@PhaseInterruptr From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine.
I'd argue the "the punchline is murder" trope in left-wing comics isn't down to them all being completely mentally off the deep-end and ready to snap any day now (though there are those cases, not saying there aren't), but rather the fact that the majority of left-wingers are observably socially and emotionally stunted.
Both on and offline, they consistently showcase a severe lack of emotional regulation skills, leading them to feel justified in extreme emotional responses to what a normal person would be mildly annoyed by. And this is most reflected in comics where the point is to, rather than tell a joke or make a point, just to vent, using violence, whether inflicting it or having it inflicted upon them, as a portrayal of their absurdly charged emotional response to mild pushback.
And when you talk to enough leftists, you'll very quickly notice that most of them don't have the slightest understanding of other people's perspectives, both from limiting themselves to social circles comprised solely of like-minded people and using fiction as their primary point of reference on normal social behavior. Thus, they lack that line of inner monologue that tells them "Yeah, maybe don't draw that, maybe don't post that, maybe take some time to reflect on the fact that that thought popped into your head in the first place." They can't understand why, in the most charitable interpretations, most people will think their self-insert is the one in the wrong, and in the least, people will take this as a sign that the author should probably be on some kind of watchlist. They cannot grasp how larping about murdering their dissenters looks to anyone on the outside looking in, especially after said people are put on edge by tragedies such as the Charlie Kirk assassination and the Covenant School shooting.
TL;DR - People who never grew out of the edgy high school social outcast mentality.
The true difference between left and right wing is whether your takeaway for this is "he ruined that kid's life for $2200" or "that kid ruined his life for $2200".
Everything else is downstream from that.
Okay. I'm going to irritate some people. Fine.
Ted. Buddy.
Nobody is denying the historical horrors inflicted on Jews or Israel.
What is in dispute is PRIORITIES.
We're staring down roughly $40 trillion in debt, and your chamber refuses to cut even the most obviously stupid spending.
Your chamber won't pass the SAVE AMERICA Act.
American workers are being shoved out of the labor market while corporations line up to offshore jobs to a country where people still defecate in the streets.
Housing is broken.
Labor is broken.
The social fabric is fraying.
While all that's happening, you're lecturing Americans about problems we can't directly fix while ignoring the ones that are eating us alive.
This hostility isn't about Jews, it's about your lack of prioritization.
I like Israel and the Jews. I really do. I admire their grit, intelligence and strength. They can take this while we fix things here for a while.
Israel is a strong country with a capable military and a functioning government. Let Israel handle Israel's fights. They are the Jewish Homeland. Let them do Jewish Homeland things. Our job is to make sure America doesn't collapse under debt, ideological rot, and a hollowed-out workforce.
Here's the uncomfortable truth:
A bankrupt, divided, de-industrialized United States is not a good ally to anyone.
If we lose the Senate and the House because voters see leaders obsessing over foreign history while their own lives get worse, that helps no one.
INCLUING ISRAEL
Fix the home front.
Stabilize the country.
Then we'll still be standing when allies need us.
SNAP no longer subsidizes buying junk food, and now the price of junk food is dropping.
Could you imagine if we applied this principle to college? Or healthcare?
It’s been two days since Don Lemon committed federal crimes by storming a church and obstructing a worship service. He still hasn’t been arrested, despite the fact that all of the evidence is on tape and has been seen by millions of people. Why?
@SandyofCthulhu As an American, I think this is a fantastic idea and we should be all for it. After all, we kicked their asses once, and we can do it much more easily a second time.
Would you consider a man as a nanny or daycare worker?
No? Because of the increased likelihood that something might go wrong?
Well, here's a reminder that black women have a higher murder rate than white men.