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Disliking Trump and Republicans in general is not a reason for me to be purposefully blind to the actions of those I do support.

Emphasis mine. They literally said they’re supporting Biden. Just because you support one side doesn’t mean you refuse to critique their faults.

Protest about every single issue then vote for the most milquetoast president possible, with a side helping of fascist Russian-puppet as a runner up?

Crusty old institutions with billions of people listening to them.

Just because they don’t matter to you and other keyboard warriors doesn’t mean they have no impact on the world.

Theres a case for real time communication having at least some channels with dedicated encryption, just because every criminal and their mother is capable of buying a police scanner. Especially if there’s records and transcripts for after the fact review.

The problem is that current police forces simply can’t be trusted to use it for above the board means. More than likely it’d be used as a means of subverting law and order, not upholding it.

Someone read the first chapter of “Brave New World” and thought it was a true indictment of modern culture.

Now you’re equating violence and gambling to sex? Sounds like you’re doing exactly what I described in my comment. Equating sexuality with filth and disease.

Yes, there will always be people who do their best to exploit base desires (especially in our current economic systems), that doesn’t mean what they use to exploit people is inherently bad. Maybe if we stopped trying to hide sexuality under the carpet like dust bunnies when your mother-in-law visits it wouldn’t be nearly as exploitable.

These laws have nothing to do with mental health and social responsibility, and everything to do with weaponizing sexuality as a means to control a population.

If, instead of demonizing and hiding porn from the light of day, we promoted healthier approaches and open ideas you’d probably have better access to dealing with your addictions.

Pornhub isn’t the cause of your problems, it’s just a convenient scape goat to blame for the result of puritanical bullying.

So now you’re blaming parents? Have you no family values? Why do you hate American families so much?

I had to specifically search out any of the “titty streams” that you speak of.

If kids are going to seek it out, they’re going to seek it out. The problem is that porn sites generally have a much lower quality level, as people just sweep it under the rug and expect it to be seedy and gross.

Sex is not evil, peoples bodies aren’t shameful. The entire reason these streams are so effective at exploiting that is because of the shaming and ostracizing of sex positivity. This isn’t a good thing, it’s just damage control as they lose advertising revenue as pearl clutchers whine about it in their monthly letter to the editor.

President Joe Biden’s chances of signing legislation that fulfills his promise to provide a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally have dwindled now that Republicans control the House of Representatives.

Seems more of a legislative failure, to me.

I think pedestrians on their phones doesn’t help, but a far larger portion would be distracted drivers. As others have stated, it’s far easier to avoid hitting a pedestrian then it is to avoid being hit by a driver.

Plenty of blue collar workers didn’t get the “luxury” of staying home. I think the only time I was staying home was for a few weeks as a temporary layoff cause there wasn’t enough work to do, not because of any kind of safeguarding.

How does she feel about the name “Biddle”?

100% a ghost.

Which will happen to maybe one tenth of one percent of the people voting for this shit and won’t make a damn bit of difference.

But I’m glad to see you’re happy to show your pointless schadenfreude with the internet.

Almost like we need to stop hedging our bets on a single office.

Better just give up, then. Obviously the only solution is violence because random people on the internet have decided there’s literally nothing at all that can be done to change things.

That’s her initial trauma, yes. There’s layers. Like an ogre. She uncovers more as she regains her humanity.

Just because the trauma is there doesn’t mean the trauma is the same. It definitely had an effect on him, but to say that its the same as what Seven went through is ridiculous.

Yup! Now we get cheap crap shoveled out six episodes at a time once every couple of years! If we’re lucky.