I see. Thanks for the info, dad.

The Ns are non-trivial, but I take your point.

The study is paywalled, but here’s the board of ANES - https://electionstudies.org/about-us/current-board-members/

I assume it means he’s good with his mouth.

Self-identified liberals wish harm on their political opponents at substantially higher rates than do conservatives. We’re doing something very, very wrong.

You start with the moral outrage. Then you can claim enemies. Then anything your enemies are backing becomes something that you cannot ever support.

And yet, the “smart” people are doing all of the plundering...

I don’t really understand your posture.

Vote for better candidates? Like who? Who have the democrats presented to us that has anything important or useful to say? Sanders came close, but he got absolutely wrecked by the party when they got scared.

I almost entirely agree with all of that. My only quibbles relate to the idea that taxes pay for things, but I pretty far from the consensus on this.

Totally, but so, too, are many democratic voters addled by ignorance. We just don’t care because they vote the “correct” way.

Right. There are no candidates who are representing my interests.

It is the party that exploits their desperation. It’s the party that screens nominees. It’s the party that pukes up the platform of fear and loathing.

I think “their own best interest” is probably not what you believe or want it to be. Not all interests are financial. Not all interests are even material.

There are plenty of perfectly smart people voting for republicans. The idea that smart people vote like you and idiots vote like “them” is a sick and self-defeating claim.

Exactly. Everyone can see when they are demographically represented. Every quote about “a black woman on the Supreme Court” undermined the inestimably qualified KBJ by making it sound like the only reason she was even considered was because she’s black.

Harris is a terrible candidate. Her primary campaign tanked early in the last cycle, and her public appearances as VP have been wholly underwhelming and uninspiring. Republicans have nothing to fear from a Harris campaign, not that that will stop them from pulling out every hate baton they’ve got.

Kastin Gerbler looks like the most boring couple of people in the universe. Aggressively boring. Like, “Stop, pleeeeease, I’m really bored already.”

The details in these posts seem to be disappearing!

Fava bean puree is up there with parsnip soup as a low-key entrant in the “what unsuspecting dish do chefs absolutely love?” category.