Current Events > GOP candidate for Oklahoma governor suggests poor people be euthanized

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/oklahoma-gop-candidate-proposes-euthanasia-disabled-poor-avoid-food-stamps/

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Well at least they're not being subtle about it anymore
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Wouldn't that just create a different class of poor people?
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https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1013775_metropolis
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the republiklan will shift to full nazism in a few years
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Every time I see a Christian Randian I always blink at the mental gymnastics it takes to square those two circles.

"I accept my heart to Jesus and embrace that we should love thy neighbor as thyself and surpass the sin of greed."
"Hey those sick and elderly should starve to death, not my problem."
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Saying that people who can't contribute to society should be euthanized is one of the very, very few situations where a comparison to nazism isn't exaggerated. In any event it doesn't look like this is something that he or anyone else is every going to really try to put into practice, there's just no way
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Every time I see a Christian Randian I always blink at the mental gymnastics it takes to square those two circles.

"I accept my heart to Jesus and embrace that we should love thy neighbor as thyself and surpass the sin of greed."
"Hey those sick and elderly should starve to death, not my problem."

Honestly most conservative Christians confuse the shit out of me

Jesus was literally a socialist refugee jew. Everything he preached was full-on hippie.
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I see this, and I can feel myself becoming an uglier person. He's receiving death threats for those comments and I'm disturbed at how vindicated I feel.
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Barnett told KFOR that hes received death threats since the comments went viral. But he swears they arent his and someone is posting on his behalf.

There are people saying they want to shoot me, they are going to assassinate me, they are going to shoot me, they are going to blow us up, Barnett claimed. Im in this election. Im not dropping out. Theyre not going to intimidate me.

death threats and murder are wrong. thoughts and prayers to him.
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Doom_Art posted...

Well at least they're not being subtle about it anymore

yea at the very least they're finally starting to admit how much they hate poor people...unfortunately poor republicans will still continue to vote for them..
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It is the conflict with evangelical christianity that flourished in antebellum american society vs republican aristocratic principles that founded the US perhaps
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frozenshock posted...

Saying that people who can't contribute to society should be euthanized is one of the very, very few situations where a comparison to nazism isn't exaggerated. In any event it doesn't look like this is something that he or anyone else is every going to really try to put into practice, there's just no way

"A strip of lace and a pretty face, eugenics really makes a good case." - The GOP 2020 platform, probably
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Doom_Art posted...

"A strip of lace and a pretty face, eugenics really makes a good case." - The GOP 2020 platform, probably

I know you're being sarcastic, but there's just no way. The Republicans make a lot of efforts to convince people that Nazism is a left wing ideology. They're never going to use this kind of language, except in the case of some isolated voices that quickly retract themselves.

I mean, they might very well cause policies to be implemented that will for all intents and purpose make it very difficult to survive for poor and disabled people... but it will always be coated in the language that people are responsible to pull themselves out of poverty rather than society getting rid of undesirables.
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So this GOP candidate supports abortion
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foreveraIone posted...

the republiklan will shift to full nazism in a few years

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So . . . he read this and didn't realize it was satire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
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spudger posted...

foreveraIone posted...

the republiklan will shift to full nazism in a few years

Liberals say this every 4 years
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Every time I see a Christian Randian I always blink at the mental gymnastics it takes to square those two circles.

"I accept my heart to Jesus and embrace that we should love thy neighbor as thyself and surpass the sin of greed."
"Hey those sick and elderly should starve to death, not my problem."

tl;dr version: anti-Robinhoodism.

Have we tried kill all the poor?

Hail, Thanos!
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clearaflagrantj posted...

Have we tried kill all the poor?

"The crime rate in New York really dropped after Mayor Guiliani had all the homeless people killed."
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clearaflagrantj posted...

Have we tried kill all the poor?

All that does is move the definition of "poor" up a few thousand dollars, and causes a literal death-spiral.

UnfairRepresent posted...

spudger posted...

foreveraIone posted...

the republiklan will shift to full nazism in a few years

Liberals say this every 4 years

How many years have you been pulling your edgy "le devil's advocate" shit for?

You realize that's no substitute for a personality or intellect, right?
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Questionmarktarius posted...

All that does is move the definition of "poor" up a few thousand dollars, and causes a literal death-spiral.

Give the man a cigar

There will always be a "bottom" of society
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Tactical_Spork posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

spudger posted...

foreveraIone posted...

the republiklan will shift to full nazism in a few years

Liberals say this every 4 years

How many years have you been pulling your edgy "le devil's advocate" shit for?

You realize that's no substitute for a personality or intellect, right?

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Tactical_Spork posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

spudger posted...

foreveraIone posted...

the republiklan will shift to full nazism in a few years

Liberals say this every 4 years

How many years have you been pulling your edgy "le devil's advocate" shit for?

You realize that's no substitute for a personality or intellect, right?

Anyone can make some shitty pic
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the stripes need to be changed o blue, keeps the aesthetic
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the midwest was a mistake
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Blue_Inigo posted...

Anyone can make some shitty pic

Ok?

Point is "Republicans are Nazis" is said every single adminstration.
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Darkman124 posted...

Barnett told KFOR that hes received death threats since the comments went viral. But he swears they arent his and someone is posting on his behalf.

There are people saying they want to shoot me, they are going to assassinate me, they are going to shoot me, they are going to blow us up, Barnett claimed. Im in this election. Im not dropping out. Theyre not going to intimidate me.

death threats and murder are wrong. thoughts and prayers to him.

Hell if I care. If someone is vying for a position of power and saying these things, pushing for the government to have the choice as to what type of people can breathe in our civilization, he deserves to be lambasted. That mindset is too dangerous to give any control for. And what angers me more about this is that he didn't denounce those quotes.

hollow_shrine posted...

I see this, and I can feel myself becoming an uglier person. He's receiving death threats for those comments and I'm disturbed at how vindicated I feel.

Then ask yourself, "what would it take for me to fall into this scenario where I'd be a target of a hypothetical disabled witch hunt?". I have a cousin who made a good life for herself as an accountant, then teaching but her medical issues got worse over the years and left her unable to hold a full time job. She's living on disability but she's still raising her two daughters (her husband passed away) and is taking care of my elder autistic brother. For me, I'm 2 steps away from being a target, I have medical issues as well, they're under control but I can see scenarios where they go out of whack and I recess event though I've been taking steps ensure this doesn't happen. I may have a job, but my job was threatened by hurricane season last year and I, along with the rest of the island was food stamps for a time.

I think greatest advantage of technology today is that we have the tools to create solutions to help people contribute no matter who they are. I remember reading an article on a Japanese guy who got into an accident and was left quadriplegic but he made a career out of being artist using his mouth and with today's tech. Giving people the motivation and chance to thrive benefits us all as a happier and more prideful community.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Blue_Inigo posted...

Anyone can make some shitty pic

Ok?

Point is "Republicans are Nazis" is said every single adminstration.

Except it's not
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Let's wait for all the facts first.
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Blue_Inigo posted...

Except it's not

I mean it kind of was.

of course the people who said that ended up being fairly close to being right
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He's saying what a lot of them think.
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Lies that's what the Left wants. He's a far left liberal in disquise.
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creativerealms posted...

Lies that's what the Left wants. He's a far left liberal in disquise.

Well his platform is inline with the liberal policy of genocide of our youth due to inconvience.
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Blue_Inigo posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Blue_Inigo posted...

Anyone can make some shitty pic

Ok?

Point is "Republicans are Nazis" is said every single adminstration.

Except it's not

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Darkman124 posted...

Barnett told KFOR that hes received death threats since the comments went viral. But he swears they arent his and someone is posting on his behalf.

There are people saying they want to shoot me, they are going to assassinate me, they are going to shoot me, they are going to blow us up, Barnett claimed. Im in this election. Im not dropping out. Theyre not going to intimidate me.

death threats and murder are wrong. thoughts and prayers to him.

Why does it not surprise me this is being ignored in this thread so the shit posting can abound?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Blue_Inigo posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Blue_Inigo posted...

Anyone can make some shitty pic

Ok?

Point is "Republicans are Nazis" is said every single adminstration.

Except it's not

http://theocddiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hitlerOBAMA_2.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/62/b6/24/62b624f6c05553ba8c43daf254e78fde.jpg
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/Graphics/000-0827194458-hitlerbho.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_43oLGdosZSY/TTgQg2bS3WI/AAAAAAAAAE0/bYlBo2tQseg/s1600/yo.jpg
http://americablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tea-party-hitler.jpg
http://www.survivalistdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hitler-vs-obama-300x163.jpg

i can keep going

complaining about one party and not the other comparing rival politicians to hitler is fucking pointless because everyone does it all the time, usually without merit

let's keep it to discussing the candidate actually suggesting eugenics
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Without the threat of murder from the government, how will poor people be motivated enough to lift themselves up by their bootstraps?
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the GOP aren't genocidal maniacs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg" data-time="

principled conservatives
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thanosibe posted...

Darkman124 posted...

Barnett told KFOR that hes received death threats since the comments went viral. But he swears they arent his and someone is posting on his behalf.

There are people saying they want to shoot me, they are going to assassinate me, they are going to shoot me, they are going to blow us up, Barnett claimed. Im in this election. Im not dropping out. Theyre not going to intimidate me.

death threats and murder are wrong. thoughts and prayers to him.

Why does it not surprise me this is being ignored in this thread so the shit posting can abound?

He is claiming his Facebook accounts have been hacked though Im not sure if there is any evidence to support this allegation. He is for raising teacher pay which I imagine a lot are happy about. He is also openly gay which is not something a lot of republicans would support in their leadership. He also seems unhinged. Apparently, he is running for governor out of some vendetta he has with the University of Tulsa.
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Mr_Biscuit posted...

let's keep it to discussing the candidate actually suggesting eugenics

Wut

spudger posted...

foreveraIone posted...

the republiklan will shift to full nazism in a few years

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Jaghave posted...

creativerealms posted...

Lies that's what the Left wants. He's a far left liberal in disquise.

Well his platform is inline with the liberal policy of genocide of our youth due to inconvience.

Conservitive: live only matters before you are born.
Liberal: life matters after they are born before then it's potential life.
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creativerealms posted...

Jaghave posted...

creativerealms posted...

Lies that's what the Left wants. He's a far left liberal in disquise.

Well his platform is inline with the liberal policy of genocide of our youth due to inconvience.

Conservitive: live only matters before you are born.
Liberal: life matters after they are born before then it's potential life.

Once again you open the flood gates now reap what you sow

Same can be said about Hitler comparison, liberal call bush Hitler it fine conservative use same tactic towards obama OMG gow dare you.
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The far right likes to brand the left as Nazis to deflect from the sort of thing discussed in the OP.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

The far right likes to brand the left as Nazis to deflect from the sort of thing discussed in the OP.

Not really I think this is outrageous and I'm trying to show liberal need to be consistent and be outrage over killing children due to inconvience otherwise their ideology is hypocritical
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