01-20-2018 11:56 AM
#1051
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01-20-2018 12:06 PM
#1052
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Hahaha, no way. | |
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01-20-2018 12:07 PM
#1053
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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...cconnell-says/ | |
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01-20-2018 12:09 PM
#1054
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What's your point? |
01-20-2018 12:09 PM
#1055
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Remember when Obama sat down with a round table of Rs and all the brought in their defense was a stack of papers to say, "Who could understand this?" and Obama answered every one of their questions? | |
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01-20-2018 12:10 PM
#1056
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What's yours. Is Trump being dealt with unfairly? | |
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01-20-2018 12:10 PM
#1057
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I don't remember and I don't particularly care. We weren't talking about politicians. |
01-20-2018 12:11 PM
#1058
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01-20-2018 12:13 PM
#1059
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Absolutely. Turn on any mainstream media. Or examine any of the rationales provided against him. |
01-20-2018 12:14 PM
#1060
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01-20-2018 12:24 PM
#1061
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01-20-2018 12:25 PM
#1062
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01-20-2018 12:27 PM
#1063
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01-20-2018 12:31 PM
#1064
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01-20-2018 12:33 PM
#1065
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01-20-2018 12:36 PM
#1066
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01-20-2018 12:37 PM
#1067
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01-20-2018 12:43 PM
#1068
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Ahahahahhahaa fuck Obama, fuck DACA, Trump 2020 #MAGA so much winning can't stand it | |
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01-20-2018 12:45 PM
#1069
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01-20-2018 12:47 PM
#1070
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01-20-2018 12:50 PM
#1071
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Golem of the MAGA cult. | |
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01-20-2018 01:44 PM
#1072
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Happy Trump Day. | |
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01-20-2018 01:50 PM
#1073
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I wonder what the slogan is gonna be in 3 years. Keep America Great ? #KAG ? |
01-20-2018 05:44 PM
#1074
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The potential problem I see with this is that you essentially have a majority decide over the minority and while it's not impossible, it's definitely not self-evident that the majority will act with the best interests of the minority in mind. | |
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01-20-2018 06:20 PM
#1075
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01-20-2018 06:35 PM
#1076
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Are you saying that letting individuals and families and communities decide is disempowering minorities while having government decide is empowering minorities? I'm confused since the former is technically about minorities deciding while the latter is technically about the majority deciding (assuming democracy, which we do assume). |
01-20-2018 07:15 PM
#1077
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Not really, because while the political leaders are elected by majority they don't have to act in accordance with the majority on all issues. In contrast: people are more likely to be compassionate towards issues that affect them. This could be fine in some areas. It does not seem fine to me in areas where wealth affects your voting power and the amount of wealth you have inevitably effects your position on the subject. The person who has inherited a million dollars is overwhelmingly more likely to believe to be the master of his own destiny than a crack baby. | |
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01-22-2018 01:59 PM
#1078
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On the topic of who is playing the game smartly and who is not, the shutdown is a great example. The Dems stupidly tried to do something they don't even believe in (shutting government down). Why? Who knows, probably has to do with they saw the GOP do it a while back. So then when push came to shove, the Dems surrendered. |
01-22-2018 02:02 PM
#1079
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What I like is how the delete-media was never even on board in the first place. Whodathunk that an institution full of people who believe Government = Salvation would not favor shutting down the government? |
01-22-2018 02:05 PM
#1080
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It was revenge for the "shithole" comment. |
01-22-2018 02:10 PM
#1081
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01-22-2018 02:13 PM
#1082
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Zombie is as zombie does. | |
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01-22-2018 02:16 PM
#1083
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I just thought the characterization that he was sent to do stuff is funny. He seems perfectly capable of having his own opinions and motives. |
01-22-2018 02:22 PM
#1084
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01-22-2018 02:34 PM
#1085
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01-22-2018 02:36 PM
#1086
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01-22-2018 02:43 PM
#1087
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While I do agree that the base ideology of using government coercion to organize society is the root from which both of the western left/progressivism and communism/fascism emerge, proponents don't see it that way. |
01-22-2018 02:46 PM
#1088
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01-22-2018 02:47 PM
#1089
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FWIW, what I think I know of Spoon is that he's much more empathetic than his pseudo-trolling on this board suggests. |
01-22-2018 02:53 PM
#1090
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Yeah (obvious, actually, which is why my comment amuses me), but I no longer respect the commune as a place where adults exchange ideas in honest appreciation of each other, so I'm not interested in characterizing spoon as a whole individual, just as a caricature of something he isn't... | |
01-22-2018 03:20 PM
#1091
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The proponents only see it one of two ways.....either they are the puppet masters, and see that as a means to control a population, secure a voting base, and leverage it to maintain power. |
Last edited by BananaStand; 01-22-2018 at 03:29 PM. | |
01-22-2018 03:26 PM
#1092
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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/01/...roup-says.html |
01-22-2018 04:36 PM
#1093
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Yeah well, there are a lot of super basic things they don't understand, and that's a large part of where the zombie analogy comes from. | |
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01-22-2018 06:11 PM
#1094
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Were you reading it before you arrived? How about before Banana arrived? | |
Last edited by Poopadoop; 01-22-2018 at 06:17 PM. | |
01-22-2018 06:34 PM
#1095
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01-22-2018 06:43 PM
#1096
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01-22-2018 06:44 PM
#1097
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01-22-2018 06:49 PM
#1098
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The above exchange is spoon legit demonstrating empathy for me. I didn't take the Pollyanna comment as insulting, but an honest assessment from his POV, and not intended to insult. For crap's sake, I often wish I had more of a spine when it comes to trying to make the most of a crap situation, and he's definitely right that I do let people take advantage of me to the point of getting emotionally wrecked by it. | |
01-22-2018 06:59 PM
#1099
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Good post. |
01-22-2018 07:01 PM
#1100
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Spoon and I go back a few years. I'm not bothered by him, and don't think I ever really was. | |
01-22-2018 07:03 PM
#1101
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01-22-2018 07:18 PM
#1102
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01-22-2018 07:42 PM
#1103
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Last edited by spoonitnow; 01-22-2018 at 07:51 PM. | |
01-22-2018 07:50 PM
#1104
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Well now that MadMojoMonkey is done jerking me off, I guess I'll actually read your post here and give a response. | |
Last edited by spoonitnow; 01-22-2018 at 07:59 PM. | |
01-22-2018 07:57 PM
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Last edited by wufwugy; 01-22-2018 at 08:16 PM. | |
01-22-2018 07:59 PM
#1106
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01-22-2018 08:00 PM
#1107
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01-22-2018 08:07 PM
#1108
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01-22-2018 08:14 PM
#1109
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I had a real problem with this during the primary of Titanium Ted vs. El Blumpfo, or more like after Trump won. |
01-22-2018 08:18 PM
#1110
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Ya it is a bit sad that he shows you all kinds of respect in an attempt to get some of it back. And you just keep pulling the football away Lucy-style and he keeps wanting to think someday you'll stop. | |
01-22-2018 08:39 PM
#1111
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01-22-2018 08:47 PM
#1112
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I agree those are the most pivotal. |
01-22-2018 09:03 PM
#1113
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You got me all wrong, here. | |
01-22-2018 09:04 PM
#1114
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This is why you and I are okay, but other people and I are not okay. You can handle it because you care about being awesome, doing awesome shit and always trying to get better. Other people can't handle it because they're too busy trying to collect victim points. | |
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01-22-2018 09:23 PM
#1115
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01-22-2018 09:25 PM
#1116
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If we're all having a big circle jerk you can all say some nice things about me too. |
01-22-2018 09:26 PM
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01-22-2018 09:38 PM
#1118
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01-22-2018 11:35 PM
#1119
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01-22-2018 11:35 PM
#1120
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Hey so just in case you fucktards don't realize this, your facial features are strongly correlated to which side of the political spectrum you're drawn to, suggesting a very serious genetic component. | |
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01-22-2018 11:38 PM
#1121
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Well that's nonsense, but your political orientation is a trait you're more likely to pass on to your children than most physical traits and you might be confusing causation and correlation. | |
Last edited by oskar; 01-22-2018 at 11:47 PM.
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01-23-2018 12:01 AM
#1122
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It's not nonsense. Here's one example: | |
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01-23-2018 12:18 AM
#1123
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"While a person's "grooming style" also factored in to the computer algorithm, essentially suggesting gay women appeared more masculine and vice versa." | |
01-23-2018 07:15 AM
#1124
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01-23-2018 07:26 AM
#1125
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