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The proposal that the USA is an explicitly "Christian nation" is highly controversial. No mystery there.

Totally. What a wreck the 2A is, just in terms of comprehensibility.

The mods seem to like it when we maintain the integrity of the various subforums, such as "American Politics". (I'm not always completely innocent in this regard.)

I saw it as more like taking your shoes off when you enter a temple. Now, praying and ringing the bell, thats another thing. Yeah, re pictures I just did what the locals, or domestic Japanese tourists, do. A little respect does seem to go a long way. Move back to let the family with the old...

Except for the grip that political parties have - since the process for amendment now has to go through the parties, essentially. They will never tolerate any amendments that diminish their duopoly.

This is what Jesus Christ's authority looks like?

Argument by celebrity. There must be a name for this sort of fallacy.

So youre making fun of the guy who says we have 11 days? or what? If you know what shes saying then you can see right away what a fool hes made of himself.

Embarrassing. 1. As much as I admire her passion, anyone who considers Greta T an authoritative representative of the science is woefully misled. 2. The guy who wrote the tweet cant even represent what shes actually saying. And that seems to fly right over your head.

Are we tho?

1. They really failed to anticipate the rise of political parties and natural gaming out of the system into a 2 party regime. I think this should have been foreseeable. And so I wish they'd have headed it off by requiring voting systems that would diminish the spoiler effect. 2. The moral...

Better than nothing. But we're still putting kids out there on the roads before theyre typically ready, with life/death consequences.

That used to be the case. But the word has acquired a lot of "baggage" recently.... to the point that youd want to be careful who you point it at. Anymore it implies some nefarious intent. Shame. It was a nice word. I like its origin in making one good looking and presentable.

You are privileging the collective unit of "city" over the individual as the source of political legitimacy. Its literally a collectivist political vision you propose.

This is argument by attitude. It fails to address what the data is telling us about current conditions.

I was going to say "Unfortunately I wasnt given the iron phallus." But that didnt sound quite..... right.

Part of the bargain in the USA is you get to move where you want. And you bring your vote. I do understand the impulse to enshrine minority rule. Its just that its not legitimate in principle.

Well no wonder Americans are losing interest!

Sounds like a lot of fried food. Might be healthier for America if they went away?

Ha No. Unfortunately I wasnt handed the iron phallus. I am aware that Shinto can get pretty odd. I think the diversity and locality of it is kind of appealing. We should respect the unique spirit of each spot on the earth. Not that the Japanese themselves have stuck to that. They seem kind...