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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 09:25 | ||
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20616 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 09:52 | ||
This is amusing to me as I know blacks, gays, Latinos, Muslins, liberals, socialists, self identified rednecks, white supremacists, Skin heads etc., etc.. These people are not as alien to me as they once were.
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 10:01 | ||
I don't personally know any white supremacists or skinheads.
I don't want to either. I don't respect them or anyone who votes for them either.
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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 10:21 | ||
Only medical passed here in FL. Maybe can claim Trump related stress? Though in all reality Trump is becoming what many of us theorized, a normal republican. He's filled his team with lobbyists (lol so much for that campaign promise) and just named the head of the RNC to chief of staff. Keeps talking about Gingrich.... All the poor fools that honestly wanted/believed he'd "Drain the swamp" have wasted their votes. Many wont even realized it, somehow they can blame the Democrats. Even Trump's recent statement on not challenging the gay marriage decision, I'm sure they can spin into Democrats fault It's kinda funny that all these people have wasted their vote, though also painful...many truly believed he would bring back jobs, help out these people hurting. At least all the alt righters can be let down. He wont laugh as the world burns, nor will he stick his middle finger to the establishment. Hell, he's actually asking his supporters to stop with racist attacks (granted that is like trying to put everything back in Pandora's Box). Now that Trump is gunna be a lot less "funny" they will be let down. Well probably not, memes never die. Hopefully they will go back to their caves and fight these wars on tumblr and reddit against the "regressive left" and leave real life alone. Edited by JJLehto - November 14 2016 at 10:28 |
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timothy leary
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 10:38 | ||
I am with you on this one. I just want them to crawl back under the rocks they belong under.
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 10:54 | ||
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 12:21 | ||
You have no idea whatsoever how conservative (especially socially) the average person is, because (unlike liberals) conservatives aren't willing to ruin friendships over politics so they keep their mouths shut & their facebook posts apolitical. The fact that the media narrative is 100% liberal, including entertainment TV and movies, just reinforces the progressive echo chamber.
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 13:04 | ||
Oh the guy in Canada understand the US better than none.
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timothy leary
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 13:11 | ||
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 13:15 | ||
Edited by The T - November 14 2016 at 13:23 |
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progaardvark
Collaborator Crossover/Symphonic/RPI Teams Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Sea of Peas Status: Offline Points: 51474 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 13:18 | ||
It must smell nice in that bubble you live in. From out here it smells like a raging potato salad urinating all over the back seat of a 1974 Ford Maverick.
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lazland
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13721 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 14:13 | ||
Blimey. Are potato salads capable of urinating? Are raging potato salads urinating worse than ordinary ones? Is it worse on the back seat than the front? Would it make any difference in a 1976 Capri? I think we should be told |
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20616 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 14:14 | ||
As a side bar, let me tell you about a racist friend of mine that I know through the music biz for almost 35 years. We used to call him "Golden Ear" because of his uncanny ability to determine frequencies almost completely by ear. A valuable tool for a recording engineer. "Golden Ear" and I, naturally, have had a tempestuous relationship. However, over time, and long discussions over such matters, the man lightened up, changed many of his outlooks and even voted for Obama for President. Twice! But without my initial acceptance of him, this type of relationship could never had happened. And it was not all one way either. I was an on the fence agnostic that became an atheist due to many of his arguments and views on the subject. Can this happen with other racists? I don't know but having a truly respectful dialogue just might help.
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 14:49 | ||
e.g.
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The T
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 15:04 | ||
What...
Oh this is supposed to prove something. Direct from the Sean Hannity school of proving sh*t.
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micky
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46838 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 15:05 | ||
'stop it' enough said... ahhh.. thanks for that Donald. Just a bit too late on that... One is blind or stupid if one doesn't don't realize or accept that racism.. was very much at the heart of Trump's campaign and those he was appealing to.. that is NOT the same as saying all were... sure there were some that actually thought some silver spoon motherf**ker cares about you are me....but you bet your sweet ass he played to the racists and bigots. Played to their fear of a non white.. non Christian nation. If you know anything about politics you know that is page 1 in the Republican play book going back to Willie Horton and black men raping your white women. Also....You were blind or ignorant.. or just some white kid with no life experience if you didn't realize his campaign rhetoric was geared to playing upon his supporters fear.. and of course it has come to roost.. it isn't liberal bias that made Trump come out today and plead for his supporters to 'stop it'. If that was his vision of making America great? Well... I'm not sure if made national news.. but the high schools students here in the D.C area left school in the middle of day and blocked local traffic in protest of Trump... and why did they.. it was ALL about the racism he fed upon. Good for you all.... so yeah.. tell me how that makes America great. |
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rushfan4
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66374 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 15:12 | ||
The second thing that Trump does after becoming president is eliminate the Estate tax. i.e. preserves his family at least 1/2 a billion dollars in Estate taxes that they might otherwise be subject to upon his death. One might think that this is well worth becoming president and only getting paid $1 per year.
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micky
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46838 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 15:12 | ||
the right wing bubble.. the haven't progressed to reading.. only looking at the pretty pictures I suppose. Look at the little itty bitty spot of northern Virginia..... that is half a million votes for Clinton over Trump. I saw the final numbers today. .wow... turn out here was over 80% of elligible voters.. remember the educated do vote more.. they know what is at stake.. and they did deliver Virginia... I was looking over some returns in Texas... oh sure Trump won them.... they have less than 100 votes on that note.... it does seem Hillary really blew it by ignoring the rural voters... oh sure Repblicans win there.. but instead of the number 2-1 losses... it was 3-1.. approaching 4-1.. and that was likely what drove some states red... unlike Viriginia which Clinton held her own in the sticks... that became too much for even the populous areas to overcome. |
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A Person
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 10 2008 Location: __ Status: Offline Points: 65760 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 15:45 | ||
Since this is the only active politics thread I have to post this here:
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Gamemako
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 31 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1184 |
Posted: November 14 2016 at 16:37 | ||
Most people don't ruin friendships over politics, or even avoid politics for fear of doing so. Most people can and do discuss politics without descending into histrionics. I have Facebook friends on both sides of the fence here, and neither side are presently avoiding politics in their posts. The targets of hateful messages are invariably the other: the faceless mass or the singular human representation of a party's perceived weaknesses. It's easy to hate on people you haven't met and will never meet. They aren't even people, per se, they're just a haphazard amalgam of stereotypes given a name for easy reference. Your friends, however, are people whose names, faces, and families you know. There's a context that softens every disagreement. My brother will never be convinced that I support a candidate with anything but the best intentions for our country. On the topic of media, mainstream media is fairly accurate and therefore quite boring. I discussed with a few co-workers today the lifestyles of people in different regions, specifically as it pertained to the desolate state of Wyoming. Unless you have good reason to leave your home, you'll often never experience a way of life beyond the one in which you were raised. Most people go to colleges or universities within their own state, and often those which are simply those closest to their hometowns. In the end, most of us live in a bubble. In most cases, we are willing to acknowledge that and endeavor to accommodate others. Nevertheless, for some reason, there's this crazy notion within political rhetoric about who the truer Scotsman is. The question is what our next generation of leaders will do with this situation: whether we embrace the diversity of our backgrounds and humbly forge our shared future, or whether we continue to proclaim ourselves kings upon our molehills and decree royal judgment over the kingdoms of our countrymen. |
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