:so-true:

  • Hoodoo [love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    How the fuck is a forced tithe to the fascist war machine a patriotic donation

    :agony-immense:

    • Mother [any]
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      3 years ago

      Amazing, pretty sure he was put in an internment camp. You would think he’d know better

      • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        That's what makes him one of the most libby libs who ever libbed. Was put in a literal concentration camp (I'm sorry, but "internment camp" is euphemistic language intended to obfuscate the reality) by his own government and years later he's caping for the exact same government. "It's cool, we're cool now. Remember when I was on Star Trek with a Russian guy and a black woman and we solved racism? Oh my!"

        Also, he's gay! He was gay pre-Stonewall! He was put in a concentration camp by the government during WW2 and then had to hide his sexuality for a good part of his life because he might have then been jailed or worse if he'd come out.

        I will say that I admire his grace in dealing with these issues personally, but the liberal civility fetish makes him an utter clown at best and a dangerous propagandist at worst.

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Maybe (most) westoids won't suffer that much because of this self-imposed disaster. But food prices are global and there is going to be tremendous consequences for the global south, despite them having no part in the conflict.

  • invo_rt [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    two years into a pandemic that's killed nearly a million USians officially

    healthcare pls :yes-honey-left:

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I’ll pay any price and work as much as I need to ensure my kids don’t have to fight these wars.

      Holy shit I just realized a potential angle

      Workers won’t be asked to work extra hours, rather the company will guilt trip them into working more to defeat Putin.

      “Look I know your paycheck doesn’t cover rent and food, but that’s why you need to work more. It’s the price for freedom. You aren’t a Russian spy are you?”

  • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Yeah, because only Americans are being hurt by this, you stupid fuck. Afghanistan was already on the brink of famine before this started, and now its rushing full on into a famine because Ukraine and Russia make up nearly a third of wheat exports, some of which Afghanistan buys from them. On top of the whole fucking thing about the US just confiscating their funds.

    Fuck America to the core.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        :grillman: love public transit. At Disneyland and Disneyworld. At numerous cities they tour around the glove. They can't make the connection that driving is misery.

  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Still remember him posting an article on how awesome the military tech Israel uses to oppress Palestinians is. Fuck him.

      • Rojo27 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        He had shared a NY Post article on the advancement of military tech of Israel. Couldn't find the article, but it had mentioned how it was typically tested on the field aka against Palestinians. He captioned the post with "Their rapid advancement is something to behold, indeed".

  • Circra [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    People can't endure, that's the thing. Decades of austerity, cuts to what was never an amazingly strong safety net and massive increases in the price of housing driving people further away geographically from informal social safety nets of family and community has basically fucked over any resilience the majority of people have.

    Shit, even if you believed in the bullshit, freedom and democracy don't put food on the table or pay the bills.