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It's just the set of tools that he brings to the park with him every day.... if he's on in all facets (as he was at the end of the last season), he's capable of being the straw that stirs the drink. At least outside of the pitching department anyway. Definitely not coincidental that their game picked up when he came back and started performing.

The other part of this is that a lot of "Politics Twitter" types have a network and brand that is heavily reliant on that social media network and it's viability, and the decline of that app is bad for business for these folks. So there's probably a bit of motivated reasoning involved in their framing of why people might abandon the app. Something worth thinking about

https://awfulannouncing.com/twitter/mina-kimes-denies-bluesky-liberal-echo-chamber.html The whole piece is interesting (and should probably listen to the podcast that Kimes did that it references), but I found the point made by Mina Kimes of ESPN to be really on point: I think for a lot of non-political actors (ie. people in the sports world or other areas of interest) who rely on social media, the rage bait, engagement bait and misinformation of X really inhibits their work and explains some of the departures. That's the part that I don't think the Nate Silver types get.... a lot of sports journalists would like to generate content without engendering all the ancillary bull**** (ie. bots, incendiary commenters, etc.) that comes with maintaining a Twitter account these days. It's nothing more than a market shift, capitalism at work.

Really accurate just stopping there.... Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I like reading things for myself and not just letting AI do all the work.

How many callouses on these hands?

Would hazard a educated guess that transgendered individuals are more likely to be assaulted in every setting compared to those who aren't.

If someone is a rape victim but believes that the Holocaust didn't happen.... does that mean that that person's opinion should just be accepted at face value, no questions asked? Just trying to follow the logic here... someone correct me if I'm wrong.

In the early 20th century, it was the Italians, Poles and other Eastern Europeans.... it was the Germans before them, and then the Irish before them. In terms of being amongst the 'other', being gay was unforgivable until not long ago.... 50-60 years ago, people could marry people outside of their race. We had the "red scare" back in the 1950s. And obviously our history with Civil Rights and Women's Suffrage... I love this country, and we have a history of figuring this stuff out in the end.... but the struggles are all very predictable. Because we do it to ourselves over and over again.

Brendan White took a hard fall too....

This is all such a big moral panic. Again, a non-trans male could easily breach any restroom at any Walmart or Target in the United States without being noticed, and yet because of how ****ty our politicians are (particularly the one soon to be inaugurated), here we are arguing over this as if it's the most pressing issue facing the United States right now. Has there been a single documented case of a trans person accosting someone in a restroom? Has there been one? It's an honest question, but would not be surprised if the number is zero or very close to it.

This is all macro level...

Go to the bathroom, it will be OK?

Mace is also a performance artist whose entire MO since entering Congress is finding new ways to draw attention to herself. It's hilarious to see how people will wrap themselves around the axle going after the Eric Swalwell types in the D Party who will then turn around and take Nancy Mace at face value.... they are literally cut from the same cloth. It's horrible that she had to endure being raped; it just doesn't change the nature of who she is and the persona she has cultivated in her official capacity. And criticism of that is completely fair game.

Pretty sure the bluechecks are the ones obsessed with other people's genitalia on Elon's iteration of the app

You would acknowledge that a non-trans male could easily breach any restroom at any Walmart or Target in the United States without being noticed, correct?

Also, some of us who aren't die-hard Rs change our own oil and do most of our own car repairs, do our own projects around the house and have worked in physically demanding environments. Has Trump installed a ceiling fan in his life or switched out the alternator in his car? Or changed a flat tire? Hell, has he even driven a car in the past 30 years???

At the micro level (ie. not considering how we differ on actual policy), most all of us want the same things out of our lives as those we disagree with on this stuff.

Also would rather have my kids be in a bathroom with a trans person than the President-Elect's first nominee for AG

Don't remember this at all because it didn't happen... Also a little disappointing to see, after all the effort put into trying to have a good faith conversation the other day on this subject, you just come out and completely mis-characterize all of it. Hard to engage in good faith like this.

Generalizations for me, not for thee.... it's the postmodern conservative way.

To be clear, your position is that generalizing about people is OK? Per your opinion above, Joe Biden making a generalization about people is OK. Just trying to follow your logic.

Is this garbage really necessary?

Conservatism is basically a post-modern concept these days for sure

I would argue that being very much against public funding being used in an unaccountable fashion to go to private institutions is actually the conservative position.