Originally posted by Silent Master
You don't think trying to get somebody fired is a bit of an overreaction?
It's up to Fox whether or not she is fired, not the advertisers.
But no, I don't. She personally insulted a high school student who survived a mass shooting because she doesn't agree with his political opinions. If she were to lose her job over doing something that idiotic then that's on her and nobody else.
Originally posted by BackFire
It's up to Fox whether or not she is fired, not the advertisers.But no, I don't. She personally insulted a high school student who survived a mass shooting because she doesn't agree with his political opinions. If she were to lose her job over doing something that idiotic then that's on her and nobody else.
Only that's not remotely true, because if she does lose her job it'll be because he used his status as a survivor to get people to go after her advertisers.
What don't you think is true? That it's up to Fox whether she is fired, or that it's her own fault if she were to lose her job? Because you are wrong - those are both factually true. She would not be losing advertisers right now if she had not attacked a school shooting survivor over his political views and the fact that he is sharing them.
Well I don't think she should be insulting any high school student for sharing their political opinions. He has no special protections. She can say whatever she likes and reap the consequences, which is exactly what's happening. This is all on her. All she had to do was not insult a high school student. She failed, and now the high school student has gotten the better of her.
Originally posted by Silent Master
So now you want to ban the Electoral College as well?
Today, advances in communication, information, and transportation technologies have changed the way we interact and view the world, including our own country. The 50-state Union has been solidified. Total population sizes and major centers of population are different. Politics and culture are different. The electoral college today is unnecessary, and seems more like another form of gerrymandering.
I'd be in favor of doing away with the electoral college, and allowing popular vote to be the deciding factor in elections and law-making.
Originally posted by Silent Master
I agree, however his intention is clearly to get her fired.
Maybe. Who cares? It's not really up to him, it's up to Fox to fire her, and it's up to the advertisers if they want to continue supporting someone who acted the way she did.
I think it's more likely the kid just kinda wants to give her shit. Probably doesn't really care if she is fired or not.
Originally posted by Silent Master
@EI
As long as you're aware that if that ever happened. Politicians would end up doing almost all of their campaigning in high-density areas and at best would just pretend to care about everywhere else.
Dissolving the electoral college and making every vote count equally may even encourage more people to actually vote, especially in states where there is a heavy political leaning one way or the other.
Originally posted by Silent Master
It also may discourage people in low to medium population centers from voting. but if you believe it'll be good for the country. go for it.Not like it could make things much worse. I mean look at who is currently in the WH.
California is a great example of this. It's a huge state, with many very different regions and cultures. While the state as a whole is often thought of as the land of free-loving hippies, there are shit loads of conservative voters there. They're just not the majority. Under the electoral college, their votes don't mean dick, because California has pretty much been guaranteed to be a blue state for the last three decades or so. The same is true for liberal voters in red states, like Alabama or West Virginia.
I sure as hell didn't feel the need to vote when I still lived in L.A., because I was positive Obama would win California with or without my vote. I feel much more pressure to vote now that I live in a swing-state.