They actually do work a ton, usually, but work also involves a lot of traveling and socializing and steak dinners, so working 70 hours a week often involves a good amount of play baked into it. “I had a business meeting then a business lunch then a business golf game then another business meeting then a business dinner with some business wine. I work so much harder than you peons!”
I feel like they’re both missing the point. Obviously Captain Pedo is totally down with pregnant tweens, but Hofstetter got whooshed by the fact that the father is probably also a 12 year old, and that the possible involvement of rape should have zero bearing on whether or not she should have safe access to abortions. Hell, at 12 they should be mandatory.
I don’t believe this is an honest question. They aren’t age-gating, they’re checking IDs of everyone so they know exactly who is saying everything online, and can easily persecute opposing viewpoints. The excuse is kids, they don’t give a shit about kids.
The “both sides” crew somehow thinks the side that supports unions and civil rights and voting rights and due process and raising the minimum wage and not constantly starting wars is equal to the side that wants the opposite of all of that, and the tankies here think liberals are much worse, because tankies are just closet fascists that think yellow looks better on a red background than black and white.
“Could” is a funny way of saying “are obviously intended to”. Stop playing around, call it out directly. Points where you must have your ID checked are, in fact, ID checkpoints.