Thunderbird is the word
Zen Lunatic
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« on: May 14, 2015, 02:09:20 PM » |
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"My body, my choice!" "Unlike the Christian Right we don't believe in telling you how to live your life and getting into your bedroom!" Except when it comes to smoking, junk food, violent video games, music with explicit lyrics
, affirmative consent laws etc
I also find it ironic as more of an old school populist that doesn't give a sh**t about deficits that the arguments for taxing the sh**t out of things that are bad for you oftentimes revolves around long-term public health costs and fundamentally is fiscally conservative. Yes large sodas and cigarettes are bad for you, so is unprotected sex but ultimately I value personal freedom above long term fiscal calculations.
"We believe in progressive taxation!" Except that oftentimes instead of simply raising taxes on the rich they'll just slap a bullsh**t sin tax on tobacco to fund a program.
"We care about the working class!" But if they don't vote for us they're a bunch of ungreatful, uneducated racists, that can be the only explanation.
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