adroit
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Because those using that as a hit against Obama spin it to mean Obama doesn’t give those people any credit (despite the following lines showing he does). The context is that he’s saying we all stand on the shoulder of giants. It dispels the rugged individualist ■■■■■■■■■
WuWei
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The next line is “Somebody else made that happen.” That doesn’t dispel ■■■■■
Rugged individualist bull ■■■■■ He’s giving credit for what I built to the government. The government is an obstacle. We build in spite of government, not because of it.
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JayJay
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Knock it off…no you don’t.
This ■■■■■■■■ is relatively new to conservative thought.
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WuWei
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You are the victim of propaganda. Go outside and see who is building ■■■■■ It ain’t the government.
5 to 4? and I thought he was a Chicago fan…
JayJay
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You really forget to whom you’re speaking some times…
IBC
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I never watched the slurred Pelosi video. 2.5 mil out of 330 mil isn’t all that concerning to me (or out of 136 mil+). The reality is that confirmation bias will always exist and it will seize on anything it can to produce the desired result. Conversely, a healthy skepticism is not easily taken in by hoaxes. This sort of thing is fodder for the easily/willingly duped.
NJBob
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Right. Like the way the interstate highway system was built.
Yup the government had nothing to do with it. They didn’t have anything to do with planning it, coordinating it, funding it.
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adroit
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The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
No, he’s saying what you built isn’t only because of yourself. You don’t live in a vacuum.
adroit
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The government builds some pretty cool ■■■■■ It also facilitates the building of really cool ■■■■■ It also funds the building of really cool ■■■■■ It also maintains the infrastructure that makes possible the building of really cool ■■■■■
We’d have a lot less really cool ■■■■ if it wasn’t for the government.
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WuWei
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“We” does not include government. “We” does not include Obama and his ilk. Government is an obstacle.
How long ago Bob? Where do the funds come from?
NJBob
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Just one example.
That the funds come from taxes and fees does not mean the government didn’t have a hand in building it.
You didn’t do it.
NJBob
128
Really? Nothing the government has built is cool?
Jezcoe
129
I am beginning to think that the internet was a mistake.
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Jezcoe
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Worldwide eradication of Smallpox.
Such idiots.
WuWei
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Yeah, it does Bob.
Yeah, I did. Obama never built anything in his life.
WuWei
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The government hasn’t built anything at all Bob.
Smyrna
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“evolve” is the proper lib word…amirite? 