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Under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime. Know your rights. (cdn.social.linux.pizza)
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[–] 24 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Rand Paul and I disagree on many things, but he probably has more integrity than the rest of the Republican Senate caucus combined, and frankly I struggle to think of a Democrat in the Senate who I trust more either.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    frankly I struggle to think of a Democrat in the Senate who I trust more either.

    ...what?

    Do you believe Bernie Sanders lacks integrity (maybe you're splitting hairs on "Democrat")? Elizabeth Warren? Mark Kelley?

    Idk, this seems like a poor attempt to "both sides"

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Bernie is an Independent.

    Warren helped the DNC derail Bernie's presidential run which definitely lost her points in my book.

    Kelley seems like a straight shooter. So, we got one.

    Your comment seems like a poor attempt to put me in a box because I said a positive thing about a Republican.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    Fair enough. I'm struggling with the constant attempts to pin the blame of trump on the Dems not being enough while also projecting various purity tests on the party. I respect that you weren't doing that, sorry.

    The dem party has a lot to improve on as whole and specifically with leadership. I also want anything better than Trump and I'm willing to settle, for now, on good enough. I wrongly interpreted your message as another attempt to wedge the party

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    It was very big of you to concede the point and I appreciate your willingness to engage with nuance! I do think the Dems are less bad than the (Fascist) Republicans, but I don't excuse their lack of serious resistance.

    Hopefully we can find a way to dislodge the corrupt and sociopathic leaders of both parties and build a system that actually works for us some day. And yes, MAGA is a special brand of evil that I do not consider to be part of the "both sides" paradigm.

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