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raw_anon_1111yesterday at 4:21 PM1 replyview on HN

That’s a really poor excuse to sign on to something that you disagree with. I would not sign a petition for making the “Confederacy Day” law if I lived in Mississippi just because it would become law anyway. You have to stand for something.

Would you think it was okay if Tim Scott signed such a law just so his fellow Republicans couldn’t hold it against him in the primary? Well actually I wouldn’t be surprised if he did…


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ceejayozyesterday at 4:31 PM

> That’s a really poor excuse to sign on to something that you disagree with.

It's a pragmatic excuse.

Not signing changes nothing; clear statements that it's bad law; avoid giving the assholes pushing it more likelihood of winning the next election.

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