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    Let’s attack him for his controllable actions and not his uncontrollable appearance

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      While I get what you’re saying, a lot of people are practically powerless in front of these billionaires, that shape & challenge their very existence. In the face of such helplessness, I can understand attacking someone in that much powers’ uncontrollable attributes.

      It’s easy to be trapped into thinking “treat them as you’d like to be treated”, when the oppressor proves time & time again they will not treat you like one of them.

      Just my 2¢

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        I totally get it. I just feel for the normal everyday person who has an unusual head shape that they are self conscious about being hurt by this instead of the asshole billionaire who deserves it. It’s like making fun of him for being short… Innocent people catch the strays. I stand against body shaming. But I feel you.

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          That’s an excellent point, I hadn’t thought of that. I suppose if the derision becomes popular it might lose this context and cause hurt to the wrong person.

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          I’ve got a flat spot on the back of my head that I used to be self conscious about. My 2¢ is that this guy isn’t a human. Any attacks on his head shape don’t really relate to me. So in my opinion, go ahead and let this traffic cone know that it looks like he cosplayed as a torpedo when his mother had to give birth. I’d wager that if his head shape made birthing him less painful, it was the most compassionate thing he’s ever done in life.

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              @criitz made an good point in a reply to a comment in this same chain: https://reddthat.com/comment/16623939

              Essentially, if we made fun of his head shape, someone normal with a simar head shape is going to read: “that head shape is bad” & is going to be hurt & more self conscious of something they can’t control. That is collateral damage to an innocent bystander you may not have intended.

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                That’s…such a non-issue. If that totally devastates someone, maybe they should work on their resilience or fortitude? Do we really need to pull out the world’s tiniest violin for every contingency?

                Glad you understand it, though.

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      Yeah, body-shaming isn’t cool. Doesn’t matter who the target is.

      EDIT: You can downvote all you want, but body-shaming one is body-shaming all.

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        I have no idea why you’re down voted, your point is absolutely valid. Perhaps people are angry and want to hurt those in power, consequences be damned.

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          Because this guy hurts more people 24/7 just being a billionaire than some hurt feelings on the Internet. We don’t have a lot to attack but their ego.

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            Sorry not American and I cannot follow what everybody is doing. What is this guy doing to hurt others? And why should I hate him?

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              1st he’s a billionaire.

              2nd he’s racist.

              3rd he contributed to p2025 which is a conservative manual to gaining power by dismantling systems, ignoring laws, that type of shit. And, without saying it directly, hurting minorities including women.

              Targets now are illegal immigrants, who keep the country running by being cheap labor with no rights, and trans people. Neither are hurting anyone. But really most of us are getting hurt if we don’t have wealth or that plus the right religion and skin color. Having all 3 is being at max level here, all the buffs.

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              He has control. He can afford a 10 gallon hat or some reinforced hair plugs. He could get tattoos that makes his head look like a rocketship or have someone’s eye surgically implanted on that vast dome. Anything he wants because he hoardes amounts of money no one can ethically hold.

              I would bet 1 of my balls that he’s insecure as fuck but also thinks because he’s got wealth and power that his preposterously proportioned pink peak makes him smarter/better than others. Like, his brain is elongated so his cerebellum is all parfait’d up. Billionaires - They not like us…

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        While I respect the intent, I do think that you probably need to consider the reasoning as well. Putting black and white morality over actions isn’t necessarily correct either.

        Poking fun at someone who is objectively evil over their appearance is “something” that an average person can do that might actually affect the person in question. It might not do anything, but it’s sure as hell more appropriate and effective than trying to point out the issue with their moral stance. You can’t always make a difference through peaceful or indirect means.

        I think it’s important to point out that body shaming someone who isn’t a bad person is wrong, but it is also important to point out that for most people our words are our only recourse. You can insult a terrible person for one thing, while ignoring or praising the same trait in someone who is good.

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          I am of the camp that all rules should apply to everybody and that includes social standards. If it is wrong to say something to person A it is also wrong to say the same to person B.

          But I am not American and idk who this person is and how he is “objectively evil” so I might be entirely wrong in this case.

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    This dude founded Netscape… the predecessor to Firefox. Just speechless to be honest. You’d think the guy whose browser was destroyed by Microsoft’s anticompetitive behavior would be more progressive.

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    Here’s the introduction (aka “Pillar I”) to the plan currently being implemented: https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

    Some highlights:

    From page 20 of the project: “Vought (officially in charge of OMB after being confirmed recently) writes that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should establish a “reputation as the keeper of ‘commander’s intent,’””

    From page 21: " In Chapter 1, former deputy chief of staff to the President Rick Dearborn writes that the White House Counsel “must take seriously the duty to protect the powers and privileges of the President from encroachments by Congress, the judiciary, and the administrative components of departments and agencies.”

    Page 28: “When a new President takes office, he will need to decide expeditiously how to handle any major ongoing litigation or other pending legal matters that might present a challenge to his agenda”…“, the President should hire a counsel with extensive experience with a wide range of complex legal subjects. Moreover, while a candidate with elite credentials might seem ideal, the best one will be above all loyal to the President”

    Page 32, regarding the office of presidential personnel (DOGE): “Playing “bad cop” in a way that other White House offices cannot (including serving as the office that takes direct responsibility for firings and hirings).”

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        I don’t know if it’s better or worse that they’re so transparent with their goals… being able to watch it unfold in slow motion is agonizing.

        I literally just bought a trump bible off amazon to put at the front door for gestapo repellant. That’s where I’m at with all this.

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      Just want to let you know because of this post I searched up the head and am watching the first episode now. Im loving it so far. Man they don’t make good old stoner shows like they used to. 90s MTV is a little before my time but early to mid 2000s adult swim shows were the shit.

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        If you enjoy that, check out MTV’s The State. Be cautioned that the original broadcast eps had commercial music behind them that won’t be there if someone ripped from DVD. So if there’s bad music, that’s why. You’ll probably have to pirate them. A quick search didn’t reveal quick hits on YouTube.

        The monologues by Michael Ian Black are some of the best sketches. On Air Personality and Sleep with the State are especially good.

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      My hair is thinning and people say just go bald. These people don’t know the real shape of my head

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      Conservatives do, but I wouldn’t call the American, they hate this place and everything it is.

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            It was great before the settlers came and stole the Land, killed the owners, killed the animals and exploited nature.

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            I think during and after World War 2, we did some really great things.

            It’s a shame most of those things were funded by tax dollars and now we have been conditioned to hate taxing those richer than us.

            Conmen have pretty much had free reign in the US since the 70s. It’s an indicator of success because they’ve been so successful at conning us.

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        Clinton and Gates also associated with Epstein… so did Chomsky.

        We can drop the left right circle jerk… They all partied together because they rule US.