cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/twitterblueskymastodon/p/1361957/the-shameless-hypocrisy-of-mitch-mcconnell

REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still:

  • Has his job
  • Gets paid, and
  • Gets free world-class healthcare

The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave, is getting all three when he needs it most. Every person deserves the human dignity McConnell is getting on the taxpayer dime. Anything less is shameless cruel hypocrisy.

Qasim Rashid on Mastodon.

  • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Regardless of the state of his decay, I’m impressed at how many people haven’t yet gotten that the shameless cruel hypocrisy is the point.

    Being blatantly shameless in your efforts to have the things you prevent others from having is a show of power, no matter how misguided.

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
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      13 days ago

      It’s multiple factors leading to the support for our healthcare system.

      Tribal loyalties might be the biggest part, people going along with what their tribal leaders are pushing.

      But the business dickheads often do like the cruelty as you say, but also the fact it gives them outsized power over employees, if they quit their jobs or are fired they lose health care as well.

      Many of the hardcore religious see it as god’s will. It was preordained with some of them, god wants those people to suffer clearly, and it would be defying god’s will to help them, after all it was preordained I was going to be a selfish dickhead…

      What else, there are others. But I would argue the tribal loyalties are the biggest factor here.