• qevlarr@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m with you. I welcome all kinds of resistance, but this one misses the mark for me. Not because of anything being offensive, but because of drug addiction being incredibly sad

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        16 hours ago

        They go together. A lot of Americans are stressed out poor–destitute people just trying to make it to their next paycheck.

        That’s why we have weak protests and also why a shithead like Trump lying and saying he’ll fix it, has a chance politically.

        The wealth gap is wider than ever, and that’s going to be what finally pushes the country one direction or another. I’d rather that we didn’t have to collapse to reform things, but the billionaires probably aren’t going let reforms that will hurt their number happen.

        We’re gonna have to eat the rich, but it’s probably going to cost countless poor people’s lives.

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      21 hours ago

      All those school shootings are incredibly sad. Kids deserved none of it. And I don’t only mean death, injuries and trauma for kids who experienced it, but also the “combat” training and fear for kids fortunate enough to only hear about it. And over the years, US did nothing to stop it.

      Drug addicts are definitely a much better target for jokes.

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          20 hours ago

          Because I can’t understand how the same people can be oversensitive about others mocking their drug addicts and not riot about their kids being regularly shot at.

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          21 hours ago

          How is it weird? School shootings are peak American culture.