Hot, Bad & Unpopular Takes

[Virginiá]

Partisan gerrymandering and regional polarization are good things because they allow more people to be represented by people they agree with

That kind of defeats the whole purpose of elections. Forcing everyone into their own little social safe space where everyone agrees only worsens every single divide that plagues America.

I'd prefer if most districts were inside of the R+5 to D+5 range, and as square-shaped as possible.

It goes beyond that really. Partisan gerrymandering would also increase the number of 'safe spaces' for the party that controls redistricting beyond what they should normally have. Unsurprisingly, EC doesn't seem to acknowledge that.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

I'd prefer if most districts were inside of the R+5 to D+5 range, and as square-shaped as possible.

Those two goals heavily contradict each other.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Pro-Netanyahu people who constantly talk about Gaza based rocket strikes "as why Israel needs to deport Palestinians out of the Country" are just as dumb and racist as Pro-Trump people who constantly talk about MS-13 Gang attacks "as why the United States needs to deport Hispanics out of the Country".

[Lord Admirale]

We shouldn't outright ban "assault rifles"

[Dr. MB]

We shouldn't outright ban "assault rifles"

And assault rifles don't exist.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Boone, DeKalb, and Kendall Counties should be grouped into the Collar Counties, even though they lack a border connection with Cook County.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Laura Moser is a great candidate and I'm happy she gets to be in the runoff. I don't care about some racist remarks she made 20 years ago. Give me a break, people change!

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Although I would not support Luther Strange or Rick Saccone against a democrat under normal circumstances, I actually like them a lot as people, and find a lot of their policies a lot more bearable than 95% of Republicans out there.

[Burke Bro]

I think Mike Pence is secretly gay.

[YE]

Cenk Uygur isn't as bad of a guy as Atlas makes him out to be.

[RINO Tom]

Boone, DeKalb, and Kendall Counties should be grouped into the Collar Counties, even though they lack a border connection with Cook County.

This is indeed a very strange opinion.  DeKalb and Boone aren't even part of the Chicago metropolitan area, LOL.  If you're including Kendall, why not include McHenry and Kane...?

[Tartarus Sauce]

Boone, DeKalb, and Kendall Counties should be grouped into the Collar Counties, even though they lack a border connection with Cook County.

This is indeed a very strange opinion.  DeKalb and Boone aren't even part of the Chicago metropolitan area, LOL.  If you're including Kendall, why not include McHenry and Kane...?

DeKalb County is classified as part of the Chicago metropolitan area by the U.S. Census. Including Boone County wouldn't make any sense though since it's part of the Rockford metropolitan area.

[RINO Tom]

Boone, DeKalb, and Kendall Counties should be grouped into the Collar Counties, even though they lack a border connection with Cook County.

This is indeed a very strange opinion.  DeKalb and Boone aren't even part of the Chicago metropolitan area, LOL.  If you're including Kendall, why not include McHenry and Kane...?

DeKalb County is classified as part of the Chicago metropolitan area by the U.S. Census. Including Boone County wouldn't make any sense though since it's part of the Rockford metropolitan area.

Damn, you're right!  LOL, for some reason I thought it was only part of the CSA.  Either way, anyone who has been to DeKalb County would group it culturally with what lies to its north, west and south - not its east.

[_]

Pat Quinn should lose the AG Race if he wins the Dem Nomination. 

[OneJ]

I feel like renaming this thread. What do y'all think I should rename it as?

[Skunk]

I feel like renaming this thread. What do y'all think I should rename it as?

I think the current thread title is fine, but maybe something like Hot Takes is more appropriate.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I feel like renaming this thread. What do y'all think I should rename it as?

Bad/Unpopular Opinions

[Hammy]

I think Mike Pence is secretly gay.

[RINO Tom]

I feel like renaming this thread. What do y'all think I should rename it as?

Bad/Unpopular Opinions

True, the more prevalent adjective should always come first!

[America Needs R'hllor]

We should create two new island countries- one would be "Liberaliland" for all the authoritarian liberals who want to make anything they don't like illegal (the meat industry, circumcision, Kosher slaughter, cigarettes, pesticides, surrogacy etc), and the other would be Libertariland where anarchy would reign and the free marker would control everything.
(Mostly joking. But really, had an argument with some friends today and realized that if the world turns to this extreme authoritarian leftism in the next decades I might very well be a conservative eventually.)

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Libertariland where anarchy would reign and the free marker would control everything.

Free markers? I would have gone for heroine injections myself.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Libertariland where anarchy would reign and the free marker would control everything.

Free markers? I would have gone for heroine injections myself.

LOL. Though, free markers would more likely be on the second isle, if I had to make a guess...

[YE]

I like how the electoral college protects smaller states and OK with keeping it. Part of why I'm bothered when people bring up how Clinton won the PV.

In an ideal world there'd be pro-gun and pro-life and pro-choice and pro-gun control factions of both political parties.

The Maryland delegation of posters on Atlas are the best.

McDonalds is better than almost every fast food chain except for Chick Fill A.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

krazen and jfern are both 100% garbage posters who contribute nothing of value whatsoever and are in no way deserving of the love and worship they get from their bizarre cult followings and the mods.

[DFL]

State borders are incredibly arbitrary and don't warrant us having two Senators for each nor an electoral college