Polls: Society & Politics

I talk to so many here who are wedded to this notion that socialism is a “lefty evil”. Can democracy only be right wing? That’s simplistic thinking…

https://www.businessinsider.com/abolish-education-department-thomas-massie-doesnt-address-student-loans-2023-2
A GOP lawmaker wrote a one-sentence bill to abolish the Department of Education. His reasoning doesn't address student loans, grants, or any of the major things the department does.

It'll probably take more than one sentence to get rid of a federal agency — but one Republican lawmaker is trying that route anyway.

Last week, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a bill to abolish the Education Department, and it's a short, one-sentence read: "The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2022."

When Insider asked Massie how abolishing the department would impact programs and laws that specifically rely on the department, he said that "unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D. C. should not be in charge of our children's intellectual and moral development."

"States and local communities are best positioned to shape curricula that meet the needs of their students. Schools should be accountable," he said. "Parents have the right to choose the most appropriate educational opportunity for their children, including home school, public school, or private school."

When Insider followed up regarding the impact eliminating the department would have on Pell Grants, student loans, and other financial aid operations, Massie's office did not respond.

Congress recently approved a $1.7 trillion budget for the government, including $79.6 billion for the Education Department. Of that funding, $45 billion is going to K-12 programs, with the majority allocated to grants for low-income neighborhoods and special-education programs, and about $30 billion is going to higher education and federal student aid funding, including loans and Pell Grants.

So if the department were to be eliminated, those programs would either be gone — or transferred to a new agency, which would preclude the budgetary savings that Republicans are hoping for.

Meaning their “Al Gore Rhythms” that sink people deeper into conspiracies or ideologies (cough Q Anon).

Before 1982 they were illegal.

Turns out, if you're a white nazi, you'll do it for peanuts and blame the Mexians.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlottesville-tiki-torcher-teddy-joseph-von-nukem-killed-himself-before-trial

https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-claims-ohio-derailment-is-proof-of-war-on-white-people
Charlie Kirk Claims Ohio Derailment Is Proof of ‘War on White People’

Far-right provocateur Charlie Kirk insisted on Tuesday that the train derailment that caused a toxic chemical scare in eastern Ohio proves the Biden administration is waging a “war against white people.”

Pointing to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s slow response to the crisis, Kirk, who also leads the MAGA youth group Turning Point USA, claimed on his podcast that this has all been part of an anti-white plan.

“So, why is it that they kind of shrug their shoulders and they say, yeah, okay, whatever? It’s very simple,” he exclaimed. “It’s because the war on white people continues. Why would you care for the white working-class voters in eastern Ohio? You haven't cared about them [for] other reasons or other portions.”

Kirk then floated a hypothetical about a majority-minority city as evidence of his flimsy theory.

“I will prove it to you,” the pro-Trump pundit bellowed. “If this train derailment happened in downtown Atlanta in the densely populated Black neighborhoods, this would be the number one news story. It would be Flint water crisis 2.0. There would be clamoring and activism and talks for reparations.”

Kirk then brought up Buttigieg’s recent comments about the racial disparities in infrastructure and construction jobs, remarks that were quickly seized upon by right-wing media. The TPUSA founder said this proved he was correct to sound the alarm about a supposed Democratic hatred of white Americans.

“Buttigieg is out talking about how workers are too white,” he breathlessly declared. “For the last couple of years, I have been warning about this crusade against white people. And people shrug their shoulders, say, oh, Charlie, why does that matter?”

Like past sins of slavery and the Trail of Tears?

Could you look past that and see a more economic reason to help struggling communities?

They literally are arguing that it’s a weather balloon now. First Biden didn't shoot it down fast enough. But when they learned he waited for safety reasons they took up CCP arguments.

by the way - Dibs on #Balloongate

Relative as in it varies with culture, the individual etc. Like nothing is universally good or bad. If so, how do you justify telling anyone something is good or bad, right or wrong?

And comment down whom anti-White/anti-Asian racism is more common coming from.

Read before you answer:

So, today I had a discussion with one person on this site. We came on topic to how society expects men to provide for family and if they don't they lose value and are told to kill themselves. All of this is (in her opinion) because of harmful cultural norms.

I told her that, yes, there are such expectations, but it is because it's completely normal for women to prefer men that are resourceful - this is how we are genetically adjusted. And even if society formally does not expect men to be breadwinners, women still expect men to at least participate in the house budget.

Her response was "that might be so where you are from but that isn’t the case in the USA"

That made me curious. I am not from USA, but I know the majority of people here are from USA, and a lot of them are women.

I want you to highlight me - is it a case or not?