God damn, I don’t think I even realized that she was that old. It’s hard to call someone old when you’re comparing them to someone with one foot in the grave.

It’d be nice if our electorate was, on average, of an age where they still have a future to worry about.

I wish you were joking but 65 is basically juvenile in our politics.

Agreed, there is a difference, but I think there are similarities and direct ties to now. The Anti Defamation League is explicitly part of the Israel lobby. Getting cancelled by Israel has been known to be bad for a career. I think we can connect that directly to today.

I honestly think your downvotes are because you didn’t explain how these two things are connected. I also just glanced through the Wikipedia article and like…based.

During the speech, Thomas said: “Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street are owned by Zionists. No question, in my opinion.”[78][81] Thomas defended her comments on December 7, telling Scott Spears of Marion, Ohio radio station WMRN, “I just think that people should be enlightened as to who is in charge of the opinion in this country.”

And then like the ADL cancels her and it’s all just kind of what we’re doing now but 16 years ago before most of us USians knew that Israel was a genocidal fascist state.

The next day, the Anti-Defamation League called for journalism schools and organizations to rescind any honors given to Thomas. The organization said that Thomas had “clearly, unequivocally revealed herself as a vulgar antisemite” in the speech.[83] Wayne State University in Detroit discontinued the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media Award, which it had been granting for more than ten years, citing what it called her antisemitic remarks.[78] Thomas objected, saying that “the leaders of Wayne State University have made a mockery of the First Amendment and disgraced their understanding of its inherent freedom of speech and the press.”[84] Asked by the Detroit Free Press how she would respond to people who say she is antisemitic, Thomas responded: ‘I’d say I’m a Semite. What are you talking about?’"

Unless there is something else in the controversy it seems like she spoke the truth about Israel 16 years ago and had her reputation drug through the mud for it. She spoke truth to power and it sure seems like the power tried to crush her for it.

OC, you just gave a very “both sides” sounding example with 0 context for those not already in the know. Some of us are still learning or have brains with the retention of a sieve, provide context and you’ll likely see a more positive response.

That’s my bet with my friends made about a year ago. I bet not one of the fuckers from rump’s cabinet or rump himself will face any consequences within 10 years…9 years now. I want to pay my friends money. Fuck.

It seems possible to have voter roles associated with driver’s licenses. I don’t know for sure but I feel like there has been lots of talk about having your voter registration tied to your driver’s license. If it hasn’t happened yet it’s definitely been floated as an idea.

What I do know is that there is a glaringly obvious trend towards authority figures wanting to control our lives to make sure we conform with their values and interests. It’s not happening exactly the same way everywhere but it is happening. I think it’d be foolish to believe that there isn’t interest in having a profile on every human in this country that is easily accessible by “law enforcement” or any other government agency.

And I can imagine the shit that would be put in such a profile, just listen to our political discourse for a day. Especially right wing discourse. They’ve decided who the enemies are, fortunately we don’t have to wear some kind of badge to announce it…yet.

It’s not just for citizens, it’s supposed to be a right that applies to everyone interacting with our government systems. You don’t have to say anything! But if you want to do anything requiring those services, like driver’s license, etc. then you have to give them some information.

I remember when our right wing wanted that information we give to be only available on a need to know basis! Why should the police need to know who I voted for or where I was born? But no more. Now these fuckwits want to suck on boot.