You’re already being kidnapped and potentially sent to an out of country prison with no hearing. There is no downside under these parameters.

I wrote my congresswoman and told her she lost my vote over this.

He and his friends should do something about that.

Teaching children how to make weapons is the recipe for revolution. Its not instant, but its something i would think twice about as an autocrat. Its like training a bunch of Unibombers.

They were invaded by 1 of the 2 nations that agreed to protect them if they disarmed. The US did not uphold its obligations 3 times in a row through multiple administration’s. The latest conflict in Ukraine is a result of actions taken by the USA, followed by inaction on our part.

If we didn’t request their disarmament, lie about protecting them, it would be a very different landscape there right now.

It isn’t solely the fault of the US, but we are major contributors.

You keep writing like they have them and thats why they are being attacked. Its specifically because they dont yet have them that they are being attacked. If they already had them like North Korea, their situation would be more similar. I doubt people would be bombing them, in the same way people aren’t bombing North Korea despite it acting very hostile and making direct threats.

North Korea has nukes and it never gets invaded and gets aid sent to it. Iran doesn’t have nukes and it is regularly attacked.

I’d say their presence adds very clear value to the example country that actually has them.

I didn’t even get to take off yesterday. Fuck this guy.

I actually no longer trust that to be true with how many systems and programs were gutted. I suspect we probably dismantled our early warning systems.

If thats not the case, I still question whether or not this administration would let a blue state get hit when they could prevent it just out of spite.

I work with special needs adults. Your experiences, while valid, with many of those that arent so disabled that they actually can engage with society, do not represent those with more extreme versions of this disability.

Often they will never get to experience the fullness of life they could without. Basically, people with Downs who dont have caretakers with means are fucked pretty hard.

Of the 6 I interact with daily, I think they all would rather not have the disability, and 2 have said they would trade places with the guy in the wheel chair that has seizures sometimes, but is otherwise living a normal life.

In this case, at least lately, it less a brush stroke and more of a high resolution camera.

Once you support extremists, the argument of nuance becomes almost irrelevant to the rest of their victims.

thank mr skeltal