This was exactly what they argued during covid when they wanted to open things up early. Elderly and immunocompromised people don’t contribute to the economy.
Statements like that are the most gross things a person can say, honestly. It implies so many, many horrific things and belies such a horrific mindset.
It’s like the kind of shit an abusive parent says to their child victims when they complain.
Having read Man’s Search For Meaning myself, I think one would have to have serious brainworms to take that message away from the book.
The message that I will away was that under the worst circumstances, you have to dig deep down within yourself to find a reason to keep going. It might be hard to understand that message if you’ve never really experienced any kind of difficulty in your life.
That said, I often apply the opposite of Hanlon’s razor when talking about GOP operatives: never attribute to stupidity that which can be ascribed to malice.
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These restrictions on bodily autonomy are both heartbreaking and infuriating, but I am very glad to read that they are having consequences for the states who are rolling them out. Losing out on doctors, losing out on college students, losing out on vacationers. Their governments and people can start to see the results of their actions.
This is infuriating as fuck that Republicans are just allowed to abandon any presumption of governing and just subject citizens to these endless campaigns of outrage that always seem to end up putting some group of people in the crosshairs. I am really tired of politicians being allowed to waste tax dollars on this meaningless bullshit. You should not be allowed to go after any specific group of citizens for pursuing “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.
I want these cruel crooks to be punished for their constant culture war battles.
Tbh, we have so many migrant workers and people in California, let alone LA, that a fourth bus is still barely a blip. It’s just kinda sad that they thought this would be a cool stunt, and to be clear, I mean sad in the same sense as a German making a joke. What’s next on their pathetic prank list, are Abbott and DeSantis going to come and re-arrange Newsom’s mail? Come and drink some of our tap water without us noticing? (spoiler alert: don’t, it tastes horrible) Oh, maybe they can send us some completely blank postcards.
I feel bad for them to be such sad people that they thought this would be a cool win. And I feel bad for the folks they did this to, but hey, consolation prize, you’re no longer in TX or FL.
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