Lord Raven
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this goes beyond anything he's done prior and he really needs to be cancelled by this point
remember this is the guy who decided it was a good idea in the 90s to speculate about troy aikman's sexuality for the purposes of selling a book and nothing more
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4 hours ago, Shoblongoo said:
They deserve better as people among people. They deserve better than America.
But America as a nation among nations deserves everything thats coming to it if Trump gets a second term. (and if his ability to even get a first one is not treated as a national inflection point, prompting us to look inward at what ills us and correct course)
And by that I mean we deserve to be the once-mighty Empire in Decline.
Our once-centralizing influence and prestige diminished.
Surpassed in standard-of-living and desirability for persons looking to raise a family or do business by better governed countries; griping all the while about how the center of global power and world markets is shifting to East Asia.We've got nothing better; at best we have to switch to another country that will continue to sneer down on us, without the familiarity provided to us by living here. At least American culture allows for us to fight back.
At the very least younger generations in the US are more progressive than the previous one; Europe doesn't have the same luxury right now.
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i never thought i'd say this but it feels good to have the reigning mvp
EDIT: Also, fuck Skip Bayless. Dak's brother committed suicide earlier this year and Dak talked about how he had no idea that his brother was depressed and that maybe he didn't provide enough shelter for him to talk about his emotions. He also talked about how COVID is affecting everyone's mental health.
Dak also said that he wants to be more emotionally honest and open with his feelings to help encourage others to do so as well. Things to that effect, so people can get help. It's a good sign in a leader! It's actually a great sentiment to share, and a wonderful message!
Anyway, Skip Bayless the hot takes cracker cunt, said:
Quote“I have deep compassion for clinical depression, but when it comes to the quarterback of an NFL team, you know this better than I do, it’s the ultimate leadership position in sports, am I right about that?” Bayless said on “Undisputed” on Thursday. “You are commanding an entire franchise… And they’re all looking to you to be their CEO, to be in charge of the football team.
“Because of all that, I don’t have sympathy for him going public with, ‘I got depressed’ and ‘I suffered depression early in COVID to the point that I couldn’t even go work out.’ Look, he’s the quarterback of America’s team.”
What the fuck even is the purpose of saying this? Jesus fucking Christ, why are people so rash about their hot takes?
Here's Terrell Suggs calling Skip a douchebag, if anyone wants a little release.
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On 9/1/2020 at 2:50 PM, Shoblongoo said:
Yes, because in any good and decent country his popular support shouldn't be anywhere close to the point where the EC's ability to turn a ~40% minority into an electoral "win" should matter.
A man of his temperament, track-record, and positions should be polling in the single digits.I hope you're not repeating this bullshit when Muslims and blacks get on the chopping block. You always make good posts and points, but you need to stop making this one. None of us deserve this and this basically means that white people have completely failed us as a shield. It's not at all a badge of honor or deservedness.
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do i really need to say something?
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Overrated? No. I disagree with the idea that lack of character development is inherently bad, you can tell a great story with minimal character development. Some characters just don't need development and might be mostly realized when the game starts; some people are not mostly realized.
tl;dr it's all about context
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6 hours ago, PyroPlazma said:
My grandfather who passed away less than a month ago was a Vietnam Veteran. An NCO died instead of him trying to show him how to clear out a tunnel. That comment stings....
I am sorry for your loss and thank both of those men for their service.
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26 minutes ago, Lewyn said:
People are blaming Biden for the riots, and I'm wondering what hoops they jump through to get to that conclusion.
You mean the trump admin and his human cock holsters right? The attack isn't working for moderates or leftists, and in fact to leftists it's basically saying "don't compliment him!"
I think even Fox News is having a hard time making it stick over time, for what its worth. I was gonna say "There's still time" but two months left :X
Either way, that's how victim complexes go.
(Although this whole "biden is a progressive trojan horse" thing... that's actually what I'm hoping for lmao)
On 8/30/2020 at 9:20 AM, Etrurian emperor said:Populism isn't going anywhere in America.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/george-wallace-donald-trump/607336/ <- might be a good read if you want some vindication
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Calamity
Fortune
Ethereal
Busty (i like giant tits)
Corona was on this list until 2020
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On 8/28/2020 at 12:23 PM, Anacybele said:
Wikipedia is not 100% reliable, firstly. And secondly, oh sure, Rand Paul specifically targeted those people who harassed him with his policies/ideals. Right.
There's sources. But what he linked you was his political positions, and the wikipedia articles are very accurate there because they reference a lot of the politicians' own words.
Secondly, no, he didn't specifically target those people. But he did vote no on an anti-lynching bill recently, he did suggest that some police brutality was because of cigarette prices being too high rather than racism, he did try to repeal the ACA, he was a massive part of the obstructionist congress whose goal was to do nothing, etc
And finally, if someone accosted any given public official or senator/member of congress/president -- so long as they didn't kill the guy, I don't give two shits. Either your 2nd amendment is to level the playing field with the government or it's to show off your guns, if the argument truly is the former then some protesters accosting a senator is a perfectly valid thing to do if they dont kidnap or kill him or maim him.
I don't really expect you to understand it because you're a trump groupie though
15 hours ago, Anacybele said:And...why should I listen to some random rude person on the internet that I don't know?
And for future reference, look to the left of my posts and you can plainly see my location, you know.
You made the claim. You have to back it up. He's asking you for a source, and you refuse to provide it.
But I can explain this easily, because I've done some research into flu totals. The amount of reported flu deaths is 6k-25k yearly; but we say like 100k die from the flu every year. Why is that?
There are models estimating people who died from the flu without being aware they had it, they also factor in the estimation of people who died from the flu without being treated at a hospital due to money, etc.
Currently there's... 185k? 190k? I haven't kept track since like 40k -- that's how many reported COVID deaths there are. There are like 6% of cases where they died ONLY due to COVID, but the majority of cases were COVID mixed with already being unhealthy and having pre-existing conditions. But they would still be alive today if they didn't have COVID; it's marked a COVID death as a result. There's probably some degree of overcounting but it's not tot he extent where its like 5000 people instead of 185000 people, it's probably more like 150-160k at least. But if anything, I would argue it's actually much higher than 185k.
You can model the amount of actual deaths... somehow, i'm not an epidemiologist but they generally know their shit so you're free to look up and contradict their methodology all you want... and the actual deaths are always much higher. So let's say we overcounted by 20-30k, we have possibly tens to hundreds of thousands of deaths unaccounted for with a cause of death that was likely COVID. Given how fucked up this disease is and how fucked up US healthcare is for many, many Americans, there are people who are outright not seeking treatment for COVID because the choice is dying from COVID or living a long, painful life filled with debt because COVID completely destroyed them. Or they're asymptomatic and it just came and went, who really knows?
The underreported cases are likely big enough to massively cancel out the hypothetical overreported ones.
At any rate, Ana, very few people have any good faith with you on this forum, so you're definitely going to need to put in way more effort into your posts (at least half the effort i put into this one) and cite half the shit you say at this point if you want even a modicum of acceptance or good faith right now. Your primary source seems to always be your dad; as much as I fucking love my dad and even despite the congruence between my dad and I's political beliefs, if he said some weird ass shit the first thing i always checked was a news article or wikipedia.
Wikipedia is like 99.99% accurate and sometimes has weird ass conclusions, but they cite directly from sources and weave the facts together; the only reason teachers hate wikipedia is not due to its lack of reliability but because it's a content aggregator, not a source. When someone tells you to check wiki for it, it's quickly showing the content aggregation, and if you don't trust it then do some clicking on the source. This is very basic research and critical thinking skills that you need to learn how to apply.
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6 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:
Just thinking, even if Biden wins and Trump eventually concedes, it's going to buy us at most four years of total peace of mind. Because is it possible to repair the Republican's anti-democratic decline? Assume Trump finally gets so angry he has a heart attack and dies in the next four years (or that he dies of some other means), even without him at the rudder, will the party he leads return to normal?
Right now what we're relying on in 2 years -- not 4, every two years are important -- is voter turnout.
Voter turnout drives elections. Good campaigns drive voter turnout.
I wouldn't be surprised if in a few months Trump does something stupidly heinous and tries to pin a scandal on Biden that will only energize voter turnout further. Everyone's sick of Trump's shit, and Republicans aren't giving us aid when it's clear everyone liked the free 1200 buks.
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11 hours ago, Dai said:
Also, I want to ask...does anyone actually feel like Biden is some sort of doddering old fool who doesn't know the day of the week, or where he stands at any given moment? I feel like he's fine, even if his apparently stutter makes him prone to gaffes, but it's wild to me to see so many people claim that Biden belongs in a home and that the DNC is committing elder abuse.
No. Anything that implies that Biden's mentals are on the decline for any reason other than a little bit due to old age either a) knows nothing about who Joe Biden is; b) never had a family member who at BEST so ill that said family member's mental decline is burned into their psyche; and c) are looking to still get Bernie the nomination, probably.
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6 hours ago, Glennstavos said:
Though all the VP candidates have been talked about like that the past few weeks, even before the big announcement I've been hoping for a swift end to this step of the election cycle. The VP pick is never this crucial. It's just meant to plant the idea in the public's heads that this person may make a good president one day. Unless you believe in that theory that Biden has agreed to resign two years into his presidency in favor of a president who is "less electable but much better suited to the job". It's a nice fantasy, but I can't imagine somebody running for president for decades who isn't still convinced they are the best person for the job. Egomania doesn't go away with age.
There's been a massive uproar of support amongst the older black community, and she appeals to suburban white people as well. And even though they're like .5% of the population, indian female voters are energized too.
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4 hours ago, Excellen Browning said:
So I read up on Kamala Harris' voting record and it turns out it's actually very progressive. Also a bunch on her time as prosecutor, and apparently she didn't prosecute people with the three strikes law unless it was violent crime, and also never asked for the death penalty, even if it would be popular.
Considering all this, I feel a lot better with her as VP pick. A lot of Bernie bros I know hate her guts, mostly because she used to be a cop, but it turns out that they would like her if they could get over that.
I was listening to this
Just some random shit on my recommendations. I found the video dryly hilarious, but he has a line that's like
"a lot of people are talking about kamala's status as a cop as a pro, and a al ot of people are talking about kamala's status as a cop as a uh... con"
Makes me think this is the perfect VP pick. Can't even say we're not tough on crime.
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I heard about that. It makes sense but it still makes me laugh.
I think a lot of places saying "credit only" are suffering from it.
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2 hours ago, XRay said:
We should keep our guard up and remember to vote. According to this article, polls are not too accurate because polls usually undercount people who are not frequent voters, and since a significant portion of Trump voters are not frequent voters, so they are underrepresented for poll numbers. That means Biden might not have as big of a lead as we thought.
Depends on which poll you're watching. 538's accounts for that, I believe. (That's how it was so accurate for the 2016 election federally, but PA/MI genuinely surprised everyone).
Having that said, the lengths I'm seeing people are willing to go through to vote for a president Biden -- you'd be surprised.
1 hour ago, Hylian Air Force said:Trump voters are mostly frequent voters. This is technically a point in Biden's favor. Don't let fear get in the way this time, and just go out and vote.
Trump voters are more frequent which works out in Trump's favor, because it implies less will turn up for Biden than Trump relative to what they expect.
Anyway if anything what XRay said is congruent with your message.
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1 hour ago, Hawkwing said:
I agree. Forcing change will be met with opposition, while letting it be gradual means there will be troubles in the meantime. I don't really know a way to comment on combating subconscious thoughts without repeating what you said, so lets just say you took the words out of my mouth.
Having that said, awareness of your internal biases is... what's necessary for us all to move on from systemic issues in general.
You can combat subconscious thoughts by conscious bias training of some sort... the issue is to force it on people in positions of power though, not on regular people. I think ultimately regular people will gradually come around, people in positions of power are where we need to target our efforts.
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1 hour ago, Hawkwing said:
So you are basically saying "Everyone is prejudiced, lives in a prejudiced system, and it is unavoidable to be prejudiced no matter what"? Perhaps as human beings it is unavoidable not to notice another skin color, but we also have the ability to choose for that not to influence our decisions. The thoughts may pop to our head without us wanting to, but nothing forces us to listen to it.
The problem is more at the subconscious level.
That's why, in general, it takes generations to hammer these out. Not everyone has time to train their subconscious, and it's generally pretty hard to do so. Being aware of subconscious thoughts is the key here.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/JYSexton/status/1280139838839193605
Good thread about some of the roots of fascism in America... Fuck Henry Ford tbh
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8 hours ago, Alistair said:
"higher favorability among white voters and Republicans than non-white voters and Democrats."
That's interesting, because that was before he said all that weird shit about slavery and the 14th amendment. Meaning that he may eat more of Trump's base since...
I don't really think Kanye will do anything but become a McMullin type guy in Illinois and California, personally. I don't think a NeverTrump-Kanye voter is the swing demographic in the Midwest either. Im pretty sure working class whites are the swing demographic and I highly doubt yeezy resonates with them.
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16 minutes ago, Armchair General said:
So if that's the casecase, it kind of makes me wonder why people aren't moving out of those countries of the anti-terror laws are as draconian as you say.
Currently, the answer is that it's very very very difficult to move out of your home country, especially since it also involves bringing your family over to some extent..
Otherwise, moving from PH or China is expensive as shit. Moving from PH to the USA requires a lot of money that simply the vast, vast majority of Filipino people don't have. Especially to fly from a pacific island to... anywhere else in the world.
That and many who do leave the country only get work as, essentially, slaves in places like Saudi. The wealthy go to America or Western Europe, the non-wealthy only really have a choice to be slaves in another nationalist authoritarian regime, where they're not even the people supported.
And traveling from China isn't that easy either. They definitely have a lot of ways of tracking their citizens, too... and there's also social credit but I don't know if it's implemented in China to the extent where they can restrict your air travel with poor social credit.
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26 minutes ago, killelall said:
The concept of white privilege relies upon believing that these hurdles exist inherently for blacks, while also pretending that whites typically don't experience said problems.
No, it is saying that the hurdles are higher for black people. This is inarguable.
26 minutes ago, killelall said:Rather, because drugs can be so addictive, they change a person and cause them to commit crimes. They rule a person's values & cause them to bring harm to theirself and others. This is why drugs need to be illegal.
sounds like you're in favor of our tax dollars being wasted in prisons based on uhh... bullshit. Can you provide statistics showing that this is a widespread problem, or are you just going to talk about your family member?
Because I've argued that the drug war and reefer madness only started cuz of the Nixon campaign because they were racist. Given its racist intent and the fact that its still going on, along with the fact that so much of our money is being wasted on it (when legalizing... brings it back into our government and keeps it in our economy) is a detriment to everyone and everything.
The fact that drugs are illegal will prevent your family from obtaining drugs... how? You keep avoiding this concept.
However, this is a sweeping generalization of "drugs" since the majority of people I know do them... and are very well educated and successful people.
26 minutes ago, killelall said:Wherein am I incorrect about why George Floyd was arrested? I said he was targeted because he committed a crime. He wasn't just some random innocent man.
You said he was arrested for drugs. He was arrested for a fake 20 dollar bill. Did that deserve an 8:46 death penalty?
Was he tried in court? I thought people were innocent until proven guilty. I guess the cop thought he was guilty on the spot!
26 minutes ago, killelall said:Facts, but intentionally misusing the data therein. If only 20% of blacks suffer from poverty you can't act like its an inherent problem. What it is is a disproportionate problem & understanding this is important. You, however, don't seem to care.
That's literally what I said. CTRL+F disproportionate and you'll see I said this.
That still doesn't cancel that black wealth is often 10x lower than white wealth. On average. Disproportionate is a very very very strong point to make, stronger than you believe.
26 minutes ago, killelall said:You claim that, but the narrative of the concept is for people to expect hurdles and unfairness because of the color of their skin, while downplaying the hurdles of others. Its a very basic arguing tactic used to bring light to a problem by exaggerating it while disregarding other problems. The concept acts like its a minority of blacks who don't have to suffer from the hurdles, when its the majority that get to avoid the problems. Said hurdles do exist - disproportionately so, but it needs to be treated like a disproportionate problem instead of an inherient problem.
These are the same exact thing. Inherent problems lead to disproportionate problems. Did you just mental gymnastic into the right viewpoint?
26 minutes ago, killelall said:Sweeping generalizations are bad, and broad inaccurate generalizations won't lead to effective solutions.
Okay. But generalizations still serve a broader point, and they are still quite accurate within the group they exist within. Nobody wants to be racist. But saying that a white person has an advantage over a black person with all else remaining equal is a statement of fact.
26 minutes ago, killelall said:The protests have gone too far. If it targets the jobs of the community that its trying to help, it harms the community it is trying to help. Protesters need to make sure they target the problem and not their own community. In the middle of live interview a black man had the business who spent his life savings to form broke down in tears as he watched rioters loot & destroy his establishment. This is not right. People like him were not part of the problem.
The protests are like 99.9% peaceful, at the very least. You're making a sweeping generalization of the protests based on like a .1% set of bad actors. You also said that George Floyd was arrested for drugs and assumed he was guilty, so you know.
26 minutes ago, killelall said:Laws preventing minors from drinking and smoking. Laws preventing drunk driving. Laws exist that prevent the depiction of said substances. Heavy taxes are instilled on these substances, and companies have faced legal actions over and over for attempting to make their products even more addictive.
Laws were attempted to prevent the sale of liquor, but the government lost that battle.How someone affects the lives of others is peoples business. Highly addictive substances cause people to steal, scam, and harm others. Your turning a blind eye to how it impacts a lot of people does not change facts.
So we'll instate laws preventing theft and problem solved right! That was your solution to the drug problem, so if we just institute those laws preventing theft and stealing/scamming then we'll be perfectly fine right?
lol
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1 hour ago, killelall said:
Hey, if you want to act like the majority of blacks are poor uneducated criminals from broken families, you can push that false narrative
Nobody is acting like this. You're putting words in our mouth.
1 hour ago, killelall said:I won't agree with your views on drugs. Drugs kill people, ruin lives, and cause good people to commit crimes. I have family who ruined their lives because of drugs, and already mentioned what happened to my home as a result of drug addicts turning it into a drug & prostitution den, stripping the metal from within while I was away at work, and how the police were useless.
So they did something that was illegal so we should keep drugs illegal? Is that your logic?
This has nothing to do with legality. In a drugs-are-legal world, they would be going to rehab, not jail and not continuing their drug addled stuff.
Making drugs more accepted as a society decouples all aspects of crime from drugs. Including cartels.
But still, you haven't really addressed the fact that you were completely fuckin factually incorrect about why George Floyd got arrested.
1 hour ago, killelall said:At no point did I promote your racist narrative & say that people should be disenfranchised because they aren't part of the majority.
I legit don't understand why you come to a topic about race to say essentially that white privilege doesn't exist. You can't have a good conversation by denial of fact.
1 hour ago, killelall said:However, people won't receive proper help if the proper solutions aren't provided. Creating a narrative that because someone is a person of color that they are less likely to succeed does not help someone believe in the prospects of their future. E.g., 80% of blacks aren't doomed to poverty. Realizing that one can succeed in life helps motivate one into believing in their future & fighting for it.
Creating a narrative... Out of fact... Lmfao
1 hour ago, killelall said:The hopeless narrative being pushed can be quite destructive, and feeds persecution complexes that will hold people back.
This isn't to say there aren't problems, but present them properly so they can be solved without harming the communities one CLAIMS they are trying to help. Its quite possible to show that disparity exists without destroying people's hopes & dreams for the future.
Nobody is saying it's hopeless. Saying the existence of white privilege is a blackpill is some really wonky logic.
We're just saying -- the black communities need a lot of reparations from our government, more social programs, less police, and polling stations and easier ways to get IDs. White wealth is on average an order of magnitude higher than black wealth, even amongst the lower class. To ignore this reality to say "why are you arguing to fix something depressing" is some really faulty logic.
Your argument is ridiculously erratic in general. Can you please summarize your position again?
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I almost wish everyone in the world could vote for president. The concept of America is inherently globalist...