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Sigh, there's a little bit of good news among all this fuckery...

House passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decades, bill will next go to Biden for signature

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/24/politics/house-vote-bipartisan-safer-communities-act/index.html

Now that the House has passed the bill, it will go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of the most contentious policy issues in Washington. The Senate passed the bill in a late-night vote Thursday.
The measure includes millions of dollars for mental health, school safety, crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
 
It also makes significant changes to the process when someone ages 18 to 21 goes to buy a firearm and closes the so-called boyfriend loophole, a victory for Democrats, who have long fought for that.
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17 minutes ago, Californication said:

So the Republican Supreme Court essentially says states cannot restrict gun laws i.e. New York at the same time they says that states have the right to restrict abortion.

Trash. #Why do Republicans Hate Children

New york was blatantly disregarding the constitution... the two are in no way similar... despite your false equivalency.

#why are democrats so fucking stupid

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48 minutes ago, Driftwood said:

In fact overturning roe was a genius move... only one day after a ruling lessening gun restrictions.

you democrats are so easily led by the nose, you already forgot in mass what happened yesterday,

#why are democrats so fucking stupid

Keep it civil, clean up the language and stop the insults. 

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1 minute ago, MrWunderful said:

Driftwood is mad because he sent his life savings to Trump 😂😂😂 

 

You do realize Abortion is still going to be legal in over half the states right? Lol

 

”you democrats” 😂😂😂

 

 

They're just getting started. 

And really the saddest thing after all the damage these rulings are going to directly cause people, is that the rule of law is a joke. There is no consistency to these rulings and they are politically driven to bring out Republican voters. 

These people hate America.

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12 minutes ago, Driftwood said:

Before you start pointing the fingers at republicans, or me... for being a republican.

Anarchist here... both parties get it wrong, but democrats fail far more often.

Breaking News: Guy who mislabeled me as a Democrat asks not be be mislabeled as a Republican. 

Sorry guy. Democrats are too centrist for me. But you do you, ya little anarchist! Great ideology btw, it was really interesting to me when I was in Junior High.

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2 minutes ago, CodysGameRoom said:

Breaking News: Guy who mislabeled me as a Democrat asks not be be mislabeled as a Republican. 

Sorry guy. Democrats are too centrist for me. But you do you, ya little anarchist! Great ideology btw, it was really interesting to me when I was in Junior High.

Nobody was talking to you.

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I had to ask my wife who was who, re: Democrats and Republicans. Both sides are apparently further right-leaning than the middle here in Canada, and that's about all of the conversation I could even stomach. I'm not a politics guy.

Look guys, this is a video game forum. We have this and a few other "Everything Else" threads that we've debated just full-on removing and saying "No more politics talk this is a video game forum" but we've left the threads up because we know some people only really talk online on this site and sometimes people need a voice.

But if your reason for visiting this site is solely to pop into politics threads and stir up shit it really doesn't matter what side of the lane you're on, half the time I don't even know what your ridiculous American nomenclature means. People don't volunteer on a video game forum so they can moderate hot topic politics threads. 

I'm not a "put my foot down" guy by any stretch, I'm just sharing openly and transparently - if we have to revisit the "maybe we shouldn't have a politics thread" conversation again there's a pretty high likelihood we just close it up and say it doesn't belong here. I sincerely want to see as little censorship and removal as possible. But y'all seriously need to be way more civil.

Warnings, specifics around what gets you one or not, etc. aside -> everyone be civil, stop attacking each other, or you'll soon see these avenues for discussing spicy topics removed. 

Please no more "democrats this" or "republicans that". By and large it's a vast spectrum of beliefs, and unfortunately the two party system makes it very "us v. them", while you're all surely more varied than that.

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4 minutes ago, Gloves said:

Both sides are apparently further right-leaning than the middle here in Canada

Yeah, it's funny how people call Democrats "communist" or "left-wing socialists." A friend of mine in Scotland said, "To me, the Democratic party is right wing, and the Republican party is fucking terrifying."

He's not wrong.

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Just now, Tulpa said:

Yeah, it's funny how people call Democrats "communist" or "left-wing socialists." A friend of mine in Scotland said, "To me, the Democratic party is right wing, and the Republican party is fucking terrifying."

He's not wrong.

Common sense is much stronger in other countries, than in the USA. 
 

Well, I for one enjoyed our democratic republic while it was here. 

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2 minutes ago, Driftwood said:

Get rid of the thread, it only festers animosity.

Disagree. It's important to be able to exchange ideas and viewpoints. We should be able to do all that civilly. And for the most part, people here are civil even if they strongly disagree with others.

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3 minutes ago, Driftwood said:

This is a video game forum, politics is discussed openly everywhere else. that should be enough for you.

this thread has only ever ripped people apart!

Just sayin'.

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