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  • M Mik
    6 May 2021, 16:18

    Hence the futility of the Paris Accords

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    Loki
    wrote on 6 May 2021, 16:59 last edited by
    #3

    I agree but answer this question:

    So you are a developed country based on carbon and now you are telling me I can’t do the same? How dare you prevent my growth.

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      Axtremus
      wrote on 6 May 2021, 17:30 last edited by
      #4

      Total OECD population: 1.36 Billion
      China‘s population: 1.44 Billion

      On a per capita basis, China is merely catching up to OECD level.

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        Copper
        wrote on 6 May 2021, 21:46 last edited by
        #5

        The Paris Accords aren't about carbon

        As ax advocates

        Redistribution of wealth is the purpose

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        • A Axtremus
          6 May 2021, 17:30

          Total OECD population: 1.36 Billion
          China‘s population: 1.44 Billion

          On a per capita basis, China is merely catching up to OECD level.

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          Loki
          wrote on 6 May 2021, 21:52 last edited by
          #6

          @axtremus said in China's emissions:

          Total OECD population: 1.36 Billion
          China‘s population: 1.44 Billion

          On a per capita basis, China is merely catching up to OECD level.

          They are so close to asking us to bow to them and yet everyone is still a sucker for poor little me, I need help.

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          • L Loki
            6 May 2021, 21:52

            @axtremus said in China's emissions:

            Total OECD population: 1.36 Billion
            China‘s population: 1.44 Billion

            On a per capita basis, China is merely catching up to OECD level.

            They are so close to asking us to bow to them and yet everyone is still a sucker for poor little me, I need help.

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            Axtremus
            wrote on 7 May 2021, 02:33 last edited by
            #7

            @loki said in China's emissions:

            They are so close to asking us to bow to them and yet everyone is still a sucker for poor little me, I need help.

            Take in a bit of a historical view and you'd see that we, the typical OECD nationals, are quite far ahead in terms of our cummulative emissions compared to the typical Chinese's:

            https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-06/china-s-emissions-now-exceed-all-the-developed-world-s-combined

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            You can also try to imagine moving all the manufacturing that the OECD countries have outsourced to China back into OECD territories and see how that might change emissions.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 7 May 2021, 02:51 last edited by
              #8

              We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

              I was only joking

              A H 2 Replies Last reply 7 May 2021, 13:28
              • D Doctor Phibes
                7 May 2021, 02:51

                We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

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                Aqua Letifer
                wrote on 7 May 2021, 13:28 last edited by
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                @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

                No that's just today. We'll be back at it tomorrow.

                Please love yourself.

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                • D Doctor Phibes
                  7 May 2021, 02:51

                  We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

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                  Horace
                  wrote on 7 May 2021, 13:49 last edited by
                  #10

                  @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                  We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

                  That the rest of the world is putting money where their mouths are regarding reducing emissions is simple fact, regardless of the truth of global warming.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • H Horace
                    7 May 2021, 13:49

                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                    We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

                    That the rest of the world is putting money where their mouths are regarding reducing emissions is simple fact, regardless of the truth of global warming.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:01 last edited by
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                    @horace said in China's emissions:

                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                    We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

                    That the rest of the world is putting money where their mouths are regarding reducing emissions is simple fact, regardless of the truth of global warming.

                    My point was that opponents of global warming in the US can't seem to get their stories straight. It's a little reminiscent of some of the anti-Covid arguments, where people flit from 'it's totally over-hyped' to 'masks don't help', to 'masks are tyranny' to 'masks are more harmful to your health than Covid', to 'the vaccinations are tyranny' to 'they haven't been tested' to a myriad of other stupid reasons to do absolutely nothing about what can really only be described as a big freaking crisis.

                    It's so blindingly obvious that there's something else at play when people do this.

                    Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything' would rather imply that the main point is that people don't want to do anything, regardless of whether global warming is a thing, and by morphing around like this, they're exhibiting intellectual dishonesty. Stick to the point, or at least be honest about the motivation.

                    I was only joking

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                      Horace
                      wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:06 last edited by
                      #12

                      @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                      Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                      I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • H Horace
                        7 May 2021, 14:06

                        @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                        Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                        I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:07 last edited by
                        #13

                        @horace said in China's emissions:

                        @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                        Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                        I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                        Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                        I was only joking

                        H 1 Reply Last reply 7 May 2021, 14:08
                        • D Doctor Phibes
                          7 May 2021, 14:01

                          @horace said in China's emissions:

                          @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                          We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

                          That the rest of the world is putting money where their mouths are regarding reducing emissions is simple fact, regardless of the truth of global warming.

                          My point was that opponents of global warming in the US can't seem to get their stories straight. It's a little reminiscent of some of the anti-Covid arguments, where people flit from 'it's totally over-hyped' to 'masks don't help', to 'masks are tyranny' to 'masks are more harmful to your health than Covid', to 'the vaccinations are tyranny' to 'they haven't been tested' to a myriad of other stupid reasons to do absolutely nothing about what can really only be described as a big freaking crisis.

                          It's so blindingly obvious that there's something else at play when people do this.

                          Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything' would rather imply that the main point is that people don't want to do anything, regardless of whether global warming is a thing, and by morphing around like this, they're exhibiting intellectual dishonesty. Stick to the point, or at least be honest about the motivation.

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                          Loki
                          wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:08 last edited by
                          #14

                          @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                          @horace said in China's emissions:

                          @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                          We seemed to have moved on from 'Global warming is completely made up' to 'It's all China's fault and we're doing fucking nothing!'

                          That the rest of the world is putting money where their mouths are regarding reducing emissions is simple fact, regardless of the truth of global warming.

                          My point was that opponents of global warming in the US can't seem to get their stories straight. It's a little reminiscent of some of the anti-Covid arguments, where people flit from 'it's totally over-hyped' to 'masks don't help', to 'masks are tyranny' to 'masks are more harmful to your health than Covid', to 'the vaccinations are tyranny' to 'they haven't been tested' to a myriad of other stupid reasons to do absolutely nothing about what can really only be described as a big freaking crisis.

                          It's so blindingly obvious that there's something else at play when people do this.

                          Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything' would rather imply that the main point is that people don't want to do anything, regardless of whether global warming is a thing, and by morphing around like this, they're exhibiting intellectual dishonesty. Stick to the point, or at least be honest about the motivation.

                          If the alternative is being an apologist for China it’s a matter of foreign and economic policy. How is that for motivation?

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                          • D Doctor Phibes
                            7 May 2021, 14:07

                            @horace said in China's emissions:

                            @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                            Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                            I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                            Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

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                            Horace
                            wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:08 last edited by
                            #15

                            @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                            @horace said in China's emissions:

                            @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                            Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                            I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                            Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                            There's an economic competition aspect too.

                            Education is extremely important.

                            D 1 Reply Last reply 7 May 2021, 14:15
                            • H Horace
                              7 May 2021, 14:08

                              @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                              @horace said in China's emissions:

                              @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                              Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                              I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                              Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                              There's an economic competition aspect too.

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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:15 last edited by
                              #16

                              @horace said in China's emissions:

                              @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                              @horace said in China's emissions:

                              @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                              Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                              I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                              Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                              There's an economic competition aspect too.

                              Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

                              I was only joking

                              L H 2 Replies Last reply 7 May 2021, 14:20
                              • D Doctor Phibes
                                7 May 2021, 14:15

                                @horace said in China's emissions:

                                @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                @horace said in China's emissions:

                                @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                                I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                                Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                                There's an economic competition aspect too.

                                Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

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                                Loki
                                wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:20 last edited by
                                #17

                                @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                @horace said in China's emissions:

                                @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                @horace said in China's emissions:

                                @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                                I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                                Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                                There's an economic competition aspect too.

                                Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

                                A country that severely limits the internet, scores people digitally to ideological purity, is the picture of 21st century slavery and is now launching throughout the world…. You are a decade too late and every global warming convo gets an Ax slide as to why we are the bad guys.

                                I dunno which is worse, more global warming or a dominant China with few freedoms. Actually I do.

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                                • D Doctor Phibes
                                  7 May 2021, 14:15

                                  @horace said in China's emissions:

                                  @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                  @horace said in China's emissions:

                                  @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                  Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                                  I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                                  Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                                  There's an economic competition aspect too.

                                  Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

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                                  Horace
                                  wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:30 last edited by
                                  #18

                                  @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                  @horace said in China's emissions:

                                  @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                  @horace said in China's emissions:

                                  @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                  Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                                  I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                                  Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                                  There's an economic competition aspect too.

                                  Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

                                  Maybe if I hear "Yeah but China is doing nothing", I assume the person wants China to do something, while you assume the person wants their own country to do nothing.

                                  Education is extremely important.

                                  D 1 Reply Last reply 7 May 2021, 14:32
                                  • L Loki
                                    7 May 2021, 14:20

                                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                    @horace said in China's emissions:

                                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                    @horace said in China's emissions:

                                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                    Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                                    I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                                    Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                                    There's an economic competition aspect too.

                                    Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

                                    A country that severely limits the internet, scores people digitally to ideological purity, is the picture of 21st century slavery and is now launching throughout the world…. You are a decade too late and every global warming convo gets an Ax slide as to why we are the bad guys.

                                    I dunno which is worse, more global warming or a dominant China with few freedoms. Actually I do.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:30 last edited by
                                    #19

                                    @loki said in China's emissions:

                                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                    @horace said in China's emissions:

                                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                    @horace said in China's emissions:

                                    @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                    Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                                    I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                                    Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                                    There's an economic competition aspect too.

                                    Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

                                    A country that severely limits the internet, scores people digitally to ideological purity, is the picture of 21st century slavery and is now launching throughout the world…. You are a decade too late and every global warming convo gets an Ax slide as to why we are the bad guys.

                                    I dunno which is worse, more global warming or a dominant China with few freedoms. Actually I do.

                                    You won't get any argument from me regarding how awful China is, although I've had people tell me I'm being overly-western-centric in pointing this out.

                                    I'll say it again, some people in the US seem to be looking for excuses to do nothing.

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • H Horace
                                      7 May 2021, 14:30

                                      @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                      @horace said in China's emissions:

                                      @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                      @horace said in China's emissions:

                                      @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                      Moving from 'We don't need to do anything because global warming is fictional' to 'We don't need to do anything because China isn't doing anything'

                                      I thought the point was to establish that China should be doing something, along with the rest of the world, and it's wrong and unfair that they're not.

                                      Clearly China should be doing something, and it's wrong that they're not. But if global warming isn't real, complaining about China not doing anything seems like a waste of bandwidth.

                                      There's an economic competition aspect too.

                                      Right, so take the fight to China to force them to do the right thing, don't use it as an excuse to do nothing. If global warming is a thing, and China does nothing, the US doing nothing still makes it worse.

                                      Maybe if I hear "Yeah but China is doing nothing", I assume the person wants China to do something, while you assume the person wants their own country to do nothing.

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                                      Doctor Phibes
                                      wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:32 last edited by
                                      #20

                                      @horace said in China's emissions:

                                      Maybe if I hear "Yeah but China is doing nothing", I assume the person wants China to do something, while you assume the person wants their own country to do nothing.

                                      When the same person has said 'Global warming isn't real', it's not difficult to connect the dots.

                                      American conservatives in general have a high tendency towards climate change denial.

                                      I was only joking

                                      H 1 Reply Last reply 7 May 2021, 14:39
                                      • D Doctor Phibes
                                        7 May 2021, 14:32

                                        @horace said in China's emissions:

                                        Maybe if I hear "Yeah but China is doing nothing", I assume the person wants China to do something, while you assume the person wants their own country to do nothing.

                                        When the same person has said 'Global warming isn't real', it's not difficult to connect the dots.

                                        American conservatives in general have a high tendency towards climate change denial.

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                                        Horace
                                        wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:39 last edited by
                                        #21

                                        @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                        @horace said in China's emissions:

                                        Maybe if I hear "Yeah but China is doing nothing", I assume the person wants China to do something, while you assume the person wants their own country to do nothing.

                                        When the same person has said 'Global warming isn't real', it's not difficult to connect the dots.

                                        American conservatives in general have a high tendency towards climate change denial.

                                        And the left has a high tendency to smuggle in lots of politics under the guise of fighting climate change. Green New Deal, anybody? It's a nuanced issue.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • H Horace
                                          7 May 2021, 14:39

                                          @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                          @horace said in China's emissions:

                                          Maybe if I hear "Yeah but China is doing nothing", I assume the person wants China to do something, while you assume the person wants their own country to do nothing.

                                          When the same person has said 'Global warming isn't real', it's not difficult to connect the dots.

                                          American conservatives in general have a high tendency towards climate change denial.

                                          And the left has a high tendency to smuggle in lots of politics under the guise of fighting climate change. Green New Deal, anybody? It's a nuanced issue.

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                                          Doctor Phibes
                                          wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:40 last edited by Doctor Phibes 5 Jul 2021, 14:41
                                          #22

                                          @horace said in China's emissions:

                                          @doctor-phibes said in China's emissions:

                                          @horace said in China's emissions:

                                          Maybe if I hear "Yeah but China is doing nothing", I assume the person wants China to do something, while you assume the person wants their own country to do nothing.

                                          When the same person has said 'Global warming isn't real', it's not difficult to connect the dots.

                                          American conservatives in general have a high tendency towards climate change denial.

                                          And the left has a high tendency to smuggle in lots of politics under the guise of fighting climate change. Green New Deal, anybody? It's a nuanced issue.

                                          Yes, I agree. The Democrats are a bunch of assholes. I apologize in advance for being unable to find politicians who aren't awful.

                                          I was only joking

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