Early 20th century Italian fascists had a popular slogan "Me ne frego", meaning "I don't care".
People don't really change.
Hmmmmm
What did Melania have on the back of her jacket that one time
Some say Epstein’s cum
Me ne spoogo
You win, everybody pack up and leave.
I dOnt ReAlLy CaRe, dO yOu??1
"Me no frogo"
Don't be the frog.
The original Maga hat!
The most accurate thing about this is the liberal allowing the fascist to get on its back in the first place.
Because, you know, it would just be SO RUDE not to.
Or rather, they really hope the scorpion isn't lying yet again.
And Leftists see the Liberals as the scorpion.
Turns out when people stop benefiting from society, they don't care what happens to it.
And no, an oppressive police state who kills anyone who gets too poor or upset is not a "benefit" of that society. And when that's all the system has left, you can't blame people for not giving a shit.
And Leftists see the Liberals as the scorpion.
I see them as the frog. The stupid fucking frog that knows the scorpion's nature but gives him a free ride anyway.
What wasn't seen before this was the scorpion gave the frog a big tax break and insider trading information.
That's not really a universal truth, Leftists hold a wide range of views on liberalism.
Not shown on the shore: hundreds of other frogs watching with full confidence that any scorpion they give a ride across the pond won't sting THEM.
"lol", said the Scorpion, "lmao"
based on a true story
I always dislike this story because of the biological essentialism it implies and that allows racists and sexists to use it.
Do you also dislike stories with talking animals because animals can't talk?
It's a parable, and you seem to be taking it too literally and simultaneously not literally enough.
On the one hand, it's saying not to trust people who want to hurt you even if your interests are aligned. The soviets trusting the Nazis not to attack them just because they both gained by dividing eastern Europe and not fighting a war on multiple fronts. No amount of shared interest will keep a fascist from hating a communist.
On the other hand, you actually really shouldn't put scorpions on your back. It's actually fine to reduce the agency of an insect to a stereotype of their biology.
Not sure why you'd getting downvoted here but it's absolutely been used (a lot) to push racist ideas. I first heard it from an antisemite.
I think it's just a shit message - "people will betray you on surprising ways, trust no one"
Isn’t the message that people will betray you in _un_surprising ways?
I never took it as bleakly as don't trust anyone.
Frog knows the scorpion is untrustworthy but ignores his intuition and gets burnt for it. I take it as don't get involved with someone that would drag you down with them.
For anyone trying to prove anything with it, it's a parable, so it's advice, not a research paper! 🐸
Speaking of frog parables pretending to be research papers: the whole “a scientist did an experiment and if you boil water slowly enough the frog won’t jump out and just sits there until it dies”. It turns out that’s bullshit. The scientist was trying to figure out brain stuff, so he removed the brains from the frogs and they didn’t jump out when he boiled them. The frogs that still had their brains jumped out of the water around the same temperature as a person would step out of a too-hot shower (25°C).
Scorpions would never sting my back
I guess it's both. You wouldn't expect someone to sabotage themselves
I've always preferred the monk and the scorpion one, but I guess it could be used the same way. Never thought about it, honestly.
This is perfect
This applies to maga as well. Trump doesn't give two shits about them.
Can't wait to laugh my ass off when washington DC is split into east and west.
"Are you triggered yet, lib?"
Trump himself used a similar story about a snake in his own speeches. He was telling us who he is.
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