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  1. 1 hour ago, EMAWesome said:

    Maybe focus a little more on the American part of peoples backgrounds a less on the (fill in the blank) hyphen part of their background?

    That would make much more sense of the hyphen part didn't get Americans tossed in detention for almost a month because they don't seem American-y enough....

    https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/23/detained-american-citizen-border-immigration-1428424

    It would make much more sense if the hyphen part didn't get the president telling people they should GTFO out of their country.

    It would make more sense if the hyphen part didn't cause Americans to be verbally and physically assaulted, and murdered, while they are going about their daily lives.

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    Two men were fatally stabbed and another wounded after being attacked by a man whom they confronted once he began yelling racist comments at two teenagers on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, on Friday. One of the teenagers was Muslim and wearing a hijab, while the other was black. Fifty-three-year-old Army veteran Ricky John Best, a father of four, died at the scene, while 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, a recent college graduate, died after being transported to a local hospital. A third man, 21-year-old Micah David-Cole Fletcher is recovering from serious wounds he received during the attack. 

    We can go on like this for days.

    It's easy to say "stop focusing on the hyphen" when you don't have a hyphen that makes you a target.  If you REALLY mean that, than what you MEANT to say is that "focus on making sure society doesn't hurt Americans because of a hyphen in front of their name."  But you don't mean that.  You don't mean that at all.

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  2. 1 minute ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    Exactly.  I'm amazed at how spineless the Dems are.  Leaderless and spineless.  

    This.  When folks say "both parties are the same," if they are referring to the "gutless coward" aspect of the parties....I agree 100%.

  3. 16 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    Maybe not the best thread to post this but I can't find any better ones either.  Bold type are my highlights of this piece.

     

    https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/08/17/the-dangers-of-illiberal-liberalism?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/thedangersofilliberalliberalismopenfuture

     

     

     

     

    16 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    These key tropes—“we will not tolerate” and “this is not a debate”—are now frequently deployed to curtail discussion of issues deemed to be taboo

     

    17 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    This secular version of blasphemy follows a sacred script

     

    17 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    calling for official censure against anyone perceived as uttering [differing] views

     

    18 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    “anyone who doesn’t puppet their views is seen as an apostate, a heretic or a traitor”

    What I find fascinating is that you, an unwavering fan of a man who has repeatedly condemned as traitors and told them to leave the country four women who dare not share thoughtless and naked wrapped-in-the-flag "patriotism," posted thoughts like this.  Truly amazing.  

    You can't help but make yourself look like a fool, can you?

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  4. 1 minute ago, RomaVicta said:

    Brisket,

    I don't know. I do think that the time for action is now. Tamely playing politics, at this point, legitimizes Trump's actions and sets a horrible precedent for what presidents can do.

    Time to fight now. The facts are right there. If no one on the other side changes their mind, I don't care in my calculation. Fight now. Fight hard. Win or lose, it's the best decision.

    I'm there. I don't think passive strategies have any chance of good outcome. Fascism is at our door.

    Trump delenda est.

    GOP delenda est.

    Agreed wholeheartedly.  You go to war with the army you have.

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  5. Here's my question -- does any of it matter?  Did a single person in America change their mind or position today?  Those who read any of the report and have paid any attention know that we have a crooked criminal in the White House.  Those who are loyal to Trump won't ever change their mind -- no matter what the evidence, shooting a man in the face in the middle of 5th avenue, etc.  And then there is the biggest group -- those that aren't paying any attention at all, and haven't done so.   They aren't paying attention now, so they aren't moving either.

    Positions vis-a-vis the administration are fixed.  The only thing that can change them is an externality that likely has little to do with the POTUS.  If we drop into a deep recession, that might change minds.  Likewise, if economic pressures push average worker pay up, that might move some folks.  Otherwise, everyone who's paying attention has already decided.  And anyone who isn't paying attention isn't going to suddenly start. 

    Today was theater.  Everything has been theater, playing to an audience that has already reviewed the play before it was performed, or an audience that isn't even in the theater at all.

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  6. Well, I guess there’s nothing left to look forward to but the future.

    ....when we will have an infinite supply of self-important mediocre $5 tacos from one of 300 Torchy’s locations, which will be the only option in town.
  7. 7 minutes ago, bernorange said:

    A global economic downturn is going to happen whether Brexit happens or not.  Hell Deutsche Bank (leading contender for Lehman 2.0) might beat a no deal Brexit to the punch.

    Yes, a downturn is coming -- both the signals and timing are there.

    Trumpism and Brexit may well be the turbo-boost that makes it hit ludicrous speed, though.  And neither of them have a clue or any credibility when it comes to deploying the tools to soften the blow.  That's the concern, dude.

  8. Exhibit eleventy billion in support of the proposition that just because you're really smart about subject X, that has NO bearing on whether you're smart/capable/qualified/have a lick of common sense with respect to subject Y.

    Indeed, professors are probably the archetype of that exhibit -- they know a crapload about their narrow subject matter, but often don't have enough sense to avoid pissing into a 50 mph wind.

    Layer on the fact that smart people are often the MOST gullible, because they know they're smart, ergo, they can't possibly be gullible.  That creates a GIANT blind spot for them....which a decent conman/woman can exploit like hell.

  9. 2 minutes ago, lemonlime said:

    Their god is someone born a millionaire, who attended Wharton because of daddy's money, and lives in a gold tower in Manhattan.  But fuck the liberal "elites."

    On some level, I have to admire their chutzpah.  It's as if McDonald's just started shamelessly marketing itself as "America's healthiest restaurant.  McDonald's makes you skinny, and increases your lifespan.  Heavily salted french fries are the healthiest food in the world, and we serve them so that our customers can become immortal.  You shouldn't eat at any of those places that sell salads and veggie smoothies -- salads are the #1 way that people become fat and die of combined heart attacks/strokes!"

    The gumption it takes to say things that are patently false with a straight face....man, I wish I had it.  It would probably make my life much easier, and more financially lucrative.  All you gotta do is destroy and then dispose of any moral compass you might have.

     

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  10. 3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

    Detaining American citizens for a month to own the libs.

    But remember, this is all just about ILLEGAL immigration, not [checks notes] imprisoning brown people because you just don't believe a brown person can be a real 'murican.

  11. 4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    Josh Hawley has a BA from Stanford and a JD from Yale.

    He is the embodiment of everything he is accusing "liberal elites" of being.

    And that's funny.

    You know what ELSE is funny?  Data.

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  12. The Fox News crowd shows up after church on Saturday and tips fake hundred dollar bills with Jesus messages despite asking for a hundred modifications, 27 sweet teas and extra extra ranch 

    As someone who waited tables back in the day...the accuracy of this is brutal. Seriously, the absolute worst tables I ever had were the same folks who did big, outwardly obvious prayers and whatnot. Then they’d treat me with disdain, and occasional cruelty. It was jaw-dropping.
  13. 1 minute ago, relapse98 said:

    That's just awesome. Boom.

    Yeah....shit, I don't even much care where the politician falls on the issues....if he's a duplicitous self-serving shitheel, I LOVE seeing him called out and burned to the ground.  We need more of that.  A LOT more.  Like, infinitely more.

    And, his Comms director should never have to pay for a pint again.

  14. 1 minute ago, Mojo Hand said:

    During the Obama years, Zork would closely study pictures of Barack Obama looking for evidence of an erection in his pants.   The great scandal being that Obama was supposedly waving around boners near women to sexually harass them.  I wish I was kidding. 

    And I wish that I was endowed enough to have a regularly visible boner through my pants.

    We all have wishes, man.

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  15. 4 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    Of course racism, sexism, and sexual-orientation persecution were legitimate problems in 1969.  

    When did they stop being "legitimate problems?"  Give us some dates and milestones.  I'm truly fascinated by your thesis, and want to learn more.

  16. 10 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Connect 4, imo. 

    Oh, I was referring to the REST of us playing chess.  If Il Douche tried to play chess, he would move "the horsey guy" all over the board in one move, because "horses are fast and can kick, everyone knows that."  

    Our safest -- and also most dangerous -- bet as a country is to treat Cheeto Benito as an asset to be used by intelligent people, not as a creature with any agency of his own.  The problem is, the intelligent people who are using him now ain't exactly working in our interest.

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