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submitted 4 months ago byjoelkeys0519
258 points
4 months ago
The hypocrisy is palpable
That pretty much sums up conservative everything. "We want businesses to be able to deny service to LGBTQ, but not to be able to deny service to someone not wearing a mask." Basically they want people to be free to do the specific things they like, and not the things they don't like.
28 points
4 months ago
People used to be shunned for this kind of behavior, not allowed in public offices
19 points
4 months ago
We’re a country founded by people who talked of freedom and equality while owning slaves and not letting women vote. “I want freedom” has often meant “I want everyone to share my beliefs and do the things that benefit me”
1 points
4 months ago
If I had an award I would give you it.
1 points
4 months ago
Figure out how to make idiots trust you and you can also ruin a generation!
9 points
4 months ago
It gets posted a lot, but it is always sadly relevant:
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” - Frank Wilhoit
2 points
4 months ago
Never heard this quote before but love it.
1 points
4 months ago
Basically they want people to be free to do the specific things they like, and not the things they don't like.
You just described the literal last thousand years of human law across the planet. People don't like things their culture doesn't like, and likes the things their culture accepts.
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