• Bongo_Stryker
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    5 months ago

    Yeah thanks man. I don’t really expect to convince anybody here who is already been programed into a republican aparatchik. I am mostly posting for anyone reading this stuff who may be swayed by dumb arguments but can be pulled back from the brink by reason.

    I’m also using these posts as a way of clarifying and organizing my own thoughts. What do I think about things? Why do I think this or that? It can be useful to have somethi g to react to, and examine my own reactions.

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      4 months ago

      Seconded

      It was the exact same for me back when I argued about religion. But, a decent portion of it is also just for entertainment.

      Right now my girlfriend is in the ER with me, and I don’t have much else to do. Arguing on here passes the time rather quickly.

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          4 months ago

          She has a number of chronic illnesses. All in all its a pretty normal day as unfortunate as that is. She will be ok, but it’s still spooky.

          She is on medicaid. So when the conservatives around here say stupid shit like “i don’T wANt To pAy FOr SOmEbody ELse’s CARE. they sHoULD Get a JOb AnD pull ThEMSeLves UP By tHeIr BOoTSTrApS” it hits closer to home. They effectively want my girlfriend dead.

          Screaming my head off around here about it is slightly better than screaming into the void over their attempts to kill social services.