artful_todger_502

artful_todger_502 t1_jcrkyai wrote

Reply to comment by Aethenil in Shell Cracker Plant by da_london_09

I'm a huge environmentalist now, but my dad was in steel in the 60s, and when you were on the south side looking over the river at the Mills that were going 24/7 back then, it was very impressive as a kid. All the flames shooting up in the air, crazy lights and reflections on the Monongahela, it was a really visceral experience for a little rug demon. I don't remember a lot now, but that is etched into my memory.

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artful_todger_502 t1_ja9cmgu wrote

It's all performative. Means nothing. When you fill out FFL form, it asks you if you use illegal drugs, have mental issues, and are wanted by law enforcement, etc ... Real stupid stuff like that. I'm going to go out on a limb here and bet that no one picking up a gun admitted to being a mentally disturbed drug addict and said, "gee gun shop man, I'm stoned right now and on the run, so I better not buy this." I mean, really, cannabis users are not affected in any way if they just lie about it.

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artful_todger_502 t1_j7owp6j wrote

Go PA! Very cool ... If Dems can take the time and make the effort to call these ghouls out on every wild conspiracy and austerity-based legislation designed to punish someone โ€” like cutting SS โ€” we might be able to neuter this iteration of Republicanism and get back to the time they are all just lame old white guys doing benign, lame old white guy stuff

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artful_todger_502 t1_j7nj99w wrote

How can you chronologically be an "adult," and think something like this is real? This species has made totally rethink my views on evolution. That noise you hear when you enter Palmerton are Fish in the Lehigh River laughing at these these deviant freaks. Republicans will never miss an opportunity to live down to the cliche.

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artful_todger_502 t1_j77y0jk wrote

Let me tell them about the Rutland sheriff who called his friend to flatbed my car then drive me to Citizens in Proctor and take my cash limit out or "I'll lose your car for a long time." Why are they even a thing? It's not the 1600s anymore.

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artful_todger_502 t1_j6pblg5 wrote

I can't read it, but there is no "crossroad" as to abortion. That is settled. The sane and rational majority doesn't want it. That is inarguable. Where the "crossroad" is, is fascist theocracy. We are on the precipice of becoming another minority-rule, fascist state. The conservative Taliban will not stop until we resemble a caliphate of radical Sharia Ayatollahs.

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