{"id":7373,"date":"2021-01-11T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2021-01-11T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:14:15","slug":"its-a-problem-when-it-impacts-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=7373","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a problem when it impacts me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan McCain realizes the US needs paid maternity leave after she has a baby. That sums up my problem with a lot of Republicans: it&#8217;s only a problem that needs a solution if it impacts me (and, maybe, someone I love). Otherwise it&#8217;s something you did to yourself and you are a lazy bum for looking to the government for a solution. The Ayn Rand view of non-me people.<\/p>\n<p>Net neutrality is awful &#8230; hey, why is this service provider treating <em>my<\/em> content differently? Private businesses should be free to refuse service to anyone based on the owner&#8217;s beliefs &#8230; hey, why is this company refusing to host my service? At-will employment is the ultimate free-market solution &#8230; wait, why am I being fired for trying to overthrow the government? The meme-ified version is &#8220;The Leopards Eating Faces&#8221; party decrying &#8220;why are these leopards eating <em>my<\/em> face&#8221;. And it&#8217;s why I think private charity is considered more acceptable than more efficient, coordinated social safety net programs &#8230; it&#8217;s someone &#8220;like me&#8221; being helped.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I dislike approach, I&#8217;m thinking there are about to be some areas where conservatives are open to supporting liberal positions. The three already mentioned (net neutrality, businesses refusing service, at-will employment) and &#8230; I expect insurrectionists will discover the problem with felony disenfranchisement now that they are felons.<\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"3j53k-0-0\">And, on a related note, they may want to read through [18 U.S.C. \u00a7 922]. Specifically:<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eit21\" data-offset-key=\"j1cj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"j1cj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"j1cj-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eit21\" data-offset-key=\"a8pf9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"a8pf9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"a8pf9-0-0\">(g) It is unlawful for any person &#8212; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eit21\" data-offset-key=\"cehfq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cehfq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cehfq-0-0\"> (1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eit21\" data-offset-key=\"eb0b4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eb0b4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eb0b4-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eit21\" data-offset-key=\"c08vn-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"c08vn-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c08vn-0-0\">to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce, or possess in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan McCain realizes the US needs paid maternity leave after she has a baby. That sums up my problem with a lot of Republicans: it&#8217;s only a problem that needs a solution if it impacts me (and, maybe, someone I love). Otherwise it&#8217;s something you did to yourself and you are a lazy bum for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1252,1254,1255,211,1253],"class_list":["post-7373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-civil-war","tag-insurrection","tag-jan-6","tag-maga","tag-revolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7374,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373\/revisions\/7374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}