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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Or, "The government would rather you die so you stop wasting resources, you useless leech."
Although, to be "fair", that's not the actual position of the majority of conservatives, which lurch drunkenly among the following rough categories:
- The government would rather you die so you stop wasting resources, you useless leech.
- Poor people are fuel for our labor mills, just don't give them any uppity ideas about "welfare", "education", and "rights".
- The government should support White Christians and everyone else can fuck off and die.
- We're rich so we're the only important people, everyone else can fuck off as long as there's someone to drive our cars and shine our shoes.
Oh, and then there are hardcore Libertarians who are their own special brand of crazy, mixed with just enough ideas that sound sensible on first glance to be really attractive to some people.
Edited by Fighteer on Aug 26th 2018 at 2:40:29 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"... Wait, so this guy was participating in a video game tournament, lost, and decided that the loss justified him taking a gun out and start killing people? Is that what you guys are saying??? That this mass shooting is the gun equivalent of a childish tantrum that happens when a gun-wielder decides to be a Sore Loser about a mere video game match?!
Edited by MarqFJA on Aug 26th 2018 at 11:22:53 AM
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.If Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott win, the Parkland movement will be classified as a failure.
"The devil's got all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns. Fuck that." - Liam Gallagher![]()
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Are you surprised? This is exactly the type of person responsible for most mass shootings.
Mass shootings are the equivalent of childish tantrums, except unlike a child rolling around on the ground crying, these are ending the lives of thousands and ruining the lives of others.
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Aug 26th 2018 at 4:31:10 AM
i'm tired, my friend

In modern political discourse “liberal” and “progressive” are more or less interchangeable, with progressive recently being adopted to describe the left-most wing of the Democratic Party and liberal usually referring to party centrists. The historical definition of progressivism is very different, and not quite as rosy.
They should have sent a poet.