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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On December 23 2015 13:05 Nyxisto wrote: you don't see the problem with the potential president talking about women like he's a teenager? This isn't the first time either. His "don't take her serious, she's on her period" comes to mind. I would say, when it comes to picking a political leader, tittering like children every time someone uses a naughty word is far down the list of relevant things. | ||
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Deathstar
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GreenHorizons
United States23797 Posts
On December 23 2015 14:14 Deathstar wrote: Yeah this is grasping at straws for a headline. It's at worst inappropriate. Wow ok how will poor Hillary recover. Hillary is busy making her own problems with her " just like your abuela" article. I thought it was hilarious, but only because the leading nominee for the republican party said "schlonged", Trump is the reality TV version of Ronald Reagan... | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8731 Posts
and oh boy do they not like trump, I would even go so far as to say that they outright hate him. even on a very hefty attack piece against hillary trump gets called out. | ||
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Introvert
United States4922 Posts
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On December 23 2015 13:05 Nyxisto wrote: you don't see the problem with the potential president talking about women like he's a teenager? This isn't the first time either. His "don't take her serious, she's on her period" comes to mind. She's a big girl. She recently accused him of bolstering ISIS. She'd better be able to take some juvenile comments in return. I mean how many rape victims did she have to defend her husband against for crying out loud? | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
The US is so fucked.. doesnt matter who wins 2016, the fact that people like this are relevant is so fucking sad. 400 years of democracy, now lets teach it to the world. FUCK YEAH ! Cant imagine what couldve gone wrong. | ||
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Introvert
United States4922 Posts
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JW_DTLA
242 Posts
On December 23 2015 17:21 Introvert wrote: Democracy has been dirty since the start, at least in the US. It's much tamer now than it was a couple centuries ago. But dramatically worse than it was only 15 years ago. | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8731 Posts
On December 23 2015 17:21 Introvert wrote: Democracy has been dirty since the start, at least in the US. It's much tamer now than it was a couple centuries ago. but that's just democracy - everywhere. it isn't easy or made for complacent and docile masses. it's a constant struggle and people seek to fight for what they believe is right and/or in their interests - ideally within the boundaries of reasonable frame of laws. things are already decided and taken care of in other forms of government. interestingly, conservatives in America use the term republic rather than democracy. around here a republic is a form of state, not a form of government. | ||
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Introvert
United States4922 Posts
On December 23 2015 17:33 Doublemint wrote: but that's just democracy - everywhere. it isn't easy or made for complacent and docile masses. it's a constant struggle and people seek to fight for what they believe is right and/or in their interests - ideally within the boundaries of reasonable frame of laws. things are already decided and taken care of in other forms of government. interestingly, conservatives in America use the term republic rather than democracy. around here a republic is a form of state, not a form of government. I was adopting the wording of the post above mine. | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8731 Posts
On December 23 2015 17:35 Introvert wrote: I was adopting the wording of the post above mine. just wanted to post something very general about it, nothing for or against your statement  | ||
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
On December 23 2015 16:37 Rebs wrote: Wow, the justification for publicly insulting someone with the vocabulary of a high school douchebag on a national stage while running for president (or the nomination) is "better be able to take juvenile comments." The US is so fucked.. doesnt matter who wins 2016, the fact that people like this are relevant is so fucking sad. 400 years of democracy, now lets teach it to the world. FUCK YEAH ! Cant imagine what couldve gone wrong. people don't like him because he's rude and behaving like a douchebag. The comments that people like are basicly a big, nostalgic appeal à la "oh if we could only turn America back like 20-50 years. Everything was easier back in the good old days. You wouldn't get shit for saying that to a woman or some black / hispanic guy. People had simple jobs but they had jobs. Stuff was way easier for us [white!] folks back then!" The outsourced-jobs argument is nothing else but trying to paint some romantic picture of that as well. Or does anyone really think that if you brought back jobs from China people would line up to get those jobs in the US? For a wage that's needed so that the company doesn't go bankrupt while everyone else is still using China for that? | ||
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kwizach
3658 Posts
On December 23 2015 16:37 Rebs wrote: Wow, the justification for publicly insulting someone with the vocabulary of a high school douchebag on a national stage while running for president (or the nomination) is "better be able to take juvenile comments." Yep, exactly. Next up: "Hey, blaming trump for saying "fuck you Hillary, you bitch" is just grasping at straws for a headline. She should get thicker skin". | ||
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Simberto
Germany11789 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10870 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23797 Posts
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Doublemint
Austria8731 Posts
On December 23 2015 20:17 GreenHorizons wrote: So Joe on Morning Joe, is already floating the idea that if Hillary does more of the "War on Women" stuff Trump will go hard at Bill's history. makes perfect sense. though hillary will win this sidematch with ease imho. clinton was/is a liked president - despite his affair. trump polling atrociously with women - to effectively trying to change that would be like tilting at windmills. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23797 Posts
On December 23 2015 20:31 Doublemint wrote: makes perfect sense. though hillary will win this sidematch with ease imho. clinton was/is a liked president - despite his affair. trump polling atrociously with women - to effectively trying to change that would be like tilting at windmills. Oh it's not for the women vote, it's to appeal to the anti-PC crowd who thinks it's fair game and everyone else is too chicken to talk about it. Immediately places him as the person who will go further than anyone else to fight Hillary, everyone else will be too "PC" | ||
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