• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    3 months ago

    I love this line, talking about the Green New Deal:

    It called for converting the electric grid to 100 percent clean energy this decade, declared clean air, clean water and healthy food to be basic human rights. But it also endorsed free health care and affordable housing for all Americans.

    The use of “but” suggests that either the first part of that statement, or the last part, is a big negative, e.g. “She wants to fund animal shelters, but she also wants to kill dolphins”, or “She wants to kill puppies, but she also wants to clean up the oceans.”

    So… which half is supposed to be the bad one? They both seem great to me. I’m so confused by these discussions.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah so many of the Republican scare articles have “don’t threaten me with a good time” energy.