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Started by BojackHorsefella, June 27, 2018, 02:59:34 PM

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Crewe

and not enough on the left to obstruct.
and I thought America was in bad shape yesterday....
I say it time and again, I swear Im on Biff Tannen's timeline.

TheNorm

My thoughts here because they haven't changed since I posted this hours ago, and I don't really give a damn about being civil anymore.

https://twitter.com/TheNorm41/status/1012038136694820864
https://twitter.com/TheNorm41/status/1012039078362144769
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity." - Martin Luther King, Jr

Crewe

Honest to goodness laughable that the GOP blocked Garland and are now set to have two selections.

Ive sincerely tried for two years to understand Trump supporters decisions and Im done as well.
The absolute worst part about this for me? Ive been against straight tickets since before I could vote. My dad was running for office and was supremely more qualified than his opponent and was washed away in the Reagan sweep. I swore I would never pull a straight ticket, but you know, Trump and the GOP are really making me consider it, seriously, and I will hate myself for it, but hey, fuck em. thats their motto, so its mine too.

BojackHorsefella

Quote from: Crewe on June 28, 2018, 12:03:49 PM
Honest to goodness laughable that the GOP blocked Garland and are now set to have two selections.

Ive sincerely tried for two years to understand Trump supporters decisions and Im done as well.
The absolute worst part about this for me? Ive been against straight tickets since before I could vote. My dad was running for office and was supremely more qualified than his opponent and was washed away in the Reagan sweep. I swore I would never pull a straight ticket, but you know, Trump and the GOP are really making me consider it, seriously, and I will hate myself for it, but hey, fuck em. thats their motto, so its mine too.

It's frightening, honestly. The real diehard Trump supporters just don't live in reality. They eat up every word like he's some sort of demagogue and I don't understand it. Of all people: Donald Trump?!

And even the "I'm a sensible Trump supporter" people, great, if you REALLY believe his economic policies are viable (they're not) or his tax cuts will help (they won't), but even if you believe they will, the things that he's doing, that these people are willing to overlook, are asinine. If you really think he can improve the economy and the job market and think that the trampling of rights for minorities, women, and LBGTQ is an acceptable trade-off, then I just don't know how to get through to someone like that.

And, what angers me the most, is the people who regret voting for Trump. As if they didn't know who he was before the election? COME ON!

Don't get me wrong, if the current elected Democrats had spines, we also might not be in this mess (Look, I voted for Hillary in the election although not the General, but still, she's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Trump but were there really no other candidates?). But, most of all, I hate that there's so many registered Dems that WANT the Democrats to have a more progressive, leftist agenda (whereas the GOP has gone FARRRRRRRRRRRRR right with little adversity from their constituents) and yet the Dems continue to be afraid.

I really hope Joe Crowley losing his seat to a young, female minority who's a Democratic Socialist is the start where the Democrats see they have to allow themselves to be the champions of progress, rather than continue the "we need to be civil" rhetoric. People are dying. Children are dying. In these cages, in our schools. The time for civility is done.

Crewe

#5
You know, I keep holding out hope, I really am. I want a civilized society, I want the Democrats to remain civil but we cant have that apparently.
Im really afraid we are headed to a pre civil war type government where decorum is long gone as is civility logic and the interests of the people.
And you're right, his policies are universally shit. He's broken every single moral and ethics code known to man. Every day I say to myself, what would happen if a Democrat had done just one single thing he's done? And how a man can bang a porn star while married to a pregnant wife is somehow forgivable by the so called party of God is awe inspiring. If that were Obama, this world would still be burning.
Policies aside, Im in wonderment as to how people overlook his mocking of handicapped people, POW's, women....well, you know.
I was talking to this one woman who was a Trumpie and I seriously wanted to just reach out and grab her by the pussy and remind her that her God said it was ok.

I also agree about the Democrats not stepping up and I really want to find some noble people to stand up and run our government but seriously, now, who the fuck would want to get in the middle of this bullshit?
I want a guy like Al Franken who resigned without being asked or pressured and even after being forgiven. I don't want a guy like Trump or Moore or any other guy who ignores every action of his but focuses on everyone else and then openly lies about it.

BojackHorsefella

I think Franken did have a lot of pressure, internally from Ds, to resign. They didn't have to "impeach" or "recall" him or anything, he did eventually choose to step down, but it wasn't an immediate thing. For what that matters.

BojackHorsefella

And now today, we've got a shooting at a newspaper in Maryland (something Milo called for his followers to do: http://amp.ktvu.com/news/milo-yiannopoulos-texts-about-gunning-journalists-down-2-days-before-capital-gazette-shooting?__twitter_impression=true, not too mention, you know, Trump and his rhetoric).

And 500+ people arrested at the protest at the Capitol. Arrested. 500+. For protesting.

This is the dystopia.

Crewe

Quote from: Bucfever on June 28, 2018, 04:35:16 PM
I think Franken did have a lot of pressure, internally from Ds, to resign. They didn't have to "impeach" or "recall" him or anything, he did eventually choose to step down, but it wasn't an immediate thing. For what that matters.

I didn't remember him being under pressure, well, except by extremists on the right who, not surprisingly failed to see the hypocrisy. But Ill defer since I don't remember that well.


Crewe

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Quote from: Bucfever on June 28, 2018, 05:33:47 PM
And now today, we've got a shooting at a newspaper in Maryland (something Milo called for his followers to do: http://amp.ktvu.com/news/milo-yiannopoulos-texts-about-gunning-journalists-down-2-days-before-capital-gazette-shooting?__twitter_impression=true, not too mention, you know, Trump and his rhetoric).

And 500+ people arrested at the protest at the Capitol. Arrested. 500+. For protesting.

This is the dystopia.

"I can't wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight," he told the Observer over text message, published on Tuesday.
And it happens, and now says he is not responsible and somehow people are unjustly calling him out for it. He even states point blank he doesn't regret what he said. I mean, honestly, Im being serious, how can anyone sign off on this guy or his cult?
I dunno, maybe Im missing context or something, I give up

Re: Protestors; this too is crazy. 500 people. If you arrested 50 republican protestors the world would be ablaze

BojackHorsefella

Aka, the fall, when they're saying Mueller will present his findings.

How are we supposed to survive... EVERYTHING?

BojackHorsefella

We've reached the part of the day where I have to get off Twitter because I'm at peak panic.

Crewe

Every day I say no way yesterday's madness can be topped, but yet it is, every single day.
Ive never wanted 4 years to go by so fast in my life and that counts the four leading up to becoming legal drinking age.  8)

rollntider




BojackHorsefella

Quote from: rollntider on June 28, 2018, 08:41:10 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S88i1eWNhPM

We must secure is now Nazi talk?

I enjoy that you ignored the rest of the context provided. Plus, you know, every other Nazi dogwhistle this administration has set off since coming into power.