• SPRUNT@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The battle cry of conservatives everywhere: It’s too hard!

      Except if it involves oppressing minorities and women. Then it’s a moral imperative worth all the time and money you can shovel at it regardless of whether the desired outcome is realistic or not.

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        9 months ago

        Seriously, could the party of “small government” get out of my business, please?

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            9 months ago

            I just wish the push and pull of politics didn’t have to be played as a zero sum game. I wish someone could take the initiative and just…

            I think both parties in America sing pretty loud about “law and order.” I haven’t heard that cry particularly loudly from either side over the other. I don’t think I’ve heard anyone who claims to be a Democrat saying the end goal is “small government” but I have heard it from Republican voices.

            Honestly, I would really prefer if we were in a system that enabled more parties, so we didn’t have “parties” that did such contradictory things as the current ones…

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              9 months ago

              The GOP has historically been the party of law and order. Hence why they implied that blue lives matter more than black lives.

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              Just like how one party impeached a president of the other for obstruction and abuse of power, and the other impeached a president for checks notes lying about a blowjob.