Originally posted by: tom
I would like the following questions to be answered, but they must be answered as a yes or no. No long winded non-answers allowed.
Are you in favor of packing the Supreme Court
Are you in favor of the filibuster?
Are you in favor of a nationwide mask requirement?
Are you in favor of no bail laws that criminals to go out & repeat their crimes?
Do you support the 2nd Amendment?
Are you in favor of fracking?
Are you in favor of the Green New Deal?
Are you in favor of illegal immigration?
Are you in favor of caravans of illegals being allowed in the country?
Are you in favor of illegals being given free social benefits?
If the Democrats tax increase does not bring in enough revenue, will you support taxes on the middle class?
Tommie-poo demands answers!!!! He also dictates the form those answers must take.
Very well. My profession is education, so I have a concomitant obligation to educate the ignorant.
1. I am not in favor of "packing" the Supreme Court, which is why I oppose Trump packing the Court with three rabidly conservative judges within a single, short four-year term.
2. I think the filibuster is a relic. However, it is not up to me to decide whether it should be allowed.
3. I am indeed in favor of a nationwide mask requirement, just as I am in favor of speed limits and seat belt requirements. Common sense + common decency.
4. The question about bail is presented in illiterate form, but Tom should be made to understand (somehow) that bail is offered to suspected criminals who have not yet had their day in court.
5. I support the Second Amendment as worded, which means that the people have the right to form a militia but not, for example, that they have the right to amass an arsenal in their basements. Or stand at a polling place brandishing an AK-47.
6. I am in favor of fracking when, like other forms of fossil fuel extraction, it is subject to strict environmental safeguards.
7. I am generally in favor of the Green New Deal, as we absolutely must move away from fossil fuels and toward sustainable and renewable energy sources, and SOON.
8. I am not in favor of "caravans of illegals being allowed in the country," but perhaps Tom would be comforted by the fact that that has never happened.
9. I am in favor of illegals being given free social benefits if the cost of not doing so is ultimately greater--for instance, allowing vs. denying them medical care. Like during a pandemic.
10. The "Democrats' tax increase" (I have helpfully fixed Tom's punctuation) has been specifically stated to be targeted toward corporations and the wealthy, reversing Trump's gift to those people, and that is what I support.
There, Tommie-poo! I've treated you like a reasonable human being and provided answers to all your questions! Now please respond by saying something insulting, inaccurate, or stupid!