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Nothing can possibly go wrong (Part 3: The Rest)

So funny thing.  When I started this… god, was that 3 weeks and change ago?  I had figured I’d talk about the cross section of Immigration and Welfare.  But y’know what, basically all things Immigration related come down to a fact and knowledge gap.  Unless you’re in a step by step dialog with someone, the conversation needed to sway them on the matter looks incredibly lopsided and strawman-ish, because basically you have to posit every response, then say

“Why do you believe that?”

Nothing can possibly go wrong (Part 2- Guns)

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Much has been made of the exact wording and even the punctuation of this sentence.  But that doesn't mean too much- that's how lawyers work, the exact wording of a thing is the material of your trade there.

Nothing can possibly go wrong (Part 1- Abortion)

So I try to make a conscious effort into tricking Facebook and other feeds into seeing the bulk of my list. I mean, I intentionally keep the circle small y'know? And half of the people on it are dead or near-dead accounts best as I can tell.

So I've found that my feed mostly doesn't have what you'd call Movement Conservatives- that is, the sorts of folks who toe the Republican Party line on economics, foreign policy, the shebang. Instead, you can boil down Republican support to four main issues.

So there's this song in Avenue Q...

There's a story that's been on my mind since... well, roughly November 10th, let's be real. Nothing I find interesting happens much in my daily life, and I hate posting links or memes unless I can add further context to them, so if I post at all it will tend to be related to political philosophy.

But, story time.