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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
(Also, this is his own admission in an interview). via Star Tribune https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/us-house-candidate-bouchard-says-he-impregnated-14-year-old-when-he-was-18/article_c3996062-e6ad-5027-96a9-1bcd0f832eda.html (the story also gets darker than you'd expect : the girl killed herself at age 20 after being pressured into marriage at 15 to the guy and getting divorced 3 years later). | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10960 Posts
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On May 22 2021 06:20 Velr wrote: Seems like they are not sending their best people. I think, sadly they are though. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On May 22 2021 22:37 JimmiC wrote: I just finished my Canadian Census and there was two gender questions, the first was what you were born and the second was what you identified as. If these questions were asked to you, would you feel comfortable answering them? I'm not sure it would be completely safe in the US given what some members in the government think and are willing to do. Thoughts? I would be concerned if I wasn't cis. Hell, during the mid terms this week we were asked if we wanted to make discrimination due to race legal or not at the state level - because I'm sure somebody out there read the room and decided "Yeah, not sure this is safe long term federally." | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
On May 22 2021 22:37 JimmiC wrote: I just finished my Canadian Census and there was two gender questions, the first was what you were born and the second was what you identified as. If these questions were asked to you, would you feel comfortable answering them? I'm not sure it would be completely safe in the US given what some members in the government think and are willing to do. Thoughts? I don't know about the US and Canada, but I believe in most countries censuses are confidential, so the government can't use that information against you. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Deleted User 173346
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StalkerTL
212 Posts
On May 22 2021 06:20 Velr wrote: Seems like they are not sending their best people. At this point, they absolutely are. This is who they are, just some act upon being scumbags in their private lives while others just think it and make it a reality through politics. I mean, Jason Miller (Trump senior adviser and chief spokesman of the Trump 2016 campaign), just lost his libel lawsuit against Gizmodo. What was the story? He got two women pregnant while his own wife was pregnant and snuck an abortifacient into the stripper's drink. If there's anything that highlights that conservative ideas of pro-life and family first have a pretty sinister underbelly, this and the dozens of family first pro-life politicians having affairs, knocking the women up and desperately trying to give them abortions highlights who these people are best. | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
Florida passed and signed law prohibiting social media from banning politicians. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22638 Posts
On May 26 2021 01:23 Silvanel wrote: Would be hella funny if FB/Twitter simply block Florida users from using the site so they don't have any reason to comply. The saga continues: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56952435 Florida passed and signed law prohibiting social media from banning politicians. Not that the law is likely to survive an actual court battle in the first place. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On May 26 2021 02:50 Gorsameth wrote: Would be hella funny if FB/Twitter simply block Florida users from using the site so they don't have any reason to comply. Not that the law is likely to survive an actual court battle in the first place. This entire law is based on the willful misunderstanding that a lot of conservatives have where they think 1st amendment = freedom of consequences for speech. Ironically, it's actually a first amendment violation in that it is forcing an association with individuals that the companies do not want to associate with (freedom of association is part of the 1st amendment). | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27460 Posts
On May 26 2021 01:23 Silvanel wrote: The saga continues: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56952435 Florida passed and signed law prohibiting social media from banning politicians. Wow what utter bollocks. What happened to private companies being free to decide who they do business with? I do for the record think the sheer power ‘big tech’ have is problematic, but at least what mechanisms I’d propose don’t massively conflict with my other beliefs and principles. Not that this element wasn’t a factor in forever but the modern conservative movement seems to almost exclusively be fuelled and cater to the sensibilities of mostly white blokes who want to do whatever they want, and that’s about it. Of course those who do embody certain actual principles do also exist, it feels they aren’t particularly well served by current trends. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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farvacola
United States18869 Posts
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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46493 Posts
On May 26 2021 01:23 Silvanel wrote: The saga continues: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56952435 Florida passed and signed law prohibiting social media from banning politicians. Pretty sure this is completely meaningless and unenforceable posturing lol. | ||
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