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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I couldn't give less of a fuck what his political ideologies are.

It never even crossed my mind he was on the right nor that he would be on the left.

I will say, doing something for the greater good is a very leftist ideology, however doing something out of anger and vengeance would be more universal. Regardless of motivation, the thing he accomplished will (hopefully) be something that inspires change, specifically in regards to healthcare in the USA.

I'm not an American, and your healthcare, or lack thereof, isn't really my problem. That being said, I'm more left leaning, and I believe in social programs (like healthcare for all). I have government healthcare where I am and as someone on the lower end of the "economic ladder" let me tell you, it's pretty great. Sure, I might have to wait longer for some procedures, but if I'm upset about that, I can go to my GP and have my feelings checked.... for free.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

CEOs and healthcare officials will tighten security for a few months, judges will be hard on anyone who gives off even a whiff of copycat, and then some other outrage will come along and people will forget and nothing will change. Insurance practices will stay the same. At most, people will make this a second amendment issue, the government will pass some legislation about 3D printed guns, and our lives will all continue to get progressively worse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Serious question... If you believe in social programs then, wherever you are, what makes you "right leaning"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Actually, that's a typo. I intended to put left leaning, I thought I put left leaning, and reading it back a moment before seeing your comment, I noticed the error.

Whoops. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Problem more of a traditionalist

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

cultural perspectives. anti-LGBTQ stuff.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are you asking all of us? I'm personally a constitutionalist. That never used to be right-leaning, but it's now forced in that camp. Im also a staunch supporter of biological women's sports staying that way, and opening categories that incorporate trans men and trans women together in one. Much more interesting sporting that way anyway. Includes everyone, you'll see more trans men in sports (very few if none as of now) and you get to keep biological women sports as fair as possible.

Evil, I know. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sports forced me to what?

In my reply, I said I'm a constitutionalist. It used to be a thing that wasn't defined as right-wing, but whatever the new DNC left has become, they're the ones who are insisting constitutionalists are right-leaning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

sports forced you to lean right. thats what you said.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for answering... Personally my thought is that anyone should be allowed to compete in any sport they qualify for... Just add more league levels. Don't have to name them in a hierarchical way. Sort of like heavy weight vs feather weight... The competition is still going to be good because you've divided athletes by ability level, not something as arbitrary as sex or gender assigned at birth. If a woman or trans person can somehow compete with men (assigned at birth) in the NFL, I wanna see that shit. Sure you'd probably just end up with a league full of women, less talented men, and trans people, but at least they'd all be competitive in that league. Shit, maybe if there were some trans women or less skilled men in the "women's" leagues people might actually watch them. Idk... I'm definitely talking out of turn; personally I think organized sports are as bad for society as organized religion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

It's gets super convoluted at that point. Men and women who have switched genders by way of hormones is an easy solution. You can have the same league levels as we do now, not have to make up a whole bunch of new ones, and you keep women's sports for assigned at birth

To be clear, mens sports are usually open sports, they started being called men sports when women had to open up their own, but I think anyone can partake. They don't, because they lose, and it makes it not fun. So open categories aren't an answer. But a hormone competitions are a great one. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The only thought I had seeing that was "he was in the right".