(April 12, 2016 at 5:25 pm)Goosebump Wrote: I used the example that you had already provided...
... and you don't think it's a big deal. I think it's a more important problem than you appear to think it is.
Quote:Ok let's move the goal posts and talk about this, entirely new topic... If you have any evidence for your claim please provide it and I'll consider it.
I don't mean for it to be a moving goalpost. I am trying to refer to the "regressive" college students. They do a lot of things, and their influence is not negligible. They have gotten tenured, Nobel-prize winning professors fired for bad jokes, and this has a serious impact on what is taught in the classrooms. Overall, they appear to value their own comfort over free speech, like when they signed a petition to ban the 1st Amendment.
Quote:You could say that yes, but it would just be your opinion. But the majority of republicans elected the people who appointed those judges. Were they duped? Were those in the majority republican view protesting these appointments?
It is my opinion that unelected officials do not represent the majority opinion. There are plenty of examples where the courts have gone against public opinion, and
Quote:Pretty sure your over generalizing there. What do you mean by "destruction of the family" and how is the welfare state responsible for whatever you define it as?
These are some pretty large talking points on the Republican side, and it may be worth a listen. Destruction of the family = changing family. The overall family structure has been changing drastically, with frighteningly high percentages of children being raised by single parents today. Children in two-parent households are generally better off than those in single parent households (more likely to graduate, less likely to become criminals, etc.)
Quote:So welfare programs created by democrats is what is keeping people poor and preventing them from getting out of poverty?
Yes. The welfare system is set up in such a way that people will lose money if they take pay increases because the welfare goes away. That prevents them from taking promotions and improving their earned income, hence they will wisely choose to remain in their current position, in poverty.
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