Congress passed a symbolic resolution on Tuesday to condemn socialism — a move that saw eight Democrats cross the aisle to back the GOP on the measure.
The vote, which has no actual effect on public policy, was swiftly mocked by observers on social media.
"Voting to condemn an economic system that doesn’t exist in our country, to protect the one which we live under that exploits the working class to benefit the obscenely wealthy," wrote Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director of Campaign for New York Health. "This was Congress’ priority as 60% of Americans struggle to afford food, housing and healthcare. Embarrassing."
Oh, right. I still remember coming into work and some guy was all in a froth over the notion that people are using the Internet, at the library, and their usage was not being tracked. This, at the time when you could still wardrive and find an open Wifi with ease, and he was well aware of this fact, but pointing that out did not quell his quivering rage over this non-issue.
I tried asking more questions, but they seemed to be upset at the notion that "terrorists" could use the library to research a terrorist plot and it wouldn't be tracked (by W's admin that is). Mixed in was the concern that teens and the homeless could be using it to watch porn.
It seems he was listening to something on hate radio on the way in and I suspect this kind of rage bait is meant to put the idea into their heads that libraries are cesspools and need to be defunded. I think the more recent rage bait about "drag queen story hour" is another bit of rage bait planted for the same exact reason.
I remember one thing he seemed to be fixated on, as well - people getting "free movies". Why don't they just rent movies?
Funniest bit of this conversation, to me, was me asking - "well, do you even use the library? Have you been to any of the local branches? I highly recommend you check it out." - their answer involved massive indignation at the very notion of them using a library, followed by: "we all have Amazon, why do we even need public libraries?" Well, case closed, I guess.