There's a famous photo of a Civil War veteran posing next to a fighter jet in 1955.
but allow people to redeem themselves
I'm all in favor of redemption: I need plenty of it myself.
And I could imagine someone with that sort of past being among the most critical of modernity. "When I was 18 why were all the adults in my life telling me I needed to 'find myself'? Why was one of the ways I could 'find myself' having sex with a stranger for money while other strangers filmed it? Why is that seen as a more 'respectable' path than getting married at 18 and starting a family?" And so on...
I'd guess it blew up because (as you mentioned in your original reply to me) she's been annoyingly critical of even the milquetoast "right". And based on other things she's said doesn't even seem to have "reformed" herself all that much.
The original analysis compared positioning of moles on her arms and face to the porn star's along with a comparison of other facial features like the indentation under her chin and the structure of her nose and cheek bones.
She also has photos of herself from when she was around the age she allegedly did porn posted on her twitter, which was what personally was put me over the line of "it's real" since they look like the same person.
But putting that aside, what I find objectionable is that both she and Yarvin were (allegedly) doing heterodox things in 2008, yet Yarvin remains persona non grata in "respectable" institutions while she isn't. And more people on the "right" will defend a former career in porn than would defend heterodox writings on political philosophy. Richard Hanania constantly has to repudiate his past pseudonymous writings.
Whores, no contest
They have to remake it for no other reason than it shows an America that no longer exists. And they'll cast it with a bunch of mystery meat actors/actresses of the sort who didn't exist until about 5 years ago.
He still comes off a bit as a dork who's trying to be personable. Most prominently on display with his (somewhat forced) laugh.
But if they win he'll have 4 years of being in the spotlight to hone that more.
Vance has the potential to be a political avatar for men born between 1982-1990. Has first-mover advantage, if he skills up a bit more on charisma he's there.
All else being equal you're right: it's none of their business.
20 years ago the right tried to make it illegal to collect this sort of data because it was "none of their business". The left screamed bloody murder about that, so it never happened.
Now your best bet is to make the data and categories meaningless. For everything else they want you to be able to choose your own identity, so if you most identify with your African ancestors from 50,000 years ago then who are they to say otherwise?
Trump is a once in a generation political talent. No one is like Trump, and if you compare anyone to Trump you will be disappointed.
As the old joke goes, "I don't have to outrun the bear: I just have to outrun you". As things are today he has good odds against the other people he'd be running against in 2028.
A lot of people seemed to be under the impression that he needed to divorce his wife and abandon his children once he became "based". Which is frankly nonsensical.
Even granting that his marriage was a poor decision made based on faulty beliefs he held in the past, he chose to enter into that sacred union, and he has a duty to God to honor his vow. That this is probably not easy is his cross to bear.
well, that's dumb
Yes, it is. So in addition to it being dumb I'd also like to make it meaningless and useless.
He's about the same age as I am and comes from a similar background as I do, so he is the most relatable and "normal" politician I have ever seen in my life.
If he's not genuine he's an extremely skilled fake.
African would also work in the Richard Dawkins "we are all Africans" sense the New Atheists tried to push 20-ish years ago to "debunk" racism.
I'd probably just put Native American. I was born here, and my family has been here long enough I'm not eligible for birthright citizenship anywhere else.
Probably also doesn't help (and he alludes to this but not in this way) that more people are getting their news from Elon's toy (twitter) than his toy (WaPo).
And Elon's rockets are in the news lately more than his, which probably doesn't help either.
> 2019
*20 years ago
Other thing I wonder about is whether these people actually want to fortify for Kamala.
These people have their own political ambitions and may not want to wait 8 years when they can wait 4 instead.
People should still vote as though they'll fortify, though. If nothing else, take some satisfaction in canceling out the vote of that one annoying shitlib you know.
The vaccine rollout where the FDA effectively stopped doing any semblance of review of safety and efficacy and pushed an approval of a novel therapeutic injection through in less than a year.
I think Elon is someone who wants to do good work that he can take pride in who would continue to do good work if the FAA didn't exist at all. But there are also a lot of people who just want to push slop through the process to make a quick buck. Unfortunately the regulatory system we have treats people like Elon the same as the people who just want to push slop.
But if you get rid of it so people like Elon can be unleashed, that doesn't mean there doesn't still need to be a way to discourage the people who want to push slop from hurting people with their slop and punish them when they do.
Unfortunately the only political options we are presented with are egalitarian solutions: the Reps want to unleash everyone like Elon should be unleashed, and the Dems want to put everyone on the same sort of leash as should be put on a slop-pusher.
Not being an egalitarian, I think we should use judgment as to whether someone should be on a leash or not.
Agreed but if you get rid of regulations you need to replace them with something that actually punishes people and organizations who cause harm.
If you don't do that then you get the 2020 vaccine rollout.
God willing and the creek don't rise.
In 2016 they (might have been NPR?) found the guy who ghostwrote The Art of the Deal for Trump and had him disavow Trump, talk about how crazy he was and how he shouldn't be President, etc...
Do things like California Rolls and Seattle Rolls not count as "regional versions" of sushi?
In retrospect "the Internet but for 130+ IQ Anglo academics" was the ideal. We just didn't realize it. Should have made the connection when the first sign of trouble was caused by the Internet opening up to 120+ Anglo undergraduate students.
This must be a very confusing time to be a "granola liberal". Though as we see time and again the "liberal" wins out over the modifier.
They never did quite figure out how to fit the vaccines into their worldview. I remember going to this brewery a couple years ago that also sold a bunch of naturopath stuff which demanded that everyone who entered either be vaccinated or wear a mask.