OT Please say things are getting a little better

We're not talking the "right" or the "left". We're talking about you and wishing another human being dead. Quit trying to rationalize your truly unkind comment. It's one thing to laugh at another's unfortunate misstep, but quite another thing to wish a man dead. Oh, and by the way, I have no party, just my own brain and conscience. And if you want to call out the "hatred that seems to be all there is coming from both Democrats and Republicans" then you're obviously no better than them when you make such a stupid comment. Two wrongs don't make a right. Check your arrogance and be better than those you so bitterly criticize.

 

I'm sorry but I lmao @ that.

 

McConnell protects and lobbies for industries that cause millions of deaths per year. Just sayin'...

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Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States. More than 480,000 deaths annually


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Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths worldwide

 

I can't and won't defend McConnell in any way, shape or form, but I want him to live a long life, racking up the bill he has to justify when he faces St. Peter at the gate......that silver tongue won't get him anywhere up there....

 

That may be some consolation to some... but I don't believe he'll face any repercussions which would compare to or make up for his supporting the suffering and death of millions of Americans per year. Not that I'm advocating for his death, but he is certainly a significant net-negative to mankind.

 

And womankind. And animals and plants.

 

I gotta call this out. Sorry man.

There was another person here wishing people dead on the regular.
When i pushed back the bulk of the forum who commented, got on me instead of the guy wishing people dead.
What type of double standards exists here?

When is it okay for a left leaning forum member to state he wishes certain people would die in a serious manner, but not not okay for another member who slams both left and eight to make a joke about someone not being dead yet?

where were the voices telling this left leaner he is wrong for wanting people to die? Other than mine?

Sometimes the double standards of this place rear up such an ugly head it gets just as disturbing as a comment from a member wanting someone dead.

We should be better than fox news and cnn, but really in the ot, its no different. Hasty judgments without all the facts, ignoring one parties egregiousness while slamming the other for the same thing..

This OT can be a depressing reality check on human psyche and behavior.
I need to stay out…

 

That poor turtle!!!

 

Thank you. Particularly womankind and animals.

 

Yeah... Still think it would be a much better world without Mitch McConnell... I'm not disappointed that he didn't die. But I'm not relieved either...

 

In contrast to Florida and Tennessee who want to hurt people who are not rich straight cis white Christian conservative men, Michigan repealed the 19th century anti abortion law, extended civil rights for LGBTQ people, expanded gun background checks and repealed anti union laws.

 

Everyone is free to think as they feel about wanting others dead.

but if people are gonna call it out, lets be consistent about it, is all im saying.
No one jumped to my defense when i pushed back against another poster here on this topic. Most who commented jumped to his defense and painted a picture of me having the issue.
Consistency minimizes hypocrisy.

 

Some people cause a lot of suffering. If they were no longer able to do that it could be viewed as a positive thing.

I totally understand that point of view. Regardless of who is saying it.

Now, if that person is wrong about the facts of the deceased causing suffering that's a different conversation.

 

Well said.

 

I agree with pretty much all of this. But wasn’t there a part of you that wished Trump got violently ill when he got Covid?

death? No. I don’t wish death upon my worst enemy. Even though I really have no true ‘enemies’