Political rants

@mirai_k Okay, again. Allow me to reiterate. Nationalism (An ideology I still have problems with) is NOT inherently racist. I NEVER SAID IT WAS. EVER. If you want to know where the white nationalist brand came from, look up interviews with Richard Spencer. There's one where he is asked "Why not just call yourself white Supremacist." He goes on and explains why he chose white nationalist. I won't link it because apparently every source ever is leftwing or right wing propaganda. So find it yourself.

@verucassault I'd support an organized mass write-in candidate if I feel they are the best person for the job. I typically vote for 3rd party and independent candidates when possible if they seem like good people for the job. Imo, voting for the duopoly (two major parties) is only proving Einstein's definition of insanity. Unfortunately 2020 was the worst year I've seen for presidential candidates overall including 3rd party/independents. There was one rather interesting character in the race though (but I did NOT vote for this guy): Zoltan Istvan https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-zoltan-istvan-cyborg-running-against-donald-trump-for-president/ That said, while I despise a lot of politicians, when it comes to regular people I don't hold their political views against them and I know people who are republican, democrat, libertarian, and communist too. I'll debate politics if someone wants to, but I don't take disagreement on issues personally and don't get mad at people over it either, it's not worth it.

The thing is, it doesn't matter if all the people doing write-ins agree on which candidate to go with so long as its not someone on the ballot. The point would be to sacrifice 4 years to send a message, a small price to pay for having been voting for 20 on the duopoly (IMO of course).

@chocopyro Sorry for the misunderstanding, but when you said "And no, the term White Nationalist was originally just another rebranding that they used to describe their beliefs because fascist and white supremacist carry a certain undesirable stigma. White nationalist was just more palatable." it sounded like you were saying that White Nationalist originally meant White Supremacist but was rebranded aka redefined to current modern dictionary definitions because that made it more palatable. But apparently that wasn't the case. Also, I forgot to say this before, but I found what you said about lead paint causing learning problems in minority communities to be very interesting. It may explain a lot of things. I know old lead paint can be a hazard once it flakes, but I haven't heard it mentioned in years so I never thought about it in this context before. If you got a link to some info on it I'd like to learn more about it.

@nebelstern I am curious, where is the stuff about "America is for Whites" and "The US must not only maintain the dominance of European culture in its society..." coming from anyways? As a White person, I don't personally know any other White person who thinks that way. Sure, there are hate groups out there, but every race has those and they are definitely in the minority of the population.

Eh, that's why I don't do content writing. I never make my point easy to discern at a glance thanks to my nonlinear thought process. Nationalism: Old term. Still means what it means. White Nationalism: Term coined by Richard Spencer to mean a variation of fascism where in the end goal is a white ethnostate. Those are the people who marched through the streets of Charlottesville with tiki torches chanting "jews will not replace us" among other things. The majority of Trump Thumpers have nothing to do with those guys, and I never meant to insinuate otherwise. There's plenty of information out there about the hazards of lead paint. Oftentimes Urban Explorers tend to be the first to bring up awareness of it, since they are usually venturing into decaying infrastructure. So exposed asbestus and lead powder are something they have resources on. Although it's mostly in the context of what should you do if you come into contact with it, not the longterm societal ramifications of non-derilict structures crumbling apart while people are still living there. A guide written by an urban explorer on decay hazards: https://www.veganvictuals.com/even-more-abandoned-staten-island-an-idiots-guide-to-the-health-hazards-of-urban-exploration/

@kameiya I agree with ya on the election fraud. It's been around for a long time, but in 2020 it was taken to a whole new level with mail-in fraud. I once worked for a place and did some mass-mailings so I know it works. All you need is a political operative driving the bulk mail delivery truck to and/or from a USPS bulk mail center plus someone to meet them at the side of the road and they could swing a HUGE number of votes over time by throwing out large numbers of votes from zip codes that tend to vote mostly one party. Gerrymandering has been around a long time, is abused by both sides, and has yet to be properly addressed. Voting should req. photo ID. As for those who claim there's a problem with requiring photo ID, I find it interesting that there was never anywhere near this much opposition to photo ID for Banks, getting a job, driving, getting a passport, and buying cigarettes, booze or guns. The photo ID opposition is all about politics ofc. They also need to clean up the voter rolls too. My ex-wife moved away several years ago yet I saw her listed on the voter rolls this month. It's probably not hard to get info on who has moved out of an area in recent years and with that info someone can easily use the new mail-in voting fraud system to vote on behalf of every one of them.

Agree with you on the gerrymandering. I live in area 15. That exists for no other purpose than to dilute a very purple state with how it strategically wraps in neighborhoods in southern Columbus, the college town of Athens, and parts of circleville way to the west... Yeah, dismantle that shit. Free and fair elections. https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/ca899479650e96005da3c557e31b6f1652f382ad/c=0-133-519-523/local/-/media/2014/12/20/Cincinnati/Cincinnati/635546863536842813-Ohio-congressional-districts.jpg?quality=50&width=640