Gutless Republican Cowards

[RandomGuy]

“If I gave you a bowl of Skittles and three of them were poison would you still eat them?”
“Are the other Skittles human lives?”
“What?”
“Like, is there a good chance, a*really good chance,*I would be saving someone from a war zone and probably their life if I ate a Skittle?”
“Well sure. But the point …”
“I would eat the Skittles.”
“Ok,*well, the point is …”
“I would GORGE myself on Skittles. I would eat every single Skittle I could find. I would STUFF myself with Skittles. And when I found the poison Skittle and died, I would make sure to leave behind a legacy of children and of friends who also ate skittle after Skittle until there were no Skittles to be eaten. And each person who found the poison Skittle we would weep for. We would weep for their loss, for their sacrifice, and for the fact that they did not let themselves suc b to fear but made the world a better place by eating Skittles.
Because your REAL question,*the one you hid behind an*inaccurate, insensitive, dehumanizing racist little candy metaphor, is:*IS MY LIFE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND TERRIFIED CHILDREN?
And what kind of monster would think the answer to that question*is yes?”

It takes Samantha Bee to bravely go where Republican "leaders" are far too chicken to go:





Shocker. Refugees need help.

Republican leaders have ceded any moral authority that they have to give in to craven cowardice, in the face of doing the obvious, right thing.

[TeyshaBlue]

Eat the skittle. That's bravery. Ranting on the internet, not so much.

[DarrinS]

Isn't the Skittles story a week old already?

[UZER]

So we can't call bad people bad apples anymore?

[Splits]

but but but guise.... TSA has a scared

his guns aren't big enough to deal with all these refugees

we don't know where they're coming from after 2 years of investigation



so scared

[SnakeBoy]

Isn't the Skittles story a week old already?

Yeah but RG is behind on his outrage list

[Splits]

I'm a huge pussy

someone save me

my pussy hurts

[SnakeBoy]

I inadvertently upset Splits

Have some skittles Splits, you'll feel better

[SnakeBoy]

[Splits]

I inadvertently upset Splits

Have some skittles Splits, you'll feel better

How's your pussy feeling?

[pgardn]

So we can't call bad people bad apples anymore?

Rotting or "bad" apples give off ethylene (ripening hormone in plants) and are often fungal/bacteria ridden making the rest of the surrounding apples likely to suc b to rotting as well. Skittles don't rot.

So no. I'm thinking people don't like the analogy as it does not contain the depth of thought bad apple does. For more food science refer to Good Eats.

For more candy related levity read the following:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ria-airstrikes

[baseline bum]

I don't want us accepting a ton of Syrian refugees. I mean it sucks what they're going through and it is absolutely our fault because of Bush's war, but I don't want us just accepting desperate people. Anyone given legal status to be in the US should want to integrate into our society and culture. I think we should also only accept people with skillsets that would allow them good jobs to raise their kids in good homes. The last thing we need is to bring people from Syria into poverty here and then their kids become disillusioned with the United States and become great targets for Islamic terrorists to recruit for lone wolf attacks through social media. I know it sounds heartless and it probably is, but I don't want to keep getting ed by Bush 7.5 years after he left office and beyond.

[RandomGuy]

Eat the skittle. That's bravery. Ranting on the internet, not so much.

I would eat them.

Of course, if one does the math, as noted elsewhere, it is like three in an amount of skittles large enough to fill 1.5 Olympic swimming pools.

That doesn't take much bravery, which is kinda the point, isn't it.

Why aren't you calling out these people as cowards? I am going to find out if any Democrats have been harping on this and doing so.

I might even go so far as to find out if I can help sponsor any. Seems like the decent thing to do, after hopefully shaming others into acting.

[RandomGuy]

Ok, that is actually funny, in context.

[FromWayDowntown]

All Lives Matter*

*-does not apply to Syrian refugees

[ducks]

you make a safe zone in the middle east and put them there. if you ask them that is what they want anyhow

[DarrinS]

All Lives Matter*

*-does not apply to Syrian refugees

*Black Lives Matter

*-does not apply to fetuses


See, I can hijack an unrelated issue, too.

[FromWayDowntown]

*Black Lives Matter

*-does not apply to fetuses


See, I can hijack an unrelated issue, too.

Well done!

[CosmicCowboy]

I don't want us accepting a ton of Syrian refugees. I mean it sucks what they're going through and it is absolutely our fault because of Bush's war, but I don't want us just accepting desperate people. Anyone given legal status to be in the US should want to integrate into our society and culture. I think we should also only accept people with skillsets that would allow them good jobs to raise their kids in good homes. The last thing we need is to bring people from Syria into poverty here and then their kids become disillusioned with the United States and become great targets for Islamic terrorists to recruit for lone wolf attacks through social media. I know it sounds heartless and it probably is, but I don't want to keep getting ed by Bush 7.5 years after he left office and beyond.

X1000

well said

[TheGreatYacht]

How did I know that old got DarrinS was going to be here doing damage control?

but but I'm neutral
I know you're racist but what am I

[boutons_deux]

"keep getting ed by Bush 7.5 years after he left office and beyond."

America and the planet will keep getting ed by dubya, head, BigOil for decades, as the Middle East continues to fester, and Muslim terrorists go after the West for ing up their countries.

And don't forget the many $100Bs wasted on caring for Ms of messed up vets for the next 30+ years.

NEVER FORGET the the Repugs have criminally visited on the planet for BigOil profits.

[DarrinS]

How did I know that old got DarrinS was going to be here doing damage control?

but but I'm neutral
I know you're racist but what am I

That rent free thingy

[RandomGuy]

*Black Lives Matter

*-does not apply to fetuses


See, I can hijack an unrelated issue, too.

[RandomGuy]

I don't want us accepting a ton of Syrian refugees. I mean it sucks what they're going through and it is absolutely our fault because of Bush's war, but I don't want us just accepting desperate people. Anyone given legal status to be in the US should want to integrate into our society and culture. I think we should also only accept people with skillsets that would allow them good jobs to raise their kids in good homes. The last thing we need is to bring people from Syria into poverty here and then their kids become disillusioned with the United States and become great targets for Islamic terrorists to recruit for lone wolf attacks through social media. I know it sounds heartless and it probably is, but I don't want to keep getting ed by Bush 7.5 years after he left office and beyond.

Our country is so huge that assimilation is pretty much inevitable, unless you completely cloister yourself like the Amish.

My chief concern is that we are turning our backs on 4,000,000+ desperate people who need help.

As noted in the videos in the OP, these are largely women and children.

As for skillsets, the professional class was among the first to leave. Doctors, lawyers, investment types, etc. There is no shortage of that that we should welcome, although I wouldn't want to limit it to just those lucky enough to have gotten an education in a system like Syria that openly favored some groups over others for religious/ethnic reasons.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

foreigners in general shouldn't be allowed in here. So goddamn sick of my TEXAS office smelling like month old ing curry. Argggggggghhhhhhh