You are acting more Socialism always makes things worse whereas it could be true that the US needs more, (and maybe even Sweden needs less according to the curve below)
The takeaway being: The US needs more Socialism
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Maybe so, but the real issue here is that her very valid politcal opinions are entirely relevant to her personal achievements. And, sadly, those opinions have been erased, thanks to the very kinds of politics you apparently hold so dear.
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I came in here looking for Helen Keller jokes. All of you have disappointed me greatly.
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“How do you make Hellen Keller mad?”
“Ooh, this’ll be good… I don’t know, how?”
“Social injustice.”
“…That’s not very funny.”
“No, it isn’t, is it?”
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Very well put. The idea of divorcing a great person from their political views is really strange, when you think about it. Almost as if political views were like rooting for a ball team, and we may as well pick a side at random because they’re all the same. A great many powerful people work very hard to distract us from the reality that policy has consequences, and policy can kill.
I’ve always been baffled by people who can openly advocate laws that hurt others, but it’s this team mentality. As long as my team scores, that’s all that matters. But political convictions are not mere matters of opinion, they are matters of life and death.
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Since I am have anarcho-communist beliefs rather than state communist ones, and the capitalist LibDem-Conservative coalition here in the UK have treated the disabled and impoverished appallingly (with strong evidence it will get worse if either get back into government after next months election, especially if Falange and his kippers are in the coalition), I think I will take the risk.
I have long term chronic PTSD and have never really recovered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, so I know how bad it gets even if I have been lucky so far.
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It’s patronizing to hold the disabled above criticism.
And what about when the criticism is wrong? And why isn’t there something like Godwin’s Law for false comparisons between Stalin/Mao/Pol Pot and socialists who are opposed to authoritarians?
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If the criticism not valid, just say so.
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