• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      Wow are you cynical.

      I walked out of class in middle school to protest the 1991 Gulf War. It was during band, which I really enjoyed. I did it anyway.

      I think if I was willing to leave one of the few classes I really liked and get punished for it, which I was- Saturday school, because I was against something that didn’t even affect me personally, I think these kids might just feel like what happened to them or could happen to them is a fucking massive problem and nothing is being done about it.

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        2 months ago

        Wow are you cynical.

        If this ain’t someone tossing rocks in a glass house I don’t know what is.

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          And yet I’m not the one who suggested these kids are just doing this to get out of school.

          My cynicism is directed at people who do bad things.

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            I think we’re talking to someone who can only gain self-esteem by being rude to others.

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              At what point was I rude? When I called out the most cynical person on these forums for calling me cynical?

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              Okay, well good luck being cynical about kids protesting gun violence right after a school shooting near them or even in their school.

              I suppose all those protesting parents of kids killed at places like Sandy Hook and Uvalde are just in it for the money or something?

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                  I thought you said your cynicism was equal opportunity.

                  Shouldn’t you be accusing those Uvalde parents of just using an excuse to get out of work? Is there a difference?

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                    No see my cynicism there is quite different. I’d be mostly wondering how many of them drove there while texting and distracted while totally doing everything they can to save lives.

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      Some kind of entity with shits posts gets blocked. No more news because they have nothing new to say.

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        I mean if shit posts are the bar then this place is going to dry up even quicker than it already has.