Everything you’re describing here is pretty much the exact opposite of reality. There’s no question that we deserve better candidates; that’s not even remotely the point. The point is that once you get to the binary choice of Trump vs Harris, there isn’t even a doubt which one to choose. Only a traitor who belongs in prison would refuse to vote for Harris in a swing state. Everything is else is irrelevant.

I know it may be difficult to imagine, but if people call a screwdriver a hammer, that’s what it becomes. Language evolves and it’s biological. It’s really bizarre that y’all struggle with this so much.

I’m sorry you don’t understand language but I can’t both explain it to you and make you think correctly. You have to do the second part on your own. I do believe you can get there though.

It’s not a defense. It’s an observation.

That’s the literal opposite of what I believe.

This is exactly right. I frequently call these extremists right wingers because that’s basically what their attitudes amount to. They are right: liberalism leads to fascism. Capitalism is obviously a problem that needs abolishing. These are all things socialists believe because we’re socialists.

The problem is that harm reduction is no small thing. It’s not avoiding a scrape on the knee or having a pool instead of a hose. We’re talking about real human beings who are suffering, to paraphrase Chomsky. How privileged do you need to be to think it’s hardcore communists or nothing?

Tomatoes are fun guys indeed.

I can’t stand this faux leftist bullshit. There’s a reason why I call this right wing nonsense: it impedes the improvement of people’s material lives. We don’t have to like the Democrats in order to reject this absolute nonsense.

As I said, that is not correct. Language is how people use it, and people use the term acronym to describe all of these things. This is not a technical discussion.

Exactly. We need to fix the entrenchment, and we can fix this stupid two party system.

Bernie created capitalism, he can destroy it. He chooses not to!

I’ve only ever seen a few episodes but I don’t know how accurate this is at all.

My view is that if we can’t have the things we want without ads, then we need a new business model. I’m not super into the whole kindness and donations model. If we need it to be state funded, so be it.

Why would anyone use a desktop? That’s like a baby’s toy!

Only for the parts that don’t help rich people.

Talking about China’s human rights issues right away is very strange. Nobody does this if someone mentions a US project.

Sorry, that’s not correct. Acronym is the word we use for both when it forms a word and for an initialism. They are all acronyms. Perhaps next you’ll tell me that decimate means reduce by ten percent?

We got one of those after the Northridge quake of 94. Great thing to have!

They are both acronyms.

Exactly! It’s similar to that kind of thing.