Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@NitroFury
A shit swizzler happened.

@MagpulPony

Joe Biden says cops should “shoot suspects in the leg”

That is not something anyone with even a partial understanding of police or even firearms would say..

Yeah that does sound like a dumb thing a dumb person would say.

Double post.

For the first time Doug Jones is up over his opponent…by 1 point.

Jones is still expected to lose his Senate seat. This is Alabama after all, a state that when asked to choose between a pedophile and a Democrat they choose to flip a coin. But it really doesn't project well for Republicans when even a guaranteed win like Alabama is still getting contested.

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It really doesn't. It says how we as a people need to trust each other to validate information more then we should be trusting these companies to filter the information for us. If Twitter wants to ban anything anti-Biden they should be allowed to (not saying they do, but just giving an extreme example). The rulea are currently poorly enforced and some people are ok with it.


@Dustcan
It's dumb when he says it to.

@Dustcan
Because state polls are so rare, it's hard to tell whether that's an outlier or a legit shift in the race. But it bumped Jones' chances up to 28%, which was more than enough for our current president in 2016.

@Ebalosus
Him being there might not be a factor, but him going around pointing his gun at people probably will be.

People say foreign languages shouldn't be a required class in schools, and wonder why our kids can't compete in the global job market.

@Background Pony #1324

It also has been shown to result in improved critical thinking in kids.

@Background Pony #1324
Hol up.

So you telling me evry other scrub in 3rd world is required to learn either spanish english or french + their native tongue, but yus amrikan only required to speak amrikan?

Sounds good.

@tehwatever
What's the point in making English the World Language if we still have to learn others? (And the extra few hours of class time saved will put us educationally ahead of all other lands! Wait, why isn't it working…?)

Foreign language should be an elective, not required. Most Americans will never use it and end up forgetting it.

@Background Pony #9EB2
not when their friends and most of the world are increasingly bilingual.

Besides It's FINE to forget a language, but that doesnt mean it's hours wasted. Not at all.

Learning a new language opens up new thought processes and new ways to articulate ideas. It promotes problem solving and critical thinking. Those things stick, even if you forget the language later.

It should be required. Doesn't matter if they never use it. If you dont want them learning a new language then at least make local accents and variations a requirement.

@Background Pony #9EB2
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Seriously? You're posting that on a European site, which allows people to post in any language that they feel most comfortable?

I think you're looking for the Stupid Stuff forum.

PS: Excuse me while I check to see if you're one of those people stalking non-English speakers on the site … Ok, you're not. Thank you. But, seriously, if you're sincere, then … that's not really a political thing. It's more of a "I don't like vegetables and people shouldn't be expected to eat them" kind of thing.

@Background Pony #9EB2
Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a more unintentionally insensitive post than this.

@Background Pony #9EB2
Are you high or just incredibly stupid?

@tehwatever
I wouldn't say wasted, learning a foreign language is a good thing. Learning to program is a good thing, learning to sew is a good thing. I don't think a foreign language is so important that it needs to be a required class in school.

I believe it should be an elective for those interested and if replaced my preference would be for a home ec class, too many kids graduate without knowing how to manage their lives in a more basic way and find themselves lost in the subject of "adulting".


@Derpy Whooves
Yet they post in english. Understand I am not saying learning foreign languages is stupid. It can be a great thing to do, but I don't believe enough students will gain enough from it to make it worthwhile.


@Penguin Dragneel
How so?

@Background Pony #9EB2
ええ、まあ、それは、あなたの意見のように、男です。

@Background Pony #9EB2

私は彼に言うべきですか、それとも..

オレンジのピエロは、アンクルサムと自由の女神の故郷に大きな恥をもたらします！

@Derpy Whooves
Policy often is opinion, so far the only person I have seen posing an argument for why the policy ahould be mandatory is from tehwhatever.

@CaptainXtra

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@Background Pony #9EB2
The policy on this site is not opinion. But, if you want to talk about other people's opinions, feel free — I still don't know how this is 'political'? Can you enlighten me, please? Otherwise I have to agree it's off-topic for this forum. It really seems more like a Personal Vent.

@Penguin Dragneel
Ok, made me laugh ^__^

@Derpy Whooves
When I say policy I mean political, not site policy. We are discussing whether US schools should mandate foreign language.

@Background Pony #9EB2
It sounds like a personal vent. That's your opinion, and you're welcome to it.

But it's not political. It's not a plank — or even a splinter — in any political party's platform.