The Cognitive Dissident

Just a person speaking the truth

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

You should be required to pass a basic civics test in order to vote.

I understand why people might find these tests a little questionable, but if you don't know--for example--what the Constitution is, then maybe you shouldn't be voting.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@PlanetOfMemes @libsoftiktok We need to pressure and primary a lot more shills than just him, but John Thune is a good start.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

We undo it by shaming, ostracizing, and condemning these people, legally and without violence.

It’s pure evil, and there is no place in our society for people who would laugh at people being murdered in cold blood.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Progressive, Conservative, Libertarian, Independent, moderate, radical, or anything else; if you watch an innocent person get murdered and that makes you happy, you deserve to have your life ruined.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

I think that's because Fishback has a mind of his own, and he doesn't pander to the establishment or some sort of mainstream Republican or Conservative view.

I personally think that's much better than an establishment puppet, even if Fishback has some wonky views.

Or are you more concerned about his authenticity and truthfulness?

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@HumansNoContext That's the ultimate practical joke.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

This is why I don't consider myself a Libertarian anymore.

I prefer Half-Libertarian.

Even though it sounds really stupid when you say it out loud.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@DMyers30009 Yeah, how about we don’t do that.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@remy104u @Benstl3 @libsoftiktok I literally made a neutral statement, and everybody is so triggered.

Both sides gerrymander. Neither side should do it. There. Happy?

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

I was talking about how, as long as I've been in politics, I've never personally seen open gerrymandering (do you need to read that again?). For as long as I've followed politics, gerrymandering has been an open secret, not a practically admitted thing.

Obviously, there are states that have gerrymandered their districts for over a century, on both sides of the political spectrum.

I don't even know why I'm responding to you. There's no way you could've misunderstood my post that poorly. You're just a troll.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@RAWigger There is a different justice system for people in power, famous people, and average nobodies like me.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@ManIsObsolete @Benstl3 @libsoftiktok That doesn't even make any sense. Are you, like, 12?

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@PlanetOfMemes Plot twist.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@RE_FIRE_RN @libsoftiktok I don't know if you're talking about me when you say crybaby, but I'm just saying that what I'm seeing is amusing.

Both sides do it.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@Benstl3 @libsoftiktok Those districts were already there when I became involved in politics.

I'm talking about watching politicians openly push for obvious gerrymandering--I've never seen that.

I just find it a bit amusing.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@not_azrael78 @libsoftiktok Maybe. I haven't really been around that long (I'm barely an adult), so I'm just commenting on what I've seen.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@TheEconomist When I saw that you call your magazine "The Economist", I sort of expected it to be about everything economics.

Not... geopolitics and political opinions.

What' sad is that I'm not even surprised.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

I don't necessarily consider this news.

The Democrats/Progressives are pro LGBTQ, pro-abortion, encourage people (particularly women) to delay having children for their careers, don't generally believe in God, and, by extension, they don't necessarily believe in family or the nuclear family.

It's kind of obvious.

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

The future looks conservative.

The assumption that birth rates are falling across society in general is not really true.

People who identify as conservative are having almost as many children as they were decades ago.

The decline is overwhelmingly among those on the progressive left.

[The Cognitive Dissident @CognitiveD3]

@ErinMondays @ChrisWillx My thoughts exactly