It’s manipulative, not stupid.

I think the problem is that palestinians being blown up by Israel isn’t enough to change anything, so Christian’s being denied entrance into Jerusalem means even less.

The violence I care about. The “not being allowed to visit a holy place”, that I could care less about.

Still, I can’t care very much about this specific issue. Not being able to go to Jerusalem does not sounds unbearable.

Unbearable that the Christian’s can’t easily go to Jerusalem? This sounds a bit dramatic considering the other things going on in this area.

This makes sense. There are many many many different types of beef. The beef we don’t value might get cheaper I guess.

Beef gone get cheaper in America??? I could go for a ribeye!

And they’ll just fill in the gaps with China, or other non USA alternatives.

He’s hoping the foreign companies are going to open up shop in USA to avoid the tariffs.

So is that trading economics website just BS, then?

That’s what I was thinking. Plenty of reason for outrage. This will just be a distraction.

https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/imports/united-states

Russia imports $17 billions from USA. So we don’t have a trade deficit with Russia.

He’s definitely a Russian troll, but I’m not sure this is the data point to prove it.

What’s the trade difference? Aren’t we not allowed to trade with them at all?

I think Trump doesn’t want to trade at all. He wants us to produce everything we need.

This sounds like Trump’s dream country.

Wait till he goes after citizens. You can’t vote democrat if you have a felony for… something.

Lesson for non citizens. You don’t have a first amendment right in this country under this administration.

Honestly, for citizens, I am sure he will find ways of punishing us for free speech as well.

I certainly agree that it should be up to the sports agencies to do what is most fair for the athletes. And congress should not get involved unless they are failing to do so.

I just think that reasonable people have concerns about this specific issue, and it is not fair to treat somebody like a bigot for expressing concerns. If I had a daughter who was losing to a team with a 6 foot 2 trans female, or competing with that same person for scholarships or even a place on the team, I would absolutely be piss. No amount of studies would make me feel ok with this.

And to act like Newsom is a bigot just for telling these people that he hears their concerns is a sure fire way of losing support from people that would otherwise be right on your side. This is how Trump Jr gets elected in 2028.

Here’s what happens. A republican says 100 things, and 90 of which are batshit crazy and undeniable bullshit, but 10 of them are reasonable.

If we completely ignore the 10 reasonable things, then we lose all credibility in the argument when pointing the bullshit of the other 90 things.

I genuinely believe there are people out there that only hear the 10 reasonable things the republicans say and then see somebody like you completely dismiss those things and conclude that YOU are the unreasonable one. These people don’t pay attention the way you and I do, but still have the same voting power (if not more depending on the state they live in).

Your unwillingness to partition issues and treat them based on their individual merits will only lead to the opposition gaining more support and power.

My entire point is that it is not “all or nothing”. You can say the debate on male/female athletics is a complicated one where both sides have valid point and also think literally everything else you posted is disgusting and should never be considered.

If we’re being honest, this sounds very reminiscent of how republicans in the early 2000s would take objections to the war as “not supporting the troops”. Or the way people that criticize Israel for their treatment of Palestine are called antisemitic when they fully support the Jewish people.

You can believe different things about each debate without being a full on bigot that wants to open concentration camps for trans children.