ELECTORAL COLLEGE THREAD

Since the Humes & Perinos of the world have forded rivers of their own drool to RT the right's favorite Electoral College fanboy (sorry, no tags for y'all), here's my take on why that is wrong and dumb. Teacher voice engaged, let's go for a ride. /1 As someone who teaches this stuff, I’ve had to outline and consider both sides of the Electoral College argument every year, and for most of my life my privilege allowed me to sit comfortably in my EC ambivalence. /2

This needs to happen because too much isn't funny. I'm going to break the 4th wall because I need to be open and honest. I'm not a hat. We are two real people who started this account because of a moron's silly hats, but the truth is we're two teachers who have something to say: THREAD:

Guns. We're not anti-guns. Like most Americans we support an individual's right to responsibly own, and even in some contexts carry, reasonable arms. The 2nd Amendment is in the Bill of Rights, but like the other Amendments it isn't absolute under ANY interpretation. /1