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It’s one thing to make an automatic association when hearing the word concentration camp and another thing to be offended by the word.
That's true, after my comment I went and looked at the statistics of death tolls in wars throughout history.The Mongol conquest caused more loss as a % of global population than any other war in history.
I think the fact that people nowadays associate WW2 with genocide and concentration camps predominantly has to do mostly with recency bias.
This all reminds me of few seeming to understand what ‘impeachment’ means...currently a pet peeve of mine.To me, this says a better job of educating the public needs to be done, rather than the previous suggestion (not by you) of altering word choice.
An apt comparison and I share your feelings on it.This all reminds me of few seeming to understand what ‘impeachment’ means...currently a pet peeve of mine.
It’s because the Constitution severely limits the power of the federal government when it comes to elections.https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ss-and-shameful-endorsement-of-gerrymandering
Not sure if this is being discussed but this surely has some serious ramifications for democracy in the USA.
The supreme Court has basically allowed free reign on gerrymandering to the states. So many minorities in red states will completely and utterly have their votes rendered useless.
As bad as it is now imagine how worse it will get. Crazy
I've been getting asked a lot recently why Clinton stayed in office even though he was impeached. Come on, manThis all reminds me of few seeming to understand what ‘impeachment’ means...currently a pet peeve of mine.
You can bypass the SC by a new Voting Rights Act which can inclue non gerrymandering as part of it.It’s because the Constitution severely limits the power of the federal government when it comes to elections.
Unfortunately, what Roberts wrote is true.
That would require Democrats to agree to not gerrymander as well.You can bypass the SC by a new Voting Rights Act which can inclue non gerrymandering as part of it.
And that would be just.That would require Democrats to agree to not gerrymander as well.
It would be just, I agree.And that would be just.
I want honesty in elections.
Though I am a socialist, every vote should count no matter who.
That would need to be the next step.It would be just, I agree.
But it’s also like expecting Congress to pass a law requiring term limits.
Don’t miss the point though. You’re asking politicians to vote for their own unemployment.That would need to be the next step.
Its the President who sets the direction of the country by using the office.
Most people want term limits.
Do you believe Bernie is only interested in his own welfare?Don’t miss the point though. You’re asking politicians to vote for their own unemployment.
I don’t trust any politicians.Do you believe Bernie is only interested in his own welfare?
Other true progressives are exactly like him.
To serve others, you cannot serve yourself.
This is what the 'revolution' is about.
Its nothing to do with liking someone. I do not hero worship Bernie.I don’t trust any politicians.
I like Bernie. And I like Warren. I don’t hero worship them. To believe you’re the right person to be president takes some self serving and hubris.
You’re hoping for statesmen in the era of politicos.Its nothing to do with liking someone. I do not hero worship Bernie.
I always judge people on what they do.
That is why I always say, we must elect people who have served. Not just the military. But service to others.
Until you have served, you cannot lead.
By that act of service, your self interest diminishes. The need to better the lives of others grows.
Eventually there is no real choice.
Doing the right thing becomes natural.
The moment we do not look for decency, honesty..yes statesmenship we are 'accepting'.You’re hoping for statesmen in the era of politicos.
Stick with Trump then, his standards are very basic.The moment we do not look for decency, honesty..yes statesmenship we are 'accepting'.
That is what brought us to where we are.
I'm not looking for saints. Saints make poor politicians.
But what I said is fundamental.
Basic standards.
We must have them.
Otherwise we are lost.
You still do not understand.Mmmm
Stick with Trump then, his standards are very basic.
I understand very well.You still do not understand.
Why aren’t districts based off counties? What was the reasoning?It would be just, I agree.
But it’s also like expecting Congress to pass a law requiring term limits.
Districts are population based, so to get the needed number of people, you have to cross county lines.Why aren’t districts based off counties? What was the reasoning?
I think to a certain extent they are. It's just that there are over 3000 of them and the counties themselves are not a population based aggregate but a fluke of geography. I'd also guess that there are far more rural counties than urban districts. At some point someone somewhere has to work out how to amalgamate them in such a way that a Representative represents more or less the same number of people (1 member 1 vote is considered to be enshrined in the constitution). It's at the point of amalgamation that the gerrymander inevitably kicks in if there's no effective oversight.Why aren’t districts based off counties? What was the reasoning?
Don’t district lines split through counties though?I think to a certain extent they are. It's just that there are over 3000 of them and the counties themselves are not a population based aggregate but a fluke of geography. I'd also guess that there are far more rural counties than urban districts. At some point someone somewhere has to work out how to amalgamate them in such a way that a Representative represents more or less the same number of people (1 member 1 vote is considered to be enshrined in the constitution). It's at the point of amalgamation that the gerrymander inevitably kicks in if there's no effective oversight.
YesDon’t district lines split through counties though?
The legal argument would have to be that gerrymandering literally disenfranchises people. It doesn’t. And both parties do it.Disenfranchising minorities and their votes is exactly what the 14th amendment was their to stop which is what Gerrymandering does in places like South Carolina. If the supreme Court can find ways to peice together the right to privacy through various amendments in the constitution surely they could have found a way to show that politicians choosing their voters and not the other way around is against the very principles of democracy. Do citizens not have the rights to participate equally in the political process. I cannot agree with Roberts here. He has all the tools to fix this. He won't fix it because it doesn't suit his party's agenda.
Reason #76478 why the Constitution needs an updateThe legal argument would have to be that gerrymandering literally disenfranchises people. It doesn’t. And both parties do it.
Look, I hate gerrymandering, but I don’t know of anything in the Constitution that pertains to it other than to say that it, as an elections issue, is a matter left to the states.
It would indeed require an amendment, but that amendment itself would be tricky so as to not just pass the partisanship of redistricting to Congress.Reason #76478 why the Constitution needs an update
I understand your sentiment and I'm actually just looking on it at a straight legal basis aswel. I also believe it disenfranchises people.The legal argument would have to be that gerrymandering literally disenfranchises people. It doesn’t. And both parties do it.
Look, I hate gerrymandering, but I don’t know of anything in the Constitution that pertains to it other than to say that it, as an elections issue, is a matter left to the states.
Make congressional seats distribution proportional to the statewide popular vote. Do away with individual congressional district altogether.It would indeed require an amendment, but that amendment itself would be tricky so as to not just pass the partisanship of redistricting to Congress.
They do and they don't - depending on the state in question and the available demographics.Don’t district lines split through counties though?
It disenfranchises in the same way the Electoral College does. As a resident of South Carolina, my vote for president has basically never counted, even when Obama won.I understand your sentiment and I'm actually just looking on it at a straight legal basis aswel. I also believe it disenfranchises people.
All around America you have placesand pockets that are only minority communities. These modern day types of gerrymandering that use sophisticated programs to create districts are used to suppress the minority vote
In Cooper v. Harris (2017) the court found that North Carolina had properly racially gerrymandered their districts to surpress the black vote. One of the few times Clarence Thomas had any fecking use. To say that gerrymandering doesn't disenfranchise people is just incorrect.
I am very much in favor of this, even wrote about it in college.Make congressional seats distribution proportional to the statewide popular vote. Do away with individual congressional district altogether.
So long as local parties get to nominate to the list instead of having nominees forced upon them.I am very much in favor of this, even wrote about it in college.
There’s obviously the risk of chosen candidates being party loyalists that don’t represent the needs of their appointed district, but then again it’s not as if that isn’t the case presently.I am very much in favor of this, even wrote about it in college.
As @Ekkie Thump said, then it comes down to how candidates are chosen for “the list”. I’m not decided on what I think that method is.There’s obviously the risk of chosen candidates being party loyalists that don’t represent the needs of their appointed district, but then again it’s not as if that isn’t the case presently.
Be great to see who the Alabama local Republican Party end up nominating.So long as local parties get to nominate to the list instead of having nominees forced upon them.