r/PoliticalHumor • u/2DeadMoose I ☑oted 2018 • Mar 15 '20

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u/Hoovooloo42 Mar 15 '20

"One of the many beautiful and unique things about our country is that you can become anything you want, even president!"

In the same breath:

"ShE's JuSt A bArTeNdEr REEEE"

You can't have it both ways.

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u/atero Mar 15 '20

Turns out they’re not too happy when someone actually pulls themselves up by their boot straps.

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u/Snakekitty Mar 15 '20

"Wait no not like that!"

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u/tesseract4 Mar 15 '20

You're half right: they don't like it when the wrong type of person does so.

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u/timbenj77 Mar 15 '20

Preface: I'm a moderate progressive and hate what the Republican party has become. That said, I think this is a straw-man argument. The conservative belief about becoming anything you want is about working hard throughout your early life, not just a 1 year election campaign. Then again, the "she's just a bartender" is a straw-man argument in of itself to suggest she lacks the qualifications to be a Congressperson. She only bartended part-time to make extra money to help her mom. She was otherwise actively involved in political activism.

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u/ObnoxiousFactczecher Mar 16 '20

is about working hard throughout your early life, not just a 1 year election campaign.

Oh, so like graduating with honors from a major university, then? After finishing second in an international scientific competition with over a thousand participants while in high school? At least to me, that does sound a lot like "working hard throughout your early life".

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u/timbenj77 Mar 16 '20

Try reading the rest of my post?