impartialobserver

I would it is mostly nature. I have an older brother who grew up in the same working class, poor, but very Conservative background. 4 of the 5 kids are/were heterosexual and yet he has always leaned towards men. Most of his female partners have been short, skinny, and flat chested. Small sample size and all but that is my two cents

Folks want affirmation not information. Affirmation comes with a certain style to it hence why Trump, Tucker Carlsen, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and Ann Coulter are popular.

What else do you call it? Passionate, adamant, outspoken.. and yet all they do is complain and whine via internet.. internet chat forums, facebook, twitter, tiktok. Now, do they actually spend a dime to help these causes that they are supposedly so passionate about? No. They spend nothing, they do nothing.

I see evidence of this on a daily basis. I swim in raw data all day. Not interpretations, not subjective opinions. My stuff looks like this. When we are asked about stuff like jobs in xyz industry, wages, unemployment, job postings, etc... if we give raw numbers, the glazed look comes on in 2 seconds on the best of days. They want passionate, opinionated takes on how the number went up due to this liberal/conservative, and so on. 3200100000001231000.....

Do you know why they charge so much? There is an answer and it is not because they simply want to screw someone over? Hint.... it has to do with what they pay employees after they retire.

I find in general that folks care more about style than substance.. hence why FOX NEWS is alive and well

Just an opinion and all but CA has too many community colleges and mid level institutions.

Well, I am just glad that he is not the governor of my state.

Did you not read this item, "I use it mostly out of habit."?

I will give this story one last time. Every time that I post on a forum... I get your response. When I was on the now-defunct amazon politics forum, I kept getting banned. Some less-than-brilliant individual would put down the bait and I would take it. Well, on the 9th (or so) time, I was tapped out of user name ideas and found this on a book review. I use it mostly out of habit. No one can be truly impartial. To not care about anything is not conducive to life.

California's budget issues pre-date any talk of reparations. I live 8 miles from the state and visit CA 3 or 4 times per year and have insight that few, if any, on here do. I think paying reparations is silly but their budget issues come back to two items.... public sector pensions and regulations on property management (being a landlord).

I find it interesting that politicos (those who comment on politics often) are such drama queens. Every news story is groundbreaking, earth shattering, apocalyptic. And yet in 2 or 3 days... this story will be proverbial back page news.

You asked and I answered with an honest response. It seems like a "you" problem.

Having some connections to the .org site... the owner, a diehard Conservative, would not monetize it with ad revenue. There is some value to this but it also signaled its end. Donors will tire of being asked to donate every single month.

Being that I will finally see them in concert in May 2023.. my flavor of the week is The Cure.

I have said the same thing in not such a succinct fashion as that of the OP many times. I spent summers in a very remote corner of eastern Idaho. No public utilities, no paved roads, and very limited phone service. Compared to my hometown, Boise, it was a step back in time. I got a unique insight into how life in the modern urban life is fairly easy. There is no grand oppressor to rail against but there is still this drive to rail against something, someone. I find it pointless to be a "slacktivist". Instead of desperately finding causes to fight for or against... I focus on my kids and my immediate life.

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well said

This is yet another reason that I love living in Nevada. Our political climate is mostly quite subdued. The lack of political drama, for the most part, is another reason to stay here.

It would appear that you were not a frequent visitor to liberalforum.org. The board's primary contributors were 10 Conservatives and 6 liberals along with 3 that did not fit either box (myself being one of them). 19 contributors is simply not enough.

Unilingual... means nothing to me. I do intend to visit Montreal one day. However, first up on the Canadian itinerary is Edmonton

Yes... in my thoroughly pointless discussions on liberalforum.org and liberalforum.net... quite a number of posters were insistent that drag queen story hours (or in my case.. 15 minutes) cause long term damage to children. As to what this damage is... they could never say or quantify.

Took my kids to a drag story hour once. Guess what? they were bored out of their minds and in the 18 months since that 15 minute event.. it has not been mentioned once. But.. but , it was traumatic. So traumatic in fact that they have not asked a single question about it.

exceedingly unpopular, I know, but the trans issue means absolutely nothing to me. Not for or against... just could not care less.

Discretionary pricing. There are certain groups that are perceived to have less discretionary income and so if you offer discounts.. it increases the probability of a sale. Older people are perceived to have less income due to being on fixed incomes (Social Security).