scott218

scott218


— scott218 Report User
They told me to talk more 16 comments
scott218 · 6 years ago
What's sad is that many want to legislate hate speech, yet can offer no better of a definition than you. According to a University of Florida professor protesting a Ben Shapiro appearance on campus, hate speech is "when you attack specific groups or people, like you make fun or have derogatory comments about transgender people or women." When asked if as part of free speech, hate speech should be protected, her response was "no, it shouldn't be protected. It becomes dangerous." Given that every single person can be associated with a group, pretty much any negative comment said about anyone ever, could be defined as hate speech. The fact that people don't recognize this Orwellian notion is what's really really sad.
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They told me to talk more 16 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Because that's not how free speech works. Please define for me speech that hurts others?
They told me to talk more 16 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Why would you put free speech in quotes? Speech that you don't agree with, even disgusting, reprehensible speech is protected, as it should be.
They told me to talk more 16 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Right? And then they put it on a tshirt.
They told me to talk more 16 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
"If you disagree with me, shut up, or I'll call it hate speech." There, fixed it for you
Why pretend eat meat bastards 13 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Omg, this burger tastes so good! It tastes just like cauliflower. Said no one ever.
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Satan protecting homes since 88' 9 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Actually, it Gilchrist, Texas. The house was the newest built in the neighborhood, therefore built to newer codes and standards.
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Would we be the bullies 12 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
The question would be whether or not Russia or China would back N. Korea up.
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Brb gotta go for a run 11 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Only on the internet would people look at a tradition that forces women to wear an article of clothing so as to not "tempt" other men and turn it into empowerment.
Brb gotta go for a run 11 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Way to contribute to the patriarchy, Nike.
Bush Washington picks up painting as a hobby 36 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Or possibly people are seeing him differently when their view of him is seen not through the lens of a media that was biased against him.
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No offence 10 comments
People are dying 47 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
There was Medicate available as well for younger people. If paying premiums isn't such a big deal for most people, why wasn't it sold to the public that way, instead of lying about it and saying it would lower costs for everyone? When people argued that costs would skyrocket, they were ridiculed. While you argue that repealing the ACA is a "fuck you" to the American people, without knowing yet the plan to replace it, I argue that passing the ACA was a direct fuck you to the people they lied to in order to get it passed. Jonathan Gruber has admitted they had to lie to the "stupid" Americans in order to get it passed.
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People are dying 47 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Medicaid was available prior to Obamacare. Again, my point is that these memes that praise Obamacare for saving someone's life are ridiculous. We're there good things about It? Of course there were. We're there bad things? Hell yes. It was passed as law by bribing Congress members for their votes and exemptions from the law, changed illegally, then found to be legal only by lying about it, contradicting directly what they claimed about it. Did expanding Medicaid give healthcare insurance to people who previously didn't have it? Yes. Was it worth he cost of raising premiums for virtually everyone else and costing many their previously held plans? I think not.
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People are dying 47 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
sorry, I didn't realize initially that it was two links. While maybe only 9% of employers offer 100% funded insurance, a much larger percentage offered very good insurance plans, even prior to Obamacare.
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People are dying 47 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Where are you getting your figure that only 9% of the companies offer health insurance? Furthermore, those are incomparable percentages.
People are dying 47 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
That wasn't my argument at all. If he was one one of the very few out of millions that actually benefitted from this mess, it doesn't negate the fact that it's a bad law. My argument was simply that you can't post a picture of a discount given by insurance, which was available before Obamacare, merely not mandated, without any details at all, and then claim that Obamacare was the sole cause of your father being alive.
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People are dying 47 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
And how exactly is it that Obamacare helped your father? If he starts chemo Monday, it certainly wasn't a pre-existing condition. If he had health insurance before Obamacare through an employer, he certainly didn't drop it to get on one of the Obamacare plans. And he certainly is older than 25 and not on your grandparents' plan. Pretty much the only option left is that your Dad didn't have insurance until Obamacare forced him to purchase it or pay a fine, or tax, or fine, depending on how they're answering the question.
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Baloney pony 20 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
kidney stones....even women who have gone through childbirth will often say passing a kidney stone is worse.
Unsuspected killer 31 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
You just figured out what Dr. Drew has been doing for years.
Or vice versa. 8 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
That's the saddest thing a woman can do? I can think of many things that are sadder. I would think it would be much sadder for a woman to sell her child into prostitution in order to pay for heroin. I would think it's sadder for a woman to slice her arms and legs with a razor blade because she suffers from depression.
What if he punched saitama? 8 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
Then why does it appear that he struggles when he's holding up a building or bending a steel beam?
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Open your eyes, people! 8 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
It's from Roadies
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How about just being who you are? 123 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
I identify as a veteran so I can get scholarships and medical benefits. How dare anyone try to quantify my PTSD.
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How about just being who you are? 123 comments
scott218 · 7 years ago
I'm all about the discounts
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