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44. Under the circumstances...

Reply to ericjhensal (Original post)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 02:02 PM

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...it is not only ethical, it is their job. They failed.

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Is it ethical for Democrats to keep SNAP recipients in a protest without their consent? [View all] ericjhensal Tuesday OP

Is it ethical to let them die from lack of medical care orangecrush Tuesday #1

Apparently Cirsium Tuesday #32

Theoretically you can still get health care if you don't have insurance. You can't go without food. n/t valleyrogue Tuesday #36

Theoretically orangecrush Tuesday #40

is it ethical to let 50,000+ Americans die each year from lack of healthcare without their consent? nt yaesu Tuesday #2

Is it ethical to let 43 million people starve to death? n/t valleyrogue Tuesday #37

Wut. SSJVegeta Tuesday #3

That's ridiculous. Follow that & everyone would only be allowed to speak for themselves. bucolic_frolic Tuesday #4

It was not legal for the con artist to take away their benefits Quiet Em Tuesday #5

Well which will be more catastrophic for us all? Stargleamer Tuesday #6

Offers no proof of these calls... lame54 Tuesday #7

A lot of these apologist articles are popping up, wonder how much putin is paying the influencers/bloggers? yaesu Tuesday #8

One of them from someone who only has 8 posts since joining in 2020. MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #15

Why would Putin want apologist articles for Democrats? AZJonnie Tuesday #27

Definitely a weird comment. tritsofme Tuesday #33

so all the GOP needs to do is threaten to hurt people... mike_c Tuesday #9

And here we go again, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #10

So, in this wealthiest country in the world, you buy into the narrative Scrivener7 Tuesday #11

Which should you choose? Seems to me it's a Kobayashi Maru. Ocelot II Tuesday #12

Neither. November SNAP went out and we were close Scrivener7 Tuesday #13

The Senate deal fully funds SNAP with an increase in appropriations until the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30, 2026). lapucelle Tuesday #17

Again, we were on the verge of getting SNAP protected anyway. So I'll put you in the Scrivener7 Tuesday #25

Well said, gab13by13 Tuesday #26

"It was probably going to happen anyway" is such an *interesting* take, especially when the bill passed last night lapucelle Tuesday #39

"I'm putting my faith in republicans standing by their word rather than in Justice Jackson" Scrivener7 Tuesday #45

What are you talking about? If Johnson makes any changes to the bill passed by the Senate lapucelle Tuesday #47

+1 leftstreet Tuesday #21

No. It's the trolley problem. Layzeebeaver Tuesday #20

The Kobayashi Maru has a solution ericjhensal Tuesday #24

The Senate deal fully funds SNAP (with an increase in appropriations) until Sept. 30, 2026, lapucelle Tuesday #14

The food situation is immediate. The ACA subsidies are 1.5 months away. And if after all of this, we can't draft Silent Type Tuesday #16

I Don't Understand Your Premise. Do We Vote On... ColoringFool Tuesday #18

The "One Big Ugly Bill" cut SNAP benefits and added work requirements. Those recipients that walkingman Tuesday #19

So many new people here lately leftstreet Tuesday #22

If we made people go hungry for a few months, what could be gained and what would we leave behind? ericjhensal Tuesday #23

Again, November SNAP went out, and we were on the verge of restoring it permanently. Scrivener7 Tuesday #29

SNAP benefits were going to be restored without the CR. gab13by13 Tuesday #30

I'm a SNAP recipient BeerBarrelPolka Tuesday #42

I'll be without health insurance and healthcare on January 1 Arazi Tuesday #28

Losing your insurance is wrong ericjhensal Tuesday #31

Are you of the belief that people were asked to sacrifice and go without adequate food? Quiet Em Tuesday #41

We were/are a day (or a few days at most) of SCOTUS ordering SNAP restored Arazi Tuesday #43

November SNAP went out, and the courts were about to restore it permanently. NO ONE Scrivener7 Tuesday #46

It is as ethical (or unethical) as every and any other vote which Congress takes. RockRaven Tuesday #34

Don't forget that cutting SNAP is the GOP plan Ritabert Tuesday #35

Huh. malaise Tuesday #38

Under the circumstances... -misanthroptimist Tuesday #44