Low-key, the fact that that skit is no longer funny and is nothing but straight facts is absolutely paralyzing.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus was terrifyingly, utterly lucid. That was the straightest skit they ever wrote.
It’s funny because it is, in fact, completely true.
My ancestors beheaded kings. One of the only good things they ever fucking did, imho.
Do you know where the entire idea of left-vs-right even came from?
After the French Revolution, after the people stormed the Bastille and overthrew the monarchy, they were still working out the concept of a government without a king. The National Assembly was split pretty much down the middle; the people who sat with their friends and coconspirators found that muttering ideas to each other was easier when the other side of the room couldn’t hear them. Like any high school lunch room, people found their own assigned spots with their friends.
The Monarchists ended up on the right side of the room, and the Republicans ended up on the left.
My brother in Christ, the GOP was ALWAYS about dragging us back into the dark ages. It’s what Conservatives have wanted for as long as Conservativism has existed as a political orientation. France and the UK still have monarchist hangers-on in the far-right wings of their politics.
You wonderful human being, thank you.
Human beings deserve to live. It’s not our call to make whether we just save good people, just that we try to save people. Anything less isn’t enough.
We can’t play God.
Yeah, in Kansas City. From what I’ve been able to track down, Patient Zero came back from a recent trip to the Federated States of Micronesia. Current infected rate reported hit 66 people, but that might be higher.
If you’re in the Midwest, brush up on symptoms to look for, and stay away from Nursing Homes and elementary schools if you’re vulnerable.
I wish. It would mean that this genocidal freak would feel his sins crawling on his back.