minnow

Right? Headline should really read "Trump admits Epstein list is real, defends some of the people on it."

Everything you just mentioned supports my assertion.

Did you get me mixed up with the other guy?

In my previous comment "good" is synonymous with "least bad" which apparently isn't obvious enough despite my previous clarification about the world not being black & white.

So no, when faced with multiple options, all of them bad, picking the least bad option ISN'T the same as picking the most bad option and therefore a person picking the least bad option can't reasonably be "shit on"

Because we all know the Eastern countries would NEVER adopt Western concepts, ergo the idea MUST be universal!

Case closed! Good job! You should treat yourself.

Meanwhile, OP (who is clearly, obviously wrong) must live in shame. Because there's just NO WAY they might be correct, and have stated facts that are easily google-able and even has a whole Wikipedia page with all these details with cited sources in the opening paragraph, like this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking

THAT WOULD BE SILLY

Voting FOR trans rights accomplishes nothing beyond making sure that trans people have rights.

Voting AGAINST trans rights undermines the freedom and safety of everyone.

I don't disagree about anything you said, just a quick note because it's a term that's worth understanding:

"Newspeak" is a concept based on the dumbing down of language in order to make communication more difficult and complex concepts almost impossible. It's not just new words or phrases. If it's not damaging our ability to think and communicate, it's not Newspeak. For this reason, "politically correct" alternatives (like "POC"), as well as increasingly specific terms (like "omnisexual" or "demi girl") don't qualify as Newspeak because they either continue the existing ability to think and communicate or enhance it by being more exacting about the concepts involved.

I'm not trying to be pedantic, it's just important to me that people understand what Newspeak really is because the fascists really are trying to implement it as a means of reducing resistance against them. My favorite example is "climate change" which was a term introduced by right wing think tanks to undermine the more accurate (and more alarming) term "global warming." And it worked.

Anyway, again I don't disagree with your points, so please carry on!

Not having a good choice doesn't excuse making bad choices.

It's --almost like-- we live in a world that not black & white and people have to make the best choices they can under the circumstances

Of all the other criticisms people have had of Newsom, you're only posting about his relationship with Israel. This suggests an ulterior motive or a bias on your part.

So you are saying that by not voting, you voted for everyone.

Literally not what they said. They said "supporting," which is different. One doesn't need to vote in order to support. But by giving equal support to all candidates, you bear some tiny responsibility for whoever wins regardless of whether the winning candidate is "good" or "bad."

Basically your abdicating control of your responsibility to everyone else, but that doesn't make you any less responsible for it.

I enjoyed the whole thing, but I also had a friend who had already seen it all help me adjust my expectations appropriately.

I think, with the proper expectations, it's not hard to enjoy anything.

There's an essay titled "Ur-Fascism" by Eco Umberto. It's available online for free, you can Google it. It might give you some good insight on the subject. It's mandatory reading, imo.