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This wasn't how I expected the thread to go when I posted that news...

Quiet you. This has been both the most civil and most engaging string of posts in this thread in years...

So..."have a nice weekend" will be...deceptively sincere from now on...?

This seems like a weird hill for either side to die on.

Deceptively weird hill.

This seems like a weird hill for either side to die on.

Deceptively weird hill.

an athlete that is “deceptively quick” is quicker than they look (usually that’s a descriptor for a white guy)

Probably scrappy, too.

an athlete that is “deceptively quick” is quicker than they look (usually that’s a descriptor for a white guy)

Probably scrappy, too.

Really buys in. Glue guy

I'll be honest, the last 18 months has pretty much taken me off the Republican reservation. Which is a shame, because most of the Republicans and conservatives I know are fully vaccinated and don't buy into this idiocy.

I've said this before, but the older I get, the more I realize that I loathe stupid, unintelligent people of all political stripes. It's honestly refreshing interacting with people on here (usually) because you can all hold your own intellectually. And I think it's why I've drifted to the center over the years... A natural reaction to the increasing extremism and polarization on both sides. Yes, I know this issue specifically is mainly one side.

But yeah...my vote counts just as much as the stupid horse dewormer/antivax people and the blue haired gender fluid moonkins on Twitter. So that's great.

I've never held less hope for the future of the country. All I can do is raise my children to be good citizens and good people and protect them any way I can. What else can you do? It's not worth the stress/crippling anxiety to follow the news anymore.

Nearly half of all new U.S. gun buyers since the start of 2019 were women, according to new data, a tremendous shift in the historically male-dominated market.

Preliminary results from the 2021 National Firearms Survey obtained by The Wall Street Journal found that an estimated 3.5 million women in the U.S. became gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021. In that same period, 4 million men became gun owners.

Past surveys have found only about 10 to 20 percent of gun owners were women.

Almost half of new gun buyers women: research
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/57256 ... n-research

Nearly half of all new U.S. gun buyers since the start of 2019 were women, according to new data, a tremendous shift in the historically male-dominated market.

Preliminary results from the 2021 National Firearms Survey obtained by The Wall Street Journal found that an estimated 3.5 million women in the U.S. became gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021. In that same period, 4 million men became gun owners.

Past surveys have found only about 10 to 20 percent of gun owners were women.

In addition, the NSSF conducted retailer surveys last year, and those indicated that in 2020 as many as 40% of gun sales, or 8.4 million, went to people purchasing their first firearm. Another survey released just last week by NSSF look at gun sales so far in 2021, and 33.2% of buyers, or 3.2 million, were first-time buyers. The total number of guns in the USA is now estimated as at least 434 million, or enough to give a gun to everyone in the country with 100 million left over.

While I am amused by the thought exercise, I think with MTG you have a situation akin to AOC. The latter does not, as of today, have the ability to win a statewide election in New York. Similarly, I do not believe, as the Republican caucus is comprised today, that MTG could win an election for Speaker.

But I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they voted for Trump as Speaker. There's no requirement that the Speaker be a Member.

Would that be reversed though? Like it was "deceptively complex"

While I am amused by the thought exercise, I think with MTG you have a situation akin to AOC. The latter does not, as of today, have the ability to win a statewide election in New York. Similarly, I do not believe, as the Republican caucus is comprised today, that MTG could win an election for Speaker.

But I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they voted for Trump as Speaker. There's no requirement that the Speaker be a Member.

Dems remained highly centrist even after the squad came on to the scene. Since MTG was elected, the official platform of the GOP veered to align with her “politics”. Whether or not Trump is responsible isn’t relevant. He would support her over McCarthy or even Stefanik. So it would be hers.

This is not a symmetrical situation.