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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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farvacola
United States18839 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:27 TheTenthDoc wrote: The polls are wrong...except when they have Trump winning, then they're right. You're drinking pretty deep of the kool-aid, Testie. Dude unironically referenced Ann Coulter earlier in the thread lol. He's on more than that kool-aid  | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:25 Doodsmack wrote: Better ban them all! After all they might blow themselves up! And some Europeans think the same way! But only ban them temporarily, of course, while we develop our questionnaire to confirm the ones we let in aren't terrorists. Europe didn't think the same way. Then Cologne happened. Then they had daily rapes, crimes, and no arrests + multiple cover-ups by police so as to not fan the flames of racism. They were promised doctors and engineers, and got illiterate people who couldn't speak their language. Of course they'd be upset. Basically, they lived in a society of lies. Which gets insanely frustrating when your children are getting raped by foreign invaders. Just insane rampant increases in crime, and so much of it is not reported because the police are understaffed or have given up on some areas. Man, what an asshat this guy must be. | ||
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Introvert
United States4866 Posts
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4360 Posts
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:27 TheTenthDoc wrote: The polls are wrong...except when they have Trump winning, then they're right. You're drinking pretty deep of the kool-aid, Testie. Well I haven't seen another politician have the same pull as this guy. Everywhere he goes 10-20k+ people show up. The media constantly attacks him, constantly covers him... this is pretty insane tbh. And the memes... THE MEMES. His campaign is literally an allegory for the economy. The economy runs on some pretty stupid shit and stupid products a lot of the time. Right now what's selling is MAGA and WALLS and people are fired up over nothing and feeling a new sense of community. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:30 SK.Testie wrote: Well I haven't seen another politician have the same pull as this guy. Everywhere he goes 10-20k+ people show up. The media constantly attacks him, constantly covers him... this is pretty insane tbh. Bernie Sanders drew crowds of virtually the same size. Moreover, the polls have been about right in almost every state or he's underperformed them. I really cannot reconcile half of what Donald Trump says or does with reality. The cognitive dissonance must be astounding for him. Count on him saying that he's now the confirmed nominee after tonight despite having a much harder path to victory than he had before the start of the day. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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m4ini
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On March 16 2016 10:29 SK.Testie wrote: Europe didn't think the same way. Then Cologne happened. Then they had daily rapes, crimes, and no arrests + multiple cover-ups by police so as to not fan the flames of racism. They were promised doctors and engineers, and got illiterate people who couldn't speak their language. Of course they'd be upset. Basically, they lived in a society of lies. Which gets insanely frustrating when your children are getting raped by foreign invaders. Just insane rampant increases in crime, and so much of it is not reported because the police are understaffed or have given up on some areas. Man, what an asshat this guy must be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdSsJQ-fvOU While i disagree with the populistic tone of your post (and rather exaggerated on top), i'd advice to not listen to Nyxisto when it comes to what germans think. I mean, it speaks for itself if you blanket call everyone who's not in line with Mama Merkels policies "an asshat". Takes an idiot to actually make that statement. There's a reason why the AfD got the numbers they got, and people like Nyxisto are part of the reason. The "everything is fine, look here, i link unrelated polls and lie somewhere in between" gets old, especially by politicians - and they got punished for it now. That's what happens if you don't listen to legitimate concerns of your population (or federal agencies, or police, or experts, for that matter). edit: that being said, there's a considerable difference between those refugees and aliens in the US. Mainly, these "refugees" are protected to a retarded degree (to the point where police gets ordered to not report on refugee crimes etc), while we're inviting them, and on top of them pay them more money than some pensioners in germany get. I don't think it's comparable to the situation in the US. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:29 SK.Testie wrote: Europe didn't think the same way. Then Cologne happened. Then they had daily rapes, crimes, and no arrests + multiple cover-ups by police so as to not fan the flames of racism. They were promised doctors and engineers, and got illiterate people who couldn't speak their language. Of course they'd be upset. Basically, they lived in a society of lies. Which gets insanely frustrating when your children are getting raped by foreign invaders. Just insane rampant increases in crime, and so much of it is not reported because the police are understaffed or have given up on some areas. Man, what an asshat this guy must be. I'll take your word for it that in the absence of reporting, there actually is insane rampant crime everywhere. And that as a result, we should ban all 1.4 billion Muslims, because you know, good ideas and all. | ||
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23491 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28715 Posts
On March 16 2016 09:59 xDaunt wrote: You may want to take note of what our enlightened betters in Europe are doing. I actually always thought that europe had a bigger problem with anti-immigrant attitudes, racism and religious bigotry than the US, but these numbers are making me uncertain. | ||
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strongwind
United States862 Posts
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:36 GreenHorizons wrote: Love how the networks are ignoring Bernie's speech, typical. Bernie is ahead in one state atm!!! :3 | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:33 m4ini wrote: While i disagree with the populistic tone of your post (and rather exaggerated on top), i'd advice to not listen to Nyxisto when it comes to what germans think. I mean, it speaks for itself if you blanket call everyone who's not in line with Mama Merkels policies "an asshat". Takes an idiot to actually make that statement. There's a reason why the AfD got the numbers they got, and people like Nyxisto are part of the reason. The "everything is fine, look here, i link unrelated polls and lie somewhere in between" gets old, especially by politicians - and they got punished for it now. That's what happens if you don't listen to legitimate concerns of your population (or federal agencies, or police, or experts, for that matter). edit: that being said, there's a considerable difference between those refugees and aliens in the US. Mainly, these "refugees" are protected to a retarded degree (to the point where police gets ordered to not report on refugee crimes etc), while we're inviting them, and on top of them pay them more money than some pensioners in germany get. I don't think it's comparable to the situation in the US. Pretty much every internet board looks 50% like Stormfront nowadays. You don't need to share my opinion but please don't act like these people are part of some silent majority. They aren't. | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:36 Doodsmack wrote: I'll take your word for it that in the absence of reporting, there actually is insane rampant crime everywhere. And that as a result, we should ban all 1.4 billion Muslims, because you know, good ideas and all. He's right and wrong. The first studies (didn't bother to look at more after that) specifically on crimes related to refugees showed crimerates (for crimes like stealing, mugging and break ins) roughly tripled around refugee camps. So he's not entirely wrong, even if he makes it sound like anarchy is ruling in germany. Pretty much every internet board looks 50% like Stormfront nowadays. You don't need to share my opinion but please don't act like these people are part of some silent majority. They aren't. So what are you saying? That i'm an asshat because i disagree with how Merkel handled (and still handles) this crisis? That i'm a "stormfront" member? And obviously i don't share your opinion, since you're one of the white knights that literally don't see anything wrong with what happens in germany - even in the face of (official!) studies etc that i linked in the EU thread. You play everything down. You're actually literally a trump supporter, just for Merkel. | ||
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oBlade
United States5771 Posts
On March 16 2016 10:38 strongwind wrote: serious question: what happens if someone not named Trump is picked at the convention? Will there be riots in the streets? I seriously don't think Trump supporters would accept it lying down... The biggest problem is someone who didn't get earn the most delegates being picked at the convention. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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