• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Abortion rights, voting rights, gay marriage, privacy, trans rights, immigration, housing, the economy, net neutrality, take your pick.

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          8 months ago

          Not specifically. They just picked a random idea out of a hat. One that is currently working fine with no issue. To signify that is the type of stuff they go after.

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                  8 months ago

                  Let me break down the original post for you, since you’re refusing to understand it for some reason. Free ice cream is a ridiculous thing that would never happen, but would be amazing if it did, and countries like Finland seem to often be in the news for doing amazing things. Banning wheelchair ramps is a ridiculous thing that would never happen, but would be terrible if it did, and the USA seems to often be in the news for doing terrible things. You understand the meaning of a hyperbole - you’re just being obtuse.

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                    8 months ago

                    So, what does this OP actually mean?

                    That Americans are evil people? That America is a terrible place? That nothing America does is ever good?

                    You’re making this out to be some kind of deep constructive criticism. So that’s the part I need explained.

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          8 months ago

          Nope. The topic at hand is free ice-ceam. A topic that you, as a rational adult, can understand that is 100% literal and not at hyperbolic example to make a point about general trends and not a single specific item.

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          8 months ago

          https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1C022I/

          Tldr, they’re actually trying and have been trying, to pass bills to gut the ADA because disability access is anti American.

          Also, the post is just making fun of the US consistently doing messed up stuff. When picking something for hyperbole, you usually pick something that’s extreme, not something that actually already happened.
          it’s not quite as funny to say “the news is always like: former US president argues he should legally be able to do whatever he wants without consequences and courts might let him, meanwhile Finland has nearly eradicated homelessness.” You do get that the point was to be funny?

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            8 months ago

            That proposal died in Congress 7 years ago.

            We Americans are not the monstrous caricatures you make us out to be. We’re not evil. We’re not wicked. And the US is not some dystopian nightmare. It’s actually a pretty good place to live.

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              The proposal shouldn’t have existed in the first place! There wouldn’t be a need to kill the proposal if our representation was composed of empathetic decent people, instead of ghouls bought out by the wealthy few.

              It’s pretty monstrous to even consider proposing a removal of legislation that objectively helps a lot of Americans.

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                  Nope, you’re either just a moron with shit reading comprehension skills, or you’re a sealioning troll.

                  I never said anything about all Americans, I said a portion of our representatives have proposed gutting ADA protections, which is pretty universally liked in America.