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The way they complain about it though, it seems to me that they think mouse studies are done for the sake of mice. ‘Crazy woke liberals want to make even mice t

The way they complain about it though, it seems to me that they think mouse studies are done for the sake of mice. ‘Crazy woke liberals want to make even mice transgender.’ Is the whistle they’re blowing.

timr 2y ago
Our political discourse is especially stupid right now, and it is bi-partisan.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
  Drop the "both sides" falsehood.
  - timr 2y ago
    So far, there there are multiple replies to my comment arguing with me about something I didn't say (i.e. "the cited studies don't have anything to do with making mice transgender"). So yes, both sides are so eager to score points that they don't even bother to read anymore.
    - soco 2y ago
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      - redeux 2y ago
        I agree with your point but I don’t think using pejoratives helps others receive your message.
      - timr 2y ago
        The comment I was responding to said/implied that transgenic research is somehow politically prohibited now. This is simply false, and no amount of hand-wringing about what the president meant is relevant to the question I was addressing. The one thing that is absolutely undebatable is that he wasn't talking about transgenic research, yet somehow that has become the meme.
- zimpenfish 2y ago
  It's bi-partisan in the way that a paper cut is bi-partisan to having your leg dissolved off with acid.
- coeneedell 2y ago
  Really difficult to argue that “both sides are equally to blame for the bad discourse” when one side had a mob of terrorists storm the capitol (then pardoned all of them) and the other side held up tiny signs during a speech.
  - naasking 2y ago
    Or instead of making a bad faith comparison of partisan violence, you could compare it to the George Floyd protests which injured over 700 police officers and killed over 20 people.
    - xerox13ster 2y ago
      And in which case did the party leader stand up and incite the mob before they went on their war path? If we’re going to compare January 6 to the George Floyd riots, one was explicitly political, and the other one was fed up populace. One started with a rally intended to gas the mob up in hopes of securing the capital for their fuhrer. The other was started as the result of the outright murder of an individual by a state actor. One was essentially organized by the Republican Party leader, and the other was an impromptu display of discontent.
      - Auracle 2y ago
        There were quite a few Democrats that encouraged the protests that turned into riots during the George Floyd stuff. That's literally exactly the same as Trump. He encouraged a protest, but literally told them to peacefully protest, just as many of those Democrats did.
        xerox13ster 2y ago
        And for how many of them were the protests formed around the Democrat politician? How many Democrats: got up on stage for a rally for themselves then -> told the attendees to go and “peacefully protest” then -> the protestors went and turned into a riot? How many of the George Floyd protesters were chanting to hang a public official? With the intent of dismantling democracy? These are not the same.
ImHereToVote 2y ago
We can find against the crazy right by making even more extreme strawmen.

timr 2y ago

Our political discourse is especially stupid right now, and it is bi-partisan.

HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
Drop the "both sides" falsehood.
- timr 2y ago
  So far, there there are multiple replies to my comment arguing with me about something I didn't say (i.e. "the cited studies don't have anything to do with making mice transgender"). So yes, both sides are so eager to score points that they don't even bother to read anymore.
  - soco 2y ago
    [flagged]
    - redeux 2y ago
      I agree with your point but I don’t think using pejoratives helps others receive your message.
    - timr 2y ago
      The comment I was responding to said/implied that transgenic research is somehow politically prohibited now. This is simply false, and no amount of hand-wringing about what the president meant is relevant to the question I was addressing. The one thing that is absolutely undebatable is that he wasn't talking about transgenic research, yet somehow that has become the meme.
zimpenfish 2y ago
It's bi-partisan in the way that a paper cut is bi-partisan to having your leg dissolved off with acid.
coeneedell 2y ago
Really difficult to argue that “both sides are equally to blame for the bad discourse” when one side had a mob of terrorists storm the capitol (then pardoned all of them) and the other side held up tiny signs during a speech.
- naasking 2y ago
  Or instead of making a bad faith comparison of partisan violence, you could compare it to the George Floyd protests which injured over 700 police officers and killed over 20 people.
  - xerox13ster 2y ago
    And in which case did the party leader stand up and incite the mob before they went on their war path? If we’re going to compare January 6 to the George Floyd riots, one was explicitly political, and the other one was fed up populace. One started with a rally intended to gas the mob up in hopes of securing the capital for their fuhrer. The other was started as the result of the outright murder of an individual by a state actor. One was essentially organized by the Republican Party leader, and the other was an impromptu display of discontent.
    - Auracle 2y ago
      There were quite a few Democrats that encouraged the protests that turned into riots during the George Floyd stuff. That's literally exactly the same as Trump. He encouraged a protest, but literally told them to peacefully protest, just as many of those Democrats did.
      - xerox13ster 2y ago
        And for how many of them were the protests formed around the Democrat politician? How many Democrats: got up on stage for a rally for themselves then -> told the attendees to go and “peacefully protest” then -> the protestors went and turned into a riot? How many of the George Floyd protesters were chanting to hang a public official? With the intent of dismantling democracy? These are not the same.

ImHereToVote 2y ago

We can find against the crazy right by making even more extreme strawmen.