I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
I should clarify: *some* politicians. I know actually great ones who genuinely try exist, and I love them. You know whom I mean for both types.
But that'd have made the post less punchy.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
@larsmb For anyone who wants me to reply, 'That's bullshit! Not everyone is being paid. There's something called the free exchange of opinions in the marketplace of ideas', that'll be €20.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
@larsmb They can't imagine other people having genuinely different motivations or opinions. Modern politics is all about this team of donors paying for politicians to oppose the other team of donors.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
@larsmb OTOH, the 99% aren't getting much back from the abusive 1%, so how much "paid"?..
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@larsmb politicians are just salesmen looking for the next commission check. They can’t imagine doing something out of the goodness of their heart
Obama cut the uninsured rate for black Americans by a third and raised taxes on the rich to do it. He also expanded Medicaid to million of the nation's poorest people. Of course he wasn't alone in doing this Pelosi led the House Democrats and Harry Reid led the Senate Democrats.
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@larsmb They often seem genuinely puzzled that people would be working on improvements to society just to work on society. There has to be another motive...
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
@larsmb They can’t comprehend that anyone would do it for free.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
It's fking *PROJECTION*! Hell-fkn-LO!
Is that concept really so difficult for people to comprehend? It must be, because the republicans don't do much else *but* projection yet...? That jumbo jet just flies unnoticed over soooo many heads.
"Jumbo jet?! What jumbo jet??! I'm sooo confused....projection? Huh? Like with a movie or...?"
I despair.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
@larsmb
Sadly this sounds absolutely sound and sensible. -
@levampyre @larsmb Dutch saying: the landlord trusts his tenants like he trusts himself.
@martinvermeer @levampyre @larsmb
Ooh. I like that.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
@larsmb That makes sense. They can't conceive of someone having an opinion that *isn't* subject to purchase.
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I think politicians believe that protestors are paid to voice someone's opinion because they are paid to voice someone's opinion.
@larsmb SImilar take:
Politicians believe that protestors are protesting on behalf of someone else.
They're right about that, but wrong about whom. We protest for each other and for generations to come, rather than for some corporation that hires think tanks and lobbyists.
See also: "Special interest groups." Damn right we're a special interest group. We take a special interest in the destiny of our fellow citizens.
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