Lawsome
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30s. Gay kink. @switchbastien’s collared dogboy. Episcopalian. Politics. DC comics? Warhammer? Not legal advice. Views my own.
And I am saying that releasing impounded funds for continuing levels contained within legislation is likely to happen. I would be very surprised if otherwise.
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And I am saying that releasing impounded funds for continuing levels contained within legislation is likely to happen. I would be very surprised if otherwise.
On the HUD thing, pretty confident (it’s basically just impounding already appropriated moneys illegally), plus Section 8 remains broadly supported in the democratic coalition.
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
On the HUD thing, pretty confident (it’s basically just impounding already appropriated moneys illegally), plus Section 8 remains broadly supported in the democratic coalition.
But I guess you can feel clean of it. I’ll bring that up to my clients who will lose their homes because a Republican won the White House, not a Democrat. Who knows, it may make them feel better.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
But I guess you can feel clean of it. I’ll bring that up to my clients who will lose their homes because a Republican won the White House, not a Democrat. Who knows, it may make them feel better.
“First do no harm” is not a viable way to engage in politics. The state is an inherently violent creature. There is no harmless method to engage with it. But if you abstain from it, you surrender what power you do have to those who have no such scruples. And so the world is a worse place.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“First do no harm” is not a viable way to engage in politics. The state is an inherently violent creature. There is no harmless method to engage with it. But if you abstain from it, you surrender what power you do have to those who have no such scruples. And so the world is a worse place.
Just in my practice today, right now, multiple very poor people I represent are likely to lose their homes of decades because Republicans won the White House and froze HUD vouchers.
And I don’t like when people tell me that does not matter.
And I don’t like when people tell me that does not matter.
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just in my practice today, right now, multiple very poor people I represent are likely to lose their homes of decades because Republicans won the White House and froze HUD vouchers.
And I don’t like when people tell me that does not matter.
And I don’t like when people tell me that does not matter.
But I am frustrated by how deeply committed a whole host of people are to telling me that it is worth nothing. Because in that gap between less bad and worse are millions dead or immiserated.
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
But I am frustrated by how deeply committed a whole host of people are to telling me that it is worth nothing. Because in that gap between less bad and worse are millions dead or immiserated.
And that’s not worth nothing is my only point!
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
And that’s not worth nothing is my only point!
I can, in theory, be convinced that we shouldn’t vote for democrats in general elections because doing so has a realistic possibility of changing American foreign policy for the better.
I do not think I can be convinced that democrats are not substantively less bad than republicans.
I do not think I can be convinced that democrats are not substantively less bad than republicans.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I can, in theory, be convinced that we shouldn’t vote for democrats in general elections because doing so has a realistic possibility of changing American foreign policy for the better.
I do not think I can be convinced that democrats are not substantively less bad than republicans.
I do not think I can be convinced that democrats are not substantively less bad than republicans.
If you can give me a route to do so in a general American election I will do it! But it would STILL make less bad meaningfully distinct from worse.
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you can give me a route to do so in a general American election I will do it! But it would STILL make less bad meaningfully distinct from worse.
And less bad is a substantive and meaningful difference. I can’t save the person on the ground. I can get a few trans people to keep their jobs and homes and healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
And less bad is a substantive and meaningful difference. I can’t save the person on the ground. I can get a few trans people to keep their jobs and homes and healthcare.
I’m imagining myself as neither, I’m imagining myself as an observer of the whole world. There is horrific injustice, and the world is still less bad if Republicans are not in power.
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’m imagining myself as neither, I’m imagining myself as an observer of the whole world. There is horrific injustice, and the world is still less bad if Republicans are not in power.
Less bad is still better than worse. That’s the only point I am making. Less bad is substantively different from worse.
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Less bad is still better than worse. That’s the only point I am making. Less bad is substantively different from worse.
Again, if you think there is no functional policy difference on queer rights in substance—that is how policy actually effects us on a day to day basis, on net, then yeah, that’s an epistemological gap I can’t hope to bridge.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Again, if you think there is no functional policy difference on queer rights in substance—that is how policy actually effects us on a day to day basis, on net, then yeah, that’s an epistemological gap I can’t hope to bridge.
So yeah, the rainbow B-52 is marginally less awful in absolute terms than the normal one. That that is, in fact, an important difference, even if it makes nothing good or okay. That’s the only claim I’m interested in defending here.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So yeah, the rainbow B-52 is marginally less awful in absolute terms than the normal one. That that is, in fact, an important difference, even if it makes nothing good or okay. That’s the only claim I’m interested in defending here.
Less bad and better are synonymous. Again, as I’ve said repeatedly, I’m not arguing for good or acceptable, just that when presented with two viable options, it is important to use your power to ensure the least awful one occurs.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Less bad and better are synonymous. Again, as I’ve said repeatedly, I’m not arguing for good or acceptable, just that when presented with two viable options, it is important to use your power to ensure the least awful one occurs.
Look, I’m really not going to persuade you on this. If you think there is no substantive difference in the parties on domestic queer rights, there is an epistemological gulf that I cannot hope to bridge. It’s not really an issue of values at that point, just a dispute of facts.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Look, I’m really not going to persuade you on this. If you think there is no substantive difference in the parties on domestic queer rights, there is an epistemological gulf that I cannot hope to bridge. It’s not really an issue of values at that point, just a dispute of facts.
Because, to be clear, the Republican position is “trans people are inherently mentally ill liars and morally compromised.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Because, to be clear, the Republican position is “trans people are inherently mentally ill liars and morally compromised.”
Better or worse than republicans in this issue?
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Better or worse than republicans in this issue?
It’s a statement about the parties’ differences. Do you think there is NO content to Democratic support of queer people?
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s a statement about the parties’ differences. Do you think there is NO content to Democratic support of queer people?
ABSOLUTELY! And in a lot of contexts you should do things that undermine or are opposed by democrats.
But I’m objecting to discourse that treats them as *morally indistinguishable* from Republicans.
But I’m objecting to discourse that treats them as *morally indistinguishable* from Republicans.
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ABSOLUTELY! And in a lot of contexts you should do things that undermine or are opposed by democrats.
But I’m objecting to discourse that treats them as *morally indistinguishable* from Republicans.
But I’m objecting to discourse that treats them as *morally indistinguishable* from Republicans.
So I’m sorry, can I have a yea or nay to the question re better or worse overall if an opposite outcome in the 2024 general?
(I will happily agree with the defects of democrats’ policy on queer people and still observe it’s vastly better than republicans)
(I will happily agree with the defects of democrats’ policy on queer people and still observe it’s vastly better than republicans)
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So I’m sorry, can I have a yea or nay to the question re better or worse overall if an opposite outcome in the 2024 general?
(I will happily agree with the defects of democrats’ policy on queer people and still observe it’s vastly better than republicans)
(I will happily agree with the defects of democrats’ policy on queer people and still observe it’s vastly better than republicans)
Well, that’s ALSO not a choice I have in a general election.
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Well, that’s ALSO not a choice I have in a general election.