Oh, I know. Was mostly making fun of the exclamation thing and how he, like you say, considers PR people to be mexicans.
However, that Texas vs PR comparison posted above said it a lot better than I did. Fucking asshole.
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Trump threatens to abandon Puerto Rico relief efforts
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However, that Texas vs PR comparison posted above said it a lot better than I did. Fucking asshole.
Feigning ignorance to support an otherwise undefendable position is a dated, ineffective tactic.
To be fair, seems like Batman really likes to abuse womens too
patrickthehedgehog
Member
Fuck this piece of shit. Where is best to donate to PR?
sometimes i game
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I don't think he means this, he just says it because he knows his racist 32% base or whatever is all he has. So his life is a serious of publicity stunt statements to make sure that flame is lit with them, if it dims and they become reasonable he has nothing.
I think he really thought he could make everyone love him while being a piece of shit behind the scenes, and he's not thrilled that everyone hates him. So now he rebels and keeps his base happy at any cost.
It's really sad for america. He likely hates his life in the White House, I wish he'd resign peacefully. I'll take anyone over this guy who attacks his people and foreign leaders in times of crisis. How sad.
I think he really thought he could make everyone love him while being a piece of shit behind the scenes, and he's not thrilled that everyone hates him. So now he rebels and keeps his base happy at any cost.
It's really sad for america. He likely hates his life in the White House, I wish he'd resign peacefully. I'll take anyone over this guy who attacks his people and foreign leaders in times of crisis. How sad.
Snkfanatic
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Lol.......
Holy hell this level of ignorance is incredibly dangerous...as we can see since the election last year. Use your fucking brain and think about why people have a problem with this. Do some research of your own before coming in just asking questions on why people are upset.
IbukiLordSA
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There is nothing undefendable about it, as someone pointed out Puerto Ricans are Americans, something I did not know, hence my original comment. Had it been a separate country then they are more than free to pull out if required, the world works this way and people need to take emotion out of it.
I'm not cursing at the US every morning because they are not here using their resources to feed, clothe and house the children I drive past living on the street every morning.
However with them actually being American Citizens changes the entire outlook and their resources should be used to help their own people.
There was no hidden meaning or any malice behind my original comment.
GiantBombGamer
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It's getting embarrassing to even be a part of this country.
SlimySnake
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Shocking news? Nothing this guy does surprises me. I knew this would happen. He was an animal before. He's an animal today.
Garcia el Gringo
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Trump had me livid over stuff he was saying about other Latinx - and any marginalized group - in the past. But I've had a hard time getting angry over this as a (stateside) Puerto Rican, I'm just extremely depressed.
I've at least heard from some of my family on the island in the past week, which has been a relief.
My thanks go out to everyone of GAF showing support.
I've at least heard from some of my family on the island in the past week, which has been a relief.
My thanks go out to everyone of GAF showing support.
TheLaughingStock
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It's to meet the demands of Congress, be in compliance with the law and avoid the consequences if they elect not to pay. Congress should authorize more spending to Puerto Rico so the US gov't can take care of the financial side of the problem.
Dreams-Visions
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God damned ungrateful latinos.
Steeped in a Sea of Games
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So, #1 Puerto Rico is a US territory populated by US citizens. Every one that dies is no different than if the government was allowing disaster victims of any other place where citizens live such as Texas and California.
#2 Puerto Rico pays taxes with the expectation that they'll receive aid and support from the federal government.
#3 We can fight endless wars with a near blank check because it 'might' save some American lives, but when they're dying right in front of us, the bill is too high? Get the fuck out of here with that logic.
Are you really this dense or just disingenuous?
Isaac Otherworld
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Byakuya769 is consistently anti Trump and an overall left guy. His post is a slightly awkward way of saying "Paul Ryan approves because Paul Ryan want to harm the needy as much as possible." There's no need to get hostile.
Prime crotch
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Just kill shitty party, Jesus. It's all rotten to the core.
Steeped in a Sea of Games
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*thatescalatedquickly.jpg*
Randolph Freelander
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IbukiLordSA
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You should continue to read threads, information was given and responded too.
Because it's more important to his batshit base. That's all he cares about.
EdibleKnife
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Behind a closed iron door. Paul Ryan would think that's the right place as a person who doesn't give a fuck about minority citizens either.
Randolph Freelander
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Pretty much. All we need to know about Paul Ryan is he dreams of taking away the social safety net while at kegger parties. He literally has no other desire in life except screwing over people.
MaulerX
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Where do you live? Because your response was that you didn't know they were Americans, doubling down on your "ignorance".
ElectricBlanketFire
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Profile says South Africa.
Steeped in a Sea of Games
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Indeed. Don't make stupid comments about how people deserve to suffer when you supposedly don't even know the whole story. There's too much disinformation going around these days to not assume you aren't intentionally trying to peddle shit. I can't give you a benefit of the doubt.
ChaosZeroX
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Our president is seriously a waste of human flesh
RoadHazard
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Only 7 more years of this...
(I'm not American, but I'm horrified watching this shitfest unfold from across the pond.)
(I'm not American, but I'm horrified watching this shitfest unfold from across the pond.)
IbukiLordSA
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South Africa, so American history surrounding Puerto Rico was not part of our syllabus hence not knowing, thankfully after numerous posts someone actually responded informatively and thus I learnt something new.
That's not how it works.
Trump can lose in 2020 and only get one term.
There's no such thing as an "eight-year term"
Latvian Hitman
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So, basically: Puerto Ricans pay $3-4 billion annually to the US govt. to avoid the consequences of not doing so, rather than there being any tangible benefit to doing so.
Sounds about right.
Byakuya769
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Hahaha, I would've been reeling but for the edit.
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Now you're claiming that your original "what is the problem with this" question was really a totally innocent way to learn about US geography.
That's simply not believable.
FEMA now in charge of twitter disaster recovery it seems.
https://twitter.com/FEMAspox/status/918510117657726977
Spokesperson stating they're going to be there for quite a while.
https://twitter.com/FEMAspox/status/918510117657726977
Spokesperson stating they're going to be there for quite a while.
Randolph Freelander
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I believe he was simply expressing the pessimistic view that we'll be dumb enough to do this again.
This has to be the most racist president we have had in decades. Unbelievable. This was always my biggest problem with him. Even more than everything else.
He is just plain immoral. It's one thing to have a conservative ideology like the other 20 republicans running for president had. But this guy is just a monster.
He is just plain immoral. It's one thing to have a conservative ideology like the other 20 republicans running for president had. But this guy is just a monster.
Puerto Rico being a U.S. territory is referenced in the first sentence of the excerpt posted in the OP.
Trump campaigned on repealing the ACA. His base wants this. He doesn't want to hide it at all.
GustyGardens
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It's pretty horrifying.
I have friends and family in PR, and they're all without food, water, electricity and jobs. One of them described the state of things as being apocalyptic. Most of them are moving to the mainland until things get better and I see this being a path many people on this island take, especially if they start cutting back on relief efforts.
I have friends and family in PR, and they're all without food, water, electricity and jobs. One of them described the state of things as being apocalyptic. Most of them are moving to the mainland until things get better and I see this being a path many people on this island take, especially if they start cutting back on relief efforts.
IbukiLordSA
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No that's you grasping at straws.
Orignally I didn't know hence my comment when I found out I replied accordingly, so keep grasping.
Ravensmash
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I went onto Fox News' comment section today.
The first comment I saw was someone loudly proclaiming they weren't citizens, and another started blaming them because they're 'socialists'.
Granted, they actually got dog piled somewhat but yeah... You're not dealing with the smartest base here.
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