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So... right wing
What?
The left want to abolish capitalism. Liberalism invented capitalism.
No, that's just what the political right tells you they are all about. Inspect their actual actions over the last several centuries and they tell a very different story.
Make no mistake, conservatives desire an oppressive government. They want the state to be able to tell you you can't be gay or Muslim. They yearn for the boot on their neck, so long as it steps harder on their neighbors than it does on them personally.
And it's like trying to hold back the ocean with a toothpick, telling people they can't be gay or Muslim or anything else. As with most right-wing oppression, it's an aspiration that is abusive, unrealistic and asinine in every way.
Remember that for a capitalist, free market and lack of government intervention means:
Etc.
They absolutely do say what they're going to when they suggest improvements. Just remember - they only apply to the capitalist class. They're not talking about you. Everything they say lines up when you remember, if they say "I'm going to improve X", just add "for billionaires" at the end. If they say "I'm going to stop Y programs", just add "but only for the poor".
It all makes sense viewed as the class warfare that it is.
Let me translate: "I made an utterly tasteless and shitty abortion/miscarriage-adjacent meme that got moderated and I CANNOT stop whining about it, but liberals are the sensitive snowflakes around here"
Suuuuuuure, everybody is sensitive but you, pal.
No, there is definitely a list of things you can make fun of on this site, capitalism, American healthcare/infrastructure/etc, bills/how expensive things are, killing the rich, etc. It doesn't matter how tasteless or dark the meme is so long as you direct it at the right subject matter. This is effectively an echo-chamber.
Yes, punching up is good and punching down is bad. Welcome to basic human interactions.
Seems odd, what was the context?
The caption said: my wife out-drinking everyone at the table; our unborn son:
Then it has a picture of Tom the cat with eyes bulging that I edited to be in a womb. Guess darker memes aren't allowed here?
You don't get it. Only what they find funny is funny and only what they think is biggoted is actually biggoted.
Any other world view other than theirs is extremely inferior to the point of being an insult to exist.
Are you guys making your own echo chamber in the middle of an echo chamber? Seems rather echonomical ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think the big issue is that joking about school shootings is satirical to bring up how common it is in hopes to change it, while joking about fat people is just to be mean. No one is going to change because you made fun of them, in fact it might make the problem worse as state of mind is a factor in being unhealthy.
You could probably make the same argument about abortion jokes being satirical, but I don't think abortion jokes are made in order to enact social change. It's usually just to be offensive. Satire is usually used to point out how ridiculous something is, the hope is that we as a society will see it and do something about it.
You can be offensive and funny at the same time. But it's an extremely fine line, and difficult to pull off. Watch Jimmy Carr if you want to see it done properly.
That was the only comment I made on this thread so far. Not sure what you're referring too...
I misread your name as the other person's name haha. I ended up deleting my comment when I realized.
Boo hoo cry more
The group think on this site is wild lol. Unfortunately your downvotes can't make you less hypocritical 🤷🏿♂️
And your whining doesn't make you less wrong
Ironically relevant username