Eric Robins

Former Planning Commissioner, Current Planning Student. San Jose Rural Homo Transplant. Recovering activist. He/him. Don't vote for Iraq War supporters.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@ettingermentum I dunnoh we certainly let a lot of folks who *still* get their policy positions from Matty G off the hook.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@realtannerhojo Pointing out that someone is partially correct is not a defense of where they take the argument from there. I can't stand half of what he says, but I live in the same city as him, surrounded by tech bros. I have to understand their perspective if I am to do anything about them.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@realtannerhojo "You sound like you agree with his point when you say ‘actually, he’s right; unions ARE powerful’." If that's what you hear, when all I say is "technically, the unions are influential," then we shouldn't continue, because we won't find common ground despite already standing on it

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@realtannerhojo How did what I say assign blame for anything to anyone? I would take unions over tech companies any day, but lxeagle17 is in fact correct that the unions are extremely influential in California Democratic politics.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@tysonbrody @TylerDinucci The fact that he either didn't check to see who, or did and doesn't tell us, is unconscionable.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@ettingermentum Laying claim to "government that works" makes me bristle as a lefty, because functioning government programs is literally all I want. And that's despite the fact as an urban planning student I largely *agree* with them regarding zoning and housing!

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@OrganizerMemes Literally anyone other than Biden. He was not uniquely capable, and the pandemic was going to destroy Trump's credibility regardless.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@Leahgreenb They forget that Organizers "just" create the means for people to express their opinions, they don't magically mind control the masses into having opinions.

(Putting just in quotes because event planning is actually really hard and I personally hate it.)

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@PotatoMcWhiskey @PeteButtigieg I don't discount his communication skills, but he is far too mercenary for my liking.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@ettingermentum There's also the fact that "ideology" is an almost meaningless identifier for most voters. They will self identify as "X" and hold positions Y, Z, Gamma, and Tau.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@roomcguire Basic question: What is the "point" of culling? Is it to try and protect other flocks? Is the virus so deadly to birds that they're all going to die anyway, so might as well "dispose" of them in a manner you can control?

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@ettingermentum Thought for a moment this said "politically unwokeable" and I'm trying to decide what that means exactly.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@maghrebimarx I think it's mostly "just" having a regular schedule where you see the same group of people. We're very good at forming bonds and providing support, with people we actually know and see regularly.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@ettingermentum Maybe this will be her joker moment and it will reradicalize her lmao

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@azsweetheart013 California's Medi-Caid program is unironically 100 better than any of the private "health plans" I've ever gotten from an employer. Not happy to be unemployed right now, but happy to be on Medi-Cal.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@TNOQuoProQuid Is every decade of politics just the politicians of the time trying to prop up their economic status quo by harnessing the regressive "get off my lawn" mentality of their decade's forty and fifty somethings?

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@PopulismUpdates Does this trigger another snap, or some sort of PM reshuffling process?

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@ettingermentum That map isn't even accurate. Nevada County California hasn't voted Republican in several cycles.

[Eric Robins @EricRobinsGV]

@MargBarAmerica If he just started tweeting at a Rabbi he'd hit the "ask three times" but pretty quickly.