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    Here’s my montage: Came from a super conservative catholic Republican family, grew up a republican twat kid. Went to college. Loathe Republicans now.

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    Why is the bottom tweet acting like Charlie Kirk was some paragon of intelligence? Ah yes, we must defend colleges because this random guy didn’t go to one.

    Also, aren’t the students the ones funding colleges in the first place? What funding would be getting taken from them?

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      Conservatives think all colleges would have to shut their doors without government grants and program funding. They ignore the fact that many of the college systems are some of the most wealthy companies (because they ARE companies) in the nation

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        Which is also a travesty. But it insulates them from government somewhat.

        Also: the government grants they got was for stuff like “trying to cure cancer” and “experimenting to figure out better battery chemistry”. You gotta be a fucking idiot to stop doing that because they aren’t deferential enough to you.

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    12 hours ago

    Charlie’s only shot ar college was to debate new adults with a decade worth of adulthood less than he. He debated with a 10 handicap.

  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    And it got his ass shot. What line are you trying to draw here you insufferable disgrace of a fetid pancake?

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    Laura apparently wants her supporters to end up like Charlie Kirk.

    These arguments always remind me of this quote from The West Wing: “Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense. That’s my position.”

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    12 hours ago

    ah, yes, a shining example

    don’t go to college, because if you don’t, you’ll definitely become a mouthpiece for fascists making millions of dollars until you’re publicly assassinated because somebody got sick of your hateful shit and stopped you from spreading it

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    My favorite example is Tim Pool. Dumb ass dropped out of elementary school. It was a light-bulb moment for me and helped explain this dumbass backwards “logic”

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        Sometimes kids get held back.

        Other times the kid is so stupid with such incredibly stupid parents that it’s just not worth the tax payer money spent on flavorless square pizza.

        Yes Tim Pool dropped out at the age of 14. It’s the reason why his arguments have the strength of wet toilet paper.