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There 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 ma

There 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 ago
Ya 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 ago
  You'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 ago
      It'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 ago
    That 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 ago
and 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.

bwb 8y ago

Ya 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 ago
You'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 ago
    It'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 ago
  That 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 ago

and 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.