Recent comments in /f/springfieldMO

StealthyPenguins t1_izy22ww wrote

I’m with you. If Shelly gets back to the office after an abortion chances of me,an immunocompromised person, ending up hospitalized are pretty damn low. However, if unvaccinated shelly shows up and gives my compromised ass polio that’s a different ballgame. It’s not “my body, my choice” when that choice impacts your cubicle buddy’s(or mom, grandpa, hair stylist etc) body, as well. It’s more complicated than that.

This argument is tiring.

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-Valued_Customer- t1_izxzvac wrote

I think not getting vaccinated is stupid, selfish, and extremely detrimental to public health, but agree with you in principle that vaccines shouldn’t be forced on anyone at gunpoint. However, probation aside, that isn’t happening anywhere, is it? Making vaccination a condition of employment is not the same as making it a condition of being free to go about one’s life unmolested. When you say you oppose vaccine mandates, are you saying that you oppose (say) hospitals requiring vaccinations for the protection of their staff and patients?

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JacobCharlesKillian t1_izxwhrg wrote

What percentage of registered voters in your state district voted this year?

People support Trump because they think elections are binary choices. If you can communicate effectively, I think you'll find that there's more support for independent minded candidates than most people seem to think.

US House seems like a higher hurdle than MO state house. I'm open to being wrong, but I don't think I am. If you think I am, convince me.

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probably_inside t1_izxuw24 wrote

How do you feel about trans rights and the growing anti-Lgbtq terrorism locally and in the nation at large? What are your stances on labor rights and the massive wage stagnation we are experiencing right now? Are you actually going to listen to your constituents and act for them, or are you just another yes vote for the party line?

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KTfl1 t1_izxpt0z wrote

Unspent allocated funding is a darling on both sides of the aisle. In Illinois, the government would frequently fund social service programs, but then put restrictions on it that were hardly public. Then when the money was unspent, the governor could bypass the legislate process and spend it how he wanted. This legal corruption is a big reason why Illinois finances are so terrible. Yet they increase spending annually and say they balanced the budget.

The only difference between red and blue is where they try to push it. See Nancy Pelosi and insider trading.

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willardharrisupvotes OP t1_izxok44 wrote

Well I’m not going to say I’m Jill Biden’s husband or talk about how the military defended our airports during the Revolutionary War. I prefer to take a moment and think before answering questions, especially when I’m speaking for the large group of constituents I would represent if elected.

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armenia4ever t1_izxnhod wrote

Woah, Actually a consistent position on the issue! Don't see that too often.

One gripe that always really bothered me is that someone could advocated for "muh body muh rights" when it came to abortion, but then not when it came to vaccines.

Either you have rights over your body or you don't.

What about second amendment, workers rights/unions, Medicaid for all/public option giving kids puberty blockers, foreign policy, all that fun stuff that people yell into the void over on twitter?

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