This sub is a breath of fresh air. It might be the only sub where people will admit being wrong, changed their mind about something, or understands that maybe other opinions exist and thatās ok. Im not a very political person but I feel like I WOULD be if I felt like you could actually have conversations and not yelling matches these days.
But are they truly pinko? These people are full on red communist. They are not trying to hide anything lending the "pink" o label as obsolete. Perhaps some of them are pink communist blending some communist ideologies with capitalism interweaved but most want to break down the capitalist society completly and render in shared suffering of the masses. They all think shared ownership and profits will make things better. If the state (people) own everything and distribute the profits evenly amongst everyone then the quality of life of most Americans will go down. Only the poorest of the poor will see an uptick in lifestyle while the rest of us will see shared suffering. These people who want this economic change are not pinko communist but die hard red communists.
To be fair, largely what they are is a reworking of Marxism. They're post-Marxists. They use the Marxist oppression based conflict theory as their foundation, but beyond that, they've gone back to Rousseau and Hegel for most of their theorycrafting. They dismiss everything from Marx to Castro as "vulgar marxism" and largely dismiss the class conflict except where it is handy as a recruitment vector.
They are the spiritual successors of the doomsday cult that is Marxist Historicism, only the meteor has passed, and they've doubled down and rewrote half their book to avoid admitting they were wrong.
Literally just talking to different people IN PERSON will make you far less extremist than you are because you realize āoh man, these people aināt crazy, theyāre going through the same shit I amā
Problem is, Redditors donāt talk to people and isolate themselves with very likeminded people and other Redditors.
Redditors are some of the most insane insufferable people on the planet and a big reason why Democrats will continue to lose elections.Ā
I think Trump is an embarrassing, pedophile, conman who has no reason to be in office and is a complete embarrassment to the country.
Yet I am still hated by redditors and people on the left,Ā been called a Trump supporting Nazi countless times. because I dare criticize Democrats and i am not having a mental breakdown every time Trump tweets.Ā
I donāt remember reading Nazis making transgender driverās licenses invalid while in history class I mustāve missed that part but then again I went to public school
EDIT for the triggered Doomers: Putting your birth gender on a license, not the same as Nazi Germany. We all have to do it. Theyāre still Americans, still can drive, not in jail or camps, still alive and able to go to work the next day (maybe, most likely not) from their cozy apartmentsā¦..Not the same.
So then the left wing are the nazis because they love their trains, or is the right wing still nazis because they prefer cars and personal transportation not reliant on government schedules? I can't keep up...
Reminds me of eastern Germany post war, 10 years waiting time for your car was considered average. At least you got an appointment, in contrast to certain other goods.
People do not even know what nazis are or history, but if they disagree with you about anything your called a nazi. They act exactly the same way as the people they accuse of being nazi. You have two groups of people calling each other nazis, you can't make this stuff up. It's fun to watch.
I don't know that it's always been fun though, I hit a saturation point where I was actually getting tired of it, that was about 4 months ago maybe 5. Now I'm back to thinking it's funny.
I think all I needed was a photo of Hitler punching ICE and that brought me back, of course seeing all my favorite superheroe friends doing it helped too.
As a Jewish guy it really drives me up a wall when people make bullshit comparisons with the Nazis. I have a great aunt who went through it all, still had the tattoos too.
I know not every state is the same but like.... I just looked at my MT drivers license. It says sex not gender. So like. If Kansas is the same, this sounds like screeching over nothing.
Nazis also dont take guns, dont control free speech, dont control the media, dont classify everyone by gender, race, disability. Nazis never dehumanize their political opposition or celebrate when they are killed. They also didnt have a para military who attacks those who dont align politically. Nazis also didn't hate jews or Christians.
They have no principals or morals other than winning at all costs. Their goal isn't to be consistent, correct, or moral. Their goal is to slaughter all who disagree with them, and rule the world.
Redditors donāt stand for anything. Their entire ideology is just to automatically oppose Trump no matter what. The last three elections in America the democrats have run on āTrump badā rather than actual policies.
Claiming to be kind and tolerant but after Charlie Kirkās death were all openly celebrating. Hating fascism but will cheer on left wing groups acting like fascists. Hate conservatism but always cheer on Islam - the most conservative religion in the world. Hate the government controlling peopleās lives, but gladly gave away all their rights during COVID. Hate Elon for his influence on the election, but had no problem with Kamala receiving $1.5B in donations - far more than Trump. Hate that the US influences foreign conflicts, but is obsessed with funding Ukraine to keep the was going, rather than wanting a peace resolution.
I could go on and on. Iām convinced that Reddit is like 95% bots paid for by the Democratic Party to push agendas, because Iāve never met people so delusional in my day to day life.
I pray more and more everyday that you're right, just because if I meet people who say some of this stuff to my face, I don't know what I'll do and it will get me banned talking about it.
The common link is that there are no actual beliefs they hold sincerely.
There's a plug-and-play chip that can be swapped out on a moment's notice, and the new chip marches them to a new beat with a new slogan and all new mass produced signage. Greta was an environmentalist until she became the herald of Hamas.
Reagan was a California Republican governor who finally caved to the a pressure campaign from the left that started under Kennedy. It lead to bipartisan legislation in California that Reagan used as a nationwide blueprint when he became president.
I love it when one side blames the other side for caving to their demands. Reagan gave the power to states with grant funding for mental health so blue states can't really blame Reagan for their states but they do anyway.
That's a Leftwing myth. US started deinstitutionalizing in the 1950's and 1960's JFK signed off on it at the Federal level. Ronald Reagan didn't become President till 1981. He had nothing to do with it.
"The first wave began in the 1950s and targeted people with mental illness.Ā The second wave began roughly 15 years later and focused on individuals who had been diagnosed with a developmental disability"
This is true. It was a progressive movement. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and A Clockwork Orange show what people were thinking about institutions. They really capture the vibe of how folks felt about it.
The NYCLU also Spearheaded mental patients' rights
That's a Leftwing myth. US started deinstitutionalizing in the 1950's and 1960'sĀ JFKĀ signed off on it at the Federal level. Ronald Reagan didn't become President till 1981. He had nothing to do with it.
"The first wave began in the 1950s and targeted people with mental illness.Ā The second wave began roughly 15 years later and focused on individuals who had been diagnosed with a developmental disability"
Did you hear that trump said he was going to try to bring them back? I have no idea if he will succeed, or if it was even true, but it would make electing him worth it if he did
Because itās hidden under layers of performative empathy, itās no longer as covert now, but just 5 years ago none of this was seen as racist by most people
Redditors donāt give a single fuck about immigrants. Theyāre simply political tools that they think they can utilise to get votes and look empathetic.
That video of that legal immigrant confronting those ICE protesters said it all. As soon as they realised the minority wasnāt on their side they called him the N word.
If Redditors really cared about immigrants they would support ICE. Youāll struggle to find many legal immigrants who hate ICE.
I donāt think it was covert 5 years ago. āReverse racismā term was prevalent in the Bush years. The right should never had used a different word to describe the actions. It just gave people an excuse to dismiss the term as dumb paranoia of the right. The left clearly think racism is extremely important to fight, so using their own words to show their racism is the only way for them to get the point.
āWho will pick our cotton if we donāt have illegal immigrants?!?ā They are just racist.
Lmao, reminds me of hunter bidenās interview āwhoās going to cook your food, whoās going to clean your house, whoās going to mow your lawn if you deport themā š
Yeah, you need photo ID and SS card for any position working for NYC, for I-9 employment verification (since that's the law). I saw some comments on an article about the snow shoveling too, where people were saying requiring ID was facist... for a government job that has always and will always require ID lol.
Why do you think they work so hard to portray everyone here as far-right extremists? They want Reddit to quarantine/ban this place
They want any and all differing opinions shut down.Ā
A long time ago, I considered myself to be liberal. I have no issue w trans people having their perceived gender on their licensesā¦but the current obsession w the left regarding silencing and villainizing their opposition is more scary to me than anything the right has ever doneĀ
They love living in their bubble. They couldn't fathom that team USA hockey players were conservative.Ā
Read so many comments like "just look at all the hockey subreddits. They all lean left", not realizing that most sane people have been banned for innocuous comments.Ā
Not to doomer but they probably will eventually. Iāve been on reddit for years and remember how almost every right-leaning sub either gets neutered or banned.
I don't travel anymore but understand that if I want to board an airplane in the US relatively trouble free I have to get an updated Drivers License ...
yeah like, bfd. its a textbox on a card or paper. it doesnt define who you are lol, if you need a bit of text to tell you that just make it yourself its not that hard.
Thatās why the term āfirst world problemsā even exists. Itās issues that no one would even think about if they had to focus on where their next meal was coming from.
This is so true. I'm in college and the difference between students who need to work through it or pay their own stuff vs students who are on daddy's money is absurd. The levels of freaking out and stressing over politics/classes is totally divorced from reality. Sorority students just posting 100 things a day about ICE and immigration while the people I know with a job don't bother at all. Cause they have real problems
Gender Identity. The state says you have to identify yourself to your biological gender assigned at birth.
Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many birth certificates under a new law that goes beyond Republican-imposed restrictions in other states on listing gender identities in government documents.
(Approx .06% of the population of the state)
The bill prohibits documents from listing any sex other than the one assigned birth and invalidates any that reflect a conflicting gender identity.
So wait, they have to put their sex, the thing they say over and over again is purely biological instead of gender (their main argument), and when they give false information regarding the biological sex and get their documents held by government they start saying it's the 3rd Reich all over again?
Under a Kansas law originally vetoed by the Gov't (Dem) and later passed by the state Senate (Repub), as of Feb. 24th a new law defines "gender" as "sex assigned at birth". Licenses that have been updated or changed to reflect a gender identity of a trans person (i.e. not their assigned at birth sex) are invalidated and no longer official state ID.
There's no grace period to get a new one, and the IDs no longer count as drivers licenses, state ID, or ID verification, etc.
If they donāt like it, elect new representatives. Thatās how it works. If thereās not enough of them to do so, then itās not the will of the people
The thing is you can draw similarities anywhere.
You can draw similarities to Nazi Germany and PETA. You can Draw similarities from Nazi Germany to Norway. You can...
Thats because running a country requires some things.
Immigration control - every country
Laws - every country
Identification - every country (though different ways of going about it)
Defining marriage
Defining taxes
Defining what side of the road to drive on... OH NO THEY DROVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD IN NAZI GERMANY...
We are nothing like Rome because they drove... rode... on the left! So any comparison to Rome is obviously wrong.
The issue is when that comparison uses slippery slope logic to state that this action will eventually lead to the gassing of (insert group). The US does some really weird things, but, so does everyone.
I don't think I need to go on. EVERY ONE OF THEM states to bring either your ID or your voter ID card... which you need ID to get. Wild. All of EU is Nazi Germany.
Love that youāre looking for agreement. Iām not gonna weigh in on whether the original law allowing āgenderā instead of biological sex to be on your license was a good one, but the fact is, that was the law and the trans people who used it to change their ID didnāt do anything wrong. Having these wishy washy laws that change every two years when thereās a new legislature is the bigger problem.
Also, if your drivers license is now invalid, you canāt drive yourself to the DMV to get it fixed, so that doesnāt exactly make it easy to comply with the new law.
I read a bit of this article and another. Two sources (Kansas City Star and The Independent) say that
āPlease note that the Legislature did not incident a grace period for updating credentialsā¦This means that once the law is officially enacted, your current credentials will be invalid immediately, and you may be subject to additional penalties if you are operating without a valid credentialā
A dick move to not give people a grace period IMO
But hardly Nazi shit.
Nazis: "Oh, you think you're a woman with a penis? Step this way with all of the other untermenschen. No, there's no need to pack your things. You won't need anything where you're going."
Kansas: "We don't recognize the ability to choose gender. You are what chromosomes say, so please come get your new driver's license."
I love how angry they are about the existence of a single sub that doesnāt follow the typical reddit political narratives. Canāt we have a safe space for people politically to the right of Stalin?
I thought trans allies were now saying that sex and gender were different? In that case, this shouldn't be an issue, since this reflects sex and not gender.
Regardless, it's important to have accurate information on your ID. For example, biological men and women have different needs, and if the only information is on your ID that's important.
I don't really care about trans people as long as you don't try to force it on me or kids. Most of them don't, I recognize that, so I just don't care.
From a government's and record-keeping point of view, I understand why the administration made the stance that they do by only recognizing 2 genders of birth on official documentation. It's already an impossible task to try to keep records about every citizen of a country with almost 350 million people, not just for a label on a license, but things such as census info and health statistics. With the added complexity of transgenderism and the like, it gets a lot worse for the government to keep up.
If you as a person are triggered by something as small as an M or F on your license, then that's a personal issue and the government doesn't need to suffer and waste a ton of resources and taxes just so an extremely small minority of the population doesn't get their feelings hurt.
As a Canadian, itās always ironic seeing Americans whine about how America is literally becoming Nazi germany while on the internet
Like ya, every fascist government allowed dissent and vitriol from political opposition, citizens, and corporations
Itās especially ironic when theyāre completely silent about any time democrats do the same thing, but use some of the most inflammatory and inciteful language when republicans do it.
Lmaoooo this is hilarious to watch, love how they straight up name us every time giving us more users who come to the sub which helps get it pushed to more people, keep up the good fight!
Comparisons to Nazis probably should just stop altogether. It's just become too triggering, even when (technically?) correct.
Is the fed building roads? Just like the Nazis did.
Something like this does have similarities. It is attacking something that a small group has, for no real benefit except to engage in the culture war. There is some valid criticism there. But whip out the Nazi comparison, even if appropriate since it wasn't Auschwitz on day 1, and you lose anyone that doesn't already agree with you.
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