MAGAt's reveal how they plan to Make America Great Again:
Ensure that all Americans hate the same people and the same ideas that they hate.
Ensure that all Americans hate the same people and the same ideas that they hate.
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To save American democracy, we must:
1. Mandate secular education emphasizing critical thinking.
2. Recognize that freedom of speech is not license to lie.
3. Abolish the Electoral College.
4. Establish a single primary day across all states.
5. Define freedom of religion as freedom to believe and worship within the limits of the same laws that apply to all, with no special privileges or exemptions.
6. Discourage participation in polls, which distort the election process.
1. Mandate secular education emphasizing critical thinking.
2. Recognize that freedom of speech is not license to lie.
3. Abolish the Electoral College.
4. Establish a single primary day across all states.
5. Define freedom of religion as freedom to believe and worship within the limits of the same laws that apply to all, with no special privileges or exemptions.
6. Discourage participation in polls, which distort the election process.
BLASPHEMY: Insulting God or insulting things held sacred by believers (objects, places, concepts that believers associate with God)
Bibliolaters insult God by upholding biblical depictions of God committing atrocities.
Non-believers dismiss things held sacred by believers.
Which "crime" is more serious?
In America today, populism = demagogy.
The defense against populist demagogy is conservatism, but that has become extinct. Those who call themselves "conservatives" today are the opposite of conservative; they are cheap demagogues who use populist tactics to promote faux-religious fascism.
The defense against populist demagogy is conservatism, but that has become extinct. Those who call themselves "conservatives" today are the opposite of conservative; they are cheap demagogues who use populist tactics to promote faux-religious fascism.
NY Times article says "Donald Trump's conservative populism" is a new era in American politics.
If so, it is not about politics or conservatism but language: When language was meaningful, "conservative populism" would have been called an oxymoron, because conservatism is the antithesis of populism (and it does not automatically imply right-wing).
If so, it is not about politics or conservatism but language: When language was meaningful, "conservative populism" would have been called an oxymoron, because conservatism is the antithesis of populism (and it does not automatically imply right-wing).
Though I sneer at most analyses of the election outcome, I recently read an interesting claim: Some young men who had been Bernie Sanders supporters voted for Trump... because they despise the status quo.
Such voters exemplify "Special Kind of Stupid."
Such voters exemplify "Special Kind of Stupid."
Why do we forbid false advertising but protect blatantly false political hatemongering as "freedom of speech"?
False advertising cheats people out of some money; false political rhetoric merely cheats people out of democratic freedoms.
It is a matter of what America deems sacrosanct.
False advertising cheats people out of some money; false political rhetoric merely cheats people out of democratic freedoms.
It is a matter of what America deems sacrosanct.
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT BANNING HATS AT GOV'T JOBS:
Religion is irrelevant.
* If there is a valid reason for a hat-ban, there can be no religious exemption, else we have a 2-tiered legal system, in violation of 14A.
* If there is no valid reason for a hat-ban, the law should be repealed as pointless, not as anti-religious.
Religion is irrelevant.
* If there is a valid reason for a hat-ban, there can be no religious exemption, else we have a 2-tiered legal system, in violation of 14A.
* If there is no valid reason for a hat-ban, the law should be repealed as pointless, not as anti-religious.
Wearing a hat that does not hide the face is a harmless aspect of some religions. Suppose a law is passed banning hats indoors at gov't jobs. Some gov't employees are members of a religion that requires head-cover. They protest against the law.
Question: Are they facing a religion-based special penalty? Or are they seeking a religion-based special exemption from the law?
Question: Are they facing a religion-based special penalty? Or are they seeking a religion-based special exemption from the law?
Thanksgiving as a formal holiday seems meaningless. If we are thankful for something, then we are, and not just on an arbitrarily selected day.
Even so, a happy day to all, to remember and acknowledge what is good.
Even so, a happy day to all, to remember and acknowledge what is good.