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0 pointsceejayoz2mo ago0 comments

> Again he still signed it.

It was gonna be law either way; signing it removed a political weapon from the folks pushing its passage. Arguing this is something Clinton did to gay people is counterfactual.

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raw_anon_11112mo ago

That’s a really poor excuse to sign on to something that you disagree with. I would not sign a petition for making the “Confederacy Day” law if I lived in Mississippi just because it would become law anyway. You have to stand for something.

Would you think it was okay if Tim Scott signed such a law just so his fellow Republicans couldn’t hold it against him in the primary? Well actually I wouldn’t be surprised if he did…

ceejayozOP2mo ago

> That’s a really poor excuse to sign on to something that you disagree with.

It's a pragmatic excuse.

Not signing changes nothing; clear statements that it's bad law; avoid giving the assholes pushing it more likelihood of winning the next election.

raw_anon_11112mo ago

A clear statement of it being a bad law is not signing it. Should he not do anything that would give assholes an excuse to argue with him?

Am I suppose to be okay if he signed a law overturning “Brown vs Board of Education” because it would become law anyway?

Was the fact that he signed off on executing a mentally retarded man because it would show he was “tough on crime” just him being “pragmatic”?

https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bill-clinton-rickey-rector-death...

Getting back on topic, I don’t get to praise Chuck Norris because of his anti-racism stances but then dismiss his stances against non straight people.

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raw_anon_11112mo ago

Would you think it was okay if Tim Scott signed such a law just so his fellow Republicans couldn’t hold it against him in the primary? Well actually I wouldn’t be surprised if he did…

ceejayozOP2mo ago

> That’s a really poor excuse to sign on to something that you disagree with.

It's a pragmatic excuse.

Not signing changes nothing; clear statements that it's bad law; avoid giving the assholes pushing it more likelihood of winning the next election.

raw_anon_11112mo ago

A clear statement of it being a bad law is not signing it. Should he not do anything that would give assholes an excuse to argue with him?

Am I suppose to be okay if he signed a law overturning “Brown vs Board of Education” because it would become law anyway?

Was the fact that he signed off on executing a mentally retarded man because it would show he was “tough on crime” just him being “pragmatic”?

https://jacobin.com/2016/11/bill-clinton-rickey-rector-death...

Getting back on topic, I don’t get to praise Chuck Norris because of his anti-racism stances but then dismiss his stances against non straight people.

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