Before "memes" existed, sometimes people would just do this for no reason. Except, you know, the point it contained.
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Rock Hudson called up Nancy and Ronnie after he was diagnosed with AIDs - they had been friends for a long time. He asked them to help him get treatment from a French hospital, to send some sort of message or advocate on his behalf. They refused.
Ronald Reagan’s inaction on HIV/AIDs is what turned it into a pandemic. There was a refusal to fund research or advocate for preventative practices, because it was the “gay disease.” Nancy and Ronald can rot in piss.
when a congressman suggested to his colleagues that we even look into what AIDS is, he was laughed off the floor because "Why do you care? Are you one of those people?"
Being able to understand other people struggles is only called "empathy" if you are capable of doing it without actually being in their situation. Otherwise it's just sparkling hypocrisy.
Republicans are basically just knock off Nazis
You can only call them Nazis if they're from the German regions, otherwise you call it sparkling fascism.
Ah. Is that how it works?
There was a website that estimates IQs (emphasis on estimate) based on writing. It estimates that news reporters averaged 100-120, Stephen Hawking's last work was in the 150s, Alexander Hamilton had works in the 160s, and Qanon conspiraters on Facebook averaged 75-89. Obviously they're estimates, but it seems rather accurate within margin.
Edit: found it!! so you guys can try it yourselves!
I entered sections from my papers I wrote during my master's and I guess I range from 128-151 as my lowest and highest during that time. Great ego boost for the day lol.
HE'LL YAH BORTHER?
Since right wingers are often decried as Nazis, this practically begs the question of how high Hitler’s IQ and that of other Nazi leadership was.
I think modern day Nazis differ from WW2 Nazis tbh. German Nazis just blindly followed protocol and had many scientists who came out of it caught in the crossfire while current skinheads have the capacity to learn something else and admit to accountability, but actively choose not to do so despite everyone around them clearly calling them out for it.
There's communication intelligence for sure, they know what to say to convince a certain group of people, like Trump does.
....I'm pretty sure the one thing they never accuse Hitler of, is being a dummy
I'm sure Hitler had decreased mental function due to his experiences in the first world War and excessive stimulant use.
I agree, but to no fair, no politician gives a shit about anything but money and power.
The power to do...what? That's the question. You can say that Bernie Sanders is only interested in power, and you'd be superficially correct. What he wants to do with that power would help people like me, and that makes all the difference.
That's because our current system rewards politicians with money and power. Capitalism is driven by accumulation, this is a necessary function of the Capitalist mode of production. Once Humanity advances beyond it, representatives can be selected for without allowing them to amass Capital.
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