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  Politics Category Rules! Please Read.
  Jul 15, 2017, 4:59 PM • approxinfinity   Sep 2, 2020, 3:10 PM

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  @Marco there are three problems I think. #1 is what you’ve mentioned, that people need to understand that there are other perspectives that have merit. #2 is that people need to realize and be honest about what is influencing the opinions they express. I struggle when I talk to people who express talking points but don’t seem to be inclined to evaluate why they are expressing them or if they are logical. In these circumstances it is hard to maintain discourse. #3 people must be allowed to change. Our ideas around hypocrisy in this country cast a false negative stigma on changing ones perspective. Also we see debates as verbal combat and not knowledge sharing and joint exploration. We should actively identify what biases we are advocating for or rejecting and realize that the case we make for or against biases does not define us in perpetuity, those opinions are simply the surfaces that we present to others at any given time. The change happens within us first, in our molten core, and the surface opinions may appear static for a time; they are not in fact static, nor should they be. If they are the same as they were last week or last month or last year, that should be because we have reevaluated our thoughts and they still pass muster. When someone is not willing or able to take in more information and evolve their opinions, and their stated opinions are the same positions championed by special interests, this is a disappointment. It’s not really dialogue between two individuals at that point. At that point, it’s hard to find merit in discussion, as it would seem that at least one party is not really interested in talking meaningfully. It also feels as though one is arguing more against the agency that has possessed the person with whom they are speaking rather that the person themself. This is a demoralizing and dehumanizing feeling. I wish it werent so. However, there can be some optimism that all stated opinions aren’t really what people believe. They’re just the expressed opinion of the person at the time, with varying degrees of personal investment and ingenuity.
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  How to Ignore A Category
  Jul 15, 2017, 5:09 PM • approxinfinity   Jul 18, 2017, 2:46 PM

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  Y’all enjoy your new playground. Only wish there was a way an individual could remove the category itself from the list. For now I’ll use the “ignore” option.
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  All of a Sudden
  Nov 6, 2024, 12:31 PM • nuleafjhawk   21 days ago

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  @bskeet well I did get off the rails a little, it won’t ever get fixed IMO. Everyone’s dirty and has their own agenda paid by some company. Our government employees should wear sponsor suits like they do in nascar then we’d know who was funding them at least.
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  Go vote!
  Oct 22, 2024, 4:14 PM • Texas Hawk 10   Nov 2, 2024, 4:03 PM

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  @Zabudda ABC is getting a lot of talks after they leaked election results at the bottom of the screen during an Indy car race last weekend showing a 100 percent of the proceedings for PA.
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  Gals vs guys
  Oct 9, 2024, 6:42 PM • Crimsonorblue22   Oct 12, 2024, 4:58 PM

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  I think we would be better off agreeing that labels like conservative, liberal, progressive, democrat and republican dont apply to people. An idea can be liberal, but a person who has that idea is not liberal.
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  The "crap on Trump" thread
  Jul 10, 2020, 4:36 AM • approxinfinity   Sep 14, 2024, 2:33 AM

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  @kjayhawks well, we’re used to Kansas football sucking anyway
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  Tim Walz
  Aug 8, 2024, 12:41 PM • approxinfinity   Aug 15, 2024, 10:48 PM

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  @mayjay the 08 cycle seriously, but casually beforehand
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  I tell you what - -America better get it together
  Jul 21, 2024, 7:50 PM • jayballer67   Jul 23, 2024, 12:11 AM

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  The best thing about Joe Biden - he’s not Trump
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  Bloodthirsty for More War!
  Jan 20, 2023, 7:27 PM • Jethro   Jan 22, 2023, 5:05 AM

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  Comparing the Iranian regime to a church that hands out coffee and donuts was certainly a choice
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  Never Been So Proud Of This State
  Aug 3, 2022, 11:55 AM • BShark   Nov 12, 2022, 12:21 AM

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  @Kcmatt7 9 MEN had an opinion that it was ok to kill an unborn baby back in 1973.
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  Interesting Youtube Vids
  Apr 14, 2022, 10:29 PM • BShark   Apr 14, 2022, 10:29 PM

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  How Blue is Your Valley?
  Feb 16, 2022, 11:13 PM • FarmerJayhawk   Feb 24, 2022, 6:32 PM

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  @benshawks08 Lol
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  Bob Dole
  Dec 5, 2021, 5:18 PM • wissox   Jan 15, 2022, 8:52 PM

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  @wissox My step father was from Russell, and knew Senator Dole. When his father was getting the runaround with the V.A., step dad called Senator Dole, and the problem was solved immediately. Dole was a man that carried himself with wisdom and dignity, and represented Kansas tremendously for many years.
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  Two trials, similar and different
  Nov 19, 2021, 11:47 PM • wissox   Dec 3, 2021, 2:31 PM

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  @mayjay Fair enough. I don’t disagree with you at all there and I apologize again for making assumptions about your position or ability to be nonpartisan. The reason I keep pointing out the mob itself is only to say that their presence in the first place, incited and supported by people who should know better, is even more of a problem than the yahoos who came out to argue with them. Thanks for the discussion.
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  TX Leg
  May 31, 2021, 1:13 PM • benshawks08   Aug 3, 2021, 11:07 AM

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  @approxinfinity And we are supposed to be respectful when the first post is itself disrespectful, and the poster admits he is trolling?
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  KS LEG
  May 1, 2021, 11:48 AM • benshawks08   May 3, 2021, 5:59 PM

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  @Crimsonorblue22 said in KS LEG: @benshawks08 one sick dude! Literally. He has serious mental health issues and hasn’t been taking his meds. His condition has sadly been deteriorating for some time.
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  Kavanaugh
  kavanaugh • Sep 29, 2018, 5:03 AM • approxinfinity   Apr 23, 2021, 1:43 AM

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  @benshawks08 said in Kavanaugh: https://twitter.com/mjs_dc/status/1385232484565196801?s=21 This seems bad. Someone explain to me why the Supreme Court (conservative or progressive) would want more kids in jail for life? From everything I’m reading this is going against precedent even. Sotomayor seems not pleased with the decision. The constitutionality of life without parole for minors wasn’t before the Court. Only whether it was mandatory to make a separate judgment on sentencing. Legislatures really need to take this up. This and death penalty litigation are absolute trash fires
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  Mitch McConnell's Missing Soul
  Feb 26, 2021, 2:23 PM • approxinfinity   Mar 1, 2021, 11:20 AM

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  @FarmerJayhawk So Fox News takes convenient bits and pieces of CNN coverage about whackjob Republican politicians, applies their spin, and the conclusion is that the leftist media is to blame? Why do a good job when you’re better than the other guy at making the other guy look worse? Why acknowledge that you’re bad at being good when you’re good at being bad?
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  I hate Ted Cruz
  Feb 20, 2021, 12:08 AM • benshawks08   Feb 20, 2021, 5:31 PM

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  @FarmerJayhawk said in I hate Ted Cruz: Would be newsier if anyone liked the guy tbh The Onion could make a nice story about this, if they haven’t yet. “Man Admires Senator Cruz, Cites Ted’s Willingness to Go the Extra Mile”
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  All Politicked Out? Election 2020
  Nov 3, 2020, 11:26 PM • approxinfinity   Feb 17, 2021, 3:08 AM

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  @Crimsonorblue22 said in All Politicked Out? Election 2020: @mayjay crazy! Sure makes memories of flying fun…