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hintymad | on: Trump wins presidency for second time
I meant that I actually thought some of his policies were right. Not that I'm correct, of course, but as a voter I like some of his doing.
le-mark | parent | next
What hoaxes are you referring to? Her criticisms were mostly factual from what I saw.
hintymad | root | parent
For starters: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/. Harris repeatedly used it, so did Obama.
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johnnyanmac | parent
>I actually thought some of his policies were right.

which ones?

hintymad | root | parent
I like that now it is states that decide the abortion rules. I think that's as democratic as it gets. Besides, even Ginsburg was against the Roe vs Wade ruling. She said using privacy as the reason makes the ruling vulnerable, and she turns out to e right. Another one is that ee pulled out of the Iran Nuclear deal. Iran was contained and didn't have money to fund Houthis.
johnnyanmac | root | parent | next
>I think that's as democratic as it gets.

I don't. Let's be realistic: everytime we go "states rights" it's almost always so the state can control some sector of the population. We reworked the articles of confederation for a reason. We're one country. Not 50. Land of the free right?

Something as base as bodily operations should be a personal choice, just like any other religious belief out there. Not determined by the mood of your mayor.

If you want a purely logistical reason instead of moral: banning abortion doesn't ban abortions. It just increases infantcide, something we all disagree with. If someone doesn't want a baby, they'll get rid of it. Same ideas as prohibition. And do we really want to punish a woman for an operation she did on her body? In another state or in the backstreets?

>Besides, even Ginsburg was against the Roe vs Wade ruling. S

Yes, for reasons in that the Supreme Court doesn't enact laws. She instead wanted congress to make it a federal protection. But look how thars going. Almost like she knew a shift in the courts can remove it easier than a passed law...

>Another one is that ee pulled out of the Iran Nuclear deal.

I Guess it's nice we made up for Regean decades later. I'll give him that

6E696365 | root | parent
> I like that now it is states that decide the abortion rules. I think that's as democratic as it gets.

Why do you prefer this over letting individuals decide for themselves? If the goal of democracy is to give power to the people, would this not be the most democratic option?