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minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year ago“Only democrats have agency” is an interesting trope.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year 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-up5·1 year 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-up3·1 year agoAh, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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
“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