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(1,542 posts)rickford66
(5,523 posts)Obviously not.
PatrickforO
(14,572 posts)let alone identify different types of fallacies.
I blame this primarily on the conservative 'christians' who have worked very hard to voucherize schools and to be able to finance their children's education in 'christian' schools with public tax dollars. Not to mention the massive corporate money that began purposely changing the dialog in this country with the 1971 Lewis Powell Memo to the US Chamber of Commerce, followed by Reagan's 1987 pocket veto of the Fairness Doctrine, Citizens United, Super Pacs, the manufactured consent of our corporate-owned media, and finally the merchants of doubt paid by corporations to publish pseudo-scientific studies to cast doubt on things like the dangers of asbestos, tobacco, and carbon emissions.
If we really wanted to solve a lot of problems, we'd get rid of the primacy of the shareholder doctrine, which Warren is trying to do by introducing the Accountable Capitalism Act (August 2018), which would expand fiduciary responsibility of CEOs in publicly held companies beyond shareholder earnings to also encompass worker, consumer and environmental welfare. It would solve a lot of problems, that.
Unfortunately, back to your point, it won't do much to smarten up what Stephen King calls 'the Great Stupid.' We kind of have to do that ourselves through grass roots efforts with local school boards and so on.
rickford66
(5,523 posts)So it goes without saying that we should leave it up to the readers to figure it out.
William Seger
(10,778 posts)PatrickforO
(14,572 posts)Hypocrites.
Initech
(100,068 posts)Trump is an asshole
Therefore God is an asshole?
True Dough
(17,303 posts)than the attempt in the OP.
Leith
(7,809 posts)As the saying goes, when they were handing out brains, he was nowhere to be found. He probably couldn't figure out where the line was.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)When they handed out brains, he thought they said trains and he ran off to catch one!
UpInArms
(51,282 posts)When the handed out brains, he thought they said trains and he missed his
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)czarjak
(11,269 posts)Russia will be Satan's ally in the final showdown battle between good and evil. Look it up, nitwit. But I'm sure the man upstairs will let that slide, huh?
robbob
(3,528 posts)...although it seems the disparaging comment is clearly directed at the meme, not the poster of this meme...
czarjak
(11,269 posts)True Dough
(17,303 posts)I read that post last night before bed and never thought for a second it was directed at me. Glad the jury allowed it to stand.
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)If there were a God he/she/it wouldn't give a f*** where people lived/born.... If there's something out there that created everything are you trying to tell me that he created some to be less than others? to be abused by others? to be hated by others? what kind of God is that?
It's not.
God is nothing more than a control mechanism for the rich and powerful,.....
Seeing someone use it like this makes me sick to my stomach
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)Thanks.
lilactime
(657 posts)calimary
(81,223 posts)DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)Then shit it back into trump's skull.
And the zombies got this Bill Mitchell too, apparently.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)God is a lie.
Trump is a lie.
Stop believing in stupid, make-believe bullshit. And stop pretending that it talks to you. You should be in a freaking mental institution.
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)If both premises were true, the only conclusion which could be drawn would be:
Both God and Trump favor America.
The first premise is hotly debated. The second is empirically disproven -- about 8000 x over.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,256 posts)since their "god" is the little voice in their head that agrees with everything they are thinking.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)Think about it.