***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[combo gd]

At this point in my life, I am watching the game from the sidelines. My entire family is very informed, very healthy, and very aware of the intentional witchcraft and intentional cognitive dissonance that our government intentionally attempts to instill in its citizens.... all of "witch" intentionally leads to dis-ease. I know the economic and social impact that will occur the moment that enough people at the bottom realize that the mental of the masses was intentionally mis-governed, was intentionally misinformed, and that themselves and their families had to work to pay for medicine from demonic capitalists that intentionally caused pain and death. Even though I was intentionally mis-governed, intentionally misinformed, and unconsciously paid for medicine from demonic capitalists that was intended to cause me pain and my death... I do not seek vengeance. What I will do though is continue to watch... continue to see others become properly informed... and prepare for all that will come with the revealing of the truth.

 

[plansb]

Here we go.

 

[keko jones]

And if it was his, who cares?

The only reason someone cares is because the Media told them to do so.

It's as ridiculous as Obama's suit color.

 

[gry60]

King Mierdas

 

[gry60]

(thread)

Lots of good replies there.

This one makes the CNN headline look even worse:

 

[IATT]

the current governor is republican.....

 

[blastercombo]

I'm still a Braves fan, despite the loss to the Dodgers this past season.

Politics isn't sports. But tons of people still support Trump despite his loss. But I am not one of them.

The idea that you have to stop supporting someone, because they lost, is ridiculous. I chose to stop supporting Trump--period.

What exactly would you support with him now? Oh, nothing because he’s not president anymore.

 

[plansb]

She really is a vile beast. Good lord she makes me want to vomit.

 

[IATT]

 

[dwalk31]

What exactly would you support with him now? Oh, nothing because he’s not president anymore.

A second term...

Was that a serious question?

 

[blastercombo]

Ironically enough, Dana white supports that the election was stolen

 

[blastercombo]

A second term...

Was that a serious question?

He’s not running right now is he? If he won you would still be supporting him. Again, as soon as he lost you jumped ship. You’re a joke


Let me guess


“define lost”

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[IATT]

 

[keko jones]

A second term...

Was that a serious question?

You're a wild man bro.

 

[DLF]

Hey look the start to another week without Trump as your president...

Don’t remind me.

goons moved in next door and cops didn’t answer when I called to report their low pant wearing kids was c walking in his backyard

 

[Air Champa]

I'm just gonna assume if I ever hear someone talking about "both sides!" they're a Republican at this point.

the current governor is republican.....

Same old, same old. Culture wars and the scary radical left. Can't none of these people run on anything of substance. They know if they did try that and everyone sees how bad their ideas are, they'll lose in a landslide.

Censorship is when the government is silencing its people. Not "Twitter won't let me incite riots and murder anymore and it ain't fair!"

Damn man. I don't even like most Democrats. But considering just how much more terrible Republicans are, I'll probably be voting Democrat for a very long time.

 

[dwalk31]

You're a wild man bro.

I no longer support Trump, period. But to pretend that there aren't people who do is silly.

To act like you can no longer support a candidate after they lose an election is beyond absurd.

 

[dwalk31]

He’s not running right now is he? If he won would still be supporting him. Again, as soon as he lost you jumped ship. You’re a joke


Let me guess


“define lost”

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Get some coffee man

 

[KHUFU]

the current governor is republican.....

He isn’t white enough. They need someone so white in that seat, that Black people need to get visions of lynchings, with white people standing around in the picture. That will bring the unity that white people want.

 

[wavycrocket]

They acting up lately

 

[Methodical Management]

They say “print is dead,” but not before it killed irony. Imagine laundering synthetic class animus talking points from the Caddyshack 2 villains in the guise of legitimate news.

“Don’t let those out of touch limousine liberals tell you what to think! They don’t know what it’s like to struggle!”

By all means: report the news, hold powerful people accountable regardless of allegiance... but don’t act like it’s a neutral decision to devote inches to “old man has fancy watch”, “person wears designer clothes in magazine cover shoot,” and, in the case of the guy who shops at the original Burlington Coat Factory, “mayor participates in a sister city program endorsed by President Ronald Reagan to promote peace during the Cold War” as though they were bona fide political scandals just because some perpetually apoplectic right wing cranks can find nothing better to gripe about. (This isn't to say that there is nothing legitimate to criticize - only that the Republicans crying for "fairness" wanted to slime President Obama over the tan suit and coffee cup salute, not for his coddling of big banks/tech monopolists, predilection for drone warfare, or inability to shutter Gitmo, all of which they favored.)

Deciding what’s worth covering is an editorial decision, and choosing to give “equal time” to specious reactionary grievances regardless of what’s going on in the world is an editorial slant, not a level playing field.

Thirty to forty million Americans face eminent threat of eviction during a pandemic, and here they are trying to gin up outrage clicks on Facebook over a something something Times best-selling author’s possession of a $2,500 exercise bike. Had it been a Techno-Gym, surely that would’ve been grounds for impeachment.

It's especially rich (no pun intended) coming from a media outlet headquartered in its own building in mid-town Manhattan, within days of them giving that same Peloton bicycle a positive review in their online affiliate link generator, "Wirecutter."

The NYT is like a movie studio that funds "prestige pictures" to put a halo over all their offensive, braindead blockbusters. They sell investigative journalism and tote bags for the subs, clickbait/affiliate shilling for the digital revenue.

I called Trump out throughout his presidency.

The word you're looking for here is "supported." You supported Donald Trump throughout his presidency.

That you managed to eep out some simpering "I've always said he could do better with some of the things he says and does" posts dripping with Droopy Dog energy over the course of his historically disastrous term hardly qualifies as "calling him out." You may as well have whispered your criticism into your pillow at night.

What you couldn't defend, you merely dismissed as tolerable imperfections. (Until the moment he lost, at which point it was all just a terrible "mistake.")

You like to pick and choose when you take my word for it. When I said I supported Trump you believed me. Now that I say I don’t you conveniently distrust it. Either I’m a liar or I’m not.

Oh?
Did I say you were a liar?


How else could you know?

Here again you give him the benefit of the doubt with his motives.

When did he start using it? Let me guess: you don't remember and you won't do the research. That's everyone else's job.

And the Crime Bill was a valid critique.

The crime bill was a valid reason to oppose Biden's candidacy in the primaries you didn't vote in. It's not a valid excuse to oppose his candidacy in a general election against an overt racist who ran a "law and order" campaign, called for state violence against those who protested police brutality, supported the death penalty even for drug offenders, refused to accept the innocence of the Central Park Five even after their exoneration, supported private prisons, used family separation and forced sterilization as an immigration deterrent, disrespected late civil rights icon John Lewis, and tapped WILLIAM "THE CASE FOR MORE INCARCERATION" BARR to head the DOJ. But you already know that. You just used it as chaff to give yourself cover.

If you actually cared about criminal justice reform as much as you'd like us to believe, you would've voted like it.

I posted jobs reports, without comment.

Let's not pretend that the posting of links in general is performed without intent. You posted links in service to your narrative and in support of your worldview. You're accusing IATT of doing the same.
Remember this refrain? "Was anyone convicted?" That's not a "taunt?"

If you're tired of getting dunked on, might I suggest that you've been defending the wrong goal, and far less ably than you'd prefer to believe.

I can’t imagine how any of this would be self-serving for me.

Really? You can't imagine how constantly attempting to disguise cynical opportunism as noble might benefit you? Perhaps that's because you don't have to imagine it.

It has spiraled despite me explaining that it had nothing to do with defending Trump in the very next post.

Why would you even mention that the article didn't use the term "lie" in your response if not to needle the poster whose "taunts" so clearly have begun to irritate you?

Both his post and yours seemed like an obvious callback to your longstanding dispute over previous attempts to deflect/minimize right-wing "mistruthfulness" via the Costanza doctrine.

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[blastercombo]

Get some coffee man

Zero response right? Again, this isn’t a discussion or debate. You’ll be clowned for your YEARS of support every time you say anything in here. You’ve made enough dumb comments to mock for years

 

[IATT]