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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon Mar 12, 2018, 05:05 PM Mar 2018

Using Trump's own "logic":

If you kill one person, in many states you get the death penalty.

If you smuggle drugs, you may kill 5,000 people, so you, too, should get the death penalty.

SO-O-O-----, if you are an NRA pimp AND you deny poor people health care, you've likely caused the death of tens of thousands of people. What should the penalty be?

Just sayin'---------

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Using Trump's own "logic": (Original Post) Atticus Mar 2018 OP

Using Trump Logic is dangerous and can lead to... dchill Mar 2018 #1

Not recognizing sarcasm and a rhetorical question is also sometimes a problem. nt Atticus Mar 2018 #2

Indeed. dchill Mar 2018 #4

People think they know who is a "drug dealer" but they don't. Girard442 Mar 2018 #3

dchill

(38,418 posts)

1. Using Trump Logic is dangerous and can lead to...

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 05:30 PM

Mar 2018

mental health issues. It's also just plain wrong-headed.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)

2. Not recognizing sarcasm and a rhetorical question is also sometimes a problem. nt

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 05:39 PM

Mar 2018

dchill

(38,418 posts)

4. Indeed.

Reply to Atticus (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 06:08 PM

Mar 2018

Girard442

(6,063 posts)

3. People think they know who is a "drug dealer" but they don't.

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 05:45 PM

Mar 2018

If a pharmaceutical company ships far more opioid products to a region than can be legitimately prescribed, do we hang the CEO from a lamppost? What about the friendly neighborhood pharamacist who advances someone with chronic pain a couple of Percocets on their next scrip? Lethal injection for him?

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