It's almost as if they are leveraging and exaggerating fear for their own gain.

You were awake when your elementary school teacher taught you about the American Civil War, and you didn't side with the resistance.

This is the standard that was applied when a few nazi flags showed up at convoy rallies. You either need to reclaim the cause for your protest, or admit that it actually stands for something else and then ask yourself if you want to be part of that.

Death penalty isn't necessary at all anymore, as there isn't any risk to society in keeping them imprisoned. In the past we were sometimes forced to execute because there weren't viable long term prisons. That's the only legitimate need for the death penalty to exist in my opinion.

I can't imagine it works as a deterrent given the psychopathic nature of these crimes.

I suppose it could bring some kind of peace to a victim of aggravated rape, that their rapist had paid the ultimate price so that would be nice. I'm not sure it works that way though or if it's a healthy coping mechanism.

Overall it feels like it should be a relic of the past.

There's actually a lot more bad choices but you never know about them because nobody cares.

Also, do you extend this level of courtesy to events that make your political opposition look bad? It's easy to find the energy and motivation when defending your team, but it rarely goes the other way.

I'm unclear if this makes it easier or more difficult to do an insurrection. What am I missing?

Basically COVID took a lot of vulnerable people who otherwise would have died of other "normal" causes over the next few years, so fewer of those vulnerable people are around now and it will take a few years to catch up back to what it was.

What do you think it would it look like if it did?

A COVID rebound over the next few years makes sense, but it would also make sense for that to be a little offset by undetected conditions, mainly cancer.

Seeing sports as a casual way to get exercise is fine on a personal level if you aren't an elite athlete, but you can't force that perspective on millions of people who enjoy competing or watching elite athletes compete. It's a weird take to want to rewire sports to accommodate a very small minority of people, most of whom wouldn't even agree with that perspective.

I've never used an iPhone, been a die hard android user since the beginning, but I might switch because of this. I don't care about AI and don't want it on my phone.