“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become” - Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
it’s seasonal lads
IT’S SEASONAL AGAIN LADS
[Caption: ending scene of the film Hogfather, where Death talks to his grandaughter Susan:
Susan:
You’re saying that humans need fantasies to make life bearable.
Death:
No. Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.
Susan:
With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?
Death:
Yes. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
Susan:
So we can believe the big ones?
Death:
Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.
Susan:
They’re not the same at all!
Death:
You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest
powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and THEN show me one atom
of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet… you try to act as if there
is some ideal order in the world. As if there is some… some rightness
in the universe by which it may be judged.
Susan:
But people have got to believe that, or what’s the point?
Death:
You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become?]
Yeah, maybe don’t shit on someone’s political stances WHEN YOU HAVEN’T BOTHERED TO READ WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE?
Also. Raw bones here. If he’s actively pushing for laws that keep LGBATIQ folk from being discriminated against, laws protecting gay marriage and the right of same-sex couples to adopt, laws that make conversion therapy illegal and champion trans rights, do you truly care about what he might “really” think more than you care about all that? If he’s not letting any personal biases he MIGHT have impact the policies he’s encouraging congress to write and then agreeably signing into law?
You’re just going to look at all the bullshit Trump has pulled and say, “Well I’m not willing to risk that Biden doesn’t mean it what he says when he says he’s going to try to enact laws that will protect queer folk, so I’m fine sticking with a president who is actively out to destroy as many legal protections they have as possible” ???
“He’s taking a risk by publicly supporting a marginalized group, but he couldn’t possibly be serious. No, he’s just harming his chances for no reason, obviously! Now, time to throw away my vote and let the fascist guy turn the country into a dictatorship…”
yes hello hi! this is Joe Biden officiating a gay marriage. Joe Mahshie and Brian Mosteller, long time White House Staffers asked the then Vice President (this is 2016) to marry them. It was the first wedding (and only as far as I know) Biden had ever officiated, he had to get a special temporary certification to do it in DC. This picture (and the Wedding) is at the Naval Observatory in DC, the official home of the Vice President, to date there’s not be a gay wedding at the White House.
Besides being a nice personal story there’s a reason Mahshie and Mosteller asked Biden to marry them. Joe Biden came out for gay marriage before Obama. In May 2012 Biden went on meet the Press and voiced support for gay marriage. It was the middle of an Election year, at that point NO! candidate for President or VP had ever supported full marriage. Obergefell v. Hodges which would legalize gay marriage nation wide was still 3 years away. Many in the Obama White House were enraged at Biden for “jumping the gun” and “forcing Obama’s hand” With his Vice President and running mate on the record as for gay marriage Obama had to also come out for gay marriage latter that same week. I don’t know what would have happened had Joe not told the truth on Meet the Press, but I think many Obama aids wanted to wait till after the election to say it publicly.
“It stops tyranny of the majority!!” - first, what does that even mean, second, this is a DEMOCRACY and in a DEMOCRACY the majority should rule (**remeber that when the Founders said tyranny of the majority, there were a small wealthy elite calss versus literally all of the rest of America)
“but without the EC, candidates would ignore rural areas!” - they already do that
“they’ll only focus on big cities/states to get votes!” - they already do that and also why do you think Swing States are a thing? Because the EC locks literally every other state regardless of what the actual proportion of voters in them is
“(some other argument saying Candidates otherwise will ignore everyone else)” - They Already Do That
“It’s the only way every state gets a fair say!” - The EC is based off of the number of house and senate seats a state has. it’s like 98% affected by population That’s Not A Fair Say. it’s literally just a math thing
“the electoral will always vote with a state” - there’s literally a supreme court case (Chifalo v Washington) about 3 electoral college voters Not Doing That
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
