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Chandraven
Conservatives don't even know what they agree with. Even if it's exactly what their "enemies" want they'll never see past their bias.
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
"Oh no you don't understand I agree with her policies, I just don't like Hispanics or women." - The first guy, probably.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
ClumsyBagOfSaltWater
This simply proves how effective the insurance industry's propaganda is.
MattyMattFFS
Imagine being this dumb. I cannot even fathom how difficult their daily life is.
YourUserNameIsWittierThanMine
R/selfawarewolves
jamieb03303
Giantmutantcrab
The stupidity of conservatives is only equaled by their arrogance. This is end-game conservatism at its best and worst.
Colopty
This is what party over policy looks like.
wylkyn
Some conservatives have come right out and admitted that it's not about what's right, its about being against whatever the libs want.
hotaru251
god I wish AoC could get freedom to change system for just 24hrs...shed fix so much sh*t.
djangojazz
It's funny when a Republican gets caught in their own logic showing they agree with someone and then they change it just out of spite.
SamuthNBS
How on earth is socialised healthcare a hand out anyway?
sadurdaynight
"No, no.. see, in my scenario, I'm right, and she's wrong. I have to be right if you want my buy-in on this, and she has to be wrong!"
iamdanman
They’re not concerned about policy. They want something to hate
Bhargo
I love when they stop and break it down and end up wanting EXACTLY what dems want, but they fight them on principle because party lines
TheAngryMarineBiologist
I'm willing to bet that if the actual policies were on the ballots instead of the names and party affiliations of politicians, at least 1/?
ArkoneAxon
And that's why they won't do it. They need you rooting for a team, not thinking about the actual issues and their performance records.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
three quarters of Republican voters would vote Democrat every time, and left-wing democrat at that 2/2
afatrollofmyown
This is why US elections should be done like the masked singer. Vote blind on policy alone and see who won AFTER that. It'd be way more fun
Cryolith
But that's not what they've been told. They only think what they've been told to think.
codenameRadical
"I'm not a socialist, that's stupid. I only want , and that just makes sense."
BootsDusty
TheMightyMoto
I always love when idiots say that, and then you are like, so you dont want the police, firefighters, free education, roads, food safety etc
GreaterDog
Or when they complain about tax money going toward kids' care, education, extracurriculars, community resources... What would you prefer,
GreaterDog
that they're out on the street, dumb, desperate, making terrible choices? It benefits everyone
TheMightyMoto
Those are like all the great things that help reduce crime.
Sakkura
People financing other people's problems is what insurance is, Trent, you absolute walnut.
Youhavinagiraffe
Insurance is also people financing other people's problems. Just at a percentage markup to cream off a healthy profit
ThatShiftyMonkey
A healthy profit even after huge marketing budgets, overhead, ceo bonuses, etc.
xizar
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39516346
spudpicker
You beat me to it. The entitled hypocrisy of these people is disgusting.
nick9001
spudpicker
She's the GOP terror trifecta: female, minority, liberal.
ArkoneAxon
TOTALLY this. I've seen her twitter feed. She could say the sky is blue and there'd be a barrage of gifs about her being wrong and stupid.
DarkZalgo
It's so funny how jealous and scared they are of AOC. Especially considering she's fits exactly what they claim their views are about.
FussyZeus
They also ravenously want to fuck her, which I think is the source of most of the hatred.
DarkZalgo
Hard working, self made, catholic, well educated, etc.
ArkoneAxon
Catholic!? You mean she's a PAPIST!? Such heathen idolatry cannot be abided! So speaketh the Witch Hunter General!
nick9001
DarkZalgo
Exactly, while she fits what they *claim* they like, she's not white, speaks a foreign language, and above all else, she's a smart woman.
DarkZalgo
And with those powers combined, she's their worst nightmare.
HPSquirrelcraft
TheMightyMoto
This reminds me that people on the right love the ACA but loath Obamacare.
JayEnfield
https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63914632.jpg
hadtochangemyusernamecauseIgotdivorced
If you talk to a lot of "hard-core conservatives," they agree with a lot of left principles just not the labels. They've been brainwashed.
ArkoneAxon
This is why Bernie Sanders would go on Fox News and get applause from the audience, while the hosts stared with betrayed expressions.
nick9001
PballQhead
I skim Free Republic (the grandaddy of hyoer-RW sites) daily to keep my opposition intel up to date; they routinely stumble ass-backwards >
PballQhead
into just about every "soshulist" or "librul" idea that's ever been floated, but they just can't make that last final, tiny connection.
literallymike
The fascists calling out socialism don't understand the definition of either.
amp99
It's like "Obamacare" vs "The Affordable Healthcare Act" all over again: https://youtu.be/N6m7pWEMPlA
ThatJerkOnTheInternet
at one point they were different. At first Obamacare was a pseudo single payer system. AHA was the compromise to get republicans onboard.
ImKindaDone
That is a painful video to watch... There really is no hope for America is there...
JamesBluntThatSmartassCunt
Studying American history in detail pretty much confirms that.
willzabend
hopefully. the world would be slightly better without US's meddling ass
AnotherSemanticArgument
I feel like every time you hear the word "Obamacare" the proper response is "Oh you mean Romneycare?"
spiffylookingnerfherder
To be fair, now they hate Mitt too.
AnotherSemanticArgument
That's honestly a good point. Also, thinking about that makes me kinda sad.
jansenart
*ACA
amp99
Thanks, don't know how I managed to mess that up.
kempsishere
lmao, that stoned kid is on another planet
OuchMouse
Also reminds me of: “Keep your government hands off my Medicare”
ThatShiftyMonkey
My parents are on social security, medicare, and a union pension. They hate gov and unions. I don't even know where to start.
iwenttousersubandalligotwasthislousyusername
Last dude in that video was iconic. The whole thing is horrifying though and I hope they just cut a hell of a lot of boring responses
iwenttousersubandalligotwasthislousyusername
Between the funny ones. Either way, thanks for sharing
BootsDusty
Lazarillo
Problem is 74 million people in this country who happily forego better life just to ensure that 74 million others have it even worse.
Markamanic
sHeS a HyPoCrItE /s
ConLawHero
Everyone does, because Congress uses the ACA exchanges. I wonder if this is due to ignorance or it was purposefully misleading.
omh2
Everyone also has access to Ferraris, and private jets, but everyone else was also smart enough to interpret access as being able to use it.
ConLawHero
But that'd not what she said. She didn't say everyone is Congress can use it (btw, that includes all staffers). It's just an inaccurate stmt
omh2
No what she said was she wanted everyone to *have* the same healthcare, which makes your comment dumber than I framed it.
ConLawHero
Do you not understand people do? The ACA is available for everyone. It's not like she has special private insurance.
globalt38
Absolutely agree! At least a start would be Congress having to use the exact same insurance plans and coverage their constituents have.
EightAngryTortoises
1/2 - work for the Navy and have EXCELLENT gov’t insurance for 62$/pay check. Its a quarter of the cost from last private industry job.
EightAngryTortoises
2/2 No surprise bills, low rx’s and low copays (if any at all). So yes it can be done, easily.
chefsoda
What? Equal access? What is this madness? She's clearly a witch!
IAmTheMightyLeon
He doesn't want people paying for other people's problems? How does this guy think insurance works?
JadeNB1729
He? Was this supposed to go in the other thread?
ElroydIsGone
I remember Romney literally playing that dumb in his campaign, like: "Why should healthy young people pay for old sick ones?". Duh! >
spudpicker
To win the GOP primary, Romney had to pretend he DIDN'T make an awesome healthcare plan. Tells you all you need to know about Republicans.
ElroydIsGone
Why do I have to pay my fire insurance premiums, while it's my neighbor's house that's burning right now???
kootiepatra
I find the right's obsession with AOC to be deeply creepy
Coca08
When you go so far to the right that you end up on the left.
NutellaElephant
The leopards won’t eat MY face
Cantandwont
Soon they will nuke a neighbouring nation
jayman0123
i've always imagined the light spectrum having colors in each section of the spectrum whether we can see it or not. This dude just went 1/
jayman0123
up an octave so to speak and hit the left side from the right in the spectrum. if that makes sense
ShyYetKinky
Like Doc Hudson always says
IndefinetelyTired
Horseshoe theory is a bitch
NM156
Its as if they are repeating talking points without understanding them!
creepwood
Just... like.... Pac-man!
ThomasTheWankEnglne
oop...start back over again
ChernoGamma
I went so far right that I ended up left, and went so far left that I got my guns back
aqqe
dethloc
Checkmate flat earthers!!
LordofSandvich
*flips the earth like a table*
Farinhadefigo
But it's a roundtable
DartTarget13
Yes. They make those.
bighuntowski
It’s like in Zoolander when he can’t turn left, so he turns to the right enough that he can go what is left for everyone else.
FuryM0nk
I forget how it goes, but something like. The spectrum is often not so linear, but rather comes full circle. People on both extremes tend...
FuryM0nk
to be far more like the other side than the realize.
Polthoin
Yeah, that's what I was thinking of! The horseshoe theory, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory#:~:text=In%20political%20science
FuryM0nk
Haha didn’t realize this was such a biting point to make.
Hardstylelover
Just like we say in the Netherlands. 3 times right is also left.
Mokelzwerg
We say that in Germany too.
neogeo0823
I prefer the phrase "two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left!"
ImCommanderShepardandthisismyfavoritepostonthefrontpage
And now its time for the show
Munnin41
And three wongs make white rice
Beepity
And two Wrights make an airplane
feanoreldar
After Richard Pierce
AstridJay91
Thanks, Cosmo lol
neogeo0823
I tried, and failed, to find an appropriate WHEEEEEEE gif of him.
AstridJay91
I appreciate you trying!
DrewBerg
They fight you even when they agree. They're more concerned with the person talking about the policy than the policy itself.
sykoticflaw
They just want to win, they care about nothing else. It's ingrained into what little brain they have.
ImNotAnOrange
It became a team thing and you cant let the other team score any points
noctynight
That's why they love Trump so much despite everything that he's ever said.
PrepareYourAnusAgain
it's exactly this, unfortunately
Bojovnik84
Yep. How dare someone not white have good ideas.
INeverWaitForIt
They just don't want to admit they're wrong. The first republican who comes out with 'common sense' policies will be hailed by them as the
INeverWaitForIt
second coming, even if that person is AOC, Hillary, and Obama in a trench coat.
Shoutrr
they are complete and absolutely worthless morons.
blastedsteak
I see that everywhere. First have to find out who said it and all groups they belong to, THEN decide if you like what was said.
SrMordred
It’s not symmetrical though. HOW you think influences whether you become Conservative or Progressive.
blastedsteak
Both conservative and progressive thinking is necessary.
AsheLake
Yeah. Gotta find that middle ground between helping people and screwing them over for profit.
blastedsteak
I was more meaning generally, but I can see from the original post why it was drawn to helping people. I Should have been more clear.
Hammertulski
I tried to monitor myself doing that with the previous White House resident, but found the policies were consistently disagreeable bullshit.
InDubiousBattle
There's a Trump Era treaty I like, expanding rights of libraries to adapt copyrighted works for the print disabled. 1
InDubiousBattle
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled 2
InDubiousBattle
Then again, I am an archivist and I like this nerdy shit.
Hammertulski
Signed in 2013, though. I suppose we can celebrate that the ratification wasn't impeded.
InDubiousBattle
I'll take what I can get. It's a good one & the Moroccan Communications Minister threatened to shut down airports until it was done. 1
Cryolith
And yet constantly accuse the left of "identity politics".
DrewBerg
And it's always the left should unify with establishment Dems and never the other way around.
Baalzak
It's always projection
channelranger
When they say that, they usually mean "Doesn't oppress LGBT people enough"
FussyZeus
Idpol is usually liberal brain-worms. Leftists want to FIX the problems not just find sensitive feel-good words to describe them.
FussyZeus
I'll probably catch downvotes for these but I cannot stand mainstream democrats. They're utterly useless. Still above the GOP but goddamn.
DrewBerg
100% agree
Cryolith
Agreed. EstabDems aren't left, they're Center-right.
channelranger
Yeah I vote for dems because they're better than the GOP but I won't pretend most of them are worth a damn.
Artoris
You can't argue with them, even when they agree with you.
GerberLegalTeam
You're wrong. What happens is even when they're saying the same thing as you, they still try to argue. /s
Artoris
GerberLegalTeam
colt64
Or to rephrase, you can only argue, even when they agree with you.
Imalwaysready
But that's the weird thing; they seem most ready and willing TO argue with you, ESPECIALLY when they agree with you.
JadeNB1729
It's like how the most vehement homophobia springs from fear about one's own sexuality.
Artoris
Judge not, lest you suck a few dicks.
JadeNB1729
lysergia
Like wrestling a pig -- they'll drag you down into the mud and beat you with experience.
Hammertulski
"Time to get back into the filim business" - Coach (The Gentlemen)
xizar
I thought pigs ate people on the ground... maybe I watched Sin City too many times.
lysergia
Feral pigs definitely do. I'm sure if it's hungry enough a domestic one would as well.
AlltheSarcasm87
Yeah, but did you enjoy it? Cuz that's one of the problems, its just a selfish couple viciously masturbating at each other trying to cum 1st
Artoris
This really brings me back...