franklin

franklin, 21 days ago

Imagine if someone took every mistake you ever made and magnified it as if you weren’t allowed to grow or change.

That’s you, that’s what you sound like

franklin, 21 days ago

You can’t say if he’s proud of it or not currently. All I know for sure is that actions speak louder than words and it’s the most action we’ve gotten a long time.

Is it the solution we need? No. However anytime he tries to do anything broader he’s blocked by Congress so I can’t hold too much at his feet.

franklin, 21 days ago

Way ahead of you I’ve went there once in two years, can’t stand the place.

franklin, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

Yeah, I do, like harm reduction. Which is what a vote for Biden is. I’m not willing to accelerate the situation in the middle East, climate change, pollution and erosion of rights to make an ineffective point.

Ah but I hear you say Biden isn’t perfect, no the fuck he isn’t but we’re that much further from the left thanks to last time we tried this in 2016.

franklin, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

I’m not saying she would have moved us to the left I’m saying Donald Trump moved us to the right.

franklin, 21 days ago

None but that’s a different argument not the one at hand.

franklin, 22 days ago

Also a big fan of their alt track

youtu.be/cQFEcBIf8z0?si=j-Kw5FSflACLtmoF

franklin, 22 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

Fight Congress on this, Biden is the most pro marijuana president we’ve had in a long time but Congress would rather ratify Roe v. Wade (which they should) into law than see marijuana legalization.

The prison industrial complex makes too much money for their backers

franklin, 22 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

I used this example because our Republican Congress and SCOTUS hates women and bodily autonomy.

franklin, 22 days ago

It’s just a garden variety troll.

franklin, 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago)

Unfortunately, it’s well understood that political engagement especially when in a debate is an emotional undertaking.

Complicated further by the fact that we tend not to change our assumptions even when presented with data that proves otherwise.

We are a tribal species whose emotions are not geared towards understanding the far reaching and nuanced decisions we are faced with.

franklin, 24 days ago

If anyone actually wants to stop the genocide in Gaza please vote out your republican congressman, almost every Republican congressman supported the resolution to restart weapons shipments and almost every democrat voted against it.

franklin, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago)

The electoral college, first past the post and gerrymandering basically make the American electoral system a joke

franklin, 26 days ago

I would say arming Israel is now squarely on Congress.

In this case Joe Biden did not want to restart shipments but was forced by a Congressional resolution.

Here is a Reuters article covering the resolution, here is the house press release, here is the Congressional voting record.

franklin, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago)

He used his powers to bypass the Congressional approval process and then has since been against shipping weapons most likely because of the blowback.

While he could veto this resolution given the overwhelming support by Congress it would only cause a short term delay.

Congress at that level of approval has the right to override a presidential veto and given that it was done with the express purpose of spiting the president’s orders I don’t think it would do much good.

I will never understand why people are so keen on laying this entirely at the presidency.

franklin, 26 days ago (edited 25 days ago)

Scary how right this seems with every passing day, I don’t like to be reductive but most people here can’t be reasoned with

franklin, 25 days ago

Because it’s an ultimately pointless gesture if you read both those articles.

franklin, 26 days ago

Engage with politics at the Congressional and local level. The biggest reason Biden refuses to change his stance because Congress and a majority of his constituency still supports it.

So please continue to protest and engage your congressman and local officials. We can change this but we need action.

franklin, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago)

I think it’s important that you realize those payments are not just from the president’s cabinet but also Congress.

I take no issue with blaming Joe Biden but I do take issue with the fact we seem to place so little responsibility at the feet of our congressman.

franklin, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago)

Write your congressman if they are one of the members that forced the weapon shipments to restart.

In this case Joe Biden did not want to restart shipments but was forced by a Congressional resolution.

Here is a Reuters article covering the resolution, here is the house press release, here is the Congressional voting record.

franklin, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago)

Write your congressman if they are one of the members that forced the weapon shipments to restart.

In this case Joe Biden did not want to restart shipments but was forced by a Congressional resolution.

Here is a Reuters article covering the resolution, here is the house press release, here is the Congressional voting record.

franklin, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago)

The most recent weapon shipment is actually on Congress, Joe Biden didn’t want to send it and was forced by a congressional resolution led by Republicans because they know people won’t look into it and the president will take the fall out.

I left some resources to back up these claims in a previous comment .

franklin, 26 days ago

It’s alright, we’re all learning.

franklin, 25 days ago

Incorrect, he was holding back shipments purposefully, this forces shipments to begin again and while he could veto it given the overwhelming support it would have bought a couple days at best and if you read both of those articles it’s very clear that that would have been the outcome.

franklin, 27 days ago

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