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xienze 11 hours ago

> Never understood why the outrage of flock in particular is so big online.

Nobody really cared until they realized that it could be used to more effectively round up our precious illegal immigrants.

sophacles 11 hours ago | parent [-]

We care about the immigrants becaus we know the rest of the fucking poem.

bko 11 hours ago | parent [-]

I too base my political beliefs on poetry

harimau777 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You do realize that humans use art to communicate difficult or emotional ideas including political beliefs, right?

bko 8 hours ago | parent [-]

It makes me feel so much better than someone can be one-shotted into a political belief with a poem. I was worried they would rely too much on reasoning and evidence.

sophacles 7 hours ago | parent [-]

The poem in question conveys not just accurate history, but also it presents an argument in favor of standing for your neighbors . Even more, it conveys the feeling of loneliness when it comes to be your turn - both another argument for community and just a reminder that actual real humans are involves.

Not bad for a few lines of text... very efficient.

Of course your whole statement is ridiculous - the notion that a poem is the foundation of a belief rather than a good conveyance of it, is so stupid that all you are saying is that you can't come up with a good argument and are reaching for bad, unfunny snark to deflect.

sophacles 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm sure you do. The poem can be taken both as a lesson in why one should defend all humans, as well as a lesson in exclusion from the bottom up.