I refused to file my taxes last year after Trump had already started engaging in excursions from democratic norms. It’s like an abusive spouse demanding alimony during a contentious divorce.
More than $20bn. That’s roughly the cost of our military operation in Iran to date.
Tax day is a month away. If you’re like me, it makes your stomach turn to watch the US practice regime change in the Middle East – again. If you’re like me, the reckless murder of more than 150 little girls in the name of “liberating” Iranian women fills you with rage. The worst part? You and I literally paid for this.
Today, our government dollars at work look like the hellscape that was Tehran, where our military intentionally blew up oil storage facilities whose burning black rain will deliver cancer to generations to come. We are financing chemical warfare, a war crime, banned under the Geneva conventions. All of this, of course, against the backdrop of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, where up to 70% of the weapons come from the United States and the revolting and deadly paramilitary operations of our Department of Homeland Defense and ICE.
The American people did not sign up for this. Congress was neither consulted nor did it approve the opening attack on 28 February, contrary to the separation-of-powers bedrock our country was built upon. Most of us are fed up with unjustified conflicts and “forever wars”. In fact, 70% of voters opposed potential action in Iran before the first bombs fell. A majority continue to oppose the war now, and support will keep eroding as gas and food prices rise.
Yes, most of them did, either by voting for it or not voting. Twice. Some did not sign up for it.
I’m sick of hearing this, it’s self imposed absolution from responsibility.
OK, so under your view that we actually have majority rule, why is it that I literally can’t vote? It’s not that I don’t want to, but Texas sends out new voter ID cards annually, they aren’t forwarded (for somewhat obvious reasons), and when I became homeless, I was dropped from the voter roll because my ID card was rejected for having a new address (my friend’s).
I’m scarcely the only one who can legally vote but can’t practically vote. Stop acting like we wanted this. I have three stories about disenfranchisement for every one you can provide about how American voters are apathetic and lazy. Trump isn’t in power because he had a good message; he’s there because people like me can’t vote.
Righto, you’re aware that this has been going on for decades, right?
Why Texas does this, is because Texans have refused to vote, like the rest of the nation, for decades. People outside that country were warning them about their apathy before 2010 but none of them listened. Those people were told to mind their own business, while they were being told they lived in communist nanny states that had no freedom.
You’ve got the ability to vote it out, or did have, how do you think the Republicans have done so well? Why do you think they want to take it away?
They wanted it, or didn’t care. For a long time.
“Never believe that
anti-Semitespeople like this person are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. Theanti-Semitespeople like this person have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”Jean-Paul Sartre
You want a copy and paste like this, since you got your reply?
Or was the other the copy and paste?
Even the ones that voted for the criminal believed him when he lied about not wanting war
“Never believe that
anti-Semitespeople like this person are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. Theanti-Semitespeople like this person have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”Jean-Paul Sartre
Is this another quote in the form of resistance?
What’s absurd? Their population elected him again after a trial run. They are responsible for him being elected.
Not at all. For years the risk of this and how serious its consequences are has been pointed out to their citizens.
Go ahead, then.
Nothing amusing about pointing this out, at all. Far from it.
Jam this up your arse. I oppose their current leadership and their actions, not the religion or its people. It’s as spineless as the use of a quote.
Yarda fucking yarda and worse still, it’s not even yours.
Problem is, it’s all true and demonstrably so.
Go ahead
Like the American public when pressed? Hahaha not here sunshine
It is. It’s time American citizens got something together and urged whatever leadership or influence they can to organise and help with a national strike, so the houses will act in impeachment. It’s a dead set shame some (if they’re Americans) prefer to quote movie lines and philosophy, but anyway.
That was terrible, and lazy.