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> America’s greatest battle is with our dark religious past. Apparently you’ve never been to Baltimore. There is no dark religious past haunting that city, jus
by dgfitz 4y ago
> America’s greatest battle is with our dark religious past.
Apparently you’ve never been to Baltimore. There is no dark religious past haunting that city, just corrupt politicians.
- mulmen 4y agoIs it your claim that one medium sized city somehow has a bigger problem than the nation it exists within? Baltimore has 10,000,000 people. The United States is larger by a factor of thirty three.
- shawabawa3 4y agoI thought for a second I was crazy not knowing that Baltimore was the largest city in the US Baltimore has a population of 600k not 10m, you're off by a factor of 13
- mulmen 4y agoYeah no idea where I got that Number. Maryland isn’t even 10m people. But that makes Baltimore being Americas biggest problem even more unbelievable.
- greendestiny_re 4y agoWhy don't you petition the government for a redress of grievances and oust them? It's an unlimited right guaranteed by the First Amendment that can remove tyrants without causing harm.
- hedora 4y agoSo, according to the first amendment I can just taze the supreme court, and roll back citizens united, and reinstate roe v wade? That's as batshit crazy as recent assertions that nothing the courts rule can be sexist; after all, women would just run for seats on the supreme court if they cared; they're a majority of the population, after all. Since the nonsense in the last paragraph actually came from a recent supreme court majority opinion, I'm wondering if you can point to a supreme court ruling backing up your statement.
- greendestiny_re 4y agoI didn't say that. According to the First Amendment, you have a conceptually unlimited right to write petitions (complaints). Practically, it is limited by the absence of violence during assembly. There's surprisingly few rulings on the right to petition.
- jwie 4y agoI’d live with corruption if they were at least competent at delivering essential services. I expect most only complain about corruption because the basics aren’t being delivered, not out of a sense of civic responsibility.
- dgfitz 4y ago> I’d live with corruption if they were at least competent at delivering essential services. This has so many holes in it you’re making Swiss cheese look rational. > I expect most only complain about corruption because the basics aren’t being delivered, not out of a sense of civic responsibility. I expect you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.