Yep Reagan was an absolute douchebag. He really thought that rich people earned every dollar and that poor people were leeches on society and the government. He’s also famous for coining the phrase “welfare Queen”. As if living on welfare was somehow an easy life
He’s also directly responsible (along with Thatcher) for the neoliberal economic order which dominates the globe today, favoring the wealthy while offering nothing but austerity to the poor.
Before him, we had the remnants of the New Deal economic order, which wasn’t perfect but relative to today’s standards it was basically social democracy. Of course, Nixon took a chunk out of that progress, but it wasn’t truly dead until Reagan.
If you can’t see the inherent connection between Reagan-era economic policies and “rich white people” becoming the monstrosity that it is today, then I think this conversation is above your level.
Yeah… I’m sure hurricane victims hate hearing that shit. Or wildfire victims. I could go on and on. It’s almost like if you actually think about any of these stupid ass Republican catch phrases for a minute they’re complete bullshit.
Well republican-led states literally rejected disaster relief aid from Biden’s government, and then blamed Biden for supposedly not helping. And people in those backwater areas bought it hook line and sinker.
And then early on in trump’s second term when Texas got rid of early flood warning systems, and a bunch of girl scouts died in a flash flood because they were all camping on a flood plane, nobody batted an eye about the government’s failure.
(By the way, there was a town in texas that kept their warning systems in place, and they experienced zero deaths from that flood. Golly days).
Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall and fuck me.
the 80s was a wild time. this is the photo that was taken soon after Reagan had been penetrated, anally, by Gorbachev. you can tell how happy he was by the smile on his face.
You’re knowingly peddling misinformation (which makes it disinformation), which only discredits all of the legitimate critique present in this thread; and your response to someone asking for confirmation whether what you said is true or not was a snarky reply insinuating that I’m somehow gullible (for asking if something was true? Which is not the same thing as unquestioning belief, by the way).
In other words, you find it so hilarious and depraved that anyone could possibly wonder if anything you say is worth taking seriously?
At least I know now that you’re not a serious person.
On the one hand, there’s no fucking way you thought it might be possible that Reagan had said “tear down this wall and fuck me.” But on the other hand, it would be really funny if you did, so I choose to believe it
Obviously the quote would be the joke, but it was insinuating that he actually did have sex with Gorbachev, which is honestly not that outlandish and was worth asking for confirmation.
If King Richard and Suliman the Magnificent could be butt buddies during the crusades, what’s stopping a couple of cold war era heads of state of rival world powers from being star-crossed lovers?
I’m sure they had enough confidential meetings to pull it off, and do I really need to enumerate how many conservatives are actually closeted homosexuals?
whatever “disinformation” I’m “peddling” about Reagan isn’t a quarter as bad as the real shit he said or did.
Right, so take some of the legitimate critique you can make about Reagan and focus on that instead of discrediting yourself and everyone else who criticizes him by presenting falsehoods as facts “on a political thread,” as you pointed out.
If you can’t see how damaging long-term it can be to spread bullshit instead of factual critiques, then you’re the one who has a high-horse you need to dismount.
It’s not Reagan I’m defending, it’s the integrity of the criticism directed at Reagan.
Alright, if we can’t have any serious discussions here (even on a thread in a political community, as you so rightly pointed out!) then I guess there’s no fucking point in having a fediverse at all, since apparently we’re only allowed to use it for shitposts and circlejerks.
Is that what you want? Is the whole reason for decentralization, autonomy, anonymity, and data sovereignty so that the government can’t see your dank-ass memes?
What were the original 9 words? Are they particularly famous over there?
“Uwu I’ve gone poopy in my diaper again daddy!”
“Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.” -George Carlin
Well, shit. That’s only seven. Fuck. Take ‘em or leave ‘em you cocksucking motherfuckers. 😘
Shit, fuck, Satan, death, sex drugs, rape - Anthrax
Nope, that’s just seven words too
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help”
Yep Reagan was an absolute douchebag. He really thought that rich people earned every dollar and that poor people were leeches on society and the government. He’s also famous for coining the phrase “welfare Queen”. As if living on welfare was somehow an easy life
He also did fuck all about the AIDS epidemic.
He’s also directly responsible (along with Thatcher) for the neoliberal economic order which dominates the globe today, favoring the wealthy while offering nothing but austerity to the poor.
Before him, we had the remnants of the New Deal economic order, which wasn’t perfect but relative to today’s standards it was basically social democracy. Of course, Nixon took a chunk out of that progress, but it wasn’t truly dead until Reagan.
In the USA it’s either racism or Reagan that’s the cause of some of the most fucked up stuff.
You forgot one, “Rich white people.” while typically they are associated with the first two, there are distinct evils that happen as well.
If you can’t see the inherent connection between Reagan-era economic policies and “rich white people” becoming the monstrosity that it is today, then I think this conversation is above your level.
You’re not wrong, Walter…
And him, along with Hitler and Drump, promised to “make america (Germany) great again”, word for word.
As in, return it to the time where you could beat a black boy to death by accusing him of whistling at a white women and face zero repercussions.
Absolute evil.
Yeah… I’m sure hurricane victims hate hearing that shit. Or wildfire victims. I could go on and on. It’s almost like if you actually think about any of these stupid ass Republican catch phrases for a minute they’re complete bullshit.
Well republican-led states literally rejected disaster relief aid from Biden’s government, and then blamed Biden for supposedly not helping. And people in those backwater areas bought it hook line and sinker.
And then early on in trump’s second term when Texas got rid of early flood warning systems, and a bunch of girl scouts died in a flash flood because they were all camping on a flood plane, nobody batted an eye about the government’s failure.
(By the way, there was a town in texas that kept their warning systems in place, and they experienced zero deaths from that flood. Golly days).
Honestly, the lack of measures against disaster is a likely predictor of how well the Neo-Confederate states would do in a 2nd American Civil War.
That makes me hopeful about the ending of that future history, for rather horrific reasons. 😕
I was just stating a fact.
I know I was agreeing with you, sorry if it came out otherwise.
I think we all know Ronny sucked. (also agreeing)
the 80s was a wild time. this is the photo that was taken soon after Reagan had been penetrated, anally, by Gorbachev. you can tell how happy he was by the smile on his face.
totally uncalled for! mom hasn’t even tried it, so how can she dislike it?
Is that true?
totally! btw, I have this cool bridge to sell if you’re interested…
So let me get this straight:
You’re knowingly peddling misinformation (which makes it disinformation), which only discredits all of the legitimate critique present in this thread; and your response to someone asking for confirmation whether what you said is true or not was a snarky reply insinuating that I’m somehow gullible (for asking if something was true? Which is not the same thing as unquestioning belief, by the way).
In other words, you find it so hilarious and depraved that anyone could possibly wonder if anything you say is worth taking seriously?
At least I know now that you’re not a serious person.
Me when someone tells a joke
On the one hand, there’s no fucking way you thought it might be possible that Reagan had said “tear down this wall and fuck me.” But on the other hand, it would be really funny if you did, so I choose to believe it
Obviously the quote would be the joke, but it was insinuating that he actually did have sex with Gorbachev, which is honestly not that outlandish and was worth asking for confirmation.
It’s not that outlandish that Reagan and Gorbachev might have had a secret affair lmao
If King Richard and Suliman the Magnificent could be butt buddies during the crusades, what’s stopping a couple of cold war era heads of state of rival world powers from being star-crossed lovers?
I’m sure they had enough confidential meetings to pull it off, and do I really need to enumerate how many conservatives are actually closeted homosexuals?
if you’re on a political community thread and mistake Robbin Williams for Ronald Reagan you’re asking for it.
chill tf out dude.
whatever “disinformation” I’m “peddling” about Reagan isn’t a quarter as bad as the real shit he said or did.
get off your high horse.
Right, so take some of the legitimate critique you can make about Reagan and focus on that instead of discrediting yourself and everyone else who criticizes him by presenting falsehoods as facts “on a political thread,” as you pointed out.
If you can’t see how damaging long-term it can be to spread bullshit instead of factual critiques, then you’re the one who has a high-horse you need to dismount.
It’s not Reagan I’m defending, it’s the integrity of the criticism directed at Reagan.
Alright, if we can’t have any serious discussions here (even on a thread in a political community, as you so rightly pointed out!) then I guess there’s no fucking point in having a fediverse at all, since apparently we’re only allowed to use it for shitposts and circlejerks.
Is that what you want? Is the whole reason for decentralization, autonomy, anonymity, and data sovereignty so that the government can’t see your dank-ass memes?
Watch the video, he says them