Carla · 61-69, F
@newjaninev2 it is disgusting. All of it. If he wasn't confirmed, he would have stayed on as acting, for i dont know how long. If not, tru.p certainly would nominate someone as bad or worse.
The idea that these people are even considered, by anyone from any party, is indeed...can't find a better word than disgusting.
The idea that these people are even considered, by anyone from any party, is indeed...can't find a better word than disgusting.
RachelLia2003 · 22-25, F
we want ground war in iran now!!!
ShenaniganFoodie · 41-45, M
Bottlerocket · 26-30, MNew
@whowasthatmaskedman since another free speech hating censoring cult member blocked me out of a thread we'll finish this here.
had ten years of "them" coming to me i have zero empathy for people who refuse to help themselves. Just like social services you can fork out the money and you can help them out of tight spots but they don't change. They don't want to because they're still comfortable too comfortable to sacrifice anything to get ahead. They complain because that's what people do.
I've had friends who refuse to change helping them is just wasting your money and coddling them from true consequences. You're empathy is just a talking point. You've never volunteered in south africa, namiba, Nicaragua. Places where people deserve empathy where they need help.
You see them and how they live and how they find ways to survive then come back to america to see their "poor" i have zero empathy for anyone "poor" in America until they genuinely decide it's time for a change. It takes more than holding down a job, while that's the first step it's not the step out of poverty.
Once someone decides to drastically change their spending habits after holding a job down at that point I'm ready to see them get out of their situation and take steps to help and get involved.
I'm comfortable because i didn't settle for anything less even when i was done i kept my eyes where i wanted to be. America allows that level of ignorant procession. Jf you want it and go for it you could get it no matter what it is. Just llike America allows tbe poor and struggling to be so comfortable they never feel the genuine urge to change. Our poor aren't dying and living in inhumane conditions and that's a big win for the western world.
You may never get out into the third world enough to know the difference but if you did you wouldn't look at Australia's "poor" the same again. For you the word sympathy is an empty moral highground to take. It's easy to say and forget, but trying helping out in a south african village and then come back to housing projects you'll come to the same conclusion.
had ten years of "them" coming to me i have zero empathy for people who refuse to help themselves. Just like social services you can fork out the money and you can help them out of tight spots but they don't change. They don't want to because they're still comfortable too comfortable to sacrifice anything to get ahead. They complain because that's what people do.
I've had friends who refuse to change helping them is just wasting your money and coddling them from true consequences. You're empathy is just a talking point. You've never volunteered in south africa, namiba, Nicaragua. Places where people deserve empathy where they need help.
You see them and how they live and how they find ways to survive then come back to america to see their "poor" i have zero empathy for anyone "poor" in America until they genuinely decide it's time for a change. It takes more than holding down a job, while that's the first step it's not the step out of poverty.
Once someone decides to drastically change their spending habits after holding a job down at that point I'm ready to see them get out of their situation and take steps to help and get involved.
I'm comfortable because i didn't settle for anything less even when i was done i kept my eyes where i wanted to be. America allows that level of ignorant procession. Jf you want it and go for it you could get it no matter what it is. Just llike America allows tbe poor and struggling to be so comfortable they never feel the genuine urge to change. Our poor aren't dying and living in inhumane conditions and that's a big win for the western world.
You may never get out into the third world enough to know the difference but if you did you wouldn't look at Australia's "poor" the same again. For you the word sympathy is an empty moral highground to take. It's easy to say and forget, but trying helping out in a south african village and then come back to housing projects you'll come to the same conclusion.
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MoveAlong · 70-79, M
@Bottlerocket
I went back and read it again. I still don't see where you posted any personal experiences that led to your views. Which foreign countries did you help people in? Were you part of an organization or did you do it on your own.
if that's the case you have terrible reading comprehension
I went back and read it again. I still don't see where you posted any personal experiences that led to your views. Which foreign countries did you help people in? Were you part of an organization or did you do it on your own.
Bottlerocket · 26-30, MNew
@MoveAlong from the point i was 18 until i was 22 (2015-2019) I volunteered through WaterMission to help build wells in places of genuine poverty.
I got started in a study abroad program at my community college i got to go to Costa Rica and it was biology focused but in truth a glorified vacation we got to do all the fun stuff i even scuba dived in a reef, and go rappelling in the rainforest. But part of the trip was to visit a local school and we helped build chicken coops and level some land for more playground space, nothing important but helping anyway.
I got to meet locals and even got invited into a house near the school we need fill dirt and they allowed us to dig from their land. They offered us coffee and tea and chatted a while. The woman in charge of the volunteer project was also involved in WaterMission and that's how i got involved with them.
After that experience I came straight home and spend days working out a way to visit South Africa that was my number one country I wanted to visit and thought i could use this volunteer group for fundraising for my flight, that's the only real expense especially back then. But that came back on me once i got into phalane which wasn't that bad in comparison but while there we also this tin shocked dirt village and it was the most horrific thing I've ever saw in my life. I saw a malnourished toddler being ignored and had maggots covering her.
The tourist part of the trip didn't mean anything after that and i got to experience those things but weren't mentally present. South africa also had very loose visa policies so i was able to spend a considerable amount of time in the country with the organization I had a vacation rental in cape town's city center i was able to rent by the month for under 700 dollars occasionally going back to kruger safari and blyde river canyon. I would go into neighboring countries like Mozambique and Namibia usually through random charities i could find needing help. It was easy getting on since i was already in Africa. Zambia was another country where it was in terrible condition nothing ever compared to that toddler but Zambia had horror living conditions too.
After experiencing that and growing up surrounding by the ghetto poverty mindset and seeing how people piss away opportunities in the west I don't care about them anymore i tried helping for over ten years and they just take and then throw a fit when they don't get their way.
Like i said in the very original comment if i come across someone needing help out of poverty and they've made the sacrifices they've held a job down kept their head down i feel for them i give them support but they got to get to that point on their own no one but yourself can dig you out of your own funk.
I got started in a study abroad program at my community college i got to go to Costa Rica and it was biology focused but in truth a glorified vacation we got to do all the fun stuff i even scuba dived in a reef, and go rappelling in the rainforest. But part of the trip was to visit a local school and we helped build chicken coops and level some land for more playground space, nothing important but helping anyway.
I got to meet locals and even got invited into a house near the school we need fill dirt and they allowed us to dig from their land. They offered us coffee and tea and chatted a while. The woman in charge of the volunteer project was also involved in WaterMission and that's how i got involved with them.
After that experience I came straight home and spend days working out a way to visit South Africa that was my number one country I wanted to visit and thought i could use this volunteer group for fundraising for my flight, that's the only real expense especially back then. But that came back on me once i got into phalane which wasn't that bad in comparison but while there we also this tin shocked dirt village and it was the most horrific thing I've ever saw in my life. I saw a malnourished toddler being ignored and had maggots covering her.
The tourist part of the trip didn't mean anything after that and i got to experience those things but weren't mentally present. South africa also had very loose visa policies so i was able to spend a considerable amount of time in the country with the organization I had a vacation rental in cape town's city center i was able to rent by the month for under 700 dollars occasionally going back to kruger safari and blyde river canyon. I would go into neighboring countries like Mozambique and Namibia usually through random charities i could find needing help. It was easy getting on since i was already in Africa. Zambia was another country where it was in terrible condition nothing ever compared to that toddler but Zambia had horror living conditions too.
After experiencing that and growing up surrounding by the ghetto poverty mindset and seeing how people piss away opportunities in the west I don't care about them anymore i tried helping for over ten years and they just take and then throw a fit when they don't get their way.
Like i said in the very original comment if i come across someone needing help out of poverty and they've made the sacrifices they've held a job down kept their head down i feel for them i give them support but they got to get to that point on their own no one but yourself can dig you out of your own funk.
Bottlerocket · 26-30, MNew
@MoveAlong
If you look at my original comment and refer to paragraphs 3 and 4
I went back and read it again. I still don't see where you posted any personal experiences that led to your views. Which foreign countries did you help people in? Were you part of an organization or di
If you look at my original comment and refer to paragraphs 3 and 4
I've had friends who refuse to change helping them is just wasting your money and coddling them from true consequences. You're empathy is just a talking point. You've never volunteered in south africa, namiba, Nicaragua. Places where people deserve empathy where they need help.
You see them and how they live and how they find ways to survive then come back to america to see their "poor" i have zero empathy for anyone "poor" in America until they genuinely decide it's time for a change. It takes more than holding down a job, while that's the first step it's not the step out of poverty.
You see them and how they live and how they find ways to survive then come back to america to see their "poor" i have zero empathy for anyone "poor" in America until they genuinely decide it's time for a change. It takes more than holding down a job, while that's the first step it's not the step out of poverty.