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I know some Scottie Scheffler types. He's probably a great guy, husband, and father. With an enormous blind spot for what's happening in front of his face. I really don't know what to call it, other than just profound ignorance. To say "He treats everyone like the greatest person in the world" is just Orwellian. 

The thing is…those of us of a certain age who grew up in the south or south-adjacent surely knew at least one guy like that. Someone who (at least outwardly) treated people well in public. Who were good to their friends and neighbors. Even church-going. And they were also stridently racist and saw black people as subhuman (which, ironically, could even lead to him treating them kindly sometimes, as he looked on them from a paternal/superior position, like one would with a pet).
Trump isn’t even that good. But I can see how he makes you feel important and liked if you are in his circle. You just need to open your fucking eyes and look at how he treats those he sees as beneath him etc.
Yeah, I’ve known people like Trump. It took me growing up and becoming an adult to realize that each and every one of them is a piece of shit. Scottie needs to grow the fuck up.
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That post above from Trump reads like something we would have made up as a joke this time a year ago. "Secretary of War, Fox news host Pete Hegseth, sending US troops to Portland, ha ha ha!". 

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43 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I know some Scottie Scheffler types. He's probably a great guy, husband, and father. With an enormous blind spot for what's happening in front of his face. I really don't know what to call it, other than just profound ignorance. To say "He treats everyone like the greatest person in the world" is just Orwellian. 

It comes down to Empathy. And that’s why Musk and Kirk and all the authoritarian fucks are trying to convince the rubes it’s a bad thing

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33 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

And they were also stridently racist and saw black people as subhuman (which, ironically, could even lead to him treating them kindly sometimes, as he looked on them from a paternal/superior position, like one would with a pet).


https://www.amazon.com/James-Novel-Percival-Everett/dp/0385550367

A gut punch of a read, adjacent to that line of thought. Won a Pulitzer. Tom Sawyer story, from Jim’s point of view.

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I was afraid to sleep again for fear of Huck coming back and hearing my thoughts without their passing through my slave filter. I was even more afraid of further unproductive, imagined, conversations with Voltaire, Rousseau and Locke about slavery, race …


The upshot being that history’s casting of slaves as less than shields from the horror that was.

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13 hours ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

I will unapologetically judge you if you are into golf.

Yep. I've always thought I'd enjoy golf, the technical nature of it, the beautiful courses, fresh air, sunshine, etc. The biggest thing that always kept me from picking it up was knowing that I'd have to be around golfers to do it. Thanks, but I'll pass.

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56 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I know some Scottie Scheffler types. He's probably a great guy, husband, and father. With an enormous blind spot for what's happening in front of his face. I really don't know what to call it, other than just profound ignorance. To say "He treats everyone like the greatest person in the world" is just Orwellian. 

It’s solipsism and laziness. Your personal experience is all that matters. As long as you’re doing okay, it’s not worth the energy to look around and see what’s happening to other people. It’s much easier to dismiss them as whiners or freeloaders, and to show your Sophisticated Political Cynicism by shrewdly observing that both sides are the same. 

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Remember when, a mere 10 months ago or so, we said that this shit was the goal, and was exactly what they planned to do?
And all the MAGAs here told us we had “TDS?”
I’m getting really, really, REALLY fucking tired of being right. I very much want to be completely wrong about these evil assholes soon. But I don’t see it happening.
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10 minutes ago, wood said:

Yep. I've always thought I'd enjoy golf, the technical nature of it, the beautiful courses, fresh air, sunshine, etc. The biggest thing that always kept me from picking it up was knowing that I'd have to be around golfers to do it. Thanks, but I'll pass.

Not really. Other than your playing partners which you get to pick, your out there on your own. 

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8 minutes ago, wood said:

Yep. I've always thought I'd enjoy golf, the technical nature of it, the beautiful courses, fresh air, sunshine, etc. The biggest thing that always kept me from picking it up was knowing that I'd have to be around golfers to do it. Thanks, but I'll pass.

Plus, it's expensive as hell.  My undergrad college had a 9-hole course that you could play all day for $1 and a student ID.  We wore that thing out.  I was never any good, and the course itself basically looked like a goat ranch, but we had a lot of fun.  Cue my move to Austin plus wife plus kids and oh hell no I'm not paying hundreds of dollars per month for a weekly round.

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4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


Remember when, a mere 10 months ago or so, we said that this shit was the goal, and was exactly what they planned to do?
And all the MAGAs here told us we had “TDS?”
I’m getting really, really, REALLY fucking tired of being right. I very much want to be completely wrong about these evil assholes soon. But I don’t see it happening.

Something to talk about at the water cooler on Monday.

5 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

It’s solipsism and laziness. Your personal experience is all that matters. As long as you’re doing okay, it’s not worth the energy to look around and see what’s happening to other people. It’s much easier to dismiss them as whiners or freeloaders, and to show your Sophisticated Political Cynicism by shrewdly observing that both sides are the same. 

Other people sound poor.

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1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Other people sound poor.

They should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps and earn generational wealth by playing golf. Problem solved! It's not Scottie's fault that not everyone thinks to do this.

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We are about to hear that Constitutional Amendments put an undue burden on the Executive, aren’t we?

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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue before the justices for the second time this year.

Despite more than a century of understanding that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship on people born in the United States, the Trump administration told the Supreme Court in an appeal that notion was “mistaken” and that the view became “pervasive, with destructive consequences.”

“The lower court’s decisions invalidated a policy of prime importance to the president and his administration in a manner that undermines our border security,” wrote Solicitor General D. John Sauer, the administration’s top appellate attorney. “Those decisions confer, without lawful justification, the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/politics/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump-appeal

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56 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It’s hard to do when you’re rich and hoards of golf bros worship you.

I mean the Saudi’s will finish the PGA tour buyout in a few years. Then they will play at Trump courses in the US. So they’re basically rooting for their future boss. The part of me that cares is why I was team Rory. When he retires I’m done.  

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17 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Not really. Other than your playing partners which you get to pick, your out there on your own. 

That's cool, and I know there are some golfers I'd like to hang out with.

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18 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Plus, it's expensive as hell.  My undergrad college had a 9-hole course that you could play all day for $1 and a student ID.  We wore that thing out.  I was never any good, and the course itself basically looked like a goat ranch, but we had a lot of fun.  Cue my move to Austin plus wife plus kids and oh hell no I'm not paying hundreds of dollars per month for a weekly round.

And this. I could never justify the cost. 

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44 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

... and she's an insurance lawyer, at that. LOL.

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1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

Don’t know much about him but Wiki said his dad grew up in Englewood Cliffs. Older spine surgeon in my first practice lived there when he practiced in Manhattan for 25 years, so Scottie’s grandpa wasn’t a sharecropper

Wiki also says he worked as a carpenter and Mr. Mom, while the mrs office administered at Skadden Arps (probably paid very well) and Thompson Coe (paid less well).

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36 minutes ago, wood said:

Yep. I've always thought I'd enjoy golf, the technical nature of it, the beautiful courses, fresh air, sunshine, etc. The biggest thing that always kept me from picking it up was knowing that I'd have to be around golfers to do it. Thanks, but I'll pass.

I like golf, but this is so true. Golf bro culture has really taken over the sport. My waking nightmare is having to attend a tournament in person and be surrounded by a bunch of "golf is my only personality trait" chubby dudes yelling "Mashed potatoes!" after every tee shot.

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I know some Scottie Scheffler types. He's probably a great guy, husband, and father. With an enormous blind spot for what's happening in front of his face. I really don't know what to call it, other than just profound ignorance. To say "He treats everyone like the greatest person in the world" is just Orwellian. 
This is absolutely what is happening. I've got numerous buddies who live in HP and this is exactly what they are -- good husbands, fathers, do the right thing, hard working, good earners, etc -- but they're either too busy to really pay attention to what is happening or they're racist-adjacent (if not fully) with things going pretty well for them, so who fucking cares? Meanwhile, their daughters are going to subjugated as they grow up but hey, white christian nationalism -- yippee! My wife is done with them completely.
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17 minutes ago, Derka said:

working in the elite parts of west austin for as long as i did i saw a lot of this. the super wealthy republicans stay busy enough in their own world- a world totally separate from the one that you, i, and most of us live in- to ever even realize just how horrible and real all of this is for the rest of us. and people will try to tell them, but they just do what all rich people do, and poo poo it (“oh don’t be so dramatic” or “where are you getting this from?” and the like).

any time they’re confronted with what’s really going on they just brush it off and keep it moving. “good vibes man; life is good; why are these people so upset all the time? can’t we all just get along?”. these are the things they sincerely tell themselves for the half second that something in their world confronts them with reality. all of this very real bullshit doesn’t enter their world, which for them means it must not be real, and isn’t something they should waste their time thinking about. again, life is good; why be so upset all of the time?

100% agree with this.

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55 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Plus, it's expensive as hell.  My undergrad college had a 9-hole course that you could play all day for $1 and a student ID.  We wore that thing out.  I was never any good, and the course itself basically looked like a goat ranch, but we had a lot of fun.  Cue my move to Austin plus wife plus kids and oh hell no I'm not paying hundreds of dollars per month for a weekly round.


It’s all about framing really.

Guaranteed additional 16-20 hrs free of kids or wife for $400 / month.

Comes out to $20-$25/ hr.

Pretty reasonable cost IMO.

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27 minutes ago, Derka said:

working in the elite parts of west austin for as long as i did i saw a lot of this. the super wealthy republicans stay busy enough in their own world- a world totally separate from the one that you, i, and most of us live in- to ever even realize just how horrible and real all of this is for the rest of us. and people will try to tell them, but they just do what all rich people do, and poo poo it (“oh don’t be so dramatic” or “where are you getting this from?” and the like).

any time they’re confronted with what’s really going on they just brush it off and keep it moving. “good vibes man; life is good; why are these people so upset all the time? can’t we all just get along?”. these are the things they sincerely tell themselves for the half second that something in their world confronts them with reality. all of this very real bullshit doesn’t enter their world, which for them means it must not be real, and isn’t something they should waste their time thinking about. again, life is good; why be so upset all of the time?

Season 4 Success GIF by The Office

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working in the elite parts of west austin for as long as i did i saw a lot of this. the super wealthy republicans stay busy enough in their own world- a world totally separate from the one that you, i, and most of us live in- to ever even realize just how horrible and real all of this is for the rest of us. and people will try to tell them, but they just do what all rich people do, and poo poo it (“oh don’t be so dramatic” or “where are you getting this from?” and the like).
any time they’re confronted with what’s really going on they just brush it off and keep it moving. “good vibes man; life is good; why are these people so upset all the time? can’t we all just get along?”. these are the things they sincerely tell themselves for the half second that something in their world confronts them with reality. all of this very real bullshit doesn’t enter their world, which for them means it must not be real, and isn’t something they should waste their time thinking about. again, life is good; why be so upset all of the time?

Yep. Complete lack of perspective leads to a lack of empathy.
A good example was in the “you should have a photo ID to vote” discussions. They came back with “FFS, you even need a photo ID to fly!”….meanwhile, 35 million Americans have never been on a plane. Hell, 10% of minority households are unbanked.
These people have ZERO fucking clue what the paycheck-to-paycheck existence of nearly TWO THIRDS of Americans is like.
Their “poor neighbor” is someone who drives a Toyota instead of a Lexus.
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42 minutes ago, Derka said:

and people will try to tell them, but they just do what all rich people do, and poo poo it (“oh don’t be so dramatic” or “where are you getting this from?” and the like).

Man I got reactions like that in the days after 1/6. "Cops were beaten for hours. Cops who were trying to defend our Capitol."  "Oh please Red Five, it was nothing like that." 

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