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Elephants and Jackasses...

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. NatCH

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    Touché. But also, that whole quote is Van Jones saying “he became presidential, and furthermore, fuck that guy.”
     
  2. Revengeofthenerds

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    CA rep Devin nunes leaving house to become CEO of trump’s media thing which is somehow still a thing
     
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    Going with the theme of "boarding a sinking ship" it was revealed today that this same media venture is under SEC investigation.
     
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    This paragraph really sums up how I've been feeling about, well, pretty much any time an old white person uses the word "woke"

    https://www.salon.com/2021/12/10/th...-losing--its-are-winning-them-over-with-lies/
     
  5. Nettdata

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    I'm just not convinced it matters in any real sense. To the degree that the "anti-woke" crowd is correct, they're mildly right about mild annoyances. And given that "mildly right" pairs with "mostly wrong", they're not even a net benefit on the specific issue, much less the broader array of horrific policies that go with the people that end up being elected under these banners.
     
  7. Crown Royal

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    I knew her name sounded familiar. I’m glad she found a “news” outlet worthy of her credibility.
     
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    Shit man, even the guy with his name on the website was all in on "asshole Duke lacrosse exploiting a sex worker". Then the facts came out and opinions changed.
     
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    Didn't look at the author. When she's right, she's right.
     
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    TL;DR of the article: “Boo-hoo people don’t like progressive policies and I’m sad about it.”
     
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    What policies? No one is talking about actual policy, that's the point.
     
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    But that’s really what it comes down to in the end, or maybe “issues/values” rather than “policies”. The suggestions that they need to double-down on the messaging to make it more effective is pretty funny.
     
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    What values? What messaging?
     
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    You’ll have to ask she/her, I’m paraphrasing the end of she/her article.
     
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    Newsome took the new Texas abortion laws and applied the lawsuit logic to people who distribute and manufacture guns (not owners). So if you sell anything illegal or unregistered, you can be sued for it if it comes back to you.
     
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    It was inevitable. SCOTUS left a loophole the size of the Suez Canal in the Constitution. Someone was bound to wedge an Ever Given in there.
     
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    Texas set the precedent, you don’t get to have it both ways.
     
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    If politics is now shitty reality tv, this is the mid-season twist that leaves a bunch of these morons crying in front of the camera.

    I've been less entertained.
     
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    The best thing about it is that nobody even has the right to complain about it. It’s not going after gun owners at all, just whoever sells or makes them. If you’re a responsible and safe person like everyone says they are, there’s no reason to worry.

    The NRA is whining about it, but fuck them.
     
    #18680 Crown Royal, Dec 14, 2021
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