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Self Esteem

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2. It's easy to cheer when you feel aligned with the sentiment.

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 06:06 PM

Dec 9

But wait until some 20-something white male guns down a doctor for providing trans care or something.

This is the problem with treating this dude like a hero: it's encouraging others - and not everyone who's encouraged to do something like this is going to be people who maybe have the same sympathies as you.

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I'm sure another white, 20-something male will assassinate someone for a reason important to them... [View all] Self Esteem Dec 9 OP

Anyone who works in the service industry newdeal2 Dec 9 #1

It's easy to cheer when you feel aligned with the sentiment. Self Esteem Dec 9 #2

We don't have to wait. Right wing nutjobs have been shooting abortion doctors since the 80s. meadowlander Dec 9 #4

You're right. Self Esteem Dec 9 #6

??? Rebl2 Dec 10 #12

On this very site, I see "There's nothing we can do" or "We just have to accept the system we have" ck4829 Dec 9 #3

Let's just hope the next person who does this kills the right person. Self Esteem Dec 9 #5

I hope nobody is killed, but when we encourage hopelessness, what fills the vacuum? ck4829 Dec 9 #8

Blame Congress, they've had 60 years to do something and have failed. I'm primarying any rep who is not Silent Type Dec 10 #11

That's almost all of them Bettie Dec 10 #13

Next time I write a check I'm predicating it on actually doing something to reform the system. Not that my $25 is Silent Type Dec 10 #14

Don't dismiss the older folks dweller Dec 9 #7

They already have afair Meowmee Dec 9 #9

anyone given the right circumstances is capable of murder. harumph Dec 9 #10