Politics

[Bluto]

Very interesting conversation between David Sirota and Oren Cass. Cass is a pro labor and pro union conservative at American Compass.

 

[Bluto]

I’ll be bi-partisan in saying they’re ALL fucking morons. Claiming anything different is claiming one’s shit smells better than another.

In this particular instance I don’t think that equivalency argument applies.

I mean the house GOP has been squawking about the border for several years now. They get a bipartisan border reform package. Then the Donald pipes up.

Suddenly they start running around like a bunch of cockroaches when the lights come on saying they won’t vote for exactly what they’ve been demanding.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Biden is going to crush Trump in the general. The GOP knows it too.

It’s kinda funny watching them driving full speed towards the cliff on that and not doing anything about it other than kiss the drivers ass.

Ok, thanks for the reply.

 

[drayer54]

And for the deranged few who think we choose dicksaw or suicide...

 

[Bishop2b5]

So, these Bush and Omar women... which party do they belong to? Which party's base votes for them and feels they represent their positions? Asking for a friend.

 

[GATTACA!]

I think a large swath of the populace expects this level of self dealing (Bush and Willis) and even congratulates them for "grabbing that bag" - not unlike Trump getting $300k of hair styling for his wife on the PAC dime. Same energy "defending" Biden's corruption - don't care and maybe even like that my side gets rewarded for their efforts.

Menendez and Omar are straight up treasonous - which should make them unelectable. How TF broken is the electorate that puts those MFers back in office and its not even close?

It’s the two party systems fault. In 80% of elections all you need is the right R or D next to your name and you can act with impunity because it doesn’t matter.

Ranked choice voting should be everyone’s priority.

 

[Irish#1]

It’s the two party systems fault. In 80% of elections all you need is the right R or D next to your name and you can act with impunity because it doesn’t matter.

Ranked choice voting should be everyone’s priority.

Yes, take away the R & D and put them all together. Then maybe some voters will do a little research before voting.

 

[Irish#1]

And for the deranged few who think we choose dicksaw or suicide...

It's almost like kids are using surgery like some use alcohol only to find out it didn't solve the problem.

 

[drayer54]

It's almost like kids are using surgery like some use alcohol only to find out it didn't solve the problem.

Yep. That's from the NYT too. A place too dangerous for Tom Cotton.

This is how dumb and absolutely terrible for children the pro-mutilation crowd looks.

 

[Sea Turtle]

And for the deranged few who think we choose dicksaw or suicide...

I never understood that choice. Trans children who are suicidal should get the same help as other suicidal children. Counciling, coping mechanisms. They need to be watched and talked and listened to. They need meds to balance out and see things more clearly.

Once they turn 18, they are adults and can make their own decisions. Some of this even burns out by age 18.

 

[GATTACA!]

I never understood that choice. Trans children who are suicidal should get the same help as other suicidal children. Counciling, coping mechanisms. They need to be watched and talked and listened to. They need meds to balance out and see things more clearly.

Once they turn 18, they are adults and can make their own decisions. Some of this even burns out by age 18.

Is there a reason you think those steps aren’t normally taken first?

 

[Sea Turtle]

And for the deranged few who think we choose dicksaw or suicide...

This is a really upsetting article. I feel terrible for these children. The questions nobody even bothered to ask them. Nobody tapped the brakes.

 

[ulukinatme]

I never understood that choice. Trans children who are suicidal should get the same help as other suicidal children. Counciling, coping mechanisms. They need to be watched and talked and listened to. They need meds to balance out and see things more clearly.

Once they turn 18, they are adults and can make their own decisions. Some of this even burns out by age 18.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

This is a really upsetting article. I feel terrible for these children. The questions nobody even bothered to ask them. Nobody tapped the brakes.

https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f400/510313.jpg

 

[GoIrish41]

Hey guys, I know the trans thing is at the top of everyone's list of important issues, but in case you didn't know....Dems are running an op using Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to endorse Biden for President at the Super Bowl.

Over 2.4 million followers, 2.2 million and 949k respectively below.

They have Ted Nugent and Kidd Rock and Jon Voight and their vast entertainment network to draw upon for endorsements. That should guarantee at least 150 votes.

 

[ulukinatme]

They have Ted Nugent and Kidd Rock and Jon Voight and their vast entertainment network to draw upon for endorsements. That should guarantee at least 150 votes.

Why anyone gives a crap what celebrities say is beyond me. They live in a fairytale world where things like inflation are barely a blip on their radar. They lecture people about saving the planet while they fly weekly around the country, often in private jets. Sheep will gobble up what they're pushing though.

 

[IrishLax]

Don’t know if you guys are following this but basically San Francisco took $250k of Federal money to hire a company called Woke Kindergarten. This is their founder:


Unsurprisingly, the scores in the school plummeted.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Why anyone gives a crap what celebrities say is beyond me. They live in a fairytale world where things like inflation are barely a blip on their radar. They lecture people about saving the planet while they fly weekly around the country, often in private jets. Sheep will gobble up what they're pushing though.

And that's it, exactly. Thinking adults don't decide on who to vote for based on what a singer, actor, or athlete says. Those people have no expertise in any relevant field. Lebron and Taylor know less about foreign policy, military action, immigration, medical care, and a hundred other things than the average person walking around. Why would any thinking person care what they think or who they endorse. Celebrity endorsements are for the weak-minded sheep.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Don’t know if you guys are following this but basically San Francisco took $250k of Federal money to hire a company called Woke Kindergarten. This is their founder:


Unsurprisingly, the scores in the school plummeted.

The shallowness and lack of historical awareness of people like her are staggering. Virtually EVERY nation is a "settler colony who committed genocide against native people." Every culture and country on this planet exists because those people took it from those who were there earlier. People like her want to pick a particular group at a particular time and say it's THEIR land because someone came along and took it from them. Well, what about the people THEY had taken it from?

 

[GATTACA!]

The shallowness and lack of historical awareness of people like her are staggering. Virtually EVERY nation is a "settler colony who committed genocide against native people." Every culture and country on this planet exists because those people took it from those who were there earlier. People like her want to pick a particular group at a particular time and say it's THEIR land because someone came along and took it from them. Well, what about the people THEY had taken it from?

Wow. Did you just assume their gender?

Bigot.

 

[Sea Turtle]

The shallowness and lack of historical awareness of people like her are staggering. Virtually EVERY nation is a "settler colony who committed genocide against native people." Every culture and country on this planet exists because those people took it from those who were there earlier. People like her want to pick a particular group at a particular time and say it's THEIR land because someone came along and took it from them. Well, what about the people THEY had taken it from?

It doesn't count if it isn't western civilization.

 

[GoIrish41]

Why anyone gives a crap what celebrities say is beyond me. They live in a fairytale world where things like inflation are barely a blip on their radar. They lecture people about saving the planet while they fly weekly around the country, often in private jets. Sheep will gobble up what they're pushing though.

Right. I also think folks getting their panties in a bunch about who Taylor Swift endorses in a presidential election or which player she dates shines a light on the intellectual depth, and faux rage of the MAGA cultists.

 

[Irish#1]

Don’t know if you guys are following this but basically San Francisco took $250k of Federal money to hire a company called Woke Kindergarten. This is their founder:


Unsurprisingly, the scores in the school plummeted.

Probably won’t happen, but it would be nice for the Feds to pull the money.

 

[drayer54]

Probably won’t happen, but it would be nice for the Feds to pull the money.

Won't happen. Teaching about Anti-Israel curriculum is supported by Libs.

 

[calvegas04]

Why anyone gives a crap what celebrities say is beyond me. They live in a fairytale world where things like inflation are barely a blip on their radar. They lecture people about saving the planet while they fly weekly around the country, often in private jets. Sheep will gobble up what they're pushing though.

Like trump being a celebrity?

 

[drayer54]

Like trump being a celebrity?

His success hasn't been because he's a celebrity.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Right. I also think folks getting their panties in a bunch about who Taylor Swift endorses in a presidential election or which player she dates shines a light on the intellectual depth, and faux rage of the MAGA cultists.

Sure but even before “MAGA cultistis” existed people freaked out about Tony Romo dating Jessica Simpson. Granted, Simpson was never on the level of Swift but Twitter & Instagram were in their infancy (if even available) in those days. So much crap on Twitter is manufactured for clicks and it works both ways. The faux rage folks and then the faux rage against the faux rage folks.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

In this particular instance I don’t think that equivalency argument applies.

I mean the house GOP has been squawking about the border for several years now. They get a bipartisan border reform package. Then the Donald pipes up.

Suddenly they start running around like a bunch of cockroaches when the lights come on saying they won’t vote for exactly what they’ve been demanding.

both sides takes turns virtue signaling to show they’re better. We can cherry pick instances where one side is more heinous than the other & I can agree with that but trash is trash. I’m sure there’s a few good eggs on both sides but I’m disgusted w/ the vast majority. Even further downstream, as crazy as the true “MAGA or nothing’ folks can be; the media that despite hating Trump had a lot to do w/ him getting elected as well (see CNN, Morning Joe, etc). In other words, both sides are obsessed w/ this dude.

 

[Irish#1]

Right. I also think folks getting their panties in a bunch about who Taylor Swift endorses in a presidential election or which player she dates shines a light on the intellectual depth, and faux rage of the MAGA cultists.

I don't think that many people on either side of the political fence vote for a certain candidate because a celebrity they like is voting for them.

 

[drayer54]

both sides takes turns virtue signaling to show they’re better. We can cherry pick instances where one side is more heinous than the other & I can agree with that but trash is trash. I’m sure there’s a few good eggs on both sides but I’m disgusted w/ the vast majority. Even further downstream, as crazy as the true “MAGA or nothing’ folks can be; the media that despite hating Trump had a lot to do w/ him getting elected as well (see CNN, Morning Joe, etc). In other words, both sides are obsessed w/ this dude.

The T Swift thing is just some idiot right-wing grifters pushing for attention and then people on the left trying to distract us from Biden's failures by projecting those right-wing grifters as the entire right when, in reality; nobody really gives a shit.