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@DW2 This is indeed the issue with the guaranteed right to assembly. It means you will have a population who will never be willing to cross the line to take any further action beyond protest.

When people in countries without this "right" to protest do protest, they do so knowing that they are already past the point of no return. When you can always back out, many people will.

I don't think this was the intention of the Founding Fathers, but here we are.

@deprecated_ii I don't wonder if he will continue to vote for the same people who enable this to happen. Because he will.

@deprecated_ii PEMDAS is not a lie. It is just people who are too idiotic to format their math equations in a way that makes sense.

@memes_1336 show me the populations of Africa, Asia, and anywhere else where added sugar is not commonplace in their diets and show me these people that would be flagged as unhealthy by BMI standards.

@sickburnbro Good to see James O'Keefe keeping at it despite being ousted from Project Veritas. I have to wonder if those in charge there are knowingly sabotaging the organization or are stupid enough to think that anyone is going to want anything to do with them if they are going to just cuck out.

@deprecated_ii Fun fact: traveling by ship has historically been a dangerous prospect.. Which is why many people chose not to. Many people have a hard time fathoming that death is a likely possibility when sailing. And it will be more dangerous when western civilization is collapsing too much to bail anyone out when there is a ship that starts to sink.

@deprecated_ii The USA could be under Russian and Chinese occupation, and these people will still say that "Ukraine is WINNING."

I have to thank places like the fediverse for giving me the correct information, as I know that our libshit media will only lie to me. Because of that, I will not have to wonder how the hell Russia won the war in the end when all reports say how "Ukraine is kicking ass!"

Heard this segment from our state affiliated media. "You better not question the totally free and fair election results when there are more 4:00 am ballot dumps! Saying otherwise means you are a purveyor of MISINFORMATION!"

I would not be shocked if it was the feds themselves creating these threats just so they can justify more crackdowns on anyone who questions our banana republic "democracy."

@WashedOutGundamPilot
> IT’S A CONSPIRACY TO SELL BOTTLED WATER

This exact same thing was on that faggot Adam Conover's show. "Just drink when you are thirsty!" Did these people never engage in any sort of rigorous exercise? When I grew up doing plenty of sports and physical activity, "waiting until I was thirsty" would be a sure way to cause dehydration problems.

@dave The problem here is that you can make this claim about any topic of debate in order to justify your unwillingness to debate or defend your ideas. It is really easy just to declare yourself being soooo much more intelligent than your opposition that it makes debate pointless.

Yes, there are dumbasses not worth debating, but there are also midwits who are too full of themselves who think themselves smarter than they are who refuse to do any debate.

@WashedOutGundamPilot >being yourself
>doing whorish motions and eating junk food while "at the gym"

If that is them being "themselves," I am fine not having them at my gym.

@37712 And just how well have things been in Mexico for the people living there?

Cheating can get you ahead briefly, but it is not sustainable personally or society wide.

I think many people who are unable to succeed in the financial realm just assume that everyone who is well off did not earn their way. But for the vast majority of those that are well off and STAY well off are those that did have to work hard.

Just because you were unable to succeed does not mean that everyone else is unable to without cheating.

Sure, there are those that do cheat or get lucky. But does it help to dwell upon that? No matter where you are, you can always improve yourself.

Is is possible he was using steroids? Maybe. But that is not something I need to care about. I am where I am at and am happy to be.

We can extend this thinking to financial status too. Are there trust fund babies that merely rode on the coattails of their parents? Absolutely. But if I live my life in envy of them, I am no better off. I need to look at my own life and determine if I am where I can be regardless of where others are.

Living your life in envy is no way to live if you want to be content. Those that are envious often were not ones that really tried hard to achieve what they think others got without effort.

For example, I saw someone at my gym benching 3 plate. I am barely able to do 2 plate myself, so clearly this guy is stronger than me. Should I be envious? No, because I understand how hard of work I had to do to get where I am, and most likely this guy had to bust his own ass to get to that point.