@admitsWrongIfProven Doing whats right is worth the price... but things may get pretty ugly :(
@admitsWrongIfProven I called out corruption I noticed at the company I worked at basically (the CEO had told a lot of lies, mostly unnecessary).
@admitsWrongIfProven My family isnt really rich... I grew up very very poor. I am one of just a few in my family who got out of poverty.
@admitsWrongIfProven Before i had my hand gun i was physically assaulted and was told they were going to have me and my family killed... so i bought two hand guns.
I do have family and loved ones to worry about.
@admitsWrongIfProven Thank you... now that im well armed I am much safer. Thank god for easy access to guns, may have saved my life.
Who said the mafia wasnt involved? Sadly this appears to be a bit of both.
Yes i did some whistleblowing on corruption and it pissed off some people.
He has been a family associate since before I was born.. My dad is conservative, my mom is liberal, I'm left of center, all of us think Biden is a slime ball who says whatever works in his interest regardless of his real feelings... So no I dont like him.
That said Biden can come across as charming, so I dont like him because I know better, not due to a gut reaction. Trump on the other hand (also an associate of the family) is disgusting and doesnt hide it, so not sure he is much worse, but he does "feel" worse sinc ehe just makes you feel sick when you hear him put down his wife (something his kids do too)
@Gaythia Nice!
You are nothing if not consistently ignorant.
Thats a weird way to say you refuse to learn or ever question your beliefs.
Lets apply this logic to all the things that kill people then... lets make sugar and carbs illegal, lets make cars that can gonpast 25 mph illegal, lets make bleach illegal too.
The idea of cutting access to tools to fix a problem cause by people is absurdity to me. Guns save lives, thry dont just take them. If it werent for access to hand guns that can shoot rapidly i could be dead within the week right now, so yea this is a pretty seriously bad take despite the good intentions.
@elfunrokr Funny that, no sources, no references, no way to actually fact check any of that.... all this did was discredit the left, not the right, by posting non-sourced mudslinging.. and I say this as a person who has never voted republican a day in his life.
No you never said you were against all guns.. but you did say you were against guns that can fire quickly, that would eliminate 99% of guns. So you are effectively against guns...
As for "similar in design to military rifles", those have been banned since the 50s in any meaningful way... full-auto, and burst fire, the only two meaningful features in this regard have been illegal for ages.
@Gaythia We could... IF we significantly cut our expenses, then yes we can have money left over to take care of things important to our future... But thats not the case, politicians want to spend spend spend on tons of wasteful things that dont support our future (like financial support for Israel and military spending as a whole)...
So sure, by all means, invest in our future, but do it in a way that ensures we get our debt to 0 as we do it, which is also important for our future.
@Gaythia doooooo iiiiitttttt
@TruthSandwich It is yes, and you blocking people abusively is your call too, and you are welcome to do it.. but as I said, it speaks volumes about you.
@TruthSandwich Correct, which in this case is you... thankfully I have no intention of getting rid of you because then you will never have the chance to grow by being in a healthy community like I have fostered at QOTO.
@TruthSandwich It should be less about pleasing people and more about being a decent human being and fostering a healthy environment
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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