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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·edit-29 months agoThey only had a majority on paper thanks to Manchin and Sinema. But sure, let’s blame them for falling to squeeze blood from a stone.
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months ago“Only democrats have agency” is an interesting trope.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-29 months agoYou’re gonna have to explain that one to me. Unless you’re trying to say Republicans aren’t evil robots who automatically oppose everything Democrats do, but that makes no sense.
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoI think it’s sometimes called Murc’s law. Part of it is blaming Democrats for things, but when Republicans are huge assholes accepting it as like just a force of nature. So like, democrats fail to pass a law to such and such. That framing ignores that Republicans took action to foil it. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/03/andrew-gelman-on-murcs-law talks about it a little. Or https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoAh, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agowhen the issue is assuming the radicalization of the Democratic Party’s platform? ya, or would you argue that republicans should be working to help democrats pass their legislation
They only had a majority on paper thanks to Manchin and Sinema. But sure, let’s blame them for falling to squeeze blood from a stone.
“Only democrats have agency” is an interesting trope.
You’re gonna have to explain that one to me.
Unless you’re trying to say Republicans aren’t evil robots who automatically oppose everything Democrats do, but that makes no sense.
I think it’s sometimes called Murc’s law.
Part of it is blaming Democrats for things, but when Republicans are huge assholes accepting it as like just a force of nature.
So like, democrats fail to pass a law to such and such. That framing ignores that Republicans took action to foil it.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/03/andrew-gelman-on-murcs-law talks about it a little. Or https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/
Ah, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.
when the issue is assuming the radicalization of the Democratic Party’s platform? ya, or would you argue that republicans should be working to help democrats pass their legislation