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Old 06-27-2016, 05:37 AM
 
Location: North America
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...How about not blaming everybody else (a.k.a, not you) for your own failings in life?

It's not the immigrant's fault
It's not the African American's fault,
It's not white people's fault,
It's not the Conservative's fault,
It's not the Liberal's fault,
It's not Government,
It's not the Millennials fault,
It's not the Seniors fault,

it's you. YOU failed. So learn from it and suck it up.

(NOTE: Michiganmoon made a great point, I edited it to be more inclusive)

Carry on.

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Old 06-27-2016, 05:43 AM
 
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...How about not blaming everybody else for your own failings in life? It's not the immigrant's fault, it's not the African American's fault, it's you. YOU failed. So learn from it and suck it up.

Carry on.
No problem. Now stop collectivizing failure and let those who failed learn from it and stop bailing them out.
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Old 06-27-2016, 05:46 AM
 
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No problem. Now stop collectivizing failure and let those who failed learn from it and stop bailing them out.
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Old 06-27-2016, 05:48 AM
 
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...How about not blaming everybody else for your own failings in life? It's not the immigrant's fault, it's not the African American's fault, it's you. YOU failed. So learn from it and suck it up.

Carry on.
That would mean ending the nearly $1 trillion our country spends on means-tested welfare programs for the poor. So, yes, I'm all for it.
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Old 06-27-2016, 05:50 AM
 
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No problem. Now stop collectivizing failure and let those who failed learn from it and stop bailing them out.
Exactly. Just pretty much posted the same thing.
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Old 06-27-2016, 05:53 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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...How about not blaming everybody else for your own failings in life? It's not the immigrant's fault, it's not the African American's fault, it's you. YOU failed. So learn from it and suck it up.

Carry on.
You should bring that up at the next Black Lives Matter protest. I'm sure it will go over well.
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Old 06-27-2016, 05:54 AM
 
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No problem. Now stop collectivizing failure and let those who failed learn from it and stop bailing them out.
Does that also go for big banks and corporate welfare? See how that works? You end one, you end it all.

...just saying.
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Old 06-27-2016, 05:55 AM
 
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You should bring that up at the next Black Lives Matter protest. I'm sure it will go over well.
And you just proved my point. Excellent attempt at diversion. Thanks for giving the expected response.
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Old 06-27-2016, 05:58 AM
 
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Does that also go for big banks and corporate welfare? See how that works? You end one, you end it all.

...just saying.
Unless corporations are flat out getting funding from the government, like Solyndra, or have a negative corporate tax rate, like the bottom 40% of tax filers have a negative effective income tax rate, it's not corporate welfare.
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Old 06-27-2016, 06:00 AM
 
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...How about not blaming everybody else for your own failings in life? It's not the immigrant's fault, it's not the African American's fault, it's you. YOU failed. So learn from it and suck it up.

Carry on.
You seem like you are targeting conservatives more with how you phrase it.

Liberals are more likely to externalize their own failures and the failures of other people.



Considering that Democrats are far more likely to be living in poverty than Republicans, do you think Hillary should make this part of her speech at the national convention? "The core of my voters, you failed!"

Or will she go on about how big banks, big business, and the 1% have exploited the 99% in some form of variation?
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