• retrieval4558
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    9 months ago

    Until the Dems block a supreme court vote and steal a justice, significantly altering the course of American history and jurisprudence, you don’t get to both sides this particular issue.

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      9 months ago

      Sure I do, bad move + bad move =/ good move. You can’t justify one party’s bad act just because another party’s act is worse.

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          9 months ago

          When in doubt, just block the vote you’re afraid of losing.

          Is used by both parties all the time, instead of getting it to the floor and getting it passed or rejected. So you can’t accuse one party of doing it for the bill you want to be passed without acknowledging the same is being done by the other party for the bill you don’t like.

          @retrieval4558@mander.xyz tried to dismiss the argument by showcasing all the bad things that were done prior to this bill to justify not bringing the bill to the floor vote by one party, by condemning the identical act by a different party.

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        9 months ago

        Ok, but you also can’t pretend both parties do it on the same scale when the scales are vastly different or entirely one-sided.

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          That’s my point. The scale of the bad act shouldn’t even be a factor to be able to condemn all bad acts. After that, you can compare which side is better or worse. But this apologizing, justifying and moving the baseline to one side is at the core of two party politics.

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            9 months ago

            You stopped replying further down the thread as soon as your argument was refuted so I’m not going to waste my time on this