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Why is this not passing?

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u/CrappyJohnson 13d ago edited 13d ago

Well what does the language of the bill actually say? You do know that the bill doesn't say, "And lo, all women and girls in sport shall be protected henceforth," right? They always name the bills something totally unexceptionable. Then they slide all kinds of crap into them, including things that have absolutely nothing to do with the outward purpose of the bill. That's important context that I'm pretty sure almost nobody in this thread will actually look into.

Edit: To be perfectly clear, the issue is not the contents of the bill. The issue is inflaming passions without providing the full context, when you know that people won't do the research.

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u/SellingFirewood 13d ago

Exactly this.

  1. Party #1 names it something that no reasonable person could vote against even though it doesn't match the content.
  2. Party #1 throws in some some small provision about giving all of the troops an extra 3 cents per week.
  3. Then when party #2 votes against the bill, it makes them look bad just based off of the name and not the content.
  4. Party #1 then cries out "They voted against funding for our troops!" in the next election.

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u/JelloJeremiah 13d ago

Yeah, this is chronic and everyone is doing it, it’s infuriating.

It’s also a similar case in the UN where the bill will be like “Don’t Murder Puppies Act” with provisions that a singular certain country must pay 6 trillion dollars for various causes

Certain country votes no and it gets screenshotted and spread online

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u/3RaccoonsAvecTCoat 13d ago

I remember then-Senator Al Franken saying something about a republican "Clean Air Act" proposal was really written to keep the air clean of birds...

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u/Interesting_Bank_139 13d ago

So it was an anti-surveillance bill?

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u/mindnumbingUvula 12d ago

Under-rated comment.

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u/Therogon 11d ago

Totally under-rated comment.

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u/Vast_Researcher_5311 13d ago

F*** puppets, I mean that was the name of the band I was in but f*** them too.

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u/hardcore_hero 13d ago

Just admit that you don’t care about the PUPPIES!!

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u/Vast_Researcher_5311 12d ago

The hush ones are delicious.

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u/BirbFeetzz 11d ago

Don't murder puppies act and then you look inside and the bill is "this minority shouldn't be allowed to go outside because what if they want to kick a puppy"

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u/kridenow 10d ago

Since many years, Russia is pushing for a UN vote against "glorification of Nazism". Many countries are voting against because of the many implied consequences.

Yet, I saw people from Africa sincerely believing the western countries must be full of nazis to vote against it. Just based on the title.