capita GDP of the jewish state to the 57 muzzy states and compare the median income of american jews to jew-hater communities of american muzzies, transgendereds, and commies.
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@ColinLA @jaredsthumbs @Timodc It's kinda giving Antisemitism to insinuate Jewish people aren't poor
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@jaredsthumbs @Timodc you have the palestinian flag of nazism in your bio and say i have brain damage because my bio shows support for Israel
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@ThatGMoney @jaredsthumbs @Timodc all those who say support for Israel is evidence of brain damage are filthy jew haters
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@ColinLA @jaredsthumbs @Timodc Stop conflating all criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews, that is in and of itself antisemitic.
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@jaredsthumbs @Timodc poverty runs deep in the filthy jew hater community
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@BlakeKellii @Timodc the autopsy said the most effective ad against kamala was about kamala’s position that incarcerated illegals should get free sex changes, and the report said there was no effective response possible unless kamala changed her position.
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