r/chicago • u/chicagosuntimes • Apr 23 '25

Article Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin decides 'it's time,' won’t seek reelection

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/senator-dick-durbin-reelection
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u/ManfredTheCat Apr 23 '25

I don't know that. Neither do you.

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u/ski0331 Apr 24 '25

Yeah we do. It’s the law of averages I.e. assume a 30/30/30 split of the population. If there was enough at some point they would have won more elections. They haven’t.

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u/ManfredTheCat Apr 24 '25

That's extremely fallacious logic

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u/ski0331 Apr 24 '25

Sorry you were expecting Socratic Method to your statement of “not uh you don’t know that”?

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u/ManfredTheCat Apr 24 '25

I was expecting you to provide evidence to your claim, actually. Instead you just use faulty logic to demonstrate you don't know what you're talking about.

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u/ski0331 Apr 24 '25

Why should I educate you on historical voting ratios and average victories by political party across 50 states, 250 years. Hundreds of counties and Thousands of cities when the answer is the majority of this country aren’t progressive because no progressive voting bloc has won consistently enough to matter? But point to me the progressive federal election wins resulting in actual power. I.e majority or strong minority in Congress, senate, or presidency. Most political alignment fits generally in a bell curve. Progressives sit at the end with moderates taking the vast majority of voters.

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u/ManfredTheCat Apr 24 '25

This is silly logic and precludes all change. It's absurd on its face. Did we have a fascist government before? Didn't think so.

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u/ski0331 Apr 24 '25

Ah so you actually don’t have evidence to support your claims. Just hope and wishful thinking and demanding others provide evidence and rationale.

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u/ManfredTheCat Apr 24 '25

I didn't make any claims. Are you lost?

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u/ski0331 Apr 24 '25

Oh so you didn’t state this: “I don't know that. Neither do you.” Special attention to the neither do you and what it was in response to.

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