Thu June 30, 2022 3:43 pm
4/5 wrote:Great point my man, state power is famous for being used only to support the disadvantaged and downtrodden.
Thu June 30, 2022 3:47 pm
Thu June 30, 2022 3:59 pm
Mickey wrote:4/5 wrote:Great point my man, state power is famous for being used only to support the disadvantaged and downtrodden.
You knew what the fuck I meant you fucking amphibian.
Thu June 30, 2022 4:01 pm
B wrote:Mickey wrote:4/5 wrote:Great point my man, state power is famous for being used only to support the disadvantaged and downtrodden.
You knew what the fuck I meant you fucking amphibian.
what a strange insult.
Thu June 30, 2022 4:11 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:B wrote:Mickey wrote:4/5 wrote:Great point my man, state power is famous for being used only to support the disadvantaged and downtrodden.
You knew what the fuck I meant you fucking amphibian.
what a strange insult.
It's practically a compliment.
Thu June 30, 2022 4:20 pm
Rob wrote:
Also, it’s Jon Stewart, not John, have some respect for a great man.
Thu June 30, 2022 4:25 pm
Thu June 30, 2022 4:31 pm
tree_ wrote:It's short for Jonathan. I do the same thing sometimes. My name is also Jonathan.
Thu June 30, 2022 4:32 pm
Thu June 30, 2022 4:59 pm
B wrote:Mickey wrote:4/5 wrote:Great point my man, state power is famous for being used only to support the disadvantaged and downtrodden.
You knew what the fuck I meant you fucking amphibian.
what a strange insult.
Thu June 30, 2022 6:26 pm
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I meant bi’s alternative statement
B wrote:Bi_3 wrote:B wrote:"I'm sorry. Your baby has a lethal abnormality and if your uterus doesn't somehow rupture, the baby will die within hours of birth. I'm sure it's hard to hear that your dreams of parenthood are ending in death and suffering, but we've called an Uber for you. They'll let you choose the radio station on the way to an out of state medical facility you've never heard of until just now."
Consider an alternative:
"I'm a high-risk obstetrician in Ohio and medically induced pregnancy termination for lethal fetal anomalies is now illegal here. So that I never have to look someone in the eye and tell them they will be forced to carry to term a pregnancy that will end in in their child dying during birth, please donate to charities like the Brigid Alliance and the Haven Coalition that can provide the needed support and medical services that our state refuses to. I have and will continue to do so."
That hardly makes the post he DID make disingenuous. A charity that will help you obtain an abortion in another state is a shitty substitute for parents who just found out their [most likely] wanted child is not going to survive. At that point, every added bureaucratic hurdle is a painful abuse that the family need not be put through.
Hurdles that the State of Ohio will presumably fight with all the power of a state government because their law says you have to carry the doomed child to term (with all the risks to life, health, and mental well-being inherent in that) and watch it die after birth.
BurtReynolds wrote:How's your centrist attempt to reason with these herd animals going, bi? Winning any hearts and minds?
Thu June 30, 2022 6:30 pm
Thu June 30, 2022 7:10 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:Rob wrote:spike wrote:Rob wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:Oh man a long car ride for the miniscule amount of people this incredibly rare situation applies to is certainly comparable in importance and severity to granting more authority to a continent spanning unaccountable State with a monopoly on violence!
Not sure I understand this argument. We went from “it’s a right that can’t be taken away by the state” to “not a right and can be banned by the state.” Which side are you on?
He wants fewer laws of the land, but is making sure to go out of his way that he doesn’t care about the actual issue.
This ruling will allow for more, stricter laws, no? Less freedom for women… Seems like Burt’s contrarian viewpoint radar malfunctioned this time.
First of all, Spike is a nihilist NPC with no thoughts or beliefs of his own. Don't listen to him. Don't interact with him. He's operating on purely reactive resentment. He's very sick. He's John Stewart snark without the insight or heart. He's Trevor Noah.
Let me explain:
The "states" are weaker and more accountable to the will of their voters. The State (US government) should be dismantled so that no one on either side can use it to force its agenda on other peoples in far away regions. Do you want to live in a place with people that share your values, or are you just another missionary imperialist insisting that the entire world adopt your worldview?
"B-but what about muh slavery!? Don't you know states had slavery once!" I hear someone screech like a buffoon.
If your state decides slavery is legal again, move somewhere else, or just go burn down the governor's mansion. You would almost certainly have the power to do that, unlike now, where you're at the mercy of an unapproachably vast state that hates you and actively works against your interests.
"But what about muh rights?!"
You don't have rights, you have power. The State has power. Weaken state power and seek your own power.
Once we have to reversed the trend toward increasingly large globalist government (which includes corporations), then we can work on dismantling nationalism, then regionalism, then the city-states and so on, until the individual is free at last!
btw none of this will work.
Thu June 30, 2022 7:13 pm
Bi_3 wrote:It is a shitty substitute. It really is. And no one should be subjected to the laws like the ones on the books in Ohio and Missouri. Absolutely the case.
But.
We have look at what the reality is for a woman caught in this situation. Roe is gone. That's over dude. We cannot reinstate that ruling. That's leaves us a few choices. Do nothing and let the nightmare scenario of that tweet come true. Protest, which as recent history shows us is the same as do nothing except that it generates plenty of viral videos of protesters fighting cops and trashing their neighborhoods that can be used by pundits to discount the urgency of the cause. Or, and here's the crazy "centrist" part, act to do something to help mitigate the fallout for these women in the near term. That's where support networks, charities, and non-profits can step in and really and truly save lives because the federal government is not going to help.
And as we are looking at our reality, it's important to recognize that public opinion has a momentum to it. It was.. kind of is... on the pro-choice side (though ketchupgate is stealing the headlines pretty quickly). So to raise awareness and funding and support for the organizations that can and will act to help these women in lieu of magical uncle sam, people need to speak up and not do what the tweet did, which was paint a scenario of inescapable human suffering. If you can't be a helper yourself, you can still improve, not 100% fix, but improve the situation for these women by supporting those who can, and the first step of that is putting away the binary of perfect or nothing and recognizing there this is another viable option that can help today.
Thu June 30, 2022 7:43 pm
Thu June 30, 2022 8:42 pm
E.H. Ruddock wrote:lol did Burt call someone else a nihilist?
Thu June 30, 2022 8:48 pm
E.H. Ruddock wrote:lol did Burt call someone else a nihilist?
Thu June 30, 2022 8:51 pm
Thu June 30, 2022 8:55 pm
BurtReynolds wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:lol did Burt call someone else a nihilist?
I'm the only person that has a passionate lust for life on this whole damn board. I am literally drenched in meaning.
Thu June 30, 2022 8:58 pm