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Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

https://twitter.com/2dAmMuslim/status/894648049603141633

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Nuclearmonkee
Jun 10, 2009


Jezza posted:

"What I condemn is the violence that's been done by any side, by all sides, in all this. Violence is not going to solve the issue.

"The issues in Venezuela are partly structural because not enough has been done to diversify the economy away from oil - that has to be a priority for the future.

"But we also have to recognise that there have been effective and serious attempts at reducing poverty in Venezuela, improving literacy and improving the lives of many of the poorest people."

So of course they spin that to mean CORBYN SUPPORTS MADURO

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


the reality is at the moment that white people are dying significantly more from drug overdoses, that alongside racism is driving the media focus on it.



so yeah, obviously it's receiving a different treatment than the crack epidemic because america is racist af, but dismissing the opiate epidemic because white people :rolleyes: when it is incredibly bad (and is now cutting more and more across race and class lines) is pretty bullshit.

703
May 11, 2007

Contains Carbon Monoxide

yeah but a lot of trump voters live there so..........

god is punishing trump voters, inshallah

MaxxBot
Oct 6, 2003

you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!
Jeb!

Bethamphetamine
Oct 29, 2012


Me too

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

safely sodomized posted:

the reality is at the moment that white people are dying significantly more from drug overdoses, that alongside racism is driving the media focus on it.



so yeah, obviously it's receiving a different treatment than the crack epidemic because america is racist af, but dismissing the opiate epidemic because white people :rolleyes: when it is incredibly bad (and is now cutting more and more across race and class lines) is pretty bullshit.

maybe it's because white people are not targeted for drug enforcement laws :thunk:

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

Grondoth posted:

lol wite rural deth

Victory Position
Mar 16, 2004

Shab posted:

lol, just lol if you haven't seen the piss tape in 70mm and consider yourself a cinephile

if you haven't seen it blasted on an OMNIMAX dome, well, I don't know what to tell you

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

ymgve posted:

imagine how much worse the opioid epidemic would be without naloxone

Imagine how much it wouldn't have happened if we had a goddamn regulatory agency that was able to take Purdue to task for their willingness to mislead doctors and game their system for marketing

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

white people also have too much money

fits my needs
Jan 1, 2011

Grimey Drawer
First they banned Zuck, now they'll ban making posts about opioid addicts. :argh:

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


ArmZ posted:

maybe it's because white people are not targeted for drug enforcement laws :thunk:

im pretty skeptical the war on drugs is at all successful at reducing addiction rates

Brother Friendship
Jul 12, 2013

Agean90 posted:

but enough of that poo poo, let's laugh at white people more

https://twitter.com/RcCanada/status/894617732926152704

(insert stupid loving ideology here) cannot fail, it can only be failed

mormonpartyboat
Jan 14, 2015

by Reene

safely sodomized posted:

so yeah, obviously it's receiving a different treatment than the crack epidemic because america is racist af, but dismissing the opiate epidemic because white people :rolleyes: when it is incredibly bad (and is now cutting more and more across race and class lines) is pretty bullshit.

yeah im also v upset at the internet dismissing the many, many politicians calling for a substantial overhaul of the government's drug policy like such as:











































 

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

fits my needs posted:

First they banned Zuck, now they'll ban making posts about opioid addicts. :argh:

I hope they ban you

permanently

mormonpartyboat
Jan 14, 2015

by Reene
u cant say uve wooted the newt if u didnt kno about ellis the elephant

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

jBrereton posted:

What he ought to've done was in fact say Maduro + the starvation in the country is causing disastrous violence, instead of saying, weakly "I condemn the violence on all sides".

i mean, at least he isn't give them the 'lion of damascus' treatment

venezuala really isn't something people should waffle on, and ought to have been an object lesson in the inevitable catastrophe of petrostates and the dangers of basing one's socialism around anti-american rhetoric

don't get me wrong i love me some anti-america, but whataboutism makes it real easy to implement functionally right-wing policy

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

safely sodomized posted:

im pretty skeptical the war on drugs is at all successful at reducing addiction rates

what im saying is white people can get prescription drugs more easily and have more access to opioids for various reasons

also

quote:

lol wite rural deth

Brother Friendship
Jul 12, 2013


thats just the latest ex wife dying of cancer. part of the divorce says that she can follow him but ahs to be dressed up like an elephant

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



ymgve posted:

imagine how much worse the opioid epidemic would be without naloxone

Probably a lot fewer overdoses overall*

fits my needs
Jan 1, 2011

Grimey Drawer

Grondoth posted:

I hope they ban you

permanently

Why are you so mad I don't even know who you are

bean mom
Jan 30, 2009

https://twitter.com/mk_mot13/status/894372769302945792

mormonpartyboat
Jan 14, 2015

by Reene
*extremely progressive american voice*: what we need to do is legalize weed, and also reduce the amount of opioid painkiller prescriptions and also triple the DEA's funding

Hodgepodge
Jan 29, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 224 days!

safely sodomized posted:

the reality is at the moment that white people are dying significantly more from drug overdoses, that alongside racism is driving the media focus on it.



so yeah, obviously it's receiving a different treatment than the crack epidemic because america is racist af, but dismissing the opiate epidemic because white people :rolleyes: when it is incredibly bad (and is now cutting more and more across race and class lines) is pretty bullshit.

hmm, is this a good time to show compassion and present progressive solutions to the problem

nah gonna mainline spite and losing elections

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

beat up white heroin dealers

poisoning us minorities

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

reminder that addiction is a choice until it happens to you

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

safely sodomized posted:

never really realized how much he looks like l ron hubbard



brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


Nonsense posted:

He condemened violence on both sides, and this has pissed off libtards

lol accepting a ~both sides~ take

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

brugroffil posted:

lol accepting a ~both sides~ take

there is already civil war idiot

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


jBrereton posted:

What he ought to've done was in fact say Maduro + the starvation in the country is causing disastrous violence, instead of saying, weakly "I condemn the violence on all sides".

this would have been a good statement!

Relevant Tangent
Nov 18, 2016

Tangentially Relevant

brugroffil posted:

State Department is hosed and US diplomacy is going to be set back substantially for many years.




TRUMP!

The ability of America to effect lasting change outside her borders is basically gone for a generation. The remaining question is whether we're able to do it inside our borders without sending in troops.

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


Nonsense posted:

there is already civil war idiot

hmm yes, always good to go ~both sides~ in a civil war, can't ever think of when that's an extremely dumb option

heard u like girls
Mar 25, 2013


drat

bean mom
Jan 30, 2009

mormonpartyboat posted:

*extremely progressive american voice*: what we need to do is legalize weed, and also reduce the amount of opioid painkiller prescriptions and also triple the DEA's funding

:yeah:

mormonpartyboat
Jan 14, 2015

by Reene

ArmZ posted:

reminder that addiction is a choice until it happens to you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPF-Juks2N0

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



so i spent all night having fun and went to bed at like 8 am so i missed the pissbaby tirade this morning. anyone have a quick recap handy of the stupid poo poo from today?

brugroffil
Nov 30, 2015


Relevant Tangent posted:

The ability of America to effect lasting change outside her borders is basically gone for a generation. The remaining question is whether we're able to do it inside our borders without sending in troops.

best part is that all of the "Obummer is WEAK! America needs to be strong again!" people who voted trump

That DICK!
Sep 28, 2010

Kayleigh used to submit thinkpieces for this dumb website called Above The Law all the time, and they were all so tremendously stupid. If they're still up I'd suggest finding and reading them

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Hodgepodge
Jan 29, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 224 days!

ArmZ posted:

what im saying is white people can get prescription drugs more easily and have more access to opioids for various reasons

also

by more easily you mean having them shoved at them for stuff like having wisdom teeth pulled because pharma wants to sell more pills, right

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