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Hey all! A quick note: while I may have political discussions on social media, I continue to believe my streams should be a place to escape all that. So when I eventually start streaming again, I will continue to not permit political discussions on stream or in chat.

@BasedMikeLee I would argue it is a right. Parents have a right to educate their children, and to engage in voluntary contracts with others to do that for them. Just because guns are a right doesn't mean I'm entitled to a free gun.

Education is a good thing And for any good society it’s necessary But it isn’t a right You diminish the inviolability of actual rights by labeling everything you think is good or necessary as a “right” Please stop

@TheWahGuy Because that's not what they mean by "sex ed for 6 year olds", guy.

The “sex ed” I had when I was six was literally just “if someone touches you in a way that makes you uncomfortable, tell someone you trust.” Wonder why you’d be against that?

@johnpavlovitz If you want to disarm a free people so the government has the sole power in this nation, you're telling us what kind of human life you value, and it isn't a free one.

@KyleKulinski And the left has said and done a lot worse than that.

Trump has called the left: - Enemy within - Scum - Terrorists - Vermin - Radical - Lunatics - Demonic - Evil - Fascists - Marxists - Communists - Garbage - The enemy of the people - The enemy within - Treasonous - Animals - Degenerates - Jew haters - Lowlives Shut the fuck up you smug closet case.

@keyokkud Everyone survives if we press red. Press red: 100% chance of survival. Press blue: ??% chance of survival. I'd press red, and I'd encourage you to, as well. No one should press blue. The trick here that makes it easy to split is there are two ways for everyone to survive.

why the fuck would you press red? everyone survives if we press blue, it's guaranteed survival for everyone, by default everyone should be pressing blue, without even needing to coordinate. default state of human should be to want and guarantee best outcome, not settling.

@Elvis_Bob @throwtowels @StephenFleming For example, the president doesn't even require a majority vote, let alone a supermajority. You will be able to cite many democratic aspects of our government, because we kept some good democratic aspects while discarding the bad ones. We're a Constitutional Democratic-Republic

@Elvis_Bob @throwtowels @StephenFleming A supermajority is a majority, but a majority isn't necessarily a supermajority. Similarly, a representative democracy is a republic, but a republic isn't necessarily a representative democracy. Your constitutional amendments are still interpreted by unelected justices.

63% of Americans were not taught basic civics in sixth grade.

@throwtowels @Elvis_Bob @StephenFleming Again, I know a lot of people have used the word "democracy" as a misnomer to refer to our Constitutional Democratic-Republic since the 1800s. That is a mistake. If we believe democracy is a good thing, why not make our government more democratic? Because democracy is bad.

@throwtowels @Elvis_Bob @StephenFleming We don't even elect 1/3rd of our government, being the judicial branch. They're not representatives of the people, but of the senate and president. We are not a representative democracy. Such a democracy would be a republic, but we are a republic that is not a democracy.

@micah_erfan Half of "Americans" are American in name only, so yeah, it's a W. If <insert_country_here> is so great, have a safe flight!

Conservatives are so cooked they think Americans fleeing the country in droves is a W.

@throwtowels @Elvis_Bob @StephenFleming A democracy is majority rule. What the majority wants, the majority gets. People have attempted to expand this meaning, but I reject this expansion. In our government, the constitution, as well as many checks and balances, tell the majority "no". That's not a democracy.

@throwtowels @Elvis_Bob @StephenFleming You seem to think that I'm not aware of the distinction between a representative democracy and a direct/pure democracy, or that a representative democracy is a republic, yes. I'm saying we're not a representative democracy. Only the house or reps is, which is 1/6th of the fed.

@theleanhead @IAmJakeHuffaker @MetamateDaz I no longer believe I'm talking to a human being capable of reason, and therefore, such conversation is not productive for either one of us. This has to be the craziest argument I've ever heard. I try to be nice, but dang, dude.

@theleanhead @IAmJakeHuffaker @MetamateDaz ...what a wild conspiracy theory. Take some personal responsibility in your life. If you have to work 3 jobs, it's because you haven't done what it takes for your labor to be valued higher. Not because someone brainwashed you into having their future workers.

Saw someone reacting to the "all you had to do was pay us enough to live" story with "don't take an entry level job at 28 years old." ENTRY LEVEL JOBS SHOULD BE PAID A LIVING WAGE

@theleanhead @IAmJakeHuffaker @MetamateDaz Unless you're under the age of 18, in which case your guardian(s) owe you the basic necessities of life. That's it.

@theleanhead @IAmJakeHuffaker @MetamateDaz "Being able to have...", in this context, is "forcing others to provide". Just because you call it fair doesn't make it so. You don't get to demand anything from anyone, and certainly not at federal gunpoint. Nobody owes you a goshdarn thing. Not food, not water, nothing.

@theleanhead @IAmJakeHuffaker @MetamateDaz Get rid of the unnecessary red tape, and you enabled thousands of small businesses to pop up.

@theleanhead @IAmJakeHuffaker @MetamateDaz I don't understand the question. They already do have a ton of red tape, that's why there are so few options. Your brick-and-mortar computer repair guy can't afford all the liability, legal paperwork, and license requirements that Best Buy can.