the conservative mindset perfectly distilled in a single tweet

[kpete]

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Ray Bruns]

1. Benefits for me, not for thee

[EYESORE 9001]

2. How fucking oblivious can this person be?

Pretty fucking oblivious, obviously.

[Hekate]

3. Good Lord

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. This person seems to be very good at self-owning.

[SpamWyzer]

5. This is why

Bethany S. Mandel is called a "make believer". So you grew up on government aid and "made my own success myself" huh? That is called make believe you writer of fiction. I awoke to your lameness in the first 7 words of your "book". "Sad" is what the S. in your name stands for. BTW, Social Security is not something you would want to accept since you are such a successful whatever you think you are.

[Ohio Joe]

6. The disconnect is amazing

I’m surprised she can function day to day.

[RussBLib]

7. Reads like a parody

I've never heard of her. She's not a liberal trying to smack around the cons, is she?

Is this the same person that struggled to define "woke" in a TV interview recently?

[Qutzupalotl]

9. Yes, that's the one.

Clueless, oblivious, and doctrinaire.

[hoosierspud]

10. She also gained notoriety during the lock down

With a comment about not willing to change her behavior, grannies be damned.

[flying_wahini]

8. I climbed out of my pit with help from others but I am the last worthy person.

Pull up the ladder now.

[Celerity]

11. the POS Boebert said the same thing, more or less, in 2020

Link to tweet

[Richard58]

12. I saw her interview and

She came across as a clueless idiot. ( She wrote a book on the "dangers" of wokeism but couldn't even define woke.) So now she puts out this arrogant tweet saying that, although she grew up depending on government programs, she became a success with no help. Yes indeed, she pulled herself up by her bootstraps! Talk about living in an alternative reality! She is just as bad as Boebert!

[MustBeTheBooz]

15. The tweet is from 2012. nt

[czarjak]

13. That's my cousin-in-law...

Grew up coal-miner poor, smart enough to have the grades and the knowledge to work the grant-system. Boot-Strappers of course though. Libertarianism/Conservatism, I've got mine, screw.you royally. They think.

[markbark]

14. Typical

...all the self awareness of a dog licking its own a$$h*le on a public street.

[Midnight Writer]

16. Reminds me of Paul Ryan, who went to college on SS survivor benefits, but as Congressman wanted

to eradicate that benefit for others.

[leftieNanner]

18. I was just going to post this!

Brilliant minds, and all that.

I read Atlas Shrugged as a young person. Ayn Rand is a very persuasive and engaging writer. But I figured out that her whole premise was BS pretty quickly. Apparently Paul Ryan hasn't learned that yet.

To be honest, while going through some old books that needed a new home, I ran across my hard back copy of Atlas Shrugged. Considered selling it at the used bookstore or donating it to the library. Nah. Ended up throwing it into the recycle bin.

[sl8]

17. "Craig T. Nelson on Government Aid"

[Probatim]

19. My all-time favorite self-own.

I can only imagine that the segment before this interview discussed mindless Hollywood liberals ruining America - Next Up, Craig T. Nelson.

Irony Deficiency at its best.

[LoisB]

20. ...and if not for welfare, Medicaid, and food stamps you wouldn't be here and we wouldn't have to

be exposed to your inanity.