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GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

Gunshow Poophole posted:

that logic has been deployed in various forms for a long time too, so it's no surprise to see that entire generations of people have internalized it. Those god drat welfare queens and their food stamp steak and lobster??



part of my goal in everyday life is to demonize the rich as lazy idlers in much the way the Right successfully demonized those receiving welfare benefits

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Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

OMBUDSMAN
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Clapping Larry

GalacticAcid posted:

part of my goal in everyday life is to demonize the rich as lazy idlers in much the way the Right successfully demonized those receiving welfare benefits

i stopped (lmao edit) pulling my punches with my family and it is actually working

~* Be the change~*~

Gunshow Poophole fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Jul 24, 2018

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


GalacticAcid posted:

part of my goal in everyday life is to demonize the rich as lazy idlers in much the way the Right successfully demonized those receiving welfare benefits

:same:

I did this with my dad who's time in the military left him chuddy on international issues but now he supports liquidating the rich and worker ownership of workplaces.

Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??

GalacticAcid posted:

part of my goal in everyday life is to demonize the rich as lazy idlers in much the way the Right successfully demonized those receiving welfare benefits

:hai:

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

Skypie posted:

i make like $60k but boy howdy doesn't feel like it goes far when rent's $1200 and health insurance premiums are $6000

if i adjust for what my income would've been in 1977 like that graph tweet from earlier, it would be the equivalent of $14,000/yr so i wouldn't even make half the median income lol

Why in the world would you adjust your income for 1977 and then compare that with the current median wage?

Spime Wrangler
Feb 23, 2003

Because we can.

Gunshow Poophole posted:

i started pulling my punches with my family and it is actually working

~* Be the change~*~

To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument because he is an old acquaintance, a fellow townsman, a schoolmate, a close friend, a loved one, an old colleague or old subordinate. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the individual are harmed. This is one type of liberalism.

The Nastier Nate
May 22, 2005

All aboard the corona bus!

HONK! HONK!


Yams Fan

Leslie Knope was the most liberal lib that ever libbed. She worshipped Abuela, Joe Biden, Madeline Albright, the Obamas, literally every bad dem.

Parks & Rec was still awesome though.

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010




bernie would have won

socialism has a literal fox news employee curious but no it was hillary that was going to bring over a wave of republican voters

anime was right
Jun 27, 2008

death is certain
keep yr cool
republicans: enjoy freefalling with us into an actual hellworld
liberals: parachutes, get your parachutes here! only $20,000!

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

So I'm not going to watch it, but is this like the Rock Bottom interview on The Simpsons?

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

The Nastier Nate posted:

Leslie Knope was the most liberal lib that ever libbed. She worshipped Abuela, Joe Biden, Madeline Albright, the Obamas, literally every bad dem.

Parks & Rec was still awesome though.

:thejoke: ~

:knope:

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Gunshow Poophole posted:

i started pulling my punches with my family and it is actually working

~* Be the change~*~

pulling your punches means holding back is that what you meant to say?

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。

GalacticAcid posted:

I’ve been poking around Facebook a bit lately, and I have a twitter account for following sports stuff. This exposes me to some of the content that Real Americans are ingesting and sharing.

A meme I’ve seen floating around lately is “little kids have to pay thousands of dollars for [inhaler, surgery, x, y, z], yet addicts can get Narcan for free over and over again???”

This seems extremely bad to me and im wondering if anyone has attempted to engage with this kind of thinking

maybe there’s a better thread for this but I see it from dem-voting acquaintances including multiple bernie liberals

you can't compel people to be empathetic, op

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
i've brought it up a few times before, and i still sincerely think it's not a bad idea: we should get the entirety of the dnc/dccc lifetime subscriptions to EVE online.

they can do their two favorite things in the world:

1. furiously masturbate over spreadsheets
2. go to war with the russian menace

it's a win-win scenario, they get to live out their dreams and everyone else will never have to hear the words "earned income tax credit" again

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
*three favorite things

3. die for abuela's mistakes

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
(that was a bad benghazi joke)

Mia Wasikowska
Oct 7, 2006

rip vilerat

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



curious that lowtax demodded vilerat so soon after signing an advertising deal with a VPN and it coming to light that russian intelligence used a VPN to hack the dnc🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

im just asking questions

Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

How odd that neitherbernie nor AoC offered condolences for the death of vilerat

Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

OMBUDSMAN
POSTERS LOCAL 42069




Clapping Larry

Shear Modulus posted:

pulling your punches means holding back is that what you meant to say?

yeah that quote from Combat Liberalism is where I was going

i dont make a habit of physically striking anybody except for the fash and i'm lucky enough that the worst my family gets is country club chic fash

Matt Zerella
Oct 7, 2002

Norris'es are back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (fox Howl)
https://twitter.com/TheKateMulgrew/status/1021773283824418816

:lol:

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

holy poo poo janeway owns

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

by Fluffdaddy

voyager is now worth it

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008


Nary a word for data center consolidation. What would the thinktank wonks say?

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010




lmao

imagine if the celebs jump ship from democrats to AOC and bernie and the like

the dems would have absolutely nothing

Skypie
Sep 28, 2008

Ytlaya posted:

Why in the world would you adjust your income for 1977 and then compare that with the current median wage?

I was really tired and I couldn't begin to explain now why that made sense to me at that moment other than I'm a big dummy

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

Shear Modulus posted:

lmao

imagine if the celebs jump ship from democrats to AOC and bernie and the like

the dems would have absolutely nothing

Except billions of dollars and the media I guess

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


Vox Nihili posted:

Except billions of dollars and the media I guess

the media will give anyone who calls themselves a socialist free press trying to drum up outrage at something their base supports and inadvertently strengthen there anti establisent credentials.

they have a very recent history of doing this you see

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin

Ocasio just lost the support of thousands of formerly horny white dudes

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Vox Nihili posted:

Except billions of dollars and the media I guess

"nothing to differentiate them from the republicans" might be more accurate

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

Shear Modulus posted:

lmao

imagine if the celebs jump ship from democrats to AOC and bernie and the like

the dems would have absolutely nothing

It's very telling that you Bernie Bros think the high ground is "nothing"

:donutsay:

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



ikanreed posted:

It's very telling that you Bernie Bros think the high ground is "nothing"

:donutsay:

indeed, Higher Ground Productions is a surefire winning investment

Siljmonster
Dec 16, 2005

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Shear Modulus posted:

lmao

imagine if the celebs jump ship from democrats to AOC and bernie and the like

the dems would have absolutely nothing

if its one thing leftists want its movie stars and media darlings to join their cause

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES

Shear Modulus posted:

indeed, Higher Ground Productions is a surefire winning investment

ahahhahahahaha

Feldegast42
Oct 29, 2011

COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING


Helmsman, set course for the socialism nebula

Skypie
Sep 28, 2008

Skypie posted:

Just saw this in the wild



just wanna say that the friend who posted this is now also arguing that since the electorate is racist, the way forward is a young white dude :thunk:

Wraith of J.O.I.
Jan 25, 2012


Vox Nihili posted:

Except billions of dollars and the media I guess

remember when bernie outraised hillary and people’s brains blew up

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



all are welcome to enroll in the re-education camps

in honesty if they arent transparently hitching a wagon to the winning horse or trying to take over an org for their own career and #brand like cynthia nixon calling herself a socialist on the day she asks from their endorsement, but are instead earnest about it like that one comedian who has some british tv show but recruits about dsa and signal-boosts nonstop thats fine. endorsing bad dem and republican public enemy number one with "RED ALERT" in all-caps isnt something id imagine a lib who's scared of the career repercussions of alienating the rich assholes who cut her checks the stigma would do if they had nothing to gain

however it would be dumb for AOC to take her up on some offer to be a surrogate since tv stars stumping for dems has always been the stupidest loving thing

Lastgirl
Sep 7, 1997


Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!
https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1021784498449444864

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Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Shear Modulus posted:


however it would be dumb for AOC to take her up on some offer to be a surrogate since tv stars stumping for dems has always been the stupidest loving thing

Not if they're Star Fleet Captains.

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