Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 28 2019 08:44pm)

English is hard.

5 years ago you were pro trans, now you are pro trans

That's being grounded in your ideology. If 5 years from now you come out and say trans is a mental illness then you weren't grounded in your ideology where you?

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 28 2019 06:44pm)

English is hard.

5 years ago you were pro trans, now you are pro trans

That's being grounded in your ideology. If 5 years from now you come out and say trans is a mental illness then you weren't grounded in your ideology where you?

Quote (fender @ 29 Oct 2019 03:10)

your whole point was about "Trump's allegedly unique unpopularity". the facts i provided to prove that to you are undeniable. you confirmed what i already told you: he has had uniquely high disapproval ratings for this point in his presidency - and combined with the very low approval ratings that results in an extremely unpopular president.

you now pivoting and trying to reframe the issue to 'polarising', maybe because you think it sound less bad than 'unpopular', or because you think that would somehow refute my point, is pretty dishonest. his unique unpopularity is well documented, and it's rather sad that you can't seem to accept this simple fact.

Quote (inkanddagger @ Oct 28 2019 10:17pm)

We are grounded in science, not ideology. That's the difference between the left and the right.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 29 2019 01:32pm)

If only. If there was an economic literacy test of the far left, you guys would score below 80 iq.

Not all of course. I was actually talking to a lesbian and another really leftist girl yesterday and they were both staunchly opposed to free college. But these are graduate level people enrolled in a field that understands basic economics, far cry from the average antifa barista dweeb.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 28 2019 09:32pm)

If only. If there was an economic literacy test of the far left, you guys would score below 80 iq.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 28 2019 10:32pm)

If only. If there was an economic literacy test of the far left, you guys would score below 80 iq.

Not all of course. I was actually talking to a lesbian and another really leftist girl yesterday and they were both staunchly opposed to free college. But these are graduate level people enrolled in a field that understands basic economics, far cry from the average antifa barista dweeb.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 29 Oct 2019 03:26)

you're arguing semantics.

if we understand "unpopularity" in the sense of "lack of popularity", then trump is not unpopular in this sense - he has skyhigh approval ratings among republicans and normal approval ratings overall.
if we understand "unpopularity" in the sense of "highly disliked", then trump is indeed very unpopular in that sense - he has unusually high disapproval ratings after all.

this duality is undeniable, and it implies that the word "polarizing" more precisely describes Trump's presidency.