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|    Re: Posted because I agree, and it is im    |
|    20 Aug 25 23:39:07    |
      [continued from previous message]              >>>> And trust me there are a LOT of people gaming the system and some       are       >>>> probably your neighbors, the person you see driving a newer model       car       >>>> and so forth.       >>>> Those types usually have their own business, mostly cash, 2 sets of       >>>> books and a smart accountant. They take advantage of every       government       >>>> program they can (PPP, COVID,loans never to be paid back etc) and       thus       >>>> are not paying taxes on most of it.       >>>>       >>>> I'm glad that Trump is going after these lazy grifters because it       means       >>>> that more funds are available for those people who really need the       >>>> help.       >>>>       >>>> Something needs to be done because the country is in serious debt       and       >>>> the Biden administration via open borders has allowed millions more       >>>> people many of whom have no intention of working and are leaching       off       >>>> the government which means the hard working taxpayers are funding       it.       >>>>       >>>> It is not sustainable in the long term.       >>>       >>> It's always the same script: take a real issue (say, budget concerns       or       >>> immigration logistics), strip away all nuance, then repackage it with       >>> paranoid delusions and dehumanizing stereotypes. What you call       "fiscal       >>> responsibility" is just white nationalist framing with a patriotic       >>> bumper sticker slapped on.       >>>       >>> You're not just repeating bad arguments -- you're repeating dangerous       >>> ones. The whole "lazy grifters gaming the system" line has been a       staple       >>> of white supremacist propaganda for decades. It's no coincidence it       >>> always targets the same groups: immigrants, people of color, the       poor,       >>> anyone who doesn't fit the "ideal" image of who you think deserves to       >>> exist comfortably in this country.       >>>       >>> And let's not kid ourselves about who's writing this. Charlie Glock?       >>> Please. The writing, the references, the panicked tone wrapped in       >>> faux-intellectual posturing -- it reeks of Steve Carroll sock-       puppetry.       >>> Carroll has a whole stable of fake identities, all built to agree       with       >>> him, praise him, or attack whoever he's obsessed with that week.       Glock       >>> is just another echo from the same sewer.       >>>       >>> That matters, because when someone has to use multiple identities to       >>> prop up their views, it means they know deep down those views can't       >>> stand on their own. It's intellectual cowardice. It's manipulation.       And       >>> it reveals something even uglier: Carroll doesn't just parrot white       >>> supremacist narratives -- he needs to make it look like others       believe       >>> them too. He manufactures fake consensus to give hate a crowd.       >>>       >>> So when one of his sock puppets defends white nationalist rhetoric       under       >>> the guise of "common sense" or "fiscal responsibility," don't take       the       >>> bait. This isn't a good-faith conversation. It's a propaganda loop,       >>> scripted and performed by a guy so dishonest he can't even debate as       >>> himself.       >>>       >>> If you need a dozen fake names to make your argument look popular,       you       >>> don't have an argument. You have a cult, and it's made up entirely of       >>> you and your shills and other white supremacists.       >>       >> So you got caught in another lie.       >> Some things never change.       >       > snit gets caught in lies on a daily basis. At least he is consistent.       >       > Here is more about Medicaid waste.       ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========               <6831d3ac$0$16$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>                     Deutsch English Français Italiano       <6831d3ac$0$16$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>              View for Bookmarking (what is this?)       Look up another Usenet article              Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-       september.org!news.usenet.ovh!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!       diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!       tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!       eu1.netnews.com!not-for-mail       X-Trace: DXC=BIIL5?9:P;8J3^bIP?@\j3HWonT5<]0T=@GOK[m5A6W23       [L8B6BE9j=bT5JQk82>_1^mf8;J?==:9kXn>378hg94^J[ki0[_oP7N_<:TZam<99       X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net       From: Brock McNuggets |
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