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Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:27 PM Mar 2018

I unconditionally support feeding people, not starving them. I unconditionally support

protecting the environment, not harming it.


I unconditionally support justice.

I unconditionally support freedom.

I unconditionally support protecting children from gun violence.

I unconditionally support women having a right to decide what they can do with their own bodies.

I unconditionally support LGBTQ rights.

I unconditionally support healthcare for all and until we have that the ACA or aka Obamacare.

I unconditionally support preserving Social Security.

I unconditionally support Medicare.

I unconditionally support Medicaid.

I unconditionally support food assistance.

I unconditionally support a higher minimum wage.





Therefore, I ....

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I unconditionally support feeding people, not starving them. I unconditionally support (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 OP
....but what about the e-mails!! dameatball Mar 2018 #1
K & R 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2018 #2
eliot rosewater for president!! unblock Mar 2018 #3
OR at least jodymarie aimee Mar 2018 #7
The 'unconditional' qualifier directly implies no tolerance for improvement. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #4
Half of those don't need "improvement" (i.e., support justice, support freedom, etc.) and.... George II Mar 2018 #8
But--but--but-- shark tanks make fierce sharks! byronius Mar 2018 #5
You should step outside and take a breath dude. KTM Mar 2018 #6
"Concern" ehrnst Mar 2018 #10
Radical leftie trying to take away my freedom to starve if I want! Binkie The Clown Mar 2018 #9
 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
4. The 'unconditional' qualifier directly implies no tolerance for improvement.
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:34 PM
Mar 2018

The 'unconditional' qualifier directly implies no tolerance for improvement (e.g., "I unconditionally support this contract as is" ).

Allowance for improvement denies the state of unconditional. (Unconditional: adj; absolute, complete, unqualified, categorical).



Therefore, you...

George II

(67,782 posts)
8. Half of those don't need "improvement" (i.e., support justice, support freedom, etc.) and....
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 06:11 PM
Mar 2018

....by saying someone supporting all of the others "unconditionally" doesn't imply "tolerance for improvement".

Your definition is nice, but it's not applicable in the case of all of these ideals.

byronius

(7,395 posts)
5. But--but--but-- shark tanks make fierce sharks!
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:36 PM
Mar 2018

Usually just one, one last big fat shark with a belly full of fellow sharks, but --

Why do you hate sharks? Metaphorically speaking?

 

KTM

(1,823 posts)
6. You should step outside and take a breath dude.
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:40 PM
Mar 2018

How do you even have time to respond in one of your own threads when you are already busy starting another. I dont mean this in any way as an insult, but are you OK ??? Take a breath, take a walk, go hug someone... you seem a little manic this afternoon. Give peeps time to engage before you rush off to the next thread, and maybe step away from the keyboard for a moment.

I disagree with you all the time, but this seems like a little overload even for you... we're all here at the same board, on the same team, so for one moment let me step outside of the politics discussion and just say as a fellow Dem and human, it's OK... take a beat, smoke a bowl, drink a beer, hug a puppy, do something kind for yourself. Then come back and put the gloves back on... I have it on good authority that the world isnt gonna end before midnight.

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