Hodad

It takes a sociopathic level of empathy to look at ten thousand dead children and say "Well, they shouldn't have voted for Hamas." The fact is that most Gazans didn't vote for Hamas. Literally half of the people there today weren't even born yet, let alone of voting age. And Hamas never won a majority. They were supposed to share power, but seized control through violence and there hasn't been an election since. What's certain is that the indiscriminate murder of tens of thousands of Innocents will breed a bigger crop of terrorists, more resolute and more desperate--and that half the world will now think of as freedom fighters.

Ahhh, so it's Biden's fault because he didn't break Trump's deal with the Taliban and pour 20K young Americans back into Afghanistan. I'm sure you would have applauded that. In most ways, withdrawal was our next step, but the Trump administration actively excluded the Afghan government, dealing exclusively with and functionally returning control of the country to the Taliban. At the expense of everyone there who ever helped us. No, Biden didn't re-invade. But it's utter nonsense to blame him for the withdrawal that was 90% complete before he was sworn in. And no, your article from 2022 does NOT describe the proposed legislation, which actually RAISED the standard for credible asylum claims, making it harder to be considered. You've got it backward.

That's the most absurd lie you guys tell. Trump 100% abandoned the Afghans. He gave them to the Taliban the same way he'd casually abandon the Ukrainians to Putin. -- Well, I suppose he 90% abandoned them, leaving another mess for Biden to clean up. And the answer to the asylum question is both. People who didn't merit asylum should be rejected quickly. People who do merit asylum should be accepted quickly. Don't leave people in an undocumented status wandering around the country.

Genius!. Just give your adversaries whatever they want and then they won't be your adversaries anymore! Totally worked with Hitler, Mr. Chamberlain!

Again, your not remotely comparing the same things. Social studies, anthropology and even comparative religion all involve the study of other cultures and religions, yet none of them teach it claim or direct the "truth"of those religions. There are many public classrooms in the country where a student can learn what other cultures believe. There is no public classroom in the country that claim Muhammad is the one true prophet. And certainly no jurisdictions mandating such an indoctrination of students. You would not accept such a placement, would you? Of course not. Your argument is specious.

No, it's a Hail Mary. Essentially the same thing Trump did that the courts struck down. Very likely not legal and with be defeated again. That's why we need legislative action, not about half-baked executive scheme.

The expected detention and expedited asylum processes are DRAMATIC improvements over just letting seekers roam free for years. There was also, IIRC, a path to citizenship for the Afghans we abandoned.

There is no open border policy. That's pure fiction. The border is operating according to law, exactly as it did before COVID. And Republican-led bipartisan legislation to greatly improve border processes was spiked because denying the impression of a "Biden win" is more important to Trump than giving the country an actual win.

No, it was a significant piece of legislation, created with Republican leadership and bipartisan support. Progress is just politically inconvenient for Trump, so he had his lackies kill it. You bought the lies hook, line and sinker.

This post is about as stupid as it gets. No one in either of our countries has any ability to send Ukrainians to their death. But if a free people are going to fight for their freedom against a conquering tyrant, we can aid them by providing the equipment they need. It's you appeasing, capitulating cowards who would turn your backs on democratic allies begging for help, sacrificing their hope and liberty for another chance to kiss Putin's ass. You're not just on the wrong side of history, Mr. Chamberlain, you're on the wrong side of decency.

Because his application is still pending.

Confucianism is not really a religion, certainly not a deistic one. Some people would argue that it has elements of spiritualism, but WTF does that even mean? And I challenge you to find a single Confucius quote in any classroom anywhere that is religious in nature, let alone "government mandated" Confucius quotes. You're talking nonsense. What you are advocating is worlds apart. Night and day. Apples and watermelons. What you want is for the goernment to send explicitly and exclusively religious messages to every child, every hour, of every day about the "one true god." The truth is that you CAN understand the difference between these things. You are making specious arguments in and attempt to justify an end you desire, but you DO know the difference. Which is why you refuse to answer the theoretical about Muhammad.

Maybe Trump shouldn't have spiked the immigration reform bill? Oh, wait, that's right. The only way Republicans care about the border is as a campaign issue. Cynical, but effective.

I love that your solution for staffing and budget challenges with border immigration is to "punish" potentially millions of people with room and board for years at a time. Apparently that will be cost-free and unstaffed.🤣 Probably the proper response to misleading vividness posts like this is a story about an undocumented person saving someone's life or living quietly and productively as a valued member of a community. But, you know, nobody is scared of that...

My point is abundantly clear. As part of a unit of world cultures and religions, that's fine. Pluralism was never a problem. That's dramatically different. We belive/they believe vs you must believe. Can you not spot the difference? It does, indeed use the power of the government to literally force religious directives on children. That's literally and factually and explicitly what it does. And you are dodging the question about Muhammad because you KNOW that's the case. Christians can speak. The government can't speak to tell people to be Christian. Again, that's a HUGE difference? You can't tell the two apart?

Run on this issue? I don't think you understand this issue. This is not an undocumented immigrant who was released into the US. Ir really has nothing to do with immigration policy. Simply someone who eventually managed to evade capture on 1 out of 4 tries. But I don't expect the facts will deter Republicans from cynically exploiting this family's loss.

I dare you to answer the question honestly. And I have no idea what you are talking about, but are they "giving elders" to opportunity tell kids what they, the elders, believe, as part of a pluralistic study of religions and cultures in the world. Do they read Greek and Roman mythology? Hindu mythology? This is not even a particularly nuanced point. There is a massive, obvious difference between teaching kids that Christian mythology is ABC, Jews believe DEF, Muslims believe HIJ, etc. That is important information to understand that there are different cultures around the world who believe different things and here are the ways that those beliefs shaped those cultures. That is NOT promoting those religions as truth. It's simply teaching kids about other cultures.

Discussing comparative religion in an anthropological sense is academic and healthy. They are not teaching or promoting those religions. And yes, they very much ARE trying to convert kids-- or more accurately promote a singular religion at truth. And worse, doing it in schools, which are supposed to be reserved for the dissemination of true and valuable information. Imagine for a moment that the government of BFE (or wherever you live) passed a law that said that you would help fund the creation of posters that said "Muhammad is the one true prophet of god." And that these posters MUST be displayed in classrooms, and the your children and your neighbors' children and every little person in your province had to be exposed to that message all day, every day at school. Would you then argue that the government is not trying to indoctrinate or convert people? Would you support and cheer for that?

My expectations for you are already very low, but I think they may yet be too high. You're just chattering away without a cogent thought to share. It's a weird hobby.

Lol. No one can "require" anyone to believe or follow the 10 commandments. That's literally impossible. And it's also not what the establishment clause proscribes. The government should use taxpayer money to promote any religion. In constitutional terms, they should not further the establishment of said religion. The government should not force people to consume religious messages. Period. For lots of reasons evident with even a rudimentary logical exercise, but also in plain writing in and around our constitution. You simply cannot have freedom of religion in an environment in which the government promotes a religion. "Freedom of" and "freedom from" are two sides of the same coin, and have been since this nation was founded.

Unless you think you're a god, mindfulness isn't religious at all. It's simple introspection. Maybe look for a valid point to make.

No, they very much are codifying Christianity as the official religion of the state. They are using taxpayer dollars to promote a specific religious message from a specific religious text (KJV, I imagine)--one that explicitly rejects other gods--and forcing it to be displayed before children all day, every day at school. That's a farking bonkers, batshit crazy violation of the establishment clause. The crazier part is that they think they can get away with it. The worrying part is that with this court, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility. Any other court in the past century it wouldn't be a question, but this incarnation is political and perverse. That's why they're taking such a big swing.

🙄So they're not just violating the establishment clause by promoting one particular faith, but one specific version of the bible. Crazier still.

I've explained it pretty thoroughly. I can't understand it for you. When you use laws to shape society based on religious dogma rather than a rational compromise between liberty and harm, then you are building a theocracy. Oh, look. More hand waving, with nary an argument in sight. I think it's pretty clear that once a question goes deeper than a Fox news headline, you run out of new things to say. Hence the unsupported repetitions. Have you no thought behind your proclamations?

Other motivations like what? Lol Legislating that all children must consume your religious dogma, just like anyone else... What is the rational reason for restricting a seller from selling beer on Sunday? What is the rational reason for restricting a buyer from buying been on Sunday. What is the rational reason for impinging on their freedoms? -- Oh, that's right. There isn't one. It's because an old book told you so, and you believed it, so your forced them to live according to your beliefs. In that case, is there any belief you wouldn't or couldn't legislate? The obvious answer is that if you want to keep your version of the "Sabbath" holy, go for it, but when you try to force other people to live according to your superstitions you are going against the very reason this country was founded and the constitution upon which it is built. If you don't give respect, you don't deserve it. People who are uncivil and intolerant forfeit any expectation of civility and tolerance. Well, as long as you can just wave your hands and dismiss the establishment clause without even making an argument, then no worries!