Recent content by roostra

I guess there aren't many rightward folks left around here to argue with, but I don't think that there is much to be gained by engaging with Zen. He does not argue in good faith. ETA - I say that like it is easy to do, but I fall off the wagon every 6 months or so.

I honestly do not see what point you are trying to make. At near as I can tell, you are upset at Mamdani not calling out the fact that the bombers were Islamic? Why is that his responsibility and what is the effect of his failure to do so? Maybe you could lay out that out in very plain...

What, pray tell, is the Islamification of NYC?

Even if we take your wild stretch of an interpretation at face value (and I don't), there is still no portrayal of the bombers as victims on the Mayor's part. At worst, you are saying the Mayor did not sufficiently call them out for being Islamic extremists (he certainly called out their...

What part of ""What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the anthesis of who we are."" makes the bombers out to be the victims?

I just want to say thanks for taking the time to share all these stories. It is fascinating to me

The main reason not to take military action is the effect on Iran's leadership after this conflict. Best case scenario: Iran transitions to a liberal democracy. I would truly love to see this. My understanding of history leads me to believe that there is very little chance of this outcome...

I think the current state of events shows why exactly Iran thinks they need a nuclear deterrent. Do you think we would be launching airstrikes against them if they had a secure second strike nuclear capability? Looks at the history of Iran since the revolution. Invaded by Iraq (leading to the...

I don't want to see Iran possess nuclear weapons, but I think it is highly unlikely they use one if they had them. Their only real value to Iran would be their deterrent value. See, for example, North Korean nuclear weapons.

As you are aware, surgical intervention in minors is vanishingly rare. Republicans also oppose options short of surgery, including puberty blockers, which is not mentioned here in the slightest. Are you fine banning nose jobs and breast augmentation for minors?

Here's what I think. I am more of a punk rock/hardcore/indierock guy - those are my core favorite genres. Bad Bunny doesn't check many of the the boxes of the music I really like (although I do really like a smattering of things from a lot of other genres - hip-hop, folk, bluegrass, alt...

Your side controls the legislature.

It is ridiculous. So is the 11-3 Republican North Carolina map. So is the Texas map. So is the California map. I think it is ridiculous that the Supreme Court has said that this kind of gerrymandering is constitutional I think it is ridiculous that the only party that has tried to ban...

Is your position seriously that no one had a gun at J6? We do have this thing called google. Took me all of 3 seconds. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/texas-man-convicted-carrying-firearm-capitol-grounds-during-jan-6-capitol-breach

Think of it in terms of speeding - we don't ticket every speeder on the highway even though they are all breaking the law. We don't have the capacity to do that and the general public would lose their minds and get really pissed if we did. We mostly ticket the folks going dangerously fast (and...