Because Davis was a grown adult when he started doing this, not a teenager or younger that is already much more likely to be a victim of violence.
I never said we shouldn't try to have a conversation, but there are situations where I cannot recommend putting yourself in harm just for the small chance of changing someone's mind. Davis decided to do that, but it's not everyone else's responsibility or duty to do the same.
Made the switch from Podcast Addict recently and I'm pretty happy. It's much more stable (especially with casting) and I like the queue system, but I do wish I had a bit more flexibility in applying download/update rules to whole categories instead of only one show at a time.
Do you have a solution to enacting progressive policy that doesn't require electing a bunch of Democrats to create, introduce and vote on said legislation?
The 20216 election was incredibly close. It doesn't take much to influence the final result with narrow margins, especially when considering our archaic voting system which significantly over-represents less populated areas (i.e. changing a few hundred votes in one district can be more influential than another district with 10x as many voters if all of those voters are more politically consistent).
The counter to this is the belief / rumor that studios have been hoarding unproduced scripts for years to prepare for exactly this scenario. One of the big complaints of the WGA is getting rid of "mini rooms" where a few writers put together scripts for an entire season, but those writers are not retained throughout the rest of production.
It would be very easy to use this system to intentionally create scripts that only a few people know about and don't need to be paid in the future if that project eventually moves forward.
I am not sure how to interpret "no more influencers" as anything but the primary upside.
Mostly that's a joke, but to be clear I do acknowledge that the same model that supports 'influencers' which I don't watch, also support creators that I do watch. On the other hand, most of the creators I care about already don't rely on ads, but accept donations via Patreon or equivalent, so maybe it wouldn't change anything after all!
So weird to suggest leaving NATO as the solution to other participants allegedly not contributing their fair share. I guess this is one of those "take the ball and go home" compromises I've heard about?
When the "something worse" is literal fascism, there are no other choices. Stopping fascism is more important than any progressive agenda item because those agenda items will never happen with fascists in power.
What progressive legislation that Congress passed has Biden vetoed?
there are no particular rules that can prevent fascism
100% truth. Democracy cannot defend itself against actors that don't agree with the common principle of following the law, and fascists by their very nature don't acknowledge any law buy physical might.
I admire your compassion and empathy.
But I think you are missing that the people Darryl talked to had to also be open to that conversation in the first place.
Moreover, the physical risk in that approach is quite high and the level of violence in the modern GOP's rhetoric has just continued to ratchet up every year. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend the same approach in this situation. Most of the people that we'd need to replicate what Davis did are in no position to put themselves in that kind of situation--and presumed allies like myself can only do so much.
Maybe I am just am ignorant American, but Joe is Johnson at all comparable to Trump in terms of overthrowing democracy? I don't recall anyone storming Parliament or Boris claiming any elections were rigged.