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NEWSFLASH: smug condescending arrogance after closing schools for a year is not a winning message. |
Truth, and I love you for saying it. The lives of the people in Red Virginia will get shittier under Youngkin and they will never figure out that they did it to themselves. I have enough money to buy my way out of any mess Youngkin creates, but they can’t say the same. Sure, put vouchers in place. It won’t be enough to cover private school tuition but I can more than afford the difference. Middle class Bob in western Loudoun? Not so much. Enjoy your defunded public school, Bob! |
If you don’t want us to think you’re dumb then stop pretending and just come out and tell us that “different opinion”. Which is it? You like status quo because you are doing ok. Screw everyone else. You are ok with systemic racism. It doesn’t hurt you so it’s ok. You don’t want to break the cycle of poverty. You think people are struggling because of moral failings. You think some races are inherently better than others. You want to restrict elections to make it different for some people to vote. You don’t like LGBTQ+. You do want to ban abortions. You want to force your religious beliefs on everyone else. Could be more than one. Or all? |
I thought you were trying to convince us you were smart and rational. |
You beautifully illustrated the point. Well done! |
I think the Rs figured out what the majority of people wanted here & that’s not dumb. I would like the Ds to do it more often. But politics is a pendulum and you can’t always win, either. |
Isn’t that where Liberty University is? Of course they’re going to vote for the conservative Evangelical guy. Their parents probably threatened they’d go to hell if they didn’t. |
I vote blue, but most of Youngkin's policies will be good for my family assuming that he can get them passed. We'll get a tax cut and it will likely be at the expense of services that we don't use. Maybe we'll get a voucher that we'll essentially just view as a deduction in tuition that we don't need. I'm assuming it will be up to the counties to figure out how to fund vouchers and schools, and I'm sure Fairfax will have an easier time of it than already cash strapped rural counties. Maybe the state will cover the expense, but again, cuts will have to come from somewhere to pay for it. Maybe he passes abortion restrictions, but Maryland and DC are 20 minute drives from here. I guess firearm restrictions could become even looser, but if someone wants to cosplay at being a gunslinger I'll just chuckle. |
What people wanted? Or maybe what they thought they wanted after manipulation and social pressure. I bet this will be a case study in the future. Dems are terrible at campaigning. |
Check, check, check. Straight down the list of Dem talking points. There is one party that seeks to segregate people into their little boxes and one party who has talked about poverty but done actually done nothing about it and it ain't the Rs. As for your #1, see above smug elitist posts. |
IMO they shot themselves in the foot by closing school. What an impact they made on so many people day in and day out for a year. I certainly hope it is a case study for the future. |
Don’t be afraid. Share this informed, rational “different opinion”. Or maybe you really are a sucker. |
It's hard for me to decide whether I take more joy in seeing a bunch of woke losers crying in their kale smoothies over a conservative victory, or a bunch of conservative losers who can't be bothered to wear a mask because "muh freedoms" crying in their beef smoothies over a liberal victory. Either way it's fun to watch |
They made informed, reasonable decisions based on the info we had and resources available. You think we have staffing issues now? Imagine if you forced teachers in last fall before the vaccine and as numbers were skyrocketing. Our schools (local, not state) didn’t just say F it and send kids back in. Sorry that pisses you off so much that you had to vote for a Trump Republican. |