jerryskids

I understand perfectly. My post captured it. Your thoughts on my point?

Now that I've accepted your apology, let me give you some potential ammo to disagree with me. I just finished reading the transcript of his speech. Wow. Not wow because the homemaker part, frankly that barely registered a blip with me. But wow because of my spiritual journey. I was raised Catholic, quit church in college, met my future wife who wanted to learn more about my religious upbringing, through that she converted to Catholicism, we were married in the Church, attended for years, kids raised and received the sacraments, then left for a long time... only to resurface in the past few years, with us going back and re-engaging. In fact as I type this, she is at our church helping to feed some temporarily homeless families who are staying there. I struggle with my own faith, but I appreciate the conviction that Butker has. And he was extremely eloquent in describing the challenges facing the Church. The battle between the progressive Pope and the traditionalists, with whom Butker clearly aligns. I see value in both sides. I don't want to sidetrack this thread on these things, but rather want to say that this speech has given me a lot to think about, and the homemaker thing is low on the list. But... since those comments are the topic of this thread, I'll say: like I said in my initial comments, I don't think this was necessarily the time or place for them. Or maybe more accurately, he could have stated them more politically correct. But reading them in the context of the entire speech: the speech was so real in his convictions, that it is hard to see how he could have addressed it otherwise. Note also, and I haven't seen this addressed: he calls on men in a similar fashion. Yes, it's part of his traditional ideas of the roles of women and men, but there is an overarching message of the importance of an integral family, and a focus on children above all else. IMO, if it makes more sense given the skills of the people to reverse the roles, I don't think that goes against the premise of his message on this point. And mostly I'll be digesting the Catholic part, which was most of his message. Rail away.

Accepted, thanks.

Note the emphasis on WANT Tim, seriously, you are all over the place here. Please reread this and see how you came at me throwing a bunch of crap at the wall that had nothing to do with what I said, then you referred me to MO and when I asked where he said what you implied, you said he didn't. See the bolded in your statement on this. Note also the emphasis on my OP, because it wasn't "semantics." I emphasized it to avoid the situation of people who WANT to have a parent stay at home, but can't because of, say, financial reasons (or in your scenario, some greater value to society). Regarding your last paragraph, I'll just say: personal health is important, and if that includes scheduling some time where you aren't 24/7 caring for kids, that is not only understandable, but I agree completely. But that was never my point.

Woo hoo, I'm the best loser!

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/05/10/israel-hamas-tiktok-research/ Now, if you engage there for long enough, and manage to ferret out the small minority of conservative content, then yes, the algorithm will direct more of that to you. But that does not change my point that TikTok was omitted from the OP poll, and that the vast majority of TikTok users are young, Biden supporters. And I'll add: if you were a conservative with strong political convictions, would you engage long and heavily on political topics within a platform that has minimal such content?

Congrats Cloaca! How do we break the tie for first pick in the Memorial?

Weepaws lives in Nevada with legalized prostitution and basically two casino-driven cities and a bunch of desert... but Arizona is a bad place.

And back to my original post, which you completely avoided with your red herring. Do you disagree with my assertion that if neither parent WANTS to stay home, then that is not a sign of good parenting?

Why would I ask him, you responded to me? But I'll play your little game: show me where he said that staying at home with a bunch of people parenting for you makes one a good parent.

Honest question: can you explain back to me my point? I'm not asking you to agree with it, but rather just to see if you understand it. Because I don't think you do.

Wrong. TikTok is "majoritarian," amplifying what overall users are engaging with. To quote Vox, a Lefty site, regarding pro palestinian vs. Israel content: This is the best case, favorable interpretation, which presumes that China is not pushing a narrative.

Great point. Weepaws wants to leave in place an 1864 law that will rally a bunch of people to put in the amendment I mentioned, then NOT go to vote. That right there is a winning strategy. He might as well abort those babies himself.

You support Arizona putting in its constitution that a woman can abort a baby as it's crowning because of "mental anguish." Congrats on the killing of thousands of human lives. Jesus must be so proud of you.

Wut? Getting help to vacuum the house makes you not a great parent? How did you get this from what I said? I said if neither WANTS to stay home, that's not a sign of great parenting. And to your bright red herring: no, a woman who spends the day having sex with the pool boy while a nanny takes her kid to the park is not a sign of great parenting, either.

Forgot that, good point.

You have a 10 inch shlong, make a million dollars a year, and win all of your fantasy leagues.

I've explained why age is relevant, you are too dense to get it. Here, fine. Social media users by age: https://khoros.com/resources/social-media-demographics-guide Summary: Younger people consume more social media. I've already shown data in an earlier link regarding age vs. candidate support. All of this data is inconsistent with "data" that Biden supporters (who are older) get more info from social media. An adult in a conversation might show why they disagree with my concerns. But not you, BeachBlade. Hmm... yup...

I literally gave you a link with the age data. My new name for you is BeachBlade. Hmm... yup... Also I have 5 US patents. You may have figured out the IRR on an investment once. I wouldn't go down that path. But you will. Hmm... yup...

Ignoring the Cletus of your side on this board, BeachBlade, I think there probably is more support for Trump among people who don't follow politics closely. They aren't told 24/7 by the MSM about the mean OMB guy. I would add the online versions of those Leftist rags to "newspaper." But I still don't think a lot of 23 yr olds are paying for subscriptions and reading them daily.

I questioned the validity of the poll. I explained why. That is what adults do in conversations. You wouldn't know. You replied with a tween-level post about CatPee. I provided a link with multiple polls supporting my age support position. Are you questioning my assertion that TikTok was not included in that poll? And you are questioning this? How is a statement about the lack of TikTok irrelevant to a dispute with a poll which glaringly omits it? I don't know why follow me around spewing diarrhea out of your fingers, but it's not a good look. I suggest you stop. But you won't.

So, nothing about my points. How's your parents' TikTok accounts going? Are they protesting for Hamas? An intelligent poster might have argued that Trump support among young people is increasing: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/07/voter-age-biden-trump-2024-election-00150923Link Then I would counter with yes, increasing, but still a majority for Biden. But you aren't intelligent. You are threatened by the logic of my post, so you deflect with CatPee and similarly idiotic pap.

So we are supposed to believe that younger people, who overwhelmingly support Biden, are cracking open newspapers a watching the evening broadcast news? And older people, who tend to Trump, are all up in YouTube channels? Also, I noticed a glaring omission of TikTok. If you know 20-somethings (I have three of them), this is where they get the bulk of their info. And the platform is a Left-wing echo chamber.

My favorite rivalry was the Four Horsemen vs. ... pretty much everyone else. The most dominant bad guys I can recall seeing.

Our smoker needs the igniter replaced. I got the igniter delivered from RecTeq but I haven't done it. They show a 2 minute sped-up video to make it look easy peasy, but you basically need to take the entire thing apart to do it. I'm askeered a little.