you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

That's an example used in the OP meme, but the context still suggest all those other things, too. That's what the "news is always like" part is. You can replace wheel chair access with all sorts of things and the meme would still ring true.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] -30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The context of this thread is my criticism of that example.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Finland did not in fact make ice cream free, but you don't challenge that. This is a meme, it could have said anything that sounds grotesquely arbitrary and callous, like banning left handed scissors, even if two-handed tools are probably more easily available in America than in many other parts of the world, perhaps even Finland.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] -16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Except the OP's point would be much better made by criticizing something the US doesn't actually do pretty well at.

    Wouldn't it?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No. It would be weakened. The point is America is taking things we're good at and rolling them back. It loses its point if you pick something we've always been bad at.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments