politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
Although I am not married myself, I have many friends who are. For our government to tell them that their marriages are meaningless, would have been the last motherfucking straw.
The 40 million starving’s not a last straw?
This bears repeating:
We still got plenty of Irish babies. No one's going to starve.
I care about gay marriage too but I'm more concerned about people being deprived of basic needs like food and heat
These issues are not mutually exclusive, and it is legitimately okay for one marginalized group to be concerned more for things that directly affect them. That does not in any way negate the urgency or importance of any other issues.
We need to stop treating everything going on as a binary (black and white) problem. That’s what they want us to do, and why we’re being bombarded with so many bad things all at once. They are purposely dividing us, and so far it’s working.
They were saying the gay marriage thing would've been the last straw for them. So they haven't yet reached their last straw with people starving
This shit pisses me off. It's ok to have different priorities. Whining about what you should be more mad about on the internet is not fucking productive.
This admin is doing 1000 evil things. You don't need to run a purity test on everyone that says they're upset.
I'm wondering how anyone can possibly not have reached "the last straw" ages ago. They need it to be 1001 evil things?
Yeah, maybe they did. Is it great that the other things didn't cause action? No. Is passing judgement on the person that's changing their mind going to be at all helpful? Also no. Infighting and purity tests only serve to help the fascists keep us distracted.
People are going to DIE but they have not yet reached "the last straw" because people can still get married
What are you hoping to accomplish with this meaningless provocation? Make yourself feel less worthless?