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iammatt  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An actual facebook status from the Oklahoma Republic Party's official page

Can someone explain the condlict for me. I'm happy to hear food stamps are more accessible to those in need ( or at least I assume they are if they have higher numbers this year).

Animals in parks shouldn't become dependent on outside food sources because they ultimately have to fend for themselves.

I feel like in missing something..

Is it implied that the post is comparing food stamp recipients to wild animals? I don't really see a connection from the post listed here.

The "meanwhile" put some intent in the message of comparing the too completely different topics. When I click the link it just shows me the post so I can't see if that's how the idea was presented.

I believe social welfare programs are just a way to subsidize corporate bottom lines. And if the comparison being made by that meanwhile between food stamps and policy's on feed wild animals o can understand the post. It's take some seriois cognitive discconsnce to make the too comsprable.

Is that what's happening or am I missing something?

Edit: after reading other links in the comment thread I guess that is the case. I'll leave my post of five dollars word but the oblivious-ness of the comparison was so over my head I couldn't see it at first.





user-inactivated  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

See below, this is apparently an old joke that circles in nutty conservative circles. Still worth a post just from the sheer insanity of my source in this instance.

    Can someone explain the condlict for me. I'm happy to hear food stamps are more accessible to those in need ( or at least I assume they are if they have higher numbers this year).

Take that as a given for the purpose of this question, but it ain't.

    Animals in parks shouldn't become dependent on outside food sources because they ultimately have to fend for themselves.

Yes. You're not missing anything.

    I believe social welfare programs are just a way to subsidize corporate bottom lines.

It's a fascinating question.

iammatt  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for link. I'm gong to need some time to digest, it's an interesting conversation.

user-inactivated  ·  3180 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The "full" argument goes:

We as a government are actively trying to make animals grow up and become independent of people by not giving them food (handouts). Food stamps (handouts) are the same thing, and by giving them to people they are not learning to grow up and become independent.

It stops there for most GOP, but then there is the conspiracy theory that it's to enslave the human population, etc. It just kind of gets ridiculous from there.

I think it's mostly a pandering to their base. Their base is just a bunch of old people who don't understand that the government has checks in place to prevent that sort of thing, and also (probably, I don't know about food stamps specifically but other programs work this way) wean you off slowly to make sure that you can get independent if you can.

These people also don't understand disability at all, and think that all mental illness is just something you can snap out of. They relate their "sad" moments of life (losing their dog, their grandparents, etc), to being mentally depressed, and realize that they could get over these events so everyone else should, too, right?

Most GOP that go down this trail assume that the entire human race and biology works identically for each human being, because we are the same species. Except black people and muslims, who are not quite the same species.

I want to make a disclaimer, none of this is my opinion. This is just what I learned growing up in a highly conservative family.