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2. In every state where elections were held. The D ground game re-emerged.

I doubted this at first, but it is increasingly apparent to me. A third of the country has mentally seceded. We are in a cold civil war.

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I myself welcome folks like Casey in the party, even though I disagree with them. I disagree with Bernie, for example, too.

That doesn't mean, though, either of them can have my vote in a primary or my money.

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Exaggerated for effect: Just agree to a wee bit of oppression of women...

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I'm not going to get into the TMI area of birth control, but will just say, even among those of us who are "good catholics" the doctrine thing is laughable.

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Every fucking issue is just about me.

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What are we, in third grade here? Which of us needed the rhythm method explained?? ;)

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I've always wondered, does one have to confess for a nocturnal emission? Oh, those poor guilt-riddled newly pubescents...

Suppose one is switching positions and happens to ejaculate while he's outside?

What if one is prone to premature ejaculation? Is his trouser stain a mortal sin?

And if a man spilling his seed is a sin, why does a woman get a pass for menstruation? Seems a bit arbitrary to me.

And I get that God is pretty patriarchal, but on masturbation, he's a pretty rotten misandrist. I mean, cunnilingus to climax? Fine. A hand job or a blow job? Sin.

What's the teaching on rubbing one at the fertility clinic in order to artificially inseminate one's spouse? You're technically spilling seed, but it's for a proper cause, no?

Oh, and if pre-marital sex is a sin, but you're doing it anyway, is it worse, or better, to engage in it unprotected? Is God kinda cool with you banging your high school sweetheart as long as there's a chance you'll knock her up? Is he doubly pissed if you use a condom in the act?

Catholicism is some seriously bizarre shit.

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Trump Endowment Effect. It took having him as President for people to realize how much they really hate having him as President.

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This is nutso. No one likes abortion. Most opposition to abortion is, IMHO, opposition to abortion combined with a wish that there be a better way.

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What country have you been living in? It's not a question of whether Democrats will reach across the aisle. They fetishize it. The question is whether Republicans are willing to compromise. Do you really see a silver lining there? Are Republican voters preparing to reward Republican politicians for bipartisan compromise?

Uh, no.

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We don't. We should be "leisuring" more as we decrease the need for labor. But we're not.

No. There are no savings. There are just people spending on fewer things. When all of your entertainment is in a computer in your hand, you don't need to spend as much.

I'm not advocating it. Tech removes various forms of economic transactions and activities without replacing them. That's just a reality.
That's not anywhere near the total picture. But yes, what you've cited has contributed to rentier capitalism.

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Exaggerated for effect: Roe v. Wade was a wee bit of oppression of women who seek abortion on demand in the third trimester.

Exaggerated for effect: The military draft which sent me to kill people, mandatory vaccinations, and speed limits, oppress people.

Abortion is the epitome of the oppression dilemma. Viability has outstripped Roe v. Wade. Drawing lines in this situation is excruciating. Just recognizing that the opposing side is not a satanic cult out to either (depending on where you stand) kill babies or force women into sexual and childbearing slavery would be progress.

The absolutists on both sides are wrong. Find a sliver of common ground and we'd all be better off.

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The idea that there are pro-choice absolutists and that they are in any way a problem is the sort of High Broderist pipe dream that stands in the way of people better understanding what is really happening in this country.

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No offense, but at first I thought this was Adder.

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Ow