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> It's because stories need sympathetic characters, and current Republican values aren't sympathetic. What makes you think that?
by sheepmullet 8y ago
> It's because stories need sympathetic characters, and current Republican values aren't sympathetic.
What makes you think that?
- ForRealsies 8y agoHis cognitive dissonance dehumanizing the 'opposition'.
- croon 8y agoThings like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/26/senate-gop-tax-bill-hurts-the-poor-more-than-originally-thought-cbo-finds/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/26/senat... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbo-score-on-latest-senate-gop-health-care-bill/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbo-score-on-latest-senate-gop-... https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/senate-gop-health-care-bill-has-dismal-approval-rating-poll.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/28/senate-gop-health-care-bill-... https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2017/09/18/graham-cassidy-bill-the-last-ditch-gop-effort-to-deprive-millions-of-healthcare/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2017/09/18/graham-cas... https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/04/18/new-gop-tactics-wage-war-on-obama-era-protections/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/04/18... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/30/gop-crafts-spending-bill-provisions-aimed-at-speeding-repeal-of-water-protection-rule/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20... And this one is a two-fold: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/supreme-court-upholds-employers-right-to-require-arbitration-to-settle-workplace-disputes-600923 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/supreme-court-upho... Both that the Garland-seat was stolen, but also sad that the supreme court is so partisan (cuts both ways).