Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

Zenith2017 t1_jad1cr3 wrote

Pro life but oppose any policy benefitting other poor people

Pro religion but only when it's theirs

Pro gun to protect themselves and their families, nevermind that it directly puts them in more danger

Anti gay because they're all "groomers" but love the church and the boy scouts

Anti public school but they're happy to send their kids to one

The list goes on

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drxdrg08 t1_jaczl6u wrote

> Anytime an org is called XX for Liberty or something you can assume its goals are exactly opposite the definition of liberty. Kind of like how the more references to democracy and ‘the people’ there are in a country’s name, the less democratic they tend to be.

Does this observation apply to all the initiatives and ideas that include words like "equity", "equality" and the like?

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Zenith2017 t1_jacy6ku wrote

Yeah, I mean I pretty much agree in spirit. Fetterman is no different than any other politician. I voted for him very reluctantly

Edit - still don't feel it's really related to the OP but the point stands anyway. Nobody forced Fetterman to do anything he's a big boy. Let's not do a cult of personality y'all

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themollusk t1_jacw6pp wrote

>Anytime an org is called XX for Liberty or something you can assume its goals are exactly opposite the definition of liberty.

Same for orgs that include "freedom" and "patriots/patriot/patriotic"

Jamie Barton, a freshman state rep from Schuylkill County, was a board member of the Berks County Patriots group before getting elected last fall. (Who knows, maybe he still is, since conflicts of interest are draws to them!)

It's nothing short of a little homegrown domestic terrorist incubator. They don't stand for anything beyond their neighbors who don't agree with them being the enemy. When Dan Meuser first ran in 2018, he was a guest at one of their meetings and stated that liberals/the left are the greatest threat to national security this nation had ever seen.

They're nothing more than a hate group.

My line of thinking re: this nomenclature extends to business, too. Patriot Gutters, etc? Probably run by Someone who's nationalistic at best, maga at worst.

Anyone who calls themselves a patriot, isn't.

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IrrumaboMalum t1_jacvv64 wrote

They do, but it's still tiered. The rich/famous and politically connected receive better care in better facilities than the common masses get in the public facilities.

There is no country to my knowledge where you or I would receive the same level or quality of care as a celebrity, a rich business magnate or a politician.

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