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I don't like either political party, but that doesn't mean they are equal in how terrible they are, too many people try to equivocate. We absolutely should do
by bwb 8y ago
I don't like either political party, but that doesn't mean they are equal in how terrible they are, too many people try to equivocate.
We absolutely should do more to castigate people by party line, especially when their beliefs are based on propaganda. The Republican party is destroying the future of this country. The Republican media and formal political party have convinced the majority of its members that people who need help are lazy welfare queens, and that government can't do anything efficiently. It is a great narrative, and it is not factually true.
Charity is ineffective, have you looked at how they spend their money and how much goes to fund-raising and operations? Very few charities actually do anything meaningful. Government is what does the hard work that keeps states and the country running. Not to mention the number of funds given to charities with dubious missions, such as convincing women not to have abortions, or megachurches trying to buy a jet so that Christ comes back and the world ends...
Charities are badly run band-aids that are trying to hold the country together. It isn't a good thing, it is another sign of how far we have sunk in taking care of our people. That is money that should have been collected via taxes and actually deployed to help educate people, help them afford health care, etc etc.
I would urge everyone to start castigating people by party line before it is too late.
- bmelton 8y agoThere are Republicans who agree with you on healthcare. Let's not forget that Obama's ACA was a rehash of Romneycare. There are Republicans in favor of gay marriage. The attorneys in US v Windsor, which overturned the Defense of Marriage Act signed into law by Bill Clinton, were Republicans. There are Republicans who support charity, a strong social safety net, and taking care of their friends and neighbors.
- bwb 8y agoYa and there is prob a racoon that fucked a bear out there too :). Good for that racoon! Yay for finding insignificant details that pale in comparison to the big picture. Do you want to stand on the deck of the titanic pointing out all the little boats that are still floating or talk about the HUGE boat that is sinking under your feet?
- Stratoscope 8y agoYou're not going to win friends with this kind of belligerent talk. Why don't you stick with the approach you took in your other top-level comment, which I thought was pretty great: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17317062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17317062
- s2g 8y ago> You're not going to win friends with this kind of belligerent talk. 8 years of a president talking reasonably got us the rise of the alt-right. I'm all for belligerence and not letting people weasel their way out of support for disgusting beliefs.
- krageon 8y agoIt's not alt-right. They're white supremacists. Fascists. Let's not mince words when it comes to the beliefs that absolutely destroyed the world once already. Americans came to a bunch of places (eventually) to help fix that, and now they're letting it happen in their own country. Frankly, it is a disgrace.
- bwb 8y agoThat was meant to be funny :), but also make an important point. Too many of us have become afraid to say it like it is, we equivocate and in doing that we give power to evil beliefs that are rising up in this country and being nurtured by the Republican party. Start calling a spade a spade.
- s2g 8y agoand then they talk about all that and go out and vote for people who support none of those things. Actions speak a lot louder than words. If you vote republican you absolutely stand behind those things.