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The Trump Administration Rolled Back More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List. [2021 article] (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Biden put "quite a few" of the rules back in place but not all of them why didn't he put all of them back in place

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Which specific regulations did he not put back which you're concerned about? I couldn't in good faith say "all of them" because there's no head-to-head comparison, so I hedged with "quite a few". But I'm sure you know them by heart, because I know you're just so, so concerned about the issues. Fucking clown.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I couldn’t in good faith say “all of them” because there’s no head-to-head comparison

So you have no idea if biden put these rules back in place but you're confidently asserting it anyway and getting angry at me for being curious....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Which one(s)? Go ahead. Tell me; this should be easy for you, because I know you actually care about this and aren't just commenting for the rubles.

Edit: wait, what do you mean "no idea"? The Wikipedia article is full of regulations Biden verifiably put back into place which Trump did away with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its ok to just not respond if you don't know the answer

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is so transparently projecting from the fact that you can't answer by naming a single policy or regulation, which is pretty sad. Go ahead. The NYT listed 100 of them; it should be easy to find at least one. And you're in a Solarpunk community to boot, so I'm sure you care enough about the environment that you keep up with this news, right? You're not just concern trolling about an issue you don't actually keep up with to get in a shallow "own" against the Biden administration and then scrambling to save face when it's pointed out you don't know shit about fuck, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People asking simple questions makes you really mad

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are you admitting you can't name even one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do you hate me so much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I have never really understood exactly what a 'liberal' is, since I have heard 'liberals' express every conceivable opinion on every conceivable subject. As far as I can tell, you have the extreme right, who are fascist racist capitalist dogs like Ronald Reagan, who come right out and let you know where they're coming from. And on the opposite end, you have the left, who are supposed to be committed to justice, equality, and human rights. And somewhere between those two points is the liberal.

As far as I'm concerned, 'liberal' is the most meaningless word in the dictionary. History has shown me that as long as some white middle-class people can live high on the hog, take vacations to Europe, send their children to private schools, and reap the benefits of their white skin privilege, then they are 'liberal'. But when times get hard and money gets tight, they pull off that liberal mask and you think you're talking to Adolf Hitler. They feel sorry for the so-called underprivileged just as long as they can maintain their own privileges."

---Assata: An Autobiography

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

What did I say to warrant such a vicious reply