Oh lord, I can imagine-- I know that method...

Can't count how many times I've brought up having compassion to animals & someone posts a screenshot "PETA killed dogs!"

I couldn't give a shit less if someone likes or hates PETA, it's not a law you have to like them to leave animals tf alone ffs..

Thank you for a civil discussion. I have to wrap it up, but I appreciate your talk, & agree-- you should not be oppressed. There is not a person in PR, young or old, who is any less worthy of owning their autonomy and deciding their future than the most privileged person here.
ALL deserve freedom.

And this, too-- this inequality-- all ties to my personal moral compass: the golden rule.

I don't do to anyone what I wouldn't want done to me. When your morals are that logical and that simple, all decisions of how things should be for others are very easy to make.

More inequality bullshit. It all stems from that-- from the belief that some are more important than others on this earth. This planet does not have a deficit of resources. Certainly this country does not.

And that would frustrate me to no end. I'm sure I can't imagine. Point taken.

I'm on your side when it comes to whether the US should be hoarding money for the elite & denying basic needs to ppl here in our borders or the several other places we decided we needed to acquire & own but not support as we should.

Tbh, I don't agree w/man-made borders at all, but.. I'm no one.

Which is a systemic problem, easily fixed by overhauling our refusal to adequately tax the wealthy in this shitty country, and by holding our gov't accountable for taking care of its own-- which as we speak, includes PR.

My point remains-- the birds who are brutalized for fun deserve your mercy.

did bring up my demographic, I wouldnt dismiss the suffering of that victim. I'd say I understand feeling powerless, being hurt, suffering at the hands of another

To openly shrug at the slaughter-for-entertainment of small animals while asking for your own (very warranted) rights is tough to accept

I will share something, w/o details-- I was victimized in my life. When I see posts about, for example, a little boy who was beaten, I don't go on the thread &demand everyone turn their attention to ppl like me, who endured something worse. I generally dont divert the discussion at all, but if I
1/2

I worked the polls for 15 hours on election day. The myth that Dems did not show up is exactly that-- myth. I live in a Red town in a Red county in a Red part of the country, & was astounded at how many ppl were coming in as 1st-time voters, all registered as Dems. Ppl were fired up to vote Harris.

Whoa... are you my coworker?
I JUST said this wk how shocked I was to learn a family friend-- a genuinely self-sacrificing, Christian missionary-- was now an OANN-watching trumper. She pointed out that the ppl who fell for stories of an Arc holding billions of species was prime to believe any con.

This is fantastic. I'm so heartened to hear of things like this, most especially when the kindness is being shown from ppl who struggle themselves.

I implore you to set aside your conditioned beliefs that some are born on this earth as worthy of care, &some to be used, abused, thrown out w/o mercy.

Saying that someone else's oppression of others is wrong, but yours is justified because it's just not the same for xyz reason, is what
every.
single.
oppressor.
in.
history.
has used to justify their oppression of others.

And that mindset is why oppression continues.

Of course I blame them!
I'm recognizing that the blame belongs on anyone initiating, participating, promoting, profiting or supporting such violence. That is in contrast to you, who are saying "blame any other kind of oppressor, and any other kind of oppression, than what MY people do."

I remember a magat I closely know mansplaining to me how I didn't understand-- trump was BEYOND reproach b/c "he's a billionaire, so he can't be bought."

I said oh, for sure-- an individual who's spent their life in "never enough" greed-mode, compulsively chasing & hoarding money, is the safe bet..

"The producers of "The Apprentice" had to heavily edit the show to prevent Donald Trump from looking like a "complete moron." This was due to Trump's poor decision-making during his hosting stint, which led to unexpected firings that were then retroactively edited to make the person fired look bad, even if they had performed well. The producers had to reverse-engineer the show to make Trump's choices appear more favorable, which included editing the show to make the person Trump chose to fire look bad. This practice was part of the entertainment aspect of the show, where unpredictability and surprise were key elements." - The Independent

Yeah and.... this..... :/

I remember in 2016 when Dipshit said he didn't need to be a politician or have experience in any of it, because he would pick it up as he went along.

Presidency of the United States of America-- a "learn on the job" position. The mind reels.

It isn't even when the critique is pointed at me or not. I'm not the victim here.

Millions of animals tortured for entertainment & gambling wins in the past 400 yrs isn't worthy enough for your mercy. Well, if the oppression is coming FROM your demographic..

You're the guy who stomps into a thread of women talking about rape to demand they divert attention to "male victims tho"

A bloody, apparently still live rooster used in cockfighting for betting and entertainment seen in a garbage can filled with blood, body parts and discarded cans of soda and beer. Blood is seen on the dirty floor around the garbage can.

I too am against brutality and oppression.

I speak out against colonization, slavery, exploitation of humans & animals.

What I don't do is pick & choose who is worthy of my mercy & who should be tortured by people of my demographic b/c I view them as so inferior as to be nothing more than trash.

Roosters in Peurto Rico being held in cages until used for cockfighting

Roosters forced to fight for "betting sports." One rooster with wings clipped stands over an injured bird.

Rows of roosters killed in cockfighting lined up on a concrete floor near a garbage can.

A man in Puerto Rico watches two roosters he is cockfighting in the street. Both roosters are shown with wings clipped and with injuries.

Oh, we're doing pics of oppression on this thread about a cockfighting survivor?

A few days after our first family intro of this movie to my then 14-yr old step-daughter, I overheard her interrupt a friend by randomly blurting out in a British accent "LISTEN TO THE SUSTAIN," and I had never felt so proud.

OMG Kash Patel's FBI found radical left ideology stuff written all over a shell casing?? Wow, SO believable!

I just burst out laughing and startled my dog at this comment

😂😂😂

It kinda was charlie kirk's big, gloating mouth coming from that tiny face in that massive head, tho.

"Killing fascists to stop the spread of fascism is soooooo fascist, tho"

God deliver me from this inane babble all over the place right now.

😂😂😂😂😂

Then I have to follow. That is some stellar satirical humor right there.

You're craving that centrist approval, huh?

Newsflash: not everyone walking the earth subscribes to a cowardly "how can I pacify the largest amount of nazi-aligned people so I can win rights for ME" mentality.

I won't waver on my "ALL child rape is wrong" stance to try to win over pedo's, either.