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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and, with the wisdom to know the difference, still allow me to channel your powers into my human flesh to forcibly change that which I cannot change with human-ability but that which I also cannot -- by having any humanity -- accept

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I_Used_to_be_me 11 points ago +11 / -0

Exactly -- I know I'm biased, as a historian, but people really need to study their history more, especially those who keep shouting about how "dRuMpF iS lItTeRaLlY hItLeR!!" and simultaneously always ask "How could something like the Holocaust ever happen?! It could never happen here!" I'd particularly like them to study the interim between WWI and WWII, and gain a better understanding of Weimar Republic Germany, the ideologies behind it, how the system was run, what the culture at the time looked like, what academic theories and schools of thought rose to prominence, and the general dynamic that developed between the communists and Nazis as Hitler began his rise to power. People generally have a very limited view of WWII and Germany's role in it, but have almost no understanding of what preceded it, and the ideologies (as well as culture) that was at play. They see so many false analogies and parallels between then (in Germany) and today, when there are so many real analogies and parallels that they remain ignorant of, or refuse to acknowledge. And of course our education system certainly won't help our k-12, or even college students (even those IN history programs!) understand it any better

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

I've been thinking hard lately how I can make some good money. Writing and political commentary is one of my better skills, but it turns out... it's really hard to make money off blog posts and youtube videos.

At least I know if I'm ever desperate enough, all I gotta do is write a book about that time I saw Trump in a local diner during the 2016 election. True story, I really did see him in a local diner known for hosting presidential candidates. And so, I saw him -- and just after saying into his phone "hang on a second Putin, I gotta take care of something real quick" and putting it down -- he kicked a bag full of puppies, punched a baby in the face, and then he hawked a loogey in my coffee and said "enjoy, asshole." Then he grabbed everyone by the pussy with his tiny hands, and deported all the line cooks in the back while grabbing himself two scoops of ice cream. TWO SCOOPS!! We were all like "but you aren't even president, yet, you can't do that!" and he simply responded "No, but I am the next Hitler." I tucked my star of david necklace behind my shirt, ran out, and I've been hiding in my attic ever since writing this book. Releasing this fall, get ready!

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I_Used_to_be_me 7 points ago +7 / -0

This pretty much confirms that it has everything to do with pedophilia. Thanks MSM!

Also, I'm sure it's just coincidental, given it's a common name, but I might as well add some conspiracy theory to this: Author is Jessica Hill. u/MaxwellHill is allegedly supermod jizzlane maxwell

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

Extra irony and hypocrisy:

Feminists always telling us that "telling a woman to smile is sExiSSt!"

Feminists to Kamala: "Smile more!! ReeeEEeEE!"

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

Isn’t Gilead one of the companies working on a vaccine? Pretty sure Gilead was the name of the place in Handmaids Tale, where basically just about everyone is sterile... just sayin, kinda weird

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I_Used_to_be_me 11 points ago +11 / -0

Kamala can tell you a thing or two about opening something up and seeing stickies

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +3 / -1

They don't have to force people to pay for propaganda, when people are willing to pay for services that push propaganda and indoctrinate under the guise of entertainment, and most are too naive, ignorant, or misinformed to understand the deeper messaging underneath the surface-level "entertainment." Propaganda is effective because it isn't easily recognized (by most, or a significant enough amount of the population) as propaganda

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I_Used_to_be_me 3 points ago +4 / -1

Um... did you respond to the wrong person? Because the OP/who you responded to here basically said that, and criticized exactly your concern that "sexual content shouldn't even be made for children in the first place," as noted by his "...who wants to broadcast [sexual content] to millions of children as part of an indoctrination campaign." You're attacking him and telling him to chill out, over what seems to be an agreement in opinion

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I_Used_to_be_me 19 points ago +20 / -1

Even incredibly pro-gay people were against it. My mom, while conservative, is very pro-gay, just because she grew up with a gay best friend, and now, in her 60s, has a fair amount of gay friends (they're all around her age, and also conservative). She also has a gay son (my brother) and is still against gay marriage. Marriage is between a man and a woman -- simple, and it doesn't mean you're intolerant of gay people, as my example w/ my mother shows. Additionally, even my brother is against it, and has no plans of marrying his significant other.

However, I will add this: I'm also against government getting involved in marriage at all... but they have. Because of that, married couples are extended certain benefits (typically relating to taxes, owning property, etc). And because of that, I do at least think something should be done to at least afford gay couples the same benefits... a kind of civil union, maybe (the kind Trump spoke about and publicly supported in an interview sometime around 2000). Doesn't require same-sex marriage, but at least something that accounts for the fact that a gay couple is living and operating together the same way a hetero married couple is and thus should at least not be denied similar benefits w/ taxes, etc

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I_Used_to_be_me 29 points ago +29 / -0

Why is it so hard for them to grasp that a "right," doesn't mean "entitled to free shit provided by the government and funded by taxpayers"? 2nd Amendment is a right. A right to bear arms. Doesn't mean the government, recognizing it as a right, is going to purchased a firearm for every citizen. You have a right to buy a gun, go buy one if you want.

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I_Used_to_be_me 1 point ago +1 / -0

I personally witnessed it in one of the largest cities in NH in '16 -- literal vans of people coming in, and roughly half the parking lot's cars had MA license plates

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I_Used_to_be_me 1 point ago +1 / -0

You're [not] out of your element, Donny!

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I_Used_to_be_me 5 points ago +5 / -0

Some are, some aren't (and are responsible for all the woke madness, today). A perfect example are my dad and one of his friends growing up: they both went to Woodstock, were both hippies. My dad's super conservative today, loves Trump. His friend is super liberal, hates Trump, and is a tenured professor that's been indoctrinating students into the intersectional woke ideology for decades now. That generation is the foundation for all the international woke ideology in society today, and it originated with them in academia (w/ critical theory initially) from that era, and spread out into culture by them and increasingly so with every generation to follow

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I_Used_to_be_me 7 points ago +8 / -1

It was intentional, or so the rumors now go. He used distortion, whammy (to bend notes and generally make the music chaotic) and wailing notes in an intentional manner to attempt to make the anthem sound like the war/Vietnam, and do his best to have the guitar playing be reflective of gunfire and bombs going off. It wasn't supposed to sound pretty or melodious. Personally, as a pretty capable guitarist of ~20 years, I have a difficult time replicating his version perfectly (though I do use his version, skipping over the chaotic parts and retabbing certain areas of his version, to play a more normal/recognizable version of the anthem)

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

Was telling my fiancee last night after Trump's "probably treason," comments that "I would literally pay over $1000 per ticket to see everyone he named hanged, we could probably eliminate the national debt making it PPV"

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

Dershowitz's recent appearance on Tucker made him appear guilty af. He got so defensive, when Tucker was like "relax, I'm not accusing you of, or even suggesting anything," and he just kept getting more and more defensive. What was most damning, was he then, out of nowhere and for no reason at all, went on to offer a defense of Clinton and claim there's no evidence he ever even went to the island or was ever on an Epstein plane. It was unnecessary/there was no reason for him to bring up, and then defend, Bill -- and it made him appear even more guilty (after already making himself appear as guilty as possible)

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

Barr's father had left the school a few months before Epstein was hired

edit: sources --

NYT article on Barr's resignation in February 1974 https://archive.is/xwAfR

"After the summer of 1974," Epstein began working at Dalton. "It has been reported that he began there in 1973, but this is incorrect. I searched the 1973-74 Dalton yearbook and there is no mention of Jeffrey Epstein. I then searched Dalton’s school newspaper and found in the September 1974 issue that “... Mr. Epstein, who will also teach physics, [has] also joined the department this year.” Epstein also confirmed that he taught there between 1974 and 1976 in a deposition." https://archive.is/s6WQT

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I_Used_to_be_me 1 point ago +1 / -0

Doesn't Rice's husband also work at ABC media, too, in some high up executive position?

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I_Used_to_be_me 2 points ago +2 / -0

Look at this idiot, telling us to inject sunlight !

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I_Used_to_be_me 3 points ago +3 / -0

I mean, sure, let’s make it a right, just like the right to bear arms. The government shall not infringe on your right to buy a home, and/or a firearm, should you choose. These people don’t understand what a right is

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