• SpaceBar@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    So much of our government requires people to have ethical values. People like Thomas, Alito and Trump weren’t expected.

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      Those sorts were expected. The issue is congress willingly allowed the executive to slowly siphon away the vast majority of their power.

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      It’s disappointing because we really SHOULD have collectively, and historically, known better.

      Nobody told me this growing up, but I the actual American dream was that people could just be decent. We were wrong. And that’s why there’s no United to Stand on anymore. We need so figure it out.

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        One side is largely decent. The other thinks transgender people are pedophiles and attempt coups.

        • BuckFigotstheThird@lemmy.world
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          At the risk of sounding pedantic, it’s never “transgendered”. The “-ed” makes it a verb, and transgender is a descriptor, not a verb.

          Thank you, and have a lovely day/evening/whatever. lol