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Prelude 1: "Was it worth it Hamas? Now what? Whats your plan?" -Extreme_Attention_99

Prelude 2: "The plan is to blame Israel for the destruction of civilian infrastructure and have a bunch of idiot leftist college kids to echo it on their behalf when not demanding student loan forgiveness." - TheRealAuthorSarge

The Absolute Banger: "As a leftist who supports military action in Gaza (and who paid off my student loans early), I agree. Not so often these days we have issues that don't split neatly down party lines, but this is one of them. My entire circle is fairly progressive, and there is a ton of support for Israel." -citori421

I had to dig a little further into the profile of citori421. Here's his "progressive circle" btw:

I have so many friends who maybe make 100k per year between them and their partner, buying $500,000 houses. https://www.reddit.com/r/ImTheMainCharacter/comments/18tbjl9/im_awesome_because_i_quit_my_job_and_became_a/kfha7m9/

He also, surprise surprise, hates women:

Like 90% of women flexing their business prowess on tiktok, there's a solid chance some dude with a boring real job is financing this https://www.reddit.com/r/ImTheMainCharacter/comments/18tbjl9/im_awesome_because_i_quit_my_job_and_became_a/kfgmh9e/

Apparently he lives in... Juneau, Alaska? Which means he gets a yearly $1,600 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund. Checkmate, capitalist!

It's a graveyard of non-professionals who dreamed big and failed hard. Don't move to Juneau unless you have plans to hit six figures like tomorrow. But it is one of the most "big city" little towns in the world. https://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/18se4ud/best_city_in_alaska/kf8qkzy/

Oh, and he also admits he's a "fed" in the subreddit r/fednews. No, I am not joking:

I'm in a position as a fed where I get reference checks for past interns with a whole form I'm supposed to fill out like I'm performing a fuckin background investigation for them. For basic entry level jobs that will just be OJT. https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/18rahwc/always_make_sure_you_have_rock_solid_references/kf1xr22/?context=3

And the COUP DE GRACE, an amazing anti-Trump post that both proves how "progressive" this guy is while also being incredibly classist AND using an anti-neurodivergent slur:

Trump belongs in jail, because he's a criminal. There's a mountain of evidence and literal court decisions and the only thing saving him at the moment is politics. He'll eventually die in prison, and you'll switch to beating yourself off to the next right wing wannabe dictator that makes you feel safe by lying about the world and pretending to be able to do things for sure white trash to pull themselves out of the hole they dug themselves into. Also, lmaooooooo at your "source". This comment should be in a textbook chapter 200 years from now about the extent of r-t-rdation trump worshippers engaged in. [my censorship] https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmTheMainCharacter/comments/18qnx8d/no_words/key7kag/?context=3

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I love it when people call themselves a "as left as they come progressive, but not like those crazy far-left" or something like that, and then proceed to be:

  1. Pro Israel
  2. A rich shithead that doesn't realize how easy they have it while preaching bootstrap mentality.
  3. Hate even the most lukewarm leftist campaigns, like student loan forgiveness. (actual leftist policy would be guillotining the debt companies so be grateful, asshole)
  4. An entrepreneur because he has no real skills outside of grifting money
  5. Is sexist
  6. Is ableist
  7. Is an actual fed

As left as they come! doubt

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish there was a big rubber hammer that would strike Americans in the face every time they think "left" means "not openly hating minorities and thinking weed is ok."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I wish there was a big rubber hammer that would strike Americans in the face ~~every time they think "left" means "not openly hating minorities and thinking weed is ok."~~

bonk

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is an actual fed

I think it's important to make the distinction between a fedposting fed (who is actively employed to disrupt) and some asshole working for the Bureau of Land Management and posting on the job

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's only called a Fed if it comes from the Quantico region of Virginia. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling hog.

hog-post

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was wondering if me being a Rural PTF with the postal service makes me a fed, answer I came to was “only when it’s funny”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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