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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. I don't understand how anyone can even *think* that it would be acceptable

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2020, 02:14 PM

May 2020

to sacrifice the elderly (or anyone else, for that matter) to save the economy or reduce the burden on social benefits - let alone say it in public. Even those that are in far poorer health than the writer cited in the OP, even those who have Alzheimers, are not disposable. Apparently "pro-life" applies only to fetuses who don't add to their tax bill.

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