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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I can't speak for everyone, but I feel really really uncomfortable about labeling someone a murderer for disagreeing with you politically. And disagreeing politically is basically what it boils down to. I'd feel much the same if republicans had something like #Killing Cortez or other similar nonsense.
I can't speak for everyone, but I feel really really uncomfortable about labeling someone a murderer for disagreeing with you politically. And disagreeing politically is basically what it boils down to.
No, you're wrong. Mitch is directly responsible for the deaths of many people, this is beyond "disagreeing politically".
~Soban Nobody is calling McConnell a murderer because we disagree with him politically. They're calling him a murderer because his stances, policies, actions, and inaction have, directly and indirectly, caused peoples' deaths.
>Nobody is calling Mc Connell a murderer because we disagree with him politically. They're calling him a murderer because his stances, policies, actions, and inaction have, directly and indirectly, caused peoples' deaths.
so politics.
Pretty much anything the goverment does can be loosely linked to people's death somewhere as a consequence. If you could tightly bind something apolitical for me, that would go a long way to helping change my mind (not guaranteed by any stretch).
and upon reflection, I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with it even then.
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How many degrees does one have to be removed before one can be considered sufficiently involved in causing someone's death? Was Trevelyan innocent of the deaths of thousands of Irish farmers when he denied food aid to them? When McConnell tries to kick even more people off their insurance plans and there are honest-to-God Americans starving in the streets of Kentucky because of policies he's personally supported or drafted, is he not a murderer?
Edited by danime91 on Aug 7th 2019 at 8:18:39 AM
Well, if you passed a bill that denied people stuff like health care, or food, or money, or whatever necessary thing they could use to survive, that kind of puts your finger on the trigger. The Faceless Senator certainly does that a lot. Think that's a sign.
Every politician does something that's of cause and effect, but the Faceless certainly does a lot of things that go towards inconveniencing people. Tell me you aren't actively trying to defend the indefensible.
ASAB: All Sponsors Are Bad.Calling Mitch a Murderer or Massacre Mitch, I think is a false equivalence but Moscow Mitch doesn't cover the sheer level of what horrible shit he's done to Kentucky as well as a nation as a whole. On the other hand, he doesn't really seem to care about any save Moscow Mitch.
Monster Mitch?
And yes, in terms of Terry Pratchett's GOING POSTAL, "In what context has Mitch led directly to the deaths of people because of his actions?" I'd say the number is in the thousands because he's, even without the food and medical denials, directly contributed to preventing aid to the Opiod Crisis.
Even at dialing that at, "Half or one-tenth a murder" that adds up.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Aug 7th 2019 at 8:23:35 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Objecting to the name of the hashtag is one thing, but the argument that most things the government does can result in people's deaths also feels disingenuous because it seems to disregard the fact that not all policies are equally linked to people's deaths. Mitch enabling policies that contribute very directly to human suffering and loss of life is more or less the point of the hashtag, which is important to emphasize even if you think it's improperly named.
Edited by Draghinazzo on Aug 7th 2019 at 11:25:05 AM
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... Please let that trend. Please someone make this happen!
No, wait, that would be unfair to every other "Mitch" out there that isn't anywhere near being the horrible monster that is Mitch McConnell.
Edited by MarqFJA on Aug 7th 2019 at 6:47:55 PM
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

Mitch The Murderer.
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