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If you're truly feeling depressed, you could try reaching out to a therapist through work/insurance.
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those you mentioned. public health, maybe. research nurse?
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I care about he laws he breaks. I simply argue that any whiff of a comparison between either side of this particular topic to Nazi regime is the inaccurate, incendiary, and divisive rhetoric that is going to hand Trump the election this time around. Sadly, as per usual with our electoral college, moderately minded white voters in the states that "matter" will get to call the ball. And those voters could honestly give a rats behind about whatever academically generated social justice philosophy is being taken to the streets because they are more worried about their pensions, healthcare, and mortgages - and rightfully so. They are also particularly fragile and only have so much patience for all things social justice. The more riots and protests, the better for Trump. The more Nazi name calling, the better for Trump. The more white fragility/supremacy talk, the better for Trump. The more hell that is raised, the better for Trump. Maybe we should take a moment to recognize that CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, NYT, WAPO, The Atlantic, and most media....they all stand to gain billions of dollars if he is re-elected. Trump is good for business. Anti-trump sentiment on any network is more than slightly disingenuous because the top of the food chain stands to capture a hefty profit with his re-election. We should be reflecting on that as we watch how the the social unrest is covered and interperated by pundints who will certainly influence the prevailing sentiment with language and perspective.
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I don't know you, and wouldn't presume to make a judgement about your person. Nor do you know me, so don't make that mistake. I don't support DT, never voted for him, desperately hope that Biden wins, and am not laying down any sort of smoke screen. I'm not sure how suggesting that previous presidents were corrupt and leveraged power for personal or party gain is me laying a smoke screen. Google "presidential corruption" and do some reading, it isn't an opinion - corruption happens. The fact that posters from both sides of this topic are comparing each other to the Nazi regime should clue any reasonable person into how senseless and asinine said comparison is - in both cases.
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Names don't have to be mentioned, they are implied when people hint at going the path of authoritarians in a thread based upon a comparison to the Nazi party. Nothing you said is inaccurate, and nothing that Trump has done hasn't been done before by previous administrations of both parties in equivalent fashions (personal gain, deportation, wars, campaign finance violations, disregarding legal precedent). Trump just has an abrasive and offensive style in how he carries out the job. But the idea that every President hasn't operated with the same goals and methods is just wrong. Clinton dropped bombs to distract attention from a scandal, Bush fabricated evidence to invade a country, Obama used the IRS to target opposition groups, handed guns over to Mexican cartels, and was head honcho of an admin that covered up the VA problems. Presidents break the rules and all of them have a team of lawyers who told them how to get away with it - except Nixon. Trump Agenda checked: June Medical Services v. Russo Bostock vs. Clayton County Dreamers and immigration law
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There is no link, the OP was making a ridiculous comparison.
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Donald Trump does not have unchecked power. The courts have undermined him many times over; including justices that he put into place himself. To be clear, the OP was comparing BLM to Nazism, which I was saying was ridiculous. Someone obviously didn't read the thread in full and misunderstood the context of my post and brought up immigrant detention camps as a misdirected counterpoint. You're now mildly hinting at authoritarianism with Trump in your reply. Not where I was going, but what 'things' have occurred that would warrant a legitimate and logically sound equation of Donald Trump to Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Milosevic, Mao, Stalin, or Hussein? To quantify their horrific efforts; this group is responsible for the state sponsored deaths of 30,000,000 innocent lives. Again, lots of problems along the border that need fixing, but even a whisper of comparison to awful dictators on the basis of 30,000 detainees is complete delusion. The manner and means of oppression is never a side issue, because the ends never justify the means. That is to say, the means are incredibly important - particularly when someone is hinting at a comparison between a controversial President and the worst genocidaires the world has ever seen. - as the person who replied to my initial post did.
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Far cry from a continental system of death camps that killed off 6,000,000 Jews. We have about 30,000 immigrants in some level of detention at any given time - sans gas chambers. We probably agree on more than your triggered mind can fathom at this point in time, but comparing the border crisis, or any Trumpesque controversy for that matter, to Nazi Germany is completely ludicrous and just drives moderately minded voters away from the blue ticket. You should read that as, "The only voters who matter (working class people in PA, MI, WI, VA, AZ, etc.) - as they will decide this election, just like in 2016 - have grown weary of rebel rousing rhetoric and bombastic sentiment when it comes to the 'issues'".
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How to ensure that any cognating adult doesn't take your topic or opinions seriously.....start comparing anything short of genocide to Nazi Germany. Don't even have to wait for 10 or 15 posts for Godwin's law to ring true these days.
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That portion of my post was not meant to be funny. You shared an article from 2018. You may want to review the latest PSLF reports available on studentaid.gov. 280,000,000 has been disbursed as of June 2020. Anyone can literally submit an application, and when anyone does, well the numbers are going to reflect that. Hell, why not submit an application even if you know that you're ineligible, you may just get lucky and sneak through the crack. Most people are rejected because they did not even have enough qualifying payments. AKA they cannot count to 120. Some folks don't even have eligible loans!!! Others didn't document their employment correctly, or weren't even working in an eligible job! Read the guidelines, stop the hand holding!
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People not following directions because they can't read thoroughly doesn't make it a scam. Johnny Tsunami and his 60k of debt tied to a B.A. in Community Wellness Studies that resulted in his working for a non-profit surf academy that fosters wave appreciation in the marginizlized sea-horses of color community was never going to make the cut. The OP def needs a CPA. Figure out the IRA situation - which is best for your circumstances. I believe traditional contributions reduce AGI, which would lower monthly payment amounts under IBR.