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And you could have just responded with the info and not the snide comment, it would have taken less effort, but here we are.

A 20% tariff on imported goods?

More tax breaks for the rich?

Come on man. Harris is against those.

So being for a tax break for the rich is wrong. And being against a tax break for the rich is wrong? What other option even is there?

I wonder if there can be more than one important issue effecting our future at a time…

One side has stats that have down that Roe V Wade massively reduced crime as less children were born into the system or unwanted. The burden of an unwanted child can ruin both the parents and childs life. We’ve seen how abortion bans can lead to doctors being scared to do anything in some situations causing the mother to die.

The other side is people saying a fetus has a soul because an old book told them so.

It’s pretty clear which side should be backed. Not saying either side is perfect, but one side has a lot more supporting evidence than the other.

Let’s not forget, the pro choice side is just that, you have a choice. No one is forcing anything, the other side is. Again, the choice is clear to me.

The example of pushing a woman down the stairs is silly. The reason why it’s worse if she’s pregnant is because you took away her choice and opportunity to have that baby, after she is dealing with all that comes with being pregnant. That is not the same as a person who is a month in and doesn’t want it, by her choice.

I’m sure they do. But the thing is science at stats don’t back their stance.

There is no room for a discussion. It’s like one side saying “kill everyone” and the other side is saying “let’s not kill people” then people are like “well, let’s compromise and kill just some people, it’s only fair.” No, I’m done. Democrats have been way too tame and compromising for too long, I’m done entertaining this BS.

I can tell you, later

They hate’us cause they anus.

Go back back to othering

The irony…

You’re really representing a lot of these with bad faith. It seems like you came into this thread with a view and used anything said to justify that view.

Your first call out about and ignores the entire point being made and the clear double standard being called out. You seem more willing to play the victim than have an honest conversation on equality.

Imagine if men behaved this way about women discussing double standards, it wouldn’t make you feel good. So why do it to men?

Nah, this is textbook double standards.

You are part of the problem that is stopping true equality. If men have everywhere to work through issues so you need a special place to do it, how does that end. You forever stay locked in that safe space because men own the public forum? Or do you try to fight for your spot in the public forum, attacking the only place you allowed men to work through issues? Or do you want a place in the public forum and your own space?

So by your own logic women have their own communities and the general forum is for men, because of this post. So should women be told not to discuss their issues in general forums like Ask Lemmy and stick to their own communities? I mean these are for men right? Seems messed up to me.

Why not just let everyone have a seat at every table? Be truly open and equal, instead of men deciding what women can have and women deciding what men can have. It’s not a hard concept.

It’s people like you that make the divide bigger every time you fight for “equality”.

Maybe a nice stuffed jiraffe?

Wow, thanks for taking the time and sharing all that!

The only thing I could think of is The Order and their concept that if you have and others don’t you should be forced to give to them. I think it’s an interesting political view, but I took at as the way the Dream Walker built and consolidated power, not a remark on the real world at all. But I could just be naive about it.

I would disagree about the second paragraph. I mean one book doesn’t even have any of the main chars in it till the very end. Then you have a lot of content around multiple groups or people they are going after.

I can %100 understand the issue with the plot armor and ability to handle anything that comes up. Richard is made out to be this mega character that is essentially God, which does make some of the conflict feel weak. I can totally appreciate that.

Well thanks for typing all that out and talking the time to break down your feelings on it. I’m always curious about how others see things I’ve built an attachment to that can blind you a little sometimes. I still stand by loving them, warts and all, but I’d never cast shade on anyone who doesn’t.

That’s fair, I get it’s not for everyone but I truly did enjoy it and the little book club my with my friends liked it. Granted I like those types of worlds. Mistborn, Wheel of Time, etc. But book 5 was by far my favorite entry, I’ve reread it by itself. I’m honestly curious what you started to dislike about them, just to understand that take on em, if you’re willing to take the time.

No offense taken if it’s not for you, or hell even most people, but man I would love to see it done justice in cinema, I just see so much potential there.

The Sword of Truth series. My favorite series of all time. It had an attempt at a show, but I refuse to accept it. They took a story that’s 10x more adult than Game of Thrones and made a CW show that had events from the 5th book in episode one.

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Yes, I understand how an occupied enemy force is hard to dislodge. I actually was in the USMC for 8 years and was stuck in 29 Palms with nothing to do it in the middle of the desert but operation Mojave Viper over and over as groups cycled through. War in the middle east was hard because of ROI and a lower tolerance for collateral damage. You remove those and it’s not even a question. Just drop bombs and roll tanks.

I’ve also seen how we can take over a country or city in a matter of nights. I’ve seen buildings leveled because there was a singular shooter in them. If you roll APCs down a street with an armed patrol squad there isn’t much you can do. Sure you could make IDEs, setup daisy chains and such, that could take out a patrol for sure. But that just gets a bigger, more aggressive response that will not be so easily pushed back.

And let’s be clear, the middle east has been at war for generations upon generations, it’s part of their life at this point. Bill who hunts deer sometimes is not a battle hardened fighter. Hell, people who sign up for war, get training, then ramped up for deployment still freeze up in combat.

Also, civil war tactics don’t work anymore, hell,guerilla tactics barley work. We have drones, night vision, thermal, air support, satellite imagery. If the US military did actually attack it’s people, and members of the service actual did comply, it would be an extermination not a war.

To your point about one person looking out for a FOB. First, I don’t know how one person is covering every possible line of attack and approach vector, but that side. One drone or fly by could destroy that entire rebel FOB in second with not a damn thing you could do, with no warning. What is your defense against fighter jets or a blackhawk? Shoot small arms at it?

Finally setup up my smart home. Lights coming on at dusk across my whole house with varying levels of brightness, from nightlight to lighting up the living room. Shutting down everything in my house and arming my security system all with one phrase. Temp automatically adjusting throughout the day/night for better energy savings. It really just made life a little easier in multiple ways. Especially once you realize there are smart IR blasters.

Why so much hate for people just looking to survive?

Civilians with guns against an actual military would never work, it’s just some fantasy those on the far right have.