But I understand the argument of force here. And it is a constant discussion in our country too.

I am just saying that on the basis of what is happening in Florida, our system makes that a none issue.

I'm not sure any system we could make would leave out none issues, all of them are trial/errors. So i wouldn't outright dismiss any suggestions, but they have to coincide with our own values of how we run things (for the most part).

Making voting mandatory raises the same issues I have with people telling everyone else to vote. Its leftists most of the time that do it. Its organizations and companies that statistically lean left or service people that lean left shoving the idea down your throat

If the average American only gets news from the mainstream, voting results will be terribly skewed

Does the average person have any concept of news bias? Do they think all news stations are just generic organizations?

You should ask the news if the news has a bias!

I agree with the concept of the voter being force-fed information to have them think a certain way, but in a country where you value the individual don't you have to trust that individual to make up their own mind, no matter what the media says?

And I think the recent thing where Fox news backed CNN's bullshit lawsuit is pretty telling. It's not like Fox just decided to start being like all the other cable news groups. They weren't set apart by being conservative, they were set apart by being the network whose employees gave mostly to Democrats, rather than only to Democrats.

There's a Dem challenging Pelosi as House speaker though she hasn't formally announced she would run. It's a black woman named Fudge. Insert obvious racial joke here

>mandatory voting
You have every right to not vote
Go the other way, the Heinlein way

U.S. House just voted to rescind a long standing ban on headwear. I immediately demand a Republican walks in with a beer hat

Bring back the top hats!

@Euro looking for a green card yes, I believe the highest value in this case is that of the individual. However, when it comes to the average American, it is safe to assume they're blue pilled. They're most likely going to be of the same mind as the consciousness of the community they belong to, going with the same mindset and presuppositions. MY presup in this case is making decisions when you're not actually informed is bad. You're not an individual, but an extension or appendage of whatever authority that is conditioning those ideas in your mind.

I not only apply a moderate level of scrunity with what I am fed on TV, radio, internet; I even maintain elevated individuality in my region, which even happens to share my political proclivities and religious faith mostly. It is actually by accident that both of those values align with my own, not a result of in-group preference

hi

hello

Semi-serious question: in a jurisdiction where the age of consent for sex is below the age of responsibility for crimes, would an individual over the age of consent having sex with someone who isn’t constitute statutory rape?

Stacy Abrams gave up.

Fucking _finally_

@Salacious Swanky Cat article?

I don't see that

In a pointed address to supporters, she said she was not conceding the race, but she acknowledged that the state was poised to certify Kemp the winner, and she did not want to "scheme" her way into office.

“Let’s be clear, this is not a speech of concession, because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper," Abrams said in her first public remarks since Election Night. “As a woman of conscience and faith, I cannot concede that. But my assessment is the law currently allows no further, viable remedy.”

Good heavens woman

Lol

That is the snakiest concession in history

And _of course_ it has to be given by a black female

Doesn’t help the stereotypes much there son

@Deleted User it was from a Reuter’s update. I am fake news. Sorry.

_slaps @Salacious Swanky Cat with the “Jim Acosta” sticker_

@Deleted User Me: *gazes at mirror intensely*

Jim Acosta Sticker
-4 diplomacy
+1 unarmed

Soooo, acosta sticker in super smash confirmed?

New challenger Jim Acosta! Here by judicial demand!

He's the first sticker you see in spirit mode, he made damn sure he was noticed!!

since seeing that monopoly for millennial board game, Ive been thinking. We should make a culture war board or card game.

I had a Trump 20XX game planned

But work got really intense for awhile

I'd really like to make some smaller games with what I'd call positive social messages

Oh i didn't have any positive message involved

Fist of the South Wall