(04-26-2022, 04:41 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(04-26-2022, 09:55 AM)mikesez Wrote: What you're missing is, I don't care if why you're saying is true or not.  I care that the political temperature got high enough that Disney felt a need to pick a fight with the Republican party of Florida, and I care that the RPOF was petty enough to respond in a way that could increase my taxes.  What you're talking about is metaphysical.  I'm talking about real consequences.  

Sure there are kids out there who get abused or exposed to certain ideas too early.  It's terrible.  The bill that was passed is probably going to help reduce that, it certainly won't hurt.  But it passed in a way that made people who aren't pedophiles or groomers or anything like that feel attacked.  That's bad public policy, and now I'm in line to pay more taxes.  

I think you fundamentally misunderstand the role of government.  The government exists to always punish the one who does wrong, and sometimes commend the one who does right.  No more, no less.  It is not there to commend or punish ideas or statements.  Only actions.  It is not a forum where debates are won and lost.  It's just a place to punish the wrongdoers and uplift some of the people who have done right by their neighbors.

No. I'm not missing that, which is why I think you're a simpleton. Every single "reasonable" person that I know who leans left all suffers from the same problem: They would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. This Wimpy attitude is directly contributing to the destruction of our values and institutions. It's why our Covid policy was [BLEEP]. It's why our government is corrupt. It's why our media lies to us. It's why our science is compromised. It's why our rights are slowly trampled. Our immediate comfort takes precedent over the long-term success of our nation. Sometimes, the right thing is uncomfortable. Sometimes, you have to hear things you don't like. The cold hard reality is that, when you're all heading for a cliff, the first one to turn around is the most progressive.