Well yes and no - if accepting the relief money wasn’t a point of criticism it wouldn’t be there.
When I look at this comic I see a weak whataboutism that should be avoided. “Student loans shouldn’t be forgiven!” - “But what about the hurricane relief??” - it’s a really bad rebuttal. And the fact that it’s depicted as a sly, behind the back transaction is further ridiculous. You know full well that people take this Facebook level shit out into the world and argue hurricane relief vs student loans just the same as the dumbasses that read a headline and trumpet the end of the world without actually reading that the meteor will pass by 760,000 miles away - all they read was “mEtEoR hEaDiNg fOr eArTh!!”
He is railing against the government giving certain people aid when it doesn’t benefit others, while accepting government aid that only benefits those in his state. Both situations are a financial crisis facing only one portion of this nation’s population. It’s blatant, textbook hypocrisy.
Well yes and no - if accepting the relief money wasn’t a point of criticism it wouldn’t be there.
When I look at this comic I see a weak whataboutism that should be avoided. “Student loans shouldn’t be forgiven!” - “But what about the hurricane relief??” - it’s a really bad rebuttal. And the fact that it’s depicted as a sly, behind the back transaction is further ridiculous. You know full well that people take this Facebook level shit out into the world and argue hurricane relief vs student loans just the same as the dumbasses that read a headline and trumpet the end of the world without actually reading that the meteor will pass by 760,000 miles away - all they read was “mEtEoR hEaDiNg fOr eArTh!!”
He is railing against the government giving certain people aid when it doesn’t benefit others, while accepting government aid that only benefits those in his state. Both situations are a financial crisis facing only one portion of this nation’s population. It’s blatant, textbook hypocrisy.
There, I’ve spelled it out for you.