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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
September 06 2017 21:37 GMT
#173301
On September 07 2017 06:25 Kyadytim wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 04:29 Kickboxer wrote:
Well, with regards to what I and people like me are worried about, this short article sums it up pretty well in extremely simplistic terms:
http://bensoncody.blogspot.si/2017/08/

I think everyone is worried about that.

Democrats are worried about it
.

Black people are worried about it + Show Spoiler +
- This is just a recent example.

Journalists are worried about it https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/24/donald-trump-cpac-media-enemy-of-the-people/98347970/ - Seems like a reasonable worry to me - http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/27/poll-88-of-trump-voters-agree-that-media-is-the-enemy-of-americans/

Humans are tribal, and unfortunately the tribes the US seems to be self-sorting into are political.

I'm worried about the recent trend towards dehumanizing the other political side. I couldn't find any references, but there has been a lot of "liberals hate America" over the last year or two. I can definitely see conservatives being worried about similar trends on the left that I'm not noticing.

Look no farther than this thread. The media and political tactics of the era have found great success in demonizing the other side. In the short term, it is a great way to get elected. In the long term, especially if it goes on long enough were it is all some voters know, it leads to where we are now.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Introvert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4825 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-09-06 21:51:17
September 06 2017 21:39 GMT
#173302
On September 07 2017 04:38 xDaunt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 04:27 Nevuk wrote:


Wonder how many more GOP senators are going to come out and be vocally critical of the deal

It very clearly is a bad deal for the GOP. However, I'm not sure that it's a bad deal for Trump. It gives Trump another bite at the apple at getting the GOP to move on his agenda. Stated another way, it looks to me like Trump threw the GOP under the bus and is starting to signal that he'll work with Democrats if Republicans won't be reliable partners.


Who is this going to punish? The moderate almost-Democrats who already don't want to vote for his agenda? The only question is how many times are the Democrats going to be betray him before he learns. He'll get some false hope if they do swamp-like things such as combine hurricane aid and a debt-ceiling increase while continuing to punt everything he promised to a "later" time.

Edit: I mean Trump may very well destroy the party that elected him, but this isn't good news for him.

Edit2:

On September 07 2017 06:48 Plansix wrote:
Raising the debt ceiling is the only responsible thing to do. Leveraging it for concessions is currently batting zero and will continue to bat zero.

Also pairing issues together in single bills is only swamp like if you consider the founding fathers to be part of the swamp. There is this really fun musical you can watch about how the National Bank and DC were created. Very swamp like, because DC is a swamp.


Combine one politically charged bill with one less so in order force through both is very swamp like. Also opens up the opportunity to stick all other sorts of spending and BS in there. This is the sort of thing people hate, although that can depend on if your party is in charge or not.
"It is therefore only at the birth of a society that one can be completely logical in the laws. When you see a people enjoying this advantage, do not hasten to conclude that it is wise; think rather that it is young." -Alexis de Tocqueville
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
September 06 2017 21:48 GMT
#173303
Raising the debt ceiling is the only responsible thing to do. Leveraging it for concessions is currently batting zero and will continue to bat zero.

Also pairing issues together in single bills is only swamp like if you consider the founding fathers to be part of the swamp. There is this really fun musical you can watch about how the National Bank and DC were created. Very swamp like, because DC is a swamp.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
September 06 2017 21:54 GMT
#173304
On September 07 2017 06:25 Kyadytim wrote:
I'm worried about the recent trend towards dehumanizing the other political side. I couldn't find any references, but there has been a lot of "liberals hate America" over the last year or two. I can definitely see conservatives being worried about similar trends on the left that I'm not noticing.

I remember back when there was the oh-so-fun "what is Western culture" defined as, the entire thing was spawned from some opinion piece on identity politics being the biggest threat to Western culture ever in history.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-09-06 21:56:49
September 06 2017 21:56 GMT
#173305
On September 07 2017 06:39 Introvert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 04:38 xDaunt wrote:
On September 07 2017 04:27 Nevuk wrote:
https://twitter.com/SenSasse/status/905500235148996608

Wonder how many more GOP senators are going to come out and be vocally critical of the deal

It very clearly is a bad deal for the GOP. However, I'm not sure that it's a bad deal for Trump. It gives Trump another bite at the apple at getting the GOP to move on his agenda. Stated another way, it looks to me like Trump threw the GOP under the bus and is starting to signal that he'll work with Democrats if Republicans won't be reliable partners.


Who is this going to punish? The moderate almost-Democrats who already don't want to vote for his agenda? The only question is how many times are the Democrats going to be betray him before he learns. He'll get some false hope if they do swamp-like things such as combine hurricane aid and a debt-ceiling increase while continuing to punt everything he promised to a "later" time.

Edit: I mean Trump may very well destroy the party that elected him, but this isn't good news for him.

Edit2:

Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 06:48 Plansix wrote:
Raising the debt ceiling is the only responsible thing to do. Leveraging it for concessions is currently batting zero and will continue to bat zero.

Also pairing issues together in single bills is only swamp like if you consider the founding fathers to be part of the swamp. There is this really fun musical you can watch about how the National Bank and DC were created. Very swamp like, because DC is a swamp.


Combine one politically charged bill with one less so in order force through both is very swamp like. Also opens up the opportunity to stick all other sorts of spending and BS in there. This is the sort of thing people hate, although that can depend on if your party is in charge or not.

Maybe conservatives hate it. Everyone I know is saying “makes sense, we needed to do both”.

This is politics. Welcome to the party, where people cut deals. If no one is 100% happy, its likely a good days work. We have been doing it since day zero and the bill of rights.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15717 Posts
September 06 2017 22:07 GMT
#173306
lol the idea that raising the debt ceiling is some sort of left wing idea is hilarious. Probably comes from the same people who say "I can balance a checkbook! Why can't the government!?"
Wulfey_LA
Profile Joined April 2017
932 Posts
September 06 2017 22:12 GMT
#173307
On September 07 2017 07:07 Mohdoo wrote:
lol the idea that raising the debt ceiling is some sort of left wing idea is hilarious. Probably comes from the same people who say "I can balance a checkbook! Why can't the government!?"


Notable DC Liberals, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, were trying to convince DJT to extend the debt limit for at least 18 months (past the 2018 elections). Liberals keep trying to extend the debt limit far enough out to protect liberal Republicans from the electoral consequences of their fiscal profligacy.


Earlier in the day, the House voted on a $7.85 billion aid package to Harvey victims. Senate Republican leaders had been planning to tie that Harvey aid to a bill to raise the debt ceiling for at least 18 months (i.e., after the November 2018 midterm elections).
...
The Post's DeBonis and Snell report that Republican leaders pushed Trump to let them try to negotiate an 18-month debt limit hike. Then they floated six months. It was to no avail. Trump took Democrats' offer of three months.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/06/paul-d-ryan-tying-harvey-aid-to-the-debt-ceiling-is-disgraceful-trump-lets-do-it/?utm_term=.e92d498ee429
Introvert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4825 Posts
September 06 2017 22:14 GMT
#173308
I did not, of course, call it a "left-wing idea."
"It is therefore only at the birth of a society that one can be completely logical in the laws. When you see a people enjoying this advantage, do not hasten to conclude that it is wise; think rather that it is young." -Alexis de Tocqueville
Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands21801 Posts
September 06 2017 22:15 GMT
#173309
On September 07 2017 07:12 Wulfey_LA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 07:07 Mohdoo wrote:
lol the idea that raising the debt ceiling is some sort of left wing idea is hilarious. Probably comes from the same people who say "I can balance a checkbook! Why can't the government!?"


Notable DC Liberals, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, were trying to convince DJT to extend the debt limit for at least 18 months (past the 2018 elections). Liberals keep trying to extend the debt limit far enough out to protect liberal Republicans from the electoral consequences of their fiscal profligacy.

Show nested quote +

Earlier in the day, the House voted on a $7.85 billion aid package to Harvey victims. Senate Republican leaders had been planning to tie that Harvey aid to a bill to raise the debt ceiling for at least 18 months (i.e., after the November 2018 midterm elections).
...
The Post's DeBonis and Snell report that Republican leaders pushed Trump to let them try to negotiate an 18-month debt limit hike. Then they floated six months. It was to no avail. Trump took Democrats' offer of three months.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/06/paul-d-ryan-tying-harvey-aid-to-the-debt-ceiling-is-disgraceful-trump-lets-do-it/?utm_term=.e92d498ee429

The Republicans don't have the votes for an 18 month extension and they are in charge of all 3 branches. The Democrats have no reason to play along and save the Republicans from multiple potential shutdowns running up to midterms.
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It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-09-06 22:26:15
September 06 2017 22:20 GMT
#173310
On September 07 2017 07:14 Introvert wrote:
I did not, of course, call it a "left-wing idea."

But you did seem to think it was some sort of contentious issue. But only the tea party conservatives make a bid deal about the debt ceiling. It has been the most non-issue thing(with the exception of one time in the 1990s) for the majority of it’s history. Only when the novice tea party conservatives showed up in Washington did we suddenly have to right over balancing our national check book. Previously, we used to fight over writing the checks themselves. But that issue requires compromise and real governance. The tea party conservatives hate that shit, because they are basic as fuck.

Edit: note, I mean elected tea party conservatives, who got elected on the promise of doing nothing but cutting spending by whatever means necessary. Who have pushed to leverage disaster relief into spending cuts in the past. This includes Pence.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
September 06 2017 22:33 GMT
#173311
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15717 Posts
September 06 2017 22:37 GMT
#173312
On September 07 2017 07:33 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
https://twitter.com/AP/status/905536270683840516


fast forward 5 years and we've got a attack on titan'esque situation with hurricanes.
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
September 06 2017 22:41 GMT
#173313
Jose is Cat 1 now by the way (up from tropical storm). But we can't let it make landfall. No way, Jose.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
zlefin
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States7689 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-09-06 22:51:26
September 06 2017 22:44 GMT
#173314
On September 07 2017 07:14 Introvert wrote:
I did not, of course, call it a "left-wing idea."

you were pretty clearly putting it on the left though; and implying some sort of shenanigans/impropriety when none were involved.
your swamp claims, while true in some larger sense, were clearly not apropos (especially considering how trump is so blatantly corrupt). and you used "betray" in a completely unjustified and hideously biased way.
Great read: http://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-2016-general-election/ great book on democracy: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10671.html zlefin is grumpier due to long term illness. Ignoring some users.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
September 06 2017 22:58 GMT
#173315


"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15717 Posts
September 06 2017 23:06 GMT
#173316
Omfg. 60...
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
September 06 2017 23:08 GMT
#173317
Irma looks like a truly daunting disaster, no way around it. It's possibly record breaking.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
September 06 2017 23:10 GMT
#173318
On September 07 2017 07:37 Mohdoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 07:33 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
https://twitter.com/AP/status/905536270683840516


fast forward 5 years and we've got a attack on titan'esque situation with hurricanes.


so we need to build a wall is what you're saying
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
September 06 2017 23:10 GMT
#173319
On September 07 2017 08:10 ticklishmusic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 07:37 Mohdoo wrote:
On September 07 2017 07:33 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
https://twitter.com/AP/status/905536270683840516


fast forward 5 years and we've got a attack on titan'esque situation with hurricanes.


so we need to build a wall is what you're saying

how about we just nuke the hurricane
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Toadesstern
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Germany16350 Posts
September 06 2017 23:12 GMT
#173320
On September 07 2017 08:10 ticklishmusic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2017 07:37 Mohdoo wrote:
On September 07 2017 07:33 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
https://twitter.com/AP/status/905536270683840516


fast forward 5 years and we've got a attack on titan'esque situation with hurricanes.


so we need to build a wall is what you're saying

we all know how that worked out in the series, don't we?
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