This reminds me of my life.

They’ll say it would be worse with a Democrat.

Exactly. Every single person involved in this should be charged with treason.

Found the racist

Yeah, America is fucked, and Texas is one of the most fucked up states in the whole country.

I think he literally couldn’t bring himself to make the apology, though. He’s way too much of a narcissist.

It’s okay to just say Republicans instead of low-information voters, since the Venn diagram for them is a circle.

I’d love to be able to vote for her for President some day.

Just curious, are you using DDNS or do you have a static IP?

I believe he falls in the category of one of the morons with a gun.

Once again, you’re not fighting corporations, owners, “the man”, etc. You’re hurting workers.

That is true. I’m really only talking about America in this context.

You’re the one who’s convinced himself that he’s justified in forcing people to work without pay, because you’ve decided it shouldn’t be the way it really is. In other words, a real (entitled) goddamn asshole. If there’s a hell, I sincerely hope that you end up in it, being forced to work for free every day for eternity. It’s what you’ve done to others, so you’ve fucking earned it.

Until the shareholders demand more.

I basically agree with your point of view, but the fact of the matter is that the way servers are paid is an exception to the rule. It’s unlike other businesses, and even on a federal level the wage laws are different specifically for servers.

It’s an issue that’s a lot more complex to solve than just stiffing your server and saying, “I’ve done my part to fix things!”

Do you work for free? What if someone came to the place where you work and demanded that you work for them for free? Because that’s exactly what you’re doing to servers in America if you aren’t tipping them, and I can assure you that no one on the planet wants to work without pay. It is not a personal opinion, it’s an objective fact.

Also, I’d like to point out the hilarious irony of you making a blanket statement about all Americans by claiming that’s what Americans do. The projection is palpable.

I was never trying to justify the arrangement where the employer doesn’t pay the employee. However, the reality of the situation is that it doesn’t happen that way. In the U.S., at least, servers make their living almost exclusively by being tipped. Yeah, it’s shitty of employers not to offer a better wage, but it’s equally shitty for people to go to restaurants–fully aware that servers need tips to make ends meet–without tipping servers.

Why am I not surprised with your total lack of empathy?

If you don’t like tipping and actually believe that people should be paid for the work they do, then don’t eat at restaurants. Show those restaurant owners why they should pay people, and be the change you want to see in the world. Otherwise, you’re just an asshole.

Dude… both sides are absolutely not the same. Just look at the policies each side is trying to implement. On one hand, you’ve got Democrats trying to do things like forgive student debt and raise the minimum wage. On the other, you’ve got Republicans focusing almost solely on a culture war they’ve started just because they hate people who are different than they are.

I could go on and on with examples here. While it’s true that people parrot things they’re told to believe by the media (like pretty much everyone who watches Fox and actually believes it’s real news).

Our current Republican party has zero plans to actually help anyone they supposedly represent. It’s insane to me that anyone could look at what they’re doing and think it’s somehow beneficial to society…but I guess that’s because I don’t think of hurting people as a way to make my own life better.

The problem is that we’re at a point where Republicans are not hesitating to lie, cheat, and steal their way to power. They have demonstrated quite clearly that they no longer have an interest in playing fair.

We need Democrats who aren’t afraid to fight back or we’ll lose our Democracy in America and eventually fall to fascism.

There may not be a good ending here, but it’s time to draw a line in the sand.