Xela Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Not sure which American city is the most liberal. Maybe Austin or Seattle these days? Add Portland to that list I would have thought? They would be the 3 that springs to mind the most. Maybe SF/SJ/Paolo Alto region as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Xela said: Add Portland to that list I would have thought? They would be the 3 that springs to mind the most. Maybe SF/SJ/Paolo Alto region as well Portland yes, but is also probably the most polarised place. Looniest of the lot on both sides there. Also remember hearing recently that DC is pretty much the most Liberal city, surprisingly. Edited January 8, 2021 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Olympia in Washington State is super proud of its public transport and twinned with Rafah in Palestine, so I imagine they could be quite a liberal place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 All good suggestions. I suppose there are a million different ways to define it as well. My sense of western cities like Portland or Seattle is that they tend to be very liberal-seeming in having lots of young people, comparatively liberal drug laws and cultural cachet, but also low taxes and deeply inequitable land use, but I may be wrong on this, it's just an impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted January 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2021 On a different note: From the replies: 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html Trump suspended again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Brumerican said: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html Trump suspended again. His account was never suspended. He was locked from tweeting. This is bigger. And it's permanent Edited January 8, 2021 by StefanAVFC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Just now, StefanAVFC said: His account was never suspended. He was locked from tweeting. This is bigger. VT needs to make a statement . How many more bollock taserings will it take ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Twitter's reading of those two tweets seems really quite tendentious to me TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 If Trump had Twitter I bet he would be tweeting something very angry now. Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 FBI has started an investigation about potential inside job letting the insurgents in and how they could find Pelosi's office so easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, sne said: FBI has started an investigation about potential inside job letting the insurgents in and how they could find Pelosi's office so easily. Some individual police officers appeared to be cooperating. If there's one good thing to come of this, it's that the new leadership can't sweep it all under the carpet and talk about "healing the nation". The last 4 years cannot be forgotten and forgiven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 30 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Twitter's reading of those two tweets seems really quite tendentious to me TBH. Hmmm, yes, tendentious indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Twitter should let him back on but put him through 6 weeks worth of "How many fire hydrants are in the pictures below" bullshit before reactivation. Keep him occupied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: A bit of a side issue, but I think you have to make a bit of a distinction between New York on the federal level, where it is undoubtedly very liberal, and on the municipal level. It's true that the mayors preceding Giuliani were Democrats, but mostly not liberal ones as far as I understand, especially Koch. Not sure which American city is the most liberal. Maybe Austin or Seattle these days? Wasn't trying to argue which city in the US was the most liberal, to be fair. Just trying to fathom how a city that is unquestionably very pro-Democratic could vote for someone so batshit crazy far-right. You can understand New Yorkers voting for a Republican who's still left-leaning on many issues (like Bloomberg, who used to be a Republican), but I don't understand how they could have possibly voted in a Giuliani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sne Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Sure he and his dance moves will be a big hit on TikTok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 He still has an official POTUS account at his disposal so he's hardly being silenced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 31 minutes ago, legov said: Wasn't trying to argue which city in the US was the most liberal, to be fair. Just trying to fathom how a city that is unquestionably very pro-Democratic could vote for someone so batshit crazy far-right. You can understand New Yorkers voting for a Republican who's still left-leaning on many issues (like Bloomberg, who used to be a Republican), but I don't understand how they could have possibly voted in a Giuliani. When Giuliani ran for mayor, he ran on a tough on crime platform which appealed to a lot of new Yorkers after 20 years of Mafia, decay and crack cocaine. He wasn't crazy yet and he wasn't a culture wars figure yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, Brumerican said: He still has an official POTUS account at his disposal so he's hardly being silenced. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-09/us-politics-live-updates-donald-trump-nuclear-codes/13043904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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