Democratic West Virginia senator calls the Inflation Reduction Act, hailed as ā€˜biggest step on climate crisisā€™, a ā€˜radical agendaā€™

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    Haha itā€™s ok. Iā€™m not saying that gerrymandering isnā€™t a problem or that itā€™s not happening literally all the time as much as possible.

    All I mean is that you canā€™t gerrymander a federal senate seat. You can gerrymander the state legislature districts that control many of the aspects of voting for that statewide seat, but you cannot redraw (ie gerrymander) Joe Manchinā€™s senate seat without some minor civil wars with WVā€™s neighbor states.

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      1 year ago

      I agree with that part, but whatā€™s the difference if itā€™s not direct? Regardless, it sounds like itā€™s a pretty red state anyway.

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        To me itā€™s just about the definition of the word. It would be incorrect to say, ā€œThe WV legislature gerrymandered Joe Manchinā€™s senate seat.ā€ Because gerrymandering means redrawing districts. You can totally say ā€œThe gerrymandered WV legislature passed laws that make it harder for Joe Manchin to be elected.ā€ While gerrymandering affects the outcome, what theyā€™re doing to Joe Manchinā€™s district is not gerrymandering.

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          1 year ago

          Lol, youā€™re a writer and/or journalist, yes? Iā€™m not and not that worried about getting it just right, the results are the same.

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            @PeleSpirit Ha, recovering grad student. No worries, shitty voter suppression is shitty voter suppression at the end of the day.

            (tagging you because for whatever reason my comment wasnā€™t appearing as a direct reply, weird!)

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              1 year ago

              Lemmy is acting a little fucky, I answered you but I donā€™t know where it went, lol.

              I was pretty sure we were agreeing and donā€™t get me wrong, I love people who love words because I donā€™t understand it but still find value in that way of thinking. I like art and physical beauty and I think word people probably also like art in the meanings of words and the ideas they create. You can see them happy when they read a good story and look up, its awesome.

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              I was pretty sure we were agreeing and donā€™t get me wrong, I love people who love words because I donā€™t understand it but still find value in that way of thinking. I like art and physical beauty and I think word people probably also like art in the meanings of words and the ideas they create. You can see them happy when they read a good story and look up, its awesome.