A Platypus swims up to a flock of waddling ducks.

Platypus: Hey guys, mind if I join your little group here?

Duck: Uh..., you're not a duck.

Platypus: What do you mean? I have duck bill, web feet and I lay eggs.

Duck: That doesn't make you a duck.

Platypus: I identify as a duck.

Duck: So?

Platypus: So, you're a Platypusphobe?

Duck: Oh, so now you're a platypus?

Platypus: Well..., everyone changes their affiliation based on convenience. I bet if you were a turkey on Thanksgiving, you would claim to be a duck.

Duck: No one does that.

Turkey: Hey, guys! What's happening?

Duck: What are you doing here?

Turkey: What do you mean? November is right around the corner and I figured I get an early start and join my fellow ducks.

Duck: Yeah, but you're not a duck?

Turkey: What do you mean? I joined the coalition last week.

Duck: What coalition? We don't have a coalition!

Platypus: I started the coalition last week. We have a flag and everything?

Duck: What's this coalition about?

Platypus: It's an alliance of distinct animal factions that wish to participate in the benefits of being a duck.

Duck: What benefits?

Turkey: The benefit of not being eaten on Thanksgiving, for one.

Duck: That's not a..., ducks get eaten too, you know? Have you ever heard of Peking Duck?

Platypus: You know what your problem is? You have duck privilege.

Duck: What?

Chicken: Hey, guys...

Duck: Wait..., don't tell me..., you're a duck too...

Chicken: Damn, right. Costco's been rotisserieing chickens like crazy.

Duck: I take it you joined the coalition...

Chicken: Yeah, just last week. How did you know?

Duck: Just a wild guess.

Chicken: We have an acronym, a flag and everything?

Duck: Acronym?

Chicken: Yeah, PTC. And we add a letter every time a new group joins.

Duck: That doesn't... What does your flag look like?

Platypus: It's a big, black, plus sign on a white field.

Turkey: Yeah, the background is white.

Duck: That's it?

Chicken: Yup.

Duck: No colors? There's a rainbow of colors you could have picked from.

Chicken: They were already taken. Besides, we like our flag and the coalition is great!

Duck: What's so great about it?

Chicken: Well..., our flag is a big plus...

Duck: That's not..., look..., platypus..., you can't be a duck. You don't have any feathers.

Platypus: Scientists and doctors have figured that out. All it takes is a little operation.

Duck: But you don't have any wings!!!

Platypus: Scientists and doctors....

Duck: But you won't be able to fly!

Platypus: So? There are ducks that are not able to fly due to injury or deformity and they are still considered ducks.

Duck: Well..., Yeah, but... genetics...

Platypus: WE ARE DUCKS!!!

Turkey: Yeah! End of discussion.

Chicken: You should be quiet. You don't want to get cancelled, do you?

Duck: What? You can't...

Platypus: Watch us. Come on guys, let's get the flock out of here.

As of this writing, Chicken has won the Duck of the Year Award and ran for office in California ;)

Turkey Lives Matter ;)

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, check it's DNA ;)

You all know that there's someone you would love to shoot. Whether that person is a conservative or a lib, you just want them dead and gone from your life ;)

Why haven't I been canceled after all these years of me having an extreme point of view? Could it be that somewhere deep down inside you people agree with me ;)

The only thing that keeps me going in this upside-down world is the fact that it will all be over soon. As it was pointed out in another post, I'm elderly. I've been outed ;)

People who want other people to bend over backwards in order to accommodate their view of life... shot. Put that person out of their misery. Hell!!! I should be shot for forcing my views on all of you!!! Put me out of my misery ;)

Women who want abortions and who live in a state where abortions are not allowed and who cannot afford to go to another state to get an abortion and who cannot afford to raise a child... shot. Put her out of her misery ;)

This fixes homelessness. Those people are suffering. Put them out of their misery. ;)

We let the states decide and if you live in a state that does not allow abortions and you want an abortion, you travel to a state that allows it and have it done there. If you're too poor to travel to another state, you're probably too poor to pay for an abortion and too poor to afford a child and you should be shot for being a burden to society. ;)

We draw a big line down the middle of the country and put the pro-life people on one half and the other people on the other half and wherever you live, that's your lot unless you manage to get to the other side ;)

Or we can switch every X-number of years. So for X-Years it is legal and for the next X-Years it is not and we just keep on switching back and forth like that ;)

We can kill both parties for creating a situation that divides the rest of us ;)

How about forced celibacy until 2 people agree what is to be done in the event of a pregnancy. If there's no contract between the parties, she has to carry till full term and he has to pay child support and they both due 9 months in jail until the baby is born ;)

Better yet, we cut the baby in half and give each parent their half to do with as they wish ;)

So..., who are the hypocrites?

If a woman says, "All I want equality is equality with men. But if I get pregnant and I want the baby I want him to pay child support for 18 years!!! And, if I don't want the baby and he does I don't have to carry the baby for 9 months!!!"

Does the baby not belong to 2 people (i.e., the parents)? Where is the father's choice? Where is the Equality?

I have a modest proposal. She has to carry the baby full term and then give the baby up in order to feed the homeless ;)

I knew it !!! ;)

Not if you do not want to spontaneously combust ;)

Let's see how far this Cancel Culture will get ;)

They claim to be "Woke" but when you consider their plan to make the world a better place you quickly realize that they are dreaming ;)

I find that the less I care about, the happier I am ;)

I probably should have titled this: Has cancel culture met its match? ;)

Are any of you riled up yet ;)

Some people just want to see the world burn ;)

LoL. This site wants people to stir the pot and get people riled up. I try to do that and stay out of the fray ;)

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. Remember happy Feet when the one penguin says, "Stop hugging me." and the other penguin says, "Nah, you like it." Well..., hug a white supremacist racist. It makes them feel uncomfortable ;)

Like I said, I'm not taking a hard stance one way or the other. I'm more concerned about rush-hour traffic ;)

Anyone taking a hard stance one way or the other, has an agenda; an ulterior motive ;)

Pffft ;)

I'm joe_cavalry and I support this message ;)

I'm joe_cavalry and I support this message ;)

Or pick this side for support. It just doesn't matter ;)

Pick this side for support ;)

You can be whatever famous composer you want to be ;)

Shouldn't he at least have gotten the American civilians out first ;)

Shouldn't he at least have gotten the American civilians out first ;)

A Worker Reads History

Who built the seven gates of Thebes?

The books are filled with names of kings.

Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?

And Babylon, so many times destroyed.

Who built the city up each time? In which of Lima's houses,

That city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?

In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished

Where did the masons go? Imperial Rome

Is full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom

Did the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.

Were all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend

The night the seas rushed in,

The drowning men still bellowed for their slaves.

Young Alexander conquered India.

He alone?

Caesar beat the Gauls.

Was there not even a cook in his army?

Phillip of Spain wept as his fleet

was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears?

Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War.

Who triumphed with him?

Each page a victory

At whose expense the victory ball?

Every ten years a great man,

Who paid the piper?

So many particulars.

So many questions.

;)

Interpret this debate any way you want ;)

Oh, and here's another ;)

https://twitter.com/TheOfficerTatum

White people who do not follow that list also have a chance of getting shot ;)

Here's a link from a REAL black person who does not feel oppressed ;)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY-xsfMg0TKz-gwQOMhcWA

I only did it because I was sitting at home with nothing better to do and I was bored. Then, when I was supposed to get my second shot, I didn't get it because I was doing something that was far more entertaining ;)

Sounds like you finally clamed the fuck down ;)

Calm down and Chive on ;)

Why else would they design clothes for women with "fake" pockets ;)

I think that what happened was that the Israelites moved in. Then the Palestinians said, "This is our land." And the Israelites said, "Where did you get it from?" And the Palestinians said, "From our forefathers." And the Israelites said, "And where did they get it from?" And the Palestinians said, "From their forefathers." And the Israelites said, "And where did they get it from?" And the Palestinias said, "They fought for it." Then the Israelites said, "We'll fight you for it." ;)

Liberalism ;)

People like what they have become accustomed to ;)

Maybe they see how people in the "developed" world live and they don't want that ;)

You may not agree with me but that's how I make it ;)

I realize that it was a different time/era ;)

Especially that Marcel Marceau som' bitch! ;)

Yes, but racists are people too and they have rights so we have to learn to get along with them ;)

Change is inevitable ;)

For a minute I thought I created this debate. Well played ;)

I could use the cash ;)

I could use the cash ;)

That's how I understand it ;)

Sure. People love dogs and people consider themselves superior to dogs ;)

The lord won't. It's the other assholes that add to it ;)

I know, right? Also, I don't like the word, "kidnap." It sounds too evil. I prefer the term, "surprise adoption." ;)

I think you may be right. I've been cooped up inside the house far too long. Maybe I have cabin fever ;)

Not sure what that means. Maybe point out a nasty post ;)

Absolutely ;)

I find it funny that people have a strong preference even for olives ;)

I don't think my posts are particularly nasty ;)

Well..., I would imagine the kidnapers would have to pay my family for them to take me back ;)

Do you think they're coming to take me away ;)

Do you mean you throw up a little ;)

Not sure if this is politically correct ;)

Or am I ;)

I'm kidding ;)

Well..., that's good ;)

Well..., that's good ;)

So..., what did I do that I need to either look over my shoulder or stand up for ;)

Interesting. If you believe in life after death and understand the vastness of the universe, you should be able to see how meaningless it all seems ;)

I'll probably be dead soon so..... ;)

You need the thieves/activists to keep the super rich in check ;)

Also, Marx was right in that if the upper class doesn't appease the lower class, the lower class will rise up. And this alphabet thing may be start. I think we're in for a wild ride and entertainment ;)

Well...., I don't think the problem is "freedom, capitalism, planning for the future, and showing up for work on time." I think it's more about the sharing and distribution of power ;)

They say membership has its privileges so...., what has that gotten you ;)

What is BIPOC and BAME ;)

I'm not white ;)

They're fuckers ;)

So they can cheat and steal elections ;)

I hope they save a letter for me ;)

LoL ;)

That thing is starting to look like an alphabet soup ;)

Yeah, I guess that's how it works ;)

Well...., that's just you ;)

Are libs allowed to make fun of fat people ;)

Pretty much..., yeah ;)

Maybe the Super Straights should join LGBTQ for protection ;)

Can't we just have transgender people, gay people, bi-sexual people, straight people and the Super version of each one of those and just leave it at that. Why do we have to start adding the phobic postfix. I mean, things confusing enough as it is ;)

All I know is that we should label libs so that we can get them all riled up and it helps if they label themselves ;)