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chernobyl169 t1_j0pzqn8 wrote

LOL.

The tweet didn't threaten anyone, it was tasteless rhetoric, and it accused "the left" of being violent.

I swear you could pit the entire collection of Republicans against a basic logic quiz and the combined efforts of all of them would be incapable of yielding a passing grade.

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OrganicPrinciple130 t1_j0qe3z6 wrote

The Republicans struggle with reCaptcha

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chernobyl169 t1_j0qka97 wrote

It is a commonly quoted trope that bear proof trash cans are notoriously difficult to design - not because it is hard to prevent a bear from opening a trash can, but it is difficult to create one that a Republican still can operate.

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DegenerateCharizard t1_j0q9p7h wrote

It’s funny bc he made a terribly worded jab at the left, unprompted, which included the depiction of her son walking alongside two not very fondly remembered historical figures & being hurt. That would understandably upset any parent. Even if it was being said, “in defense,” of her son.

But, all over her tweet are conservatives who LOVE & just absolutely cannot help themselves from explaining to her why she’s got it all wrong. That it’s actually a good thing being said. Calling her easily offended, and a number of other things that I, apparently, can’t say on this sub or else the comment gets removed lol. Verbatim, “this is how hateful the left is, Maye,” as they’re the only ones leaving rabid comments on that thread.

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Lump-of-baryons t1_j0qezy3 wrote

Gotta love Elons little quip about also missing twice - the tired old trope about progressives not knowing how to use firearms. I think most of them would be very surprised about the reality. We just don’t make it part of our mfing personality.

What irks me more than anything is not his trolling it’s just that’s it’s so effing lazy, low effort, lowest common denominator trolling. Like far right uncle on Facebook sharing politics memes level trolling.

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chernobyl169 t1_j0ql3y3 wrote

Dude, my far right uncle has way more sense than Elmo. You give him too much credit. At least Drunkle Lee has the good sense to not talk shit to the people that buy his alcohol until after the tab is settled.

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muskratboy t1_j0radqr wrote

Plus the guy doesn’t say “shoot at” Elon twice, it says “put both in him” so “and miss twice” doesn’t make any sense. If they put two in him, they didn’t miss. You gotta coordinate your stupid nonsense with the other assholes, Elon.

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Exelbirth t1_j0s8ssb wrote

If anything, I would expect us progressives to be a bit more proficient at firearm usage due to a tendency to do things like listening to directions and reading and following instructions, and learning from past experience. I personally don't go out shooting targets on a weekly basis, but my accuracy stays fairly good, presumably from paying attention and actually caring about learning how to do it right.

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zmunky t1_j0q0jwb wrote

That's why they are so gullible, it means we'll for trump, Elon and everybody else with a political agenda.

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BossOfTheGame t1_j0rxtw5 wrote

They're offended at their own idea of what a liberal is.

But to be fair, I may be projecting my own idea of what I think a conservative is. I don't think you'll see much of a difference when you compare the viewpoints as whole entities; at the risk of a platitude - there are outrageous and frankly unintelligent people on both sides, but what gives me confidence that I'm closer to the truth is that I will shine this critical light on my own viewpoint and that I'm actually trying to be fair in the first place.

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chernobyl169 t1_j0sbs6e wrote

The difference is that there are hundreds of very loud, very prominent and very irritating self-proclaimed conservatives literally demonstrating the negative stereotype on the daily, yet there is rarely even a single individual that remotely resembles the caricature cast upon liberals.

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BossOfTheGame t1_j0sx10i wrote

That feels true, but I wouldn't trust my gut on that without solid measurable evidence. I can design an experiment that would falsify my instinct. That's what it means to check your bias. Personally, I feel like not enough liberals (more generally, not enough people) do that.

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chernobyl169 t1_j0sy96c wrote

If you feel the need to design an experiment, then you should do that. I already did and I am reporting my findings to you; I encourage you to falsify them.

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BossOfTheGame t1_j0szptu wrote

Did you though? What was your method? Making observations? Did you make measurements? Did you make an effort to find your blind spots and search those as well?

You can say that you believe the anecdotal evidence you've observed is sufficient to come to a conclusion. But please, do not claim that you've designed an experiment. You (probably) haven't.

For what it's worth, I think you'd probably find that conservatives have more irrational protest behaviors than liberals, but then again, the trick is quantifying and measuring it.

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