asg101
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Reply to A paleontologist explains why bringing back dinosaurs is a really bad idea by retiredshared2
Considering humans are causing a world-wide extinction event now, why bring back creatures that died off millions of years ago? If you want to bring back extinct creatures, bring back the thousands of species we have forced into extinction ourselves.
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Reply to by !deleted7213
Phil Ochs nailed it on liberals over 50 years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u52Oz-54VYw
Lyrics: http://www.metrolyrics.com/love-me-im-a-liberal-lyrics-phil-ochs.html
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Now they need to make the same ruling for electronic devices at the border.
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Reply to comment by conservative_raddle_fan in Why all women should arm themselves and gun control is a ploy to seize our freedom by conservative_raddle_fan
The government HAS bombed at least one city, Philly in 1985. And no response from military and near zero from the population. Most never heard of it and probably supported it if they did.
http://allthatsinteresting.com/1985-move-bombing
As a leftist, I do agree that an unarmed revolution is a short and futile revolution. The plutocracy will cede nothing willingly.
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Reply to comment by conservative_raddle_fan in Is it even worth engaging reactionaries? Would it change anything at all if you worked your ass off and somehow managed to change their minds on a few things? by ziq
I was raised in a fundie x-tian family and bought a lot of the BS when I was younger. I am glad I had the chance to talk to people and was able to break out of it. I will now engage anyone, and try to plant logic bombs and seeds of doubt whenever I can. You cannot make a blanket statement that no one can change their minds.
As far as privilege goes... just having access to a computer, the internet, and the literacy and leisure time to use both is a pretty fucking privileged status compared to most of the people of the world, when is OP going to give up THOSE privileges and creature comforts?
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Reply to Suicide Rates Up Across The Nation by gal
More people waking up to the fact that the plutocracy has stolen their future.
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Reply to comment by retiredshared5 in Is there anything that makes you feel good and hopeful about humanity? by ziq
Let me help you with that:
"... we also can't stop the chain of events we set into motion from unfolding i̶f̶ ̶w̶e̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶.̶"
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Reply to comment by retiredshared5 in Is there anything that makes you feel good and hopeful about humanity? by ziq
Begs the question of how so many species seemed to have been doing just fine before humans showed up. Look at the megafauna extinctions in the Americas and Australia after the arrival of humans for very clear examples of how flawed your premise is.
Now, the idea that humans will be taking many other species down with them when the mechanism resulting in human extinction plays out is probably a valid assumption, but claiming that those other species would survive if humans were still around to "help" them is not.
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All available evidence would indicate any hopefulness about humanity would be transitory and misplaced. But since humanity has already put into motion the irreversible mechanisms of it's own extinction, it is a self-correcting problem.
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Reply to ICE Director: ICE Can't Be Compared To Nazis Since We're Just Following Orders by An_Old_Big_Tree
And since no one on the planet will dare stand the USA before a Nuremberg-style war crimes tribunal, they may be able to keep using that excuse.
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Kinda surprised to see this CIA invented derogatory and dismissive terminology used in a forum that should be encouraging resistance against such crap.
"Conspiracy Theorist" was created to discredit those that don't buy the "official narrative", and you are playing right along by perpetuating the slur.
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Reply to How patriotic are you? by ziq
We need to redefine patriotism to encompass love and defense of the entire planet. Tribalism/Patriotism kills, it contributes to "us versus them" mindset and the ensuing conflicts.
I consider myself to be an earth patriot, 100%.
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In other news, water is wet.
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I am guessing these asshats have never heard of the "Streisand Effect". It will serve them right to get boycotted/pirated into bankruptcy.
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Reply to Time For White People to Move Back to Europe by ziq
I have been an advocate for the Puritan Repatriation Initiative for 30 years. Sad that it never took hold.
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Just the ones that got caught.
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Reply to RTP: Burger King workers refuse to serve uniformed officers, Louisiana police department claims by retiredshared2
Let them eat shit.