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I don't consider myself conservative. But the line for conservative keeps moving towards me.
Oh look... scientific research disagrees with ass pulled meme.
The polarization in today’s Congress has roots that go back decades
On average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.
www.pewresearch.org
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One wonders, for no particular reason, if (and if so, why) @Chrunch Houston thinks the federal protection of the basic right established in Lawrence v. Texas--another substantive due process decision like that of Roe v. Wade--should instead be subject to the discretion of individual states. If not, how does the substantive due process decision in Lawrence differ from that of Roe per the majority holding in Dobbs?
Bear in mind that neither the basic right in Lawrence nor the basic right in Roe are enumerated in the United States Constitution, which is what makes them substantive due process decisions.
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Opinion piece:
hartmannreport.com
Dear Republicans: We Tried Your Way and It Does Not Work
Their "Reaganism" sales pitch was effective, and we’ve now had 42 years of the so-called Reagan Revolution: It’s time to say out loud that it hasn’t worked
hartmannreport.com
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Bottom line: the US has moved way, way to the right over the last 40 years. The realpolitik scheming by Republicans, taking advantage of the systemic imbalance in the American political system, has finally got the US to the point we see today.Opinion piece:
Dear Republicans: We Tried Your Way and It Does Not Work
Their "Reaganism" sales pitch was effective, and we’ve now had 42 years of the so-called Reagan Revolution: It’s time to say out loud that it hasn’t worked
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Reagan, Thatcher and the '80s as a whole have a lot to answer for!Opinion piece:
Dear Republicans: We Tried Your Way and It Does Not Work
Their "Reaganism" sales pitch was effective, and we’ve now had 42 years of the so-called Reagan Revolution: It’s time to say out loud that it hasn’t worked
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That article is a mess. It hops all over the place, sometimes with little or no evidence, and just assumes its conclusion despite just countless problems with each of those assumptions. It's as bad as Sean Hannity honestly (and that's what it reminds me of). A firehose of unsupported, somewhat impossible, claims.Opinion piece:
Dear Republicans: We Tried Your Way and It Does Not Work
Their "Reaganism" sales pitch was effective, and we’ve now had 42 years of the so-called Reagan Revolution: It’s time to say out loud that it hasn’t worked
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We had a fairly good run of "alternative" TV comedy over here in reaction to the Thatch/Ronnie axis too.
Something happened to the music charts in the mid eighties that made a lot of it unlistenable for me. Possibly the rise (or return) of manufactured corporate pop such as Wham! and Pete Waterman which for me lacked much of the heart and spark of musicianship of the Motown production line he idolised. Luckily we also had an alternative music scene championed chiefly by DJ John Peel by means of which we could avoid the product of the majors.
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(I am fully aware we are going off topic here, but I really don't care.) I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford in England from 1982 to 1984, so I listened to a lot of BBC Radio 1 and the Peel Sessions. My musical tastes changed drastically (and for the better) over the two years I lived in England.
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Citation required.
Science and research point to the idea that the more conservative you are, the more susceptible you are to unsupported claims and misinformation:
We Found the One Group of Americans Who Are Most Likely to Spread Fake News
One subset of conservatives expressed the greatest tendency to promote false news stories. Here’s what it means for the fight against misinformation.
www.politico.com
Personality Type, as well as Politics, Predicts Who Shares Fake News
Highly impulsive people who lean conservative are more likely to share false news stories. They have a desire to create chaos and won’t be deterred by fact-checkers
www.scientificamerican.com
In short, if you're an uneducated Republican you're likely the champ at subscribing and promoting impossible claims. This isn't to say libertarians don't do this, because they do. One of the most notable and recent examples would be with the vaccine, masks, and COVID in general. Along the same lines, liberals are also guilty of this as well, but in terms of something that can be backed up with data, it's conservatives that come out on top.
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The Moral Panic Is Spreading: Think Tank Proposes Banning Teens From Social Media; Texas Rep Promises To Intro Bill
It truly is incredible just how much of a moral panic the media and politicians have created around social media. Once again, the actual research is basically inconclusive that social media is bad.…
www.techdirt.com
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Legislation wouldn't be constrained by legislation. Such legislation, if it is, would be constrained by the Constitution.
Whatever the cause of action, it seems most likely to run afoul of the Due Process Clause which is generally interpreted to protect freedom of association under the "liberty" umbrella. Of course any cause of action on the user end is wholly unenforceable.
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