Comments by "Emanon" (@Emanon...) on "The Rational National" channel.

  1. Bill Burr has empathy and is authentic. That what makes him so great when he talks about difficult subjects.
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  2. The playbook 1) Begin with: "Thoughts and prayers" bla bla bla etc. 2) Move on to: "Let's not politicise this tragedy" 3*) Deny causality: "It isn't part of a systemic problem, it's a lone crazy (white) person that did this!" 4) Dont do anything to actually face the underlying cause of the violence 5) Rinse and repeat 3* If a non-white person committed this crime, go to The Playbook - section 2: "Blacks, Mexicans, Muslims - Everything is always their fault". Feel free to add anything if I skipped a step
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  3. Polievre gives me strong "Ted Cruz" vibes.
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  4. Nothing wrong with being Pro-Palestine. It the same as being against occupation, apartheid and extra-judicial imprisonment and killings.
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  5. More like genitalia over policy
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  6. I'll chime in with how we do it in my country of Denmark: University is free. As a student you get 6000 krona (850 USD) a month, and that barely covers rent, utilities, transportation, as Denmark is more expensive than the US. Most students have a job and/or take a small student loan on the side. The loans are cheap and can manageably be paid off within 10-15 years without resorting to canned tuna & noodles. It works pretty well. Sure I pay more in taxes than you guys, but I don't have to worry about getting sick and having to sell my house. Huh. Seems like this well regulated socialism thing actually kinda works...
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  7. Fun fact: Ben Shapiro sounds almost like a human male if played on x0.75 speed.
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  8. Their actions are borne out of desperation, not what Generation "Don't heal, just steal" would respect or acknowledge. The sheer greed of these already very powerful and wealthy people is unfathomable to me.
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  9. I'm from Denmark and live near the shooting that happened. The shooter had a hunting rifle and managed to kill 3 people (2 of them 17 years old), and seriously injure 4 people. Imagine if this nut had access to an AR-15 and tactical body armour? For us, this is a national tragedy. For the US, it would be Tuesday.
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  10. As a businessman I can respect Musk. As a human being, I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.
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  11. Let's get one thing straight for all the Karen mouthbreathers out there: Scientific experimentation on animals bred for the purpose is perfectly ethical and unfortunately necessary. However causing suffering during said animal studies in entirely immoral and criminal. (If my initial sentence has caused you grief, just think of the last time you had a burger and a milkshake...)
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  12. We Europeans stopped tuning in to CNN almost as soon as it was possible to watch it over here. No sane European follows any other US media outlet, either. I watch Al Jazeera for thorough and unbiased international reports.
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  13. This has nothing to do with religion. Most zionists are atheists, just as the Nazis weren't a religious group. The Palestinian struggle is a national political struggle, not a religious one. Otherwise, please explain why Saudi zealots are staying silent?
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  14. You need to read up a bit more on the subject. If you don't have strong unions or strong laws, the average worker will get screwed by their employers. Average minimum wage has more or less been stagnant since the late 60's. It doesn't take a genius economist (and you and I definitely aren't one) to realize that something is awfully wrong with the current labour market in the US. Now add gig work, lack of healthcare and people unable to afford basic living costs on 2-3 jobs and the only thing I can say about your comment is this: Total and utter BS.
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  15. We really shouldn't be too concerned about what failed human being Crowder thinks about...well...anything, really...
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  16. Yes, you can. I find it odd that the very same people that can laugh about "Clayton Bixby" and the "Race draft", suddenly stop laughing when they're the subject of the joke. It's hypocrisy.
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  17. Disclaimer: I'm not American. From bar fights to domestic issues to knives to gun violence and deaths. The true problem in the US is violence culture not having guns per se. Switzerland eg. has almost as many guns per capita as the US. You don't see anywhere near the level of crime, violence and deaths. Even the ones that don't include guns at all.
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  18. The irony of supremacist fascists today going out of their way to defend Israel (not Jews, mind you) solely because they're killing Muslims en masse. And the political class happily using dehumanising, racist language to score a few extra points. Mark my words: The next decade will clearly show Muslims being treated just as the Jews were a century ago. Good times ahead.
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  19. Greed and cruelty are the basis of the United States. Everything else are just lies to help the people think they matter.
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  20. From now on I'll be referring to that car as SSla. "Its Heilectric".
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  21. Damn, that's a good joke 🤣
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  22. Untenable ? Shapiro is a moron. - Rescind tax cuts (Trump & Bush) - Legalise and control marihuana - Progressively tax capital gains - Remove, let's just say, 100 billion USD from yearly military spending. You'll still be spending more than the top 10 countries combined. - raise minimum wage to 15 USD. Poor people spend their money locally -> more tax gains. Complicated problems can have elegant and simple solutions. There. I just solved the US budget crisis and you can now implement infrastructure renovation, healthcare for all and free public education. You're welcome. Now please stop supporting terrorist Israel.
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  23. It's honestly a good idea. If people are drafted into service, perhaps the US will be less inclined to beat the drums of war when their own kids are paying the cost of war, not just the kids of poor people and immigrants. Very few people do indeed join the armed forces out of a sense of duty. Most do it because of economic/educational perks or because they have very few choices. And yes, the hypocrisy of Trump himself is not lost on me. Doesn't make it a bad idea.
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  24. "performance"?
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  25. Nah, dude was gay, just so far in the closet he lived in Narnia.
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  26. I disagree. It wasn't a very good special, granted. And he became somewhat preachy. Again no argument there. But I believe you've sorely missed the message of the final half of his special. Said in one word: Daphne. I find it sadly convenient that NO ONE mentioned that, which is arguably the most important statements in his show. And intent matters.
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  27. It probably helped the polls for people to realise that Polievre is a total asshole.
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  28. Politics in the US: Racism? Sure. Homophobia? Go for it. Pathetic culture war issues? Hell yeah! But GOD FORBID you level factual criticism of Israel, an occupying nation and proven Apartheid country according to Amnesty, HRW and several other human rights NGO's. Apparently you're an anti-Semite if you think that Palestinians deserve to exist...
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  29. But if the rest of the media actually covered the truth, it might irritate the sensitivities of white middle class voters and viewers, and who knows, some might start to believe that Israel is in fact a supremacist authoritarian colonialism nation. And we can't have them feeling bad over their breakfast, can we?
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  30. Great Show. Subbed.
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  31. Wait, what? You guys still have kids pledge allegiance to the flag? That shit is like 1930's authoritarian handbook stuff...
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  32. Never forget or forgive these people for what they are doing. All Israelis not actively against this are responsible (97% according to a poll in December were either "okay" or "wanted more action")
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  33. Sure, except great powers have traditionally not given up on a war until far too late. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan (US and USSR). And Biden calling Putin a war criminal is 1) Hilarious coming from the same guy that voted for the Iraq war and 2) extremely dangerous as you're cornering a wounded beast. Especially if public opinion in Russia turns against him. It's reckless.
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  34.  @DaemonJax  When all the billionaires propping up the regime start to bleed their billions, I believe the military and intelligence apparatus will overthrow him. Russia's economy could possibly have withstood a low intensity conflict for many years, but the current casualty rates and, probably more importantly, the impact of sanctions and looming technical default represent a clear danger to the current regime. Putin's ego however won't allow for an antebellum status quo.
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  35. The true spirit of MAGA is admitting to the lies and failures we believed along the way...
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  36. That's called the YouTube algorithm, dude...
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  37. Who didn't know that Trump was lying?
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  38. Well, he is in fact married to a rights lawyer that helped bring the ICJ case against Israel. I'm thinking Clooney isn't so happy about his president arming a genocide and repeatedly lying to everyone about their conduct.
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  39. There is no "far left" in the US. It's a joke whenever these morons use those terms or go further and call their own politicians "socialists" or "communists". I know, because I'm literally a Neo-Socialist.
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  40. "The left" Oh honey... Here in Europe, they're considered conservatives.
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  41. They still won't directly blame Trump. Pay attention to what they say. They haven't learned a single thing.
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  42. Yeah, those musicians be shocking. Elvis, Bowie, Prince, Queen, Glamrockers, Madonna etc etc etc Hell, even the Beatles were considered subversive in their heyday.
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  43. The new playbook for GOP presidential candidates: Celebrity - check Wealthy - check Fanboy cult - check Personality and/or mental disorder - check Sexual predator- ...aaaaand check. Seems like Elon "Felon" Musk is ready to go in '24 or '28.
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  44. 3 PMs in one year! In Israel, Belgium and Italy that's considered "below average"...
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  45. Were in "1770s France" right now in the developed world A gilded age where the rich and powerful aren't paying their fair share, and focusing on belligerence abroad to appear stron. Instead we see an increased burden on the weakest and poorest among us and hollowing out all the benefits and rights that we've all fought and bled for. But if this continues, it'll be 1789... And there's no Scarlet Pimpernel if people are in revolt everywhere.
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  46. Harvard is indeed a corporation first, an institution of higher learning is secondary. Sadly, many of the "legacy" alumns with financial ties to Israel, AIPAC and other political groups have a much more "important" voice than faculty and students. It's rotten to the core. No democracy when it comes to making money in the US - even when it concerns genocidal regimes led by war criminals.
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  47. As a Dane, I welcome the US taking Greenland. 1. It's better for us because we're fully funding a society that has fallen on hard times (largely because of our colonial destruction of their way of life), and 2. NATO, the inner weapons market of the US, will be dissolved and Europe can finally start making decisions in our own best interests, not what our American overlords always want. Do it, Donny. I dare you.
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  48. The real surprise is that Fred isn't gay!
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  49. Let's be real: Kamala Harris can't win. She has the charm and charisma of maggots in a wildebeest carcass.
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  50. What is family values? I'm seriously asking.
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  51. I believe until Americans stop fellating everything that has to do with the military, except actually be willing to put up their own kids to serve or pay for veterans health and benefits, the military will continue to be an integral symbol in American politics. "Thank you for your service". What a bunch of fucking hypocrites.
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  52. You'd think a gay Jew would just be glad when someone from a minority gets a shot. Then again, if he's anything like the GOP and his zionist crew in Israel, they're the only ones allowed to be "special".
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  53. No matter what, the genocide supporters will seemingly win.
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  54. There are several studies that show a decrease in empathy when people attain great wealth and/or power. It's not exactly hard science with the few studies done, but it kind of enforces the view of why people who have everything always want more for themselves, even to the detriment of others.
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  55. The problem is of course access to guns, but if you combine the data from around the world, you have to wonder if there's an element in American culture that specifically enables these events.
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  56. Joy Reid spoke out against Israel.
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  57. First step: Get rid of the Clintons, Obamas and people like Wasserman-Schultz (and why the fuck is her hair so wet always?). They have destroyed the liberal progressive agenda in the US from within.
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  58. I'd also be wary of the Mexican response. It's effectively the industrial manufacturing base of US companies.
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  59. Apparently, not only the Sith deals in absolutes...
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  60. A samurai sword, an old timey gun and an electric guitar on the wall? He just needs the Scarface poster and he'd have douchebag bingo. This dude is as incel as it gets.
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  61.  @Avrysatos  I don't really know what to do with that information. Is it a case of damned if you, damned if you don't?
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  62. The US is so goddamn cooked (no pun intended), y'all just haven't realised how much.
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  63. American politics (and increasingly here in Europe as well) has shown that there is no consequences to lying all the time. So are we surprised that politicians, who generally are as trustworthy as a lawyer for a used car dealership, choose to exploit this for personal gain? As long as the voters are tribal and/or misinformed, politicians will continue to lie and misrepresent basic facts for their own benefit.
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  64. I have "a super bad feeling" about Elon Musk. Can we cut 10% of his wealth? It's seems prudent, all things considered...
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  65. What a goddamn clown show. And we're still in January. They haven't even started messing shit up for real.
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  66. That's the woman from West Wing and House !? At least put in an effort if you're trying to be a pos liar...
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  67. Israel has become the very definition of a supremacist state. Democracy or not, the views of the state on Palestinians are abhorrent
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  68. I have one answer: Daphne If you don't know what the fuck In talking about, then you shouldn't chime in.
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  69.  @sarapiotrofsky5045  Sure, until they need life-saving medicine. It's a sad reality that we can't develop new medicines without animal testing. The more "militant" animal rights activists are just like Christian Conservatives everywhere that are against abortion but suddenly get one for their mistress when she becomes pregnant...
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  70. I'm not on twitter, but if I was, I'd quit and cite Elon Musk as the reason. Would have been better if you'd applied your vast wealth to shit that matters, Elon.
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  71. In America, Greed is a creed.
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  72. About these people that believe"hard work" alone is enough for succes: You were also very lucky
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  73. This is God trying to warn everyone about the shitfest we're all in for the next 4(-?) years.
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  74. He's been illiterate about so many things for so long, this is not even news worthy. Giving an uncritical platform to people that spew disinformation isn't a podcast. That's a fascist's wet dream.
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  75. Funny how "essential workers" are being shafted all over the world post Covid.
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  76. Imagine my surprise that a company run by a White South African Jew that grew up during apartheid, doesn't give a shit about the treatment of POC in their company. I didn't believe that casual use of "N" was still something you'd experience in a modern company in the US. Just utter disgust.
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  77. Fun fact: Ben Shapiro almost sound like a human male if you play him at x0.75 speed
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  78. I don't know if they're cunts, but they sure as hell don't try to dissuade you of the idea...
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  79. Free speech is a fucking joke in our so-called democratic societies.
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  80. It's embarrassing. Theo Von is pushing 50. At this point Von is simply refusing to educate himself on anything important and instead just parroting whatever he heard last. Or maybe it's just a grift and an act.
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  81. Law, justice and morality are not the same. In fact, you'll experience that they're sometimes mutually exclusive in our society. A little bit of civil disobedience and taking matters into your own hands is a good thing. Especially if it puts the fear of God into the people that oppress and exploit us all. Disagree? Go through history and ask women, slaves, native peoples, people of colour, gays etc whether or not the law has provided them with justice.
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  82. The United States is slowly drowning in a cesspool of its own making. And I'm not throwing you a life raft. The US frankly deserves a taste of the reality they've helped impose on others.
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  83. Since WW2, war is more American than baseball and apple pie
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  84. Does "truth" mean something else in the US?
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  85. No. It's the fact that they don't know they they ARE idiots, that makes them so dangerous. But I agree with your approach and attitude
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  86. Dude is better at applying makeup and lipstick than 99% of women. That there was any doubt that this "family values conservative" (whatever the fuck that means) is a "sexual deviant" is no surprise whatsoever. It's usually those repressed types that have an unhealthy relationship with sexuality. The examples are legion. (I don't care if he's in drag or LGBT, but his and the general GOP bigotry towards these groups makes them despicable hypocrites and horrible human beings)
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  87. The only thing that has changed the last 20+ years is that the US political establishment and media simply don't care to pretend anymore. It has been a billionaire corporate oligarchy ruling the US for a very long time. At least since Reagan, Bush Sr and Clinton.
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  88. Americans are fed shit and told they're dining like kings compared to everyone else.
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  89.  @yaash4123  Get your facts straight before you make a fool of yourself. Joe Biden not only voted for the war in Iraq, he was lockstep behind the Bush agenda and their fabricated reasons to invade a country and destabilise an entire region. Sound familiar? If war crimes ,of which there were many, are committed during an illegal war that you sanctioned and voted, then at the very least you're complicit in the crimes. How many soldiers have actually been held responsible for their specific crimes? How many politicians for lying us all into an illegal war? How many commanders have been tried by the ICC in the Hague? So yeah, Joe Biden (among many others) is a fucking hypocrite and wants to bleed Russia dry, but only if it solely costs Ukrainian lives and livelihoods.
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  90. Guys, your courts have never ever been independent. You have 3 branches of government: Corporate, Executive and Legislative (and yes, I'm counting the press along with corporations)
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  91. I'm absolutely fine with Americans eating shit for their choices. Zero fucks given, as they've given very few fucks about anyone else, including their own.
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  92. Yeah, this isn't news. This is tabloid level shit.
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  93. If that's not asking to drop dead before the election, I don't know what is... What hubris to invoke God in that context.
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  94. He'll be running for president in 2028. That's the game plan for this despicable piece of human refuse. And he'll probably win too...
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  95. "Don't mess with Texas" Because it's plenty messed up already, it seems
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  96. This is hypocrisy at its best. We've all laughed about a multitude of subjects all the time, and now, when it's "inconvenient" (ie you have a chance to signal your righteousness) we're all suddenly "disgusted"? Intent does indeed matter. Otherwise you're just laying out a roadmap for racists and bigots to do their thing, with no consequence, and instead go after people that use a wrong word or phrase instead. People that might actually agree with you.
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  97. Why do we distinguish between gay and lesbian in LGBT? Shouldn't it just be HBT as in homosexual? At least if we are to believe that gender shouldn't matter...
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  98. Elon at least has the "decency" to show you he's a Nazi. The rest of them are the same, they're just still waiting to see how the wind blows...
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  99. Imagine spending 800 billion dollars on defense each year just to realise that Greedy Americans are the biggest reason for lost lives and destruction.
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  100. Wealth only makes you more greedy. I don't know how else to explain why people with billions would bend over backwards to pay less in taxes and charity (as a percentage) than you and I.
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  101. I could swear either his head is getting smaller or he's wearing bigger and bigger yarmulkes
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  102. Seinfeld was never funny. The show was hilarious, but that wasn't his style of comedy. "What's the deeaal with ATMs, am I right?" Just doesn't cut it 40 years later, Jerr. Go cheer on some baby killers or try to bed a 17 year old female comic that looks up to you...
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  103. The truth like in many things probably lies somewhere in between. But taken to an either/or answer I think it's better to allow people explore and perhaps make mistakes, than suppress them and leave them unhappy. But I completely agree: Who cares?
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  104. To be fair to Musk, it's not like his autism spectrum has helped on the empathy and socializing front...
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  105. And yet we have to remember that the British people elected the Cons (a more apt name, I believe) twice and votes for Brexit. In a democracy, the electorate can't be absolved if they continue to reward lies, incompetence and elitist corruption.
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  106.  @jetskiwillywilly7970  most people pay 38-45% in taxes. I don't know if you're capable of simple arithmetic, but try to add up your insurance, health and college tuition and get back to me who pays more in n the end. Also, here unions have set a minimum wage. Let's compare. "lol" my ass...
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  107. She needs to address the crimes of the Apartheid State. But she probably won't, because she has a re-election to worry about if she wins. AIPAC truly owns the politicians in the US.
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  108. The funny thing is that the odd 300-400 million spent in politics by the gun lobby since the nineties is absolute peanuts , making American politicians not only whores, but really really cheap whores.
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  109. Federal prosecutors in Brazil will not be idle in 2023.
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  110. We've reached the endemic stage of his outbreak. The people who aren't vaccinated by now (in countries with accessible and free vaccines), likely won't be in the future either. There is now only one metric for restrictions that apply and that is hospital admission numbers . If that is stable, then there is no actual cause for concern or further restrictions. Everything else really doesn't matter and at that stage only provides further political ammunition for the Vax and restriction nutters... Let it rip.
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  111. What did she vote? Having said that, Y'all should really look into how many people on a national scale have been affected by this. Get some stories out in the open and show these people for the monsters they are.
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  112. Shapiro: He almost sounds like a normal human male if played on 0.75x speed.
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  113. Meh
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  114. It is very very likely that you'll see a president DeSantis with a GOP senate and 6/3 SCOTUS. Good luck y'all.
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  115. It turns out "Let them eat pie" isn't a valid fiscal and monetary policy...
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  116. It's the strategically sound move to make, although it's pure cowardice.
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  117. She's probably just anti-semitic like the rest of the Jews that view other people as human beings, right? Man. That word has really lost all meaning when Rabbis and Holocaust survivors have been called "anti-semitic" or "self-hating" for opposing the horror that is Israeli society.
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