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GaYellowDawg

(5,056 posts)
12. Exactly.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:21 AM
Jul 2020

The video in the OP took Carlin out of context, and although it ties in nicely with the images, it’s intellectually dishonest. As much as Carlin in the OP video gets liked by people here, his “save the planet” shtick might as well have been commentary right off of Fox News. Don’t do anything about the environment. Species die anyway. Carlin never bothered with the easy corollary that if species are threatened by humankind’s actions, then humankind can save them by acting differently. Carlin, however, would still be on the sideline scorning it all.

Carlin was not one of us. Carlin wasn’t a Democrat. He detested the Democratic Party. Frankly, I think he was an anarchist/nihilist. The second any kind of movement got organized, Carlin would call it a tool of “them” and treat it as something “they” were using to control us. He was the embodiment of both-siderism.

Frankly, I miss Robin Williams far more.

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Retweeted Putin's Puppet is Offensive to me. The language in Cha Jul 2020 #1
George Carlin. betsuni Jul 2020 #2
That's George Carlin's Voice? Wow! I really like it Cha Jul 2020 #4
It's funny, I never see anyone post "Saving the Planet." betsuni Jul 2020 #8
Edited.. Looks like GaYelllowDawg Cha Jul 2020 #11
Exactly. GaYellowDawg Jul 2020 #12
+1 betsuni Jul 2020 #15
Thanks for this OP. patternintegrity.com Budi Jul 2020 #3
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FYI Carlin never said republicans. He was talking about both parties. mucifer Jul 2020 #13
+1 betsuni Jul 2020 #14
+1 nt EarthFirst Jul 2020 #16
Yeah, as I was listening to this I was getting tired of the generalization. John Lewis was a long JI7 Jul 2020 #17
I agree with you But I also think its disrespectful to use Carlin's words in a misleading way mucifer Jul 2020 #19
Yeah, now I'm finding out.. I didn't know Cha Jul 2020 #20
He hopefully would be pro Biden. But, maybe not. Thing is he is dead so we will never know mucifer Jul 2020 #21
The "owners" he spoke of Chainfire Jul 2020 #22
Love this ad. Bookmarking to show everyone who will listen. blueinredohio Jul 2020 #18
I didn't like it at all. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #23
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