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If I ever get Raymond in my town and try to sell him on this site, I would ask for one red pinwheel collectible or one weird doll collectible. Price can’t be negotiated.
 
Out of all of the Disney villains, I felt that Scar was the best in terms of villain development. He’s evil in almost every way.
 
It wouldn’t be fair to call a party “evil” since that would make me sound biased, but I truly see evil in the Democrats now. They’re voting down Republican and bipartisan bills on Coronavirus and relief to make the Republicans look like selfish, uncaring idiots, but in reality, they’re the ones that are not caring for the people. If they win the 2020 elections, this country is done for. But if the Republicans win back control of the House and maintain control of the others, America will still live.
 
Alolan_Apples said:
It wouldn’t be fair to call a party “evil” since that would make me sound biased, but I truly see evil in the Democrats now. They’re voting down Republican and bipartisan bills on Coronavirus and relief to make the Republicans look like selfish, uncaring idiots, but in reality, they’re the ones that are not caring for the people. If they win the 2020 elections, this country is done for. But if the Republicans win back control of the House and maintain control of the others, America will still live.
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we have totally opposite political views but what makes you think that? The Wisconsin Supreme Court (R majority) literally blocked a request made by the governor for the primaries to be delayed because of the pandemic. as far as I know, Dems in Congress and in states have been advocating for mail-in voting only for the November election if the pandemic doesn't get any better by then. This is to save lives. people shouldn't have to risk their lives to vote.

Dems are basically reinforcing the notion that we need a greater and more reliable social security safety net for situations like these. That means possible universal health care (which not all essential workers now even have) and mandatory paid sick leave for all employers. The reason why our economy is falling so hard right now is that we don't have any of these protections in place with the necessary funding because Republicans keep cutting it. this is a situation where socialism is needed because it's precisely the fed govt. role to create national and coherent response instead of leaving states to fend for themselves like the disaster were seeing now (some states aren't even taking it seriously)!

furthermore, a one-time payment of $1200 is nothing! landlords are already telling renters to send that check right to them! what about getting food for children they need to feed? a lot of countries are sending multiple payments to citizens for relief.
 
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we have totally opposite political views but what makes you think that? The Wisconsin Supreme Court (R majority) literally blocked a request made by the governor for the primaries to be delayed because of the pandemic. as far as I know, Dems in Congress and in states have been advocating for mail-in voting only for the November election if the pandemic doesn't get any better by then. This is to save lives. people shouldn't have to risk their lives to vote.

Dems are basically reinforcing the notion that we need a greater and more reliable social security safety net for situations like these. That means possible universal health care (which not all essential workers now even have) and mandatory paid sick leave for all employers. The reason why our economy is falling so hard right now is that we don't have any of these protections in place with the necessary funding because Republicans keep cutting it. this is a situation where socialism is needed because it's precisely the fed govt. role to create national and coherent response instead of leaving states to fend for themselves like the disaster were seeing now (some states aren't even taking it seriously)!

furthermore, a one-time payment of $1200 is nothing! landlords are already telling renters to send that check right to them! what about getting food for children they need to feed? a lot of countries are sending multiple payments to citizens for relief.
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I wouldn’t say that our country is doomed to fail if the Democrats win when the issue is about the Coronavirus. But if we’re talking about what they stand for before COVID-19 got here to the US, they are literally supporting what’s bad for the nation. Socialism, political correctness, treachery (which includes the New Way Forward Act), and the expansion of abortion rights explains why I would never vote Democrat, ever. If all of that goes into effect, our country is doomed to fail, just like the Roman Empire. That’s what made me think that this nation is over if the Democrats win 2020.

On a different subject, I like how I’m designing my island in ACNH. I’m pretty much done with infrastructure, done with terraforming, and almost done with scenery placement. So all what I have left to do is what I always did in the GameCube version of Animal Crossing. Pay off debts, and make nice houses.
 
So, Covid-19 could have just as much impact on the world as World War II did. They already compared it to 9/11 and the Great Recession, proving that it was more significant than the other two. But will it ever be as significant as WWII?
 
yeah I love that countries complain on us(Sweden) as well when they doesn't even help people otherwise unless they are "rich" enough for healthcare lol....
 
As society changes over time, some things that were popular in the past have little meaning today. The next thing I see fading away is animal shows. Zoos may last another generation or two since endangered species is a major problem in today’s time, but I think animal shows are on their way out.

Ever since the 2013 documentary Blackfish exposed SeaWorld’s unethical treatment towards orcas, SeaWorld has faced a major fallout as it’s making people question if we should have animal shows anymore. People are already opposing keeping orcas in captivity, as SeaWorld is no longer doing orca shows or dolphin shows. It’s one thing to do stuff like this to raise funds for animal conservation, but when organizations do this for profit, they should also learn about the welfare of animals and how they’re being treated. Even those that are being treated well shouldn’t have to be forced to perform in front of the audience.

I hope that zoos, as well as amusement parks and museum, don’t fall into the same trap many businesses and industries went under (which was to care less about quality and care more about profit). US airlines are cutting legroom to pack more people and are spending in cheaper fuel for more profit, video games are coming out unfinished with overpriced DLC for more profit, media companies are giving into the wishes of the Chinese government for profit. And I know all about Amazon and other businesses that care less about the working conditions of workers while paying less. And let’s not forget how movies these days suck and how franchising is taking over the film industry. Imagine if zoos and parks start doing this. That can be very dangerous. Of course, socialism isn’t going to work since that’s going to punish everybody that knows ethics for the actions done by business that put profit in front of ethics and quality, but people should learn to care more for workers and for other things.
 
Alolan_Apples said:
Why does everybody like the Random Thoughts thread and not this thread?
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Idk sorta feel the same about my own thread In the same way. I guess people are just more familiar with the other thread and it just sticks out more. Some people don't know what to say here but know the random thread is for being completely random based of the title alone.
 
Zura said:
Idk sorta feel the same about my own thread In the same way. I guess people are just more familiar with the other thread and it just sticks out more. Some people don't know what to say here but know the random thread is for being completely random based of the title alone.
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It’s kinda funny that this thread was supposed to be a discussion thread where you’re free to talk about what you want while the Random Thoughts thread was about what you have in mind. Yet both kinda became the same kind of thread, making this thread obsolete.

Even if this thread is dying and the Random Thoughts thread is currently alive, I refuse to post in the Random Thoughts thread, even if I had to reply to others in that thread. Ever since someone made a comment about the ignore list there (which they’re referring to me, even though I never wronged them), I have felt discouraged to post there. I didn’t want to make a post there, and I had this aversion for over a year. So if I had some random thoughts to share, it goes on this thread. It’s just strange that it hardly attracts some audience.
 
So liberals are willing to pass any coronavirus measure, no matter how coercive they are, to thin the spread. However, there are two exceptions:

1. They do not think trivial abortions (aka abortions done just to get away with having children) should be banned, as they are fighting against Texas for banning abortions for most cases as a way to thin the coronavirus spread. So even if they agree to ban most procedures and activities during the social distancing, they st
2. They do not want to close down the Mexican border. Even Mexico, who was reluctant to doing so, is willing to do it to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but liberals still do not want to close the border.

From what I can infer, they think abortion rights are more important than any other human right or other citizenship right, and they would put immigrants in front of American citizens. Although I choose to believe this, don’t take my inferences for granted. They are extreme biases.
 
Hullo, first time posting here :>

Going to preface this reply by saying that I personally see myself as more progressive, though I try to stay open-minded as much as possible. I'm not 100% informed on the news and tend to read from places like Politico, FiveThirtyEight, WSJ, and the NYT. :>

Alolan_Apples said:
1. They do not think trivial abortions (aka abortions done just to get away with having children) should be banned, as they are fighting against Texas for banning abortions for most cases as a way to thin the coronavirus spread. So even if they agree to ban most procedures and activities during the social distancing, they st
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whoop, unfinished thought here, I think. xD Curious as to what you think about this.

I personally think not banning abortions (ie. allowing them to proceed as usual) lessens coronavirus impacts since it means less mothers in general hospitals if the virus spread continues that long (we don't know yet how long this will continue). However, midwives/at-home birth solutions exist, so it's not a complete impediment in that sense. There's merits and demerits to both sides, imho the temporary ban is a temporary solution that may or may not come back later. But I don't think it's particularly wrong to stop nonessential abortions (ie. no proven complications for mother) unlike cases like Zika (where zika would cause huge birth defects).


Alolan_Apples said:
2. They do not want to close down the Mexican border. Even Mexico, who was reluctant to doing so, is willing to do it to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but liberals still do not want to close the border.
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Don't really think there's a problem with either closing or not closing the borders at this point. I don't read a lot about this topic (border closing) in particular so don't have a definite opinion to give on this.

Alolan_Apples said:
From what I can infer, they think abortion rights are more important than any other human right or other citizenship right, and they would put immigrants in front of American citizens. Although I choose to believe this, don’t take my inferences for granted. They are extreme biases.
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I mean, either way, I doubt many people want to come here for any reason right now (we're topping the charts in terms of virus cases and deaths right now lol). Abortion rights are important, I think, but I don't see particularly how they are more important than other human or civil rights. I also don't see how we're putting immigrants in front of American citizens. I might be biased here (my parents are (legal lol) immigrants, they came from Taiwan over 20 years ago to study at university here) but I don't think our immigration policies are really that loose to where anyone can come in from anywhere. Whether or not said policies get circumvented is a completely different story, though.
 
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