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  • And please don’t talk to me like I’ve never stood up for my beliefs when it was unpopular. In the middle of the Gulf War in 2006 I put out a song called “Dear Mr. President” and sang it every night on tour while my country was in a war I didn’t support,

    And now I’m standing up for my own people,

    Translation: “my country” = America, “my own people” = genocidal Zionists. Great take. I’m sure all the dead women and children in Palestine would be so proud of you.

    For real, how does everyone in the media bother to feign such cognitive dissonance all the time? When someone says they’re against the war in Iran, does that mean they want to kill all Americans?

    Who falls for this shit? Zionists need to find something better than playing the victim card 24/7.














  • kungen@feddit.nutoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldThe Price of this Candy Bar
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    24 days ago

    Am I uneducated about how SNAP works, or is this a rare Texas W?

    I think it’s outrageous that you can’t even buy hygiene articles or medicines with SNAP, and in that way it’d make sense that something so non-nutritious like candy shouldn’t be allowed? Alcohol isn’t allowed either for example, despite the fact that beer would be (at least marginally) more nutritious than candy.

    So other than increasing the stigma already associated with SNAP, is it really problematic to ban candy? Even if it’s not a major cost point, the principle of “poor people are too dumb to budget themselves, so we won’t let them buy necessities like diapers and tampons… but we’ll gladly let them buy candy” just feels wrong to me?