Before the Internet came along and ruined everything, a student could write a stupid, embarrassing, ill-informed, and bigoted opinion piece for her college newspaper and only other students at her school would see it—and only those students who read the college newspaper, which was only a tiny percentage of students. Also, before the Internet came along and ruined everything, your stupid, embarrassing, ill-informed, and bigoted opinion piece would be forgotten in a week or two. But today every college paper has a website and your stupid, embarrassing, ill-informed, and bigoted opinion piece can go viral and follow you around for the rest of your life.
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The first sentence says “Taco Bell prices are going sky high” or some such, and I pointed out to him/her that Taco Bell is also a destructive, repulsive lifestyle choice that is probably contrary to several sections of the Bible.
So much for the definition of “liberal”.
“We all sin. Still, don’t justify your sin by pointing out mine.”
But wait. Isn’t that the entire premise of your article?
“but I’m a 21-year-old liberal”
Ah cripes, I completely overlooked “college” in Dan’s post and assumed this was a high school student. A grown adult wrote these words:
“Times are changing. Motion detective video games, Taco Bell prices are through the roof, holographic concerts and same sex marriage is beginning to be legalized.”
There are so many things wrong with that first sentence, I don’t even know where to begin. THIS PERSON IS TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD.
Outlaw the motion detectives!
She is watching the motion detectives.
At least the majority of the comments are against her assertions. For the deep South that’s impressive.