• forrgott@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Lol, I very nearly ate the onion on this one! Sadly, this guy is so stupid, I’m really not that ashamed of having to check myself…

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      11 months ago

      Same. Nothing Republicans do is too stupid anymore. If you even dared to suggest it they’ve invent something dumber to do.

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        11 months ago

        I guess it’s all about the end of what I said, I think: check myself. The very idea offends them. The inability to even acknowledge, let alone consider, the idea they could ever just…get it wrong. It’s scary. Like a giant bomb we either find a way to work together and learn how to defuse…or else.

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      11 months ago

      Same, I initially read “nottheonion.” It’s a pleasant surprising to find a community dedicated to the onion.

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      11 months ago

      Sure, but there is literally 0% DeSantis would live like a slave for a year. He wouldn’t do it for a week. At most he’ll spend a an hour or two posing for photos and then step into bus/trailer with a shower, AC and clean clothes before being driven home in a car that costs more than people make in a year or two.

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        11 months ago

        Whole point is moot as soon as you put in a “for x days” qualifier as if you had a choice between being a slave or not. But I like that the onion article negates it by having him die while being a slave.

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        It wouldnt even matter if he was willing to do it for a year. Its a “common people” problem.

        He would know that at any moment, he could say a word or make a call and it would stop. No slave had that ability. No slave knew their family was safe from rape or death. No slave had that certainty of safety, of health or of freedom.

        His willingness to play as a slave would never be a serious situation, because it could never be anything but play.

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    I’m not pro slavery but I’d certainly take him up on his offer. Maybe then he’ll realize how fucking stupid he is when talking about slavery.

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    At press time, reports confirmed DeSantis had been beaten to death after being forced to fight another slave.

    Fucking ROTFL! If only we could be so lucky.

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    Yeah it is the Onion, but if it were real, this guy would weasel himself out… I am still waiting for Hannity to get waterboarded.

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    11 months ago

    Unless he actually leaves the USA, this is just play-pretend. He can always say, “No”.