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Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium5032 Posts
November 04 2025 18:42 GMT
#106801
Their principles are owning the libs so there's that..
Taxes are for Terrans
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23608 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-11-04 19:39:21
November 04 2025 19:27 GMT
#106802
I think this comedian does a good job of capturing the essence of what actually makes someone want to vote Republican over Democrat.

Doesn't work as well in text, but here's a basic transcript of the important bit+ Show Spoiler +
I'll tell you a story... once me and my conservative friend we were walking down the street in New York City in front of us was walking a woman in very high heels. As far as I could tell she was trans. Now at some point this woman, she tripped on her right heel, she fell into the street right as a bus was approaching! My conservative friend ran into the street scooped her up just in the nick of time, helped her on her feet, sent her about her way, and then he turned to me and was like "that's why men shouldn't wear heels!" it was a lot of things all at once, and I want to be clear I think there a shitty thing to do, but if I had been alone I would have been like oh no........ she's dead




You can't understand it unless you can understand why someone would vote for the conservative friend over the comedian based on the scenario described.
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8231 Posts
November 04 2025 19:38 GMT
#106803
On November 05 2025 04:27 GreenHorizons wrote:
I think this comedian does a good job of capturing the essence of what actually makes someone want to vote Republican over Democrat.

https://youtu.be/SwpW4rEzNGM?si=RmzclnJ-W7Vpz02O&t=757

You can't understand it unless you can understand why someone would vote for the conservative friend over the comedian based on the scenario described.



Ok, but why are we acting like Trump is that conservative friend, and not the guy who would let the trans woman die and then loudly proclaim she deserved it, while simultaneously starting a trade war with the literal entierty of the world?
Jankisa
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Croatia1107 Posts
November 04 2025 19:46 GMT
#106804
Yeah, but you will notice that despite this conundrum, the one of "can you please just for once stop being so myopic and tribal and criticize your side for once" being brought up so, so many times in this thread the resident right wingers will just disappear or change the subject.

It's not something they are willing to discuss or internalize, they will chew your ear (or eyes I guess) off going into minutia of specific bills or what Obama said in 2014 but are absolutely unwilling to give any scrutiny to the objectively unprecedented shit that is happening at the moment.

So, are you a pessimist? - On my better days. Are you a nihilist? - Not as much as I should be.
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23608 Posts
November 04 2025 20:05 GMT
#106805
On November 05 2025 04:46 Jankisa wrote:
Yeah, but you will notice that despite this conundrum, the one of "can you please just for once stop being so myopic and tribal and criticize your side for once" being brought up so, so many times in this thread the resident right wingers will just disappear or change the subject.

It's not something they are willing to discuss or internalize, they will chew your ear (or eyes I guess) off going into minutia of specific bills or what Obama said in 2014 but are absolutely unwilling to give any scrutiny to the objectively unprecedented shit that is happening at the moment.


To what end?

Which of their goals do you believe it would help them achieve more effectively than not doing so does?
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28738 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-11-04 20:15:32
November 04 2025 20:11 GMT
#106806
On November 05 2025 03:04 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 03:02 KwarK wrote:
It’s the same as footballers diving and acting to try to cheat their way into getting free kicks. You can want your team to win but the integrity of the game matters too, you should want them to win the right way. If you win the wrong way then it doesn’t make your team any stronger, it just harms the legitimacy of the league.

Oddly enough I was initially going to include that exact analogy in my last post haha


haha I thought about it too, before reading Kwark's post, along the lines of 'I mean I can get behind my team diving once to win an important trophy, but if they keep diving all the time I'm gonna stop supporting them'.

That said if you're a fascist then the analogy doesn't work out because you don't give a shit about preserving the legitimacy of the league or democracy or political institutions and if you're constantly fighting an existential battle then the only thing that matters is that you keep winning.
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KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43533 Posts
November 04 2025 20:17 GMT
#106807
It’s almost like fascists can’t coexist with democratic institutions because they don’t believe in them and only participate as part of an attempt to destroy those institutions.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
Jankisa
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Croatia1107 Posts
November 04 2025 20:39 GMT
#106808
On November 05 2025 05:05 GreenHorizons wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 04:46 Jankisa wrote:
Yeah, but you will notice that despite this conundrum, the one of "can you please just for once stop being so myopic and tribal and criticize your side for once" being brought up so, so many times in this thread the resident right wingers will just disappear or change the subject.

It's not something they are willing to discuss or internalize, they will chew your ear (or eyes I guess) off going into minutia of specific bills or what Obama said in 2014 but are absolutely unwilling to give any scrutiny to the objectively unprecedented shit that is happening at the moment.


To what end?

Which of their goals do you believe it would help them achieve more effectively than not doing so does?


I don't know, how about because this is an internet forum and we are all relatively normal people who are capable of self reflection and thinking, so I would except that these people who are obviously relatively well informed, have been paying attention to politics and at least somewhat care about the future of their country and the world might find it in themselves to actually, at least once, at least a little bit take the time and say fuck these policies, this is scary, this goes against the constitution, the founders, whatever.

I don't even care what their underlining motivation for doing that might be, fuck, man, even if it's "we should criticize and resist this so the next Democratic regime can't do this shit to us" would be good.

That would maybe give me hope that this is possible on a larger, societal level and the future might not be as bleak and shitty as it's looking right now.
So, are you a pessimist? - On my better days. Are you a nihilist? - Not as much as I should be.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
November 04 2025 20:50 GMT
#106809
On November 05 2025 05:11 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 03:04 WombaT wrote:
On November 05 2025 03:02 KwarK wrote:
It’s the same as footballers diving and acting to try to cheat their way into getting free kicks. You can want your team to win but the integrity of the game matters too, you should want them to win the right way. If you win the wrong way then it doesn’t make your team any stronger, it just harms the legitimacy of the league.

Oddly enough I was initially going to include that exact analogy in my last post haha


haha I thought about it too, before reading Kwark's post, along the lines of 'I mean I can get behind my team diving once to win an important trophy, but if they keep diving all the time I'm gonna stop supporting them'.

I wasn’t specifically going to with with that exact angle, I was gonna go with your big rival going bankrupt or being very diminished and how you’d approach that in that context :p

The myopic fan welcomes it, the person who values the whole tapestry doesn’t.

Conservatives may be my political rival as it were, but there are many of em around. I’d rather win on the pitch than have Conservative FC as it were go insolvent.

'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23608 Posts
November 04 2025 21:09 GMT
#106810
On November 05 2025 05:39 Jankisa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 05:05 GreenHorizons wrote:
On November 05 2025 04:46 Jankisa wrote:
Yeah, but you will notice that despite this conundrum, the one of "can you please just for once stop being so myopic and tribal and criticize your side for once" being brought up so, so many times in this thread the resident right wingers will just disappear or change the subject.

It's not something they are willing to discuss or internalize, they will chew your ear (or eyes I guess) off going into minutia of specific bills or what Obama said in 2014 but are absolutely unwilling to give any scrutiny to the objectively unprecedented shit that is happening at the moment.


To what end?

Which of their goals do you believe it would help them achieve more effectively than not doing so does?


I don't know, how about because this is an internet forum and we are all relatively normal people who are capable of self reflection and thinking, so I would except that these people who are obviously relatively well informed, have been paying attention to politics and at least somewhat care about the future of their country and the world might find it in themselves to actually, at least once, at least a little bit take the time and say fuck these policies, this is scary, this goes against the constitution, the founders, whatever.

I don't even care what their underlining motivation for doing that might be, fuck, man, even if it's "we should criticize and resist this so the next Democratic regime can't do this shit to us" would be good.

That would maybe give me hope that this is possible on a larger, societal level and the future might not be as bleak and shitty as it's looking right now.

Drone's response pretty much sums up my thoughts.

On November 05 2025 05:11 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 03:04 WombaT wrote:
On November 05 2025 03:02 KwarK wrote:
It’s the same as footballers diving and acting to try to cheat their way into getting free kicks. You can want your team to win but the integrity of the game matters too, you should want them to win the right way. If you win the wrong way then it doesn’t make your team any stronger, it just harms the legitimacy of the league.

Oddly enough I was initially going to include that exact analogy in my last post haha

+ Show Spoiler +

haha I thought about it too, before reading Kwark's post, along the lines of 'I mean I can get behind my team diving once to win an important trophy, but if they keep diving all the time I'm gonna stop supporting them'.


That said if you're a fascist then the analogy doesn't work out because you don't give a shit about preserving the legitimacy of the league or democracy or political institutions and if you're constantly fighting an existential battle then the only thing that matters is that you keep winning.

They're in an existential fight for white supremacist capitalist hegemony and they don't see anything to be gained from giving you that comfort.
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Zambrah
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States7393 Posts
November 04 2025 21:59 GMT
#106811
voted, hope Jones wins, dont really give a fuck about Spanberger but I also dont think she really has any chance of losing and Winsome Sears is obviously a loon, so thats good I guess.
Incremental change is the Democrat version of Trickle Down economics.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45246 Posts
November 05 2025 00:52 GMT
#106812
VA results: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2025-elections/virginia-governor-results

NJ closes in a few minutes: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2025-elections/new-jersey-governor-results

NYC closes in about an hour: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2025-elections/new-york-city-mayor-results
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
November 05 2025 00:56 GMT
#106813
To not much surprise, it's looking like a blue sweep in Virginia. The DOGE cuts in a state full of feds, being an off-year election, and the state having a pendulum swing effect against the party in the White House made it very likely. Spanberger's doing very well, likely to get double digits. Jay should just squeak by even after his violent fantasy texts.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Introvert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4887 Posts
November 05 2025 01:03 GMT
#106814
On November 05 2025 00:37 Billyboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2025 22:51 Simberto wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


The strategy seems to be to go full-on 1984 doublethink.

It is insane to watch from the outside.

Show nested quote +
On November 04 2025 23:05 Introvert wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


Huh? Why are you asking me about this? No, I don't like lying but people are inured to Trump's... mis-statements. Besides, dems are too busy shutting down the government and arguing about their various issues of concern to talk much about prices. It's no wonder their image is still in the toilet. We'll have to see if they improve on 2024 margins in elections tonight, if they don't... that's yikes. Maybe then they will learn something. But winning will probably hide their problems. Might even elect as AG the guy who wished his opponent's children were shot and killed, so everyone is off their rocker atm


Show nested quote +
On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

The hope is that at some point the not stupid Republicans will go "Holy shit it is an embarrassment and absolutely terrible for our country that we have a compulsive lying, dumb, narcissistic, nepo baby who openly takes bribes leading out party, this is bad thing."

Hell you do not even need to vote Dem, you could just join the Republicans and against Trump and try to pry your party out of the stupidest era. I can not understand how you Americans treat politics like team sports and support your parties guy no matter how clearly incompetent he is. It is also incredibly stupid that what is "winning" to people seems to be beating the other party and not making the country better.

Your country is on the fast track to becoming a shit hole and you are there cheering for it because you get to beat the dems. It is so painful to watch.


Hard as it may be for you to believe, I do on the whole think Republican policy positions are better for the country than Democrat ones. You have no idea what I say to people on "my side" since there aren't any of them here. It is interesting how you and many other posters continue to think this is just about making sure "my team" wins, as if I couldn't have good reasons for preferring it. You'd hope that people who spend hours upon hours lecturing GH on being a team player might grasp this but I guess it's too complicated.

On November 05 2025 02:42 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

I mean, trying might help?

In a more generalised sense. Many people want their ‘team’ to win, of course. If one is losing though, so long as the game is played in the right spirit, as it were that goes a distance.

Outside these particular walls, sure it might be different. Within them, I would wager that getting Republicans to go ‘GOP’ bad isn’t a particular aspiration.

It would be conservatives having their own red lines, and acting accordingly. Something like that anyway, some self-regulation.

I mean I must have made similar posts on this theme at least 10 times prior. So expanding much is a bit redundant.

You can collectively do that, and have a slightly more civil wider discourse, or not.

Wider conservatism can’t have civil discourse with those who disagree with that creed if it reflexively defends everything the God King does, even the stuff that contravenes their ostensible principles.

The natural conclusion becomes that conservatives don’t care about stated principles when it suits, so why should I care when they’re invoked against something I want? Or indeed just want to be ruled by a belligerent Orange King (us Norn Irish can understand the appeal)

It’s not necessarily about building bridges across the aisle, it’s that self-policing exists internally. The wider left aren’t exactly great at the former either. But they do tend to criticise their own more.



As I said recently, I don't see the need to spent so much time trashing Trump around here for a few reasons. First, there's no one to actually have a discussion with. Yes, tariffs are bad. Glad we agree! Now what?

Second, I recall having this conversation every so often, including with you. But then I watch people support murder in public, or voting for a man who fantasized about wanting his opponents children shot, and I realize there isn't really that much to discuss. The pushback on those posts is incredibly limited. You've given me crap before for not criticizing Trump more and then when someone is gunned down in the street you shrugged. The level of self-debasement I'd have to put myself through to appeal to such people is not worth it.

And finally, as I said above, I still think that yes, Democrats are worse on basically every metric imaginable. Why I would focus on orange man bad to appease a bunch of murder fanatics who believe all their opponents are closet fascists is going to have to be explained.

"But, as the conservative understands it, modification of the rules should always reflect, and never impose, a change in the activities and beliefs of those who are subject to them, and should never on any occasion be so great as to destroy the ensemble."
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18846 Posts
November 05 2025 01:09 GMT
#106815
lol “murder fanatics,” that’s cute
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
22158 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-11-05 01:22:33
November 05 2025 01:15 GMT
#106816
Honestly. Both seem like murder fanatics in a way at this point. The only difference is in what they want to murder.

One side tries to murder anything that remotely looks like a fascist while the other, anything that looks like a cartel/gang member. But hey, at least they‘re from foreign countries /s.

It‘s like reliving the street fights between communists and fascists in pre-fascism Austria before Dollfuss.
And yeh, the fascists won in the end. Probably because of better organization and militancy.

The US corporate beast is never going to support a side that tries to redistribute wealth or fosters social security. They‘ll bonk tf out of everyone resisting.
Billyboy
Profile Joined September 2024
1413 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-11-05 01:48:22
November 05 2025 01:44 GMT
#106817
On November 05 2025 10:03 Introvert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 00:37 Billyboy wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:51 Simberto wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


The strategy seems to be to go full-on 1984 doublethink.

It is insane to watch from the outside.

On November 04 2025 23:05 Introvert wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


Huh? Why are you asking me about this? No, I don't like lying but people are inured to Trump's... mis-statements. Besides, dems are too busy shutting down the government and arguing about their various issues of concern to talk much about prices. It's no wonder their image is still in the toilet. We'll have to see if they improve on 2024 margins in elections tonight, if they don't... that's yikes. Maybe then they will learn something. But winning will probably hide their problems. Might even elect as AG the guy who wished his opponent's children were shot and killed, so everyone is off their rocker atm


On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

The hope is that at some point the not stupid Republicans will go "Holy shit it is an embarrassment and absolutely terrible for our country that we have a compulsive lying, dumb, narcissistic, nepo baby who openly takes bribes leading out party, this is bad thing."

Hell you do not even need to vote Dem, you could just join the Republicans and against Trump and try to pry your party out of the stupidest era. I can not understand how you Americans treat politics like team sports and support your parties guy no matter how clearly incompetent he is. It is also incredibly stupid that what is "winning" to people seems to be beating the other party and not making the country better.

Your country is on the fast track to becoming a shit hole and you are there cheering for it because you get to beat the dems. It is so painful to watch.


Hard as it may be for you to believe, I do on the whole think Republican policy positions are better for the country than Democrat ones. You have no idea what I say to people on "my side" since there aren't any of them here. It is interesting how you and many other posters continue to think this is just about making sure "my team" wins, as if I couldn't have good reasons for preferring it. You'd hope that people who spend hours upon hours lecturing GH on being a team player might grasp this but I guess it's too complicated.

+ Show Spoiler +
On November 05 2025 02:42 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

I mean, trying might help?

In a more generalised sense. Many people want their ‘team’ to win, of course. If one is losing though, so long as the game is played in the right spirit, as it were that goes a distance.

Outside these particular walls, sure it might be different. Within them, I would wager that getting Republicans to go ‘GOP’ bad isn’t a particular aspiration.

It would be conservatives having their own red lines, and acting accordingly. Something like that anyway, some self-regulation.

I mean I must have made similar posts on this theme at least 10 times prior. So expanding much is a bit redundant.

You can collectively do that, and have a slightly more civil wider discourse, or not.

Wider conservatism can’t have civil discourse with those who disagree with that creed if it reflexively defends everything the God King does, even the stuff that contravenes their ostensible principles.

The natural conclusion becomes that conservatives don’t care about stated principles when it suits, so why should I care when they’re invoked against something I want? Or indeed just want to be ruled by a belligerent Orange King (us Norn Irish can understand the appeal)

It’s not necessarily about building bridges across the aisle, it’s that self-policing exists internally. The wider left aren’t exactly great at the former either. But they do tend to criticise their own more.



As I said recently, I don't see the need to spent so much time trashing Trump around here for a few reasons. First, there's no one to actually have a discussion with. Yes, tariffs are bad. Glad we agree! Now what?

Second, I recall having this conversation every so often, including with you. But then I watch people support murder in public, or voting for a man who fantasized about wanting his opponents children shot, and I realize there isn't really that much to discuss. The pushback on those posts is incredibly limited. You've given me crap before for not criticizing Trump more and then when someone is gunned down in the street you shrugged. The level of self-debasement I'd have to put myself through to appeal to such people is not worth it.

And finally, as I said above, I still think that yes, Democrats are worse on basically every metric imaginable. Why I would focus on orange man bad to appease a bunch of murder fanatics who believe all their opponents are closet fascists is going to have to be explained.



I actually do get it, I like in a 95% conservative place, but still most of them think Trump is a moron. My point, which I stated already, is not that you vote Dem. But you should be like, we need to get this moron off the top of our ticket and stop running our country. I can't believe that you honestly think a guy who doesn't understand percentages is the right guy to broker trade deals. Especially when it is clear that he is making them based on who sucks up the most.

I can barely believe you want tariffs, since no fiscal conservative I have ever met thought they were a good idea before Trump started talking about them. But that aside, this guy is the one who is going to use them properly to make America stronger? The reason the Ontario ad pissed him off so much was because it is true and many Republicans love Reagan. That was a conservative government who made them as well.

Like I get you want something done about immigration, and something dramatic. But do you know how much this is costing? And how much it is actually working? Are you even getting more out than in? You are going to trust this guy to tell you real information? When he just flat lies about inflation (I mean everything always), but what he says about how the immigration is going is true? Like are you really that gullible? You can not trust any of the information this government spews, it is all to make them look good and they don't even bother hiding it and you cheer them for tricking you. It's lunacy.

If a Dem accepted a multi hundred million dollar plane from a foreign government would you be OK with it? Of course not because you know that there are strings attached and those strings are not in Americas interest, they are in the other country who gave the bribe. But Trump taking them is good? He is taking tons!

Maybe you think bailing out Argentina is a good deal after you gift wrapped them all of China Soy bean sales, for reasons. But I can't imagine you think doing it again and then buying a whole shit ton of their cattle to fuck your own farmers was good? Are you a protectionist with tariffs or what?

So many were for Trump because he would not tart wars, was a man of peace. How is that working out? What is going on with Venezuela? WTF is that costing? No where near any sort of ROI on the tiny couple of drug boats they sunk.

Hows that blanced budget coming?

What I'm getting at, and there is way more examples, is that Trump is a populist liar. He has told you he is a conservative and you believed it. He is clearly not one, and only interested in attention and wealth for himself. He is comically stupid, and the lies are not remotely smart and change by the week.

The ask isn't that you vote Dem, or become a socialist. It is that you be a conservative, hold those values and hold your own party accountable. Not be a useful idiot for the MAGA ideocracy because they wear your jersey.


That is actually exactly the same thing that was asked of GH. Stop pretending that Maduro is actually fighting capitalists from his billion dollar palace. Start actually trying to make the Dem party better. Hasn't "primary the bad dems" been said to him 1000 times.

There is no irony, just logical consistency. You might not be used to that given that what Trump tells you is good changes by the week.


edit: Also to your comment to wombat. How often were people called fascists before Trump? Could it not be possible (even likely) that people do not think that conservatives are fascists, but rather they the think Trump and his group are fascists? Have you even bothered to read what a fascist is and does? It is Trump, he hits like almost every point.

+ Show Spoiler +
1. Powerful, often exclusionary, populist nationalism centered on cult of a redemptive, “infallible”
leader who never admits mistakes.
2. Political power derived from questioning reality, endorsing myth and rage, and promoting lies.
3. Fixation with perceived national decline, humiliation, or victimhood.
4. White Replacement “Theory” used to show that democratic ideals of freedom and equality are a threat.
Oppose any initiatives or institutions that are racially, ethnically, or religiously harmonious.
5. Disdain for human rights while seeking purity and cleansing for those they define as part of the nation.
6. Identification of “enemies”/scapegoats as a unifying cause. Imprison and/or murder opposition and minority
group leaders.
7. Supremacy of the military and embrace of paramilitarism in an uneasy, but effective
collaboration with traditional elites. Fascists arm people and justify and glorify violence as “redemptive”.
8. Rampant sexism.
9. Control of mass media and undermining “truth”.
10. Obsession with national security, crime and punishment, and fostering a sense of the nation under attack.
11. Religion and government are intertwined.
12. Corporate power is protected and labor power is suppressed.
13. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts not aligned with the fascist narrative.
14. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Loyalty to the leader is paramount and often more important than competence.
15. Fraudulent elections and creation of a one-party state.
16. Often seeking to expand territory through armed conflict.

WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
November 05 2025 01:46 GMT
#106818
On November 05 2025 10:03 Introvert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 00:37 Billyboy wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:51 Simberto wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


The strategy seems to be to go full-on 1984 doublethink.

It is insane to watch from the outside.

On November 04 2025 23:05 Introvert wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


Huh? Why are you asking me about this? No, I don't like lying but people are inured to Trump's... mis-statements. Besides, dems are too busy shutting down the government and arguing about their various issues of concern to talk much about prices. It's no wonder their image is still in the toilet. We'll have to see if they improve on 2024 margins in elections tonight, if they don't... that's yikes. Maybe then they will learn something. But winning will probably hide their problems. Might even elect as AG the guy who wished his opponent's children were shot and killed, so everyone is off their rocker atm


On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

The hope is that at some point the not stupid Republicans will go "Holy shit it is an embarrassment and absolutely terrible for our country that we have a compulsive lying, dumb, narcissistic, nepo baby who openly takes bribes leading out party, this is bad thing."

Hell you do not even need to vote Dem, you could just join the Republicans and against Trump and try to pry your party out of the stupidest era. I can not understand how you Americans treat politics like team sports and support your parties guy no matter how clearly incompetent he is. It is also incredibly stupid that what is "winning" to people seems to be beating the other party and not making the country better.

Your country is on the fast track to becoming a shit hole and you are there cheering for it because you get to beat the dems. It is so painful to watch.


Hard as it may be for you to believe, I do on the whole think Republican policy positions are better for the country than Democrat ones. You have no idea what I say to people on "my side" since there aren't any of them here. It is interesting how you and many other posters continue to think this is just about making sure "my team" wins, as if I couldn't have good reasons for preferring it. You'd hope that people who spend hours upon hours lecturing GH on being a team player might grasp this but I guess it's too complicated.

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On November 05 2025 02:42 WombaT wrote:
On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

I mean, trying might help?

In a more generalised sense. Many people want their ‘team’ to win, of course. If one is losing though, so long as the game is played in the right spirit, as it were that goes a distance.

Outside these particular walls, sure it might be different. Within them, I would wager that getting Republicans to go ‘GOP’ bad isn’t a particular aspiration.

It would be conservatives having their own red lines, and acting accordingly. Something like that anyway, some self-regulation.

I mean I must have made similar posts on this theme at least 10 times prior. So expanding much is a bit redundant.

You can collectively do that, and have a slightly more civil wider discourse, or not.

Wider conservatism can’t have civil discourse with those who disagree with that creed if it reflexively defends everything the God King does, even the stuff that contravenes their ostensible principles.

The natural conclusion becomes that conservatives don’t care about stated principles when it suits, so why should I care when they’re invoked against something I want? Or indeed just want to be ruled by a belligerent Orange King (us Norn Irish can understand the appeal)

It’s not necessarily about building bridges across the aisle, it’s that self-policing exists internally. The wider left aren’t exactly great at the former either. But they do tend to criticise their own more.



As I said recently, I don't see the need to spent so much time trashing Trump around here for a few reasons. First, there's no one to actually have a discussion with. Yes, tariffs are bad. Glad we agree! Now what?

Second, I recall having this conversation every so often, including with you. But then I watch people support murder in public, or voting for a man who fantasized about wanting his opponents children shot, and I realize there isn't really that much to discuss. The pushback on those posts is incredibly limited. You've given me crap before for not criticizing Trump more and then when someone is gunned down in the street you shrugged. The level of self-debasement I'd have to put myself through to appeal to such people is not worth it.

And finally, as I said above, I still think that yes, Democrats are worse on basically every metric imaginable. Why I would focus on orange man bad to appease a bunch of murder fanatics who believe all their opponents are closet fascists is going to have to be explained.


So what? Why does any of that matter?

Trump being a complete disgrace of a President can co-exist with those criticisms of other actors.

One can also be a conservative while not supporting Trump, it’s emminently possible, indeed I’d argue that Trump is that divorced from general conservative principles that it should be the default.

You’re supposed to have principles. Me not giving much of a shit that Charlie Kirk got shot shouldn’t upset the applecart too much.

But your cohort evidently doesn’t, so who cares? It’s a battle now, and next time it swings the other way your lot is fucked. Nobody is going to care about catering to the desires of decent conservatives if they’ve spent a cumulative 8 years sucking Donald Trump off and hand waving everything.
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Introvert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4887 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-11-05 02:07:38
November 05 2025 02:04 GMT
#106819
On November 05 2025 10:44 Billyboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 10:03 Introvert wrote:
On November 05 2025 00:37 Billyboy wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:51 Simberto wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


The strategy seems to be to go full-on 1984 doublethink.

It is insane to watch from the outside.

On November 04 2025 23:05 Introvert wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


Huh? Why are you asking me about this? No, I don't like lying but people are inured to Trump's... mis-statements. Besides, dems are too busy shutting down the government and arguing about their various issues of concern to talk much about prices. It's no wonder their image is still in the toilet. We'll have to see if they improve on 2024 margins in elections tonight, if they don't... that's yikes. Maybe then they will learn something. But winning will probably hide their problems. Might even elect as AG the guy who wished his opponent's children were shot and killed, so everyone is off their rocker atm


On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

The hope is that at some point the not stupid Republicans will go "Holy shit it is an embarrassment and absolutely terrible for our country that we have a compulsive lying, dumb, narcissistic, nepo baby who openly takes bribes leading out party, this is bad thing."

Hell you do not even need to vote Dem, you could just join the Republicans and against Trump and try to pry your party out of the stupidest era. I can not understand how you Americans treat politics like team sports and support your parties guy no matter how clearly incompetent he is. It is also incredibly stupid that what is "winning" to people seems to be beating the other party and not making the country better.

Your country is on the fast track to becoming a shit hole and you are there cheering for it because you get to beat the dems. It is so painful to watch.


Hard as it may be for you to believe, I do on the whole think Republican policy positions are better for the country than Democrat ones. You have no idea what I say to people on "my side" since there aren't any of them here. It is interesting how you and many other posters continue to think this is just about making sure "my team" wins, as if I couldn't have good reasons for preferring it. You'd hope that people who spend hours upon hours lecturing GH on being a team player might grasp this but I guess it's too complicated.

+ Show Spoiler +
On November 05 2025 02:42 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

I mean, trying might help?

In a more generalised sense. Many people want their ‘team’ to win, of course. If one is losing though, so long as the game is played in the right spirit, as it were that goes a distance.

Outside these particular walls, sure it might be different. Within them, I would wager that getting Republicans to go ‘GOP’ bad isn’t a particular aspiration.

It would be conservatives having their own red lines, and acting accordingly. Something like that anyway, some self-regulation.

I mean I must have made similar posts on this theme at least 10 times prior. So expanding much is a bit redundant.

You can collectively do that, and have a slightly more civil wider discourse, or not.

Wider conservatism can’t have civil discourse with those who disagree with that creed if it reflexively defends everything the God King does, even the stuff that contravenes their ostensible principles.

The natural conclusion becomes that conservatives don’t care about stated principles when it suits, so why should I care when they’re invoked against something I want? Or indeed just want to be ruled by a belligerent Orange King (us Norn Irish can understand the appeal)

It’s not necessarily about building bridges across the aisle, it’s that self-policing exists internally. The wider left aren’t exactly great at the former either. But they do tend to criticise their own more.



As I said recently, I don't see the need to spent so much time trashing Trump around here for a few reasons. First, there's no one to actually have a discussion with. Yes, tariffs are bad. Glad we agree! Now what?

Second, I recall having this conversation every so often, including with you. But then I watch people support murder in public, or voting for a man who fantasized about wanting his opponents children shot, and I realize there isn't really that much to discuss. The pushback on those posts is incredibly limited. You've given me crap before for not criticizing Trump more and then when someone is gunned down in the street you shrugged. The level of self-debasement I'd have to put myself through to appeal to such people is not worth it.

And finally, as I said above, I still think that yes, Democrats are worse on basically every metric imaginable. Why I would focus on orange man bad to appease a bunch of murder fanatics who believe all their opponents are closet fascists is going to have to be explained.



I actually do get it, I like in a 95% conservative place, but still most of them think Trump is a moron. My point, which I stated already, is not that you vote Dem. But you should be like, we need to get this moron off the top of our ticket and stop running our country. I can't believe that you honestly think a guy who doesn't understand percentages is the right guy to broker trade deals. Especially when it is clear that he is making them based on who sucks up the most.

I can barely believe you want tariffs, since no fiscal conservative I have ever met thought they were a good idea before Trump started talking about them. But that aside, this guy is the one who is going to use them properly to make America stronger? The reason the Ontario ad pissed him off so much was because it is true and many Republicans love Reagan. That was a conservative government who made them as well.

Like I get you want something done about immigration, and something dramatic. But do you know how much this is costing? And how much it is actually working? Are you even getting more out than in? You are going to trust this guy to tell you real information? When he just flat lies about inflation (I mean everything always), but what he says about how the immigration is going is true? Like are you really that gullible? You can not trust any of the information this government spews, it is all to make them look good and they don't even bother hiding it and you cheer them for tricking you. It's lunacy.

If a Dem accepted a multi hundred million dollar plane from a foreign government would you be OK with it? Of course not because you know that there are strings attached and those strings are not in Americas interest, they are in the other country who gave the bribe. But Trump taking them is good? He is taking tons!

Maybe you think bailing out Argentina is a good deal after you gift wrapped them all of China Soy bean sales, for reasons. But I can't imagine you think doing it again and then buying a whole shit ton of their cattle to fuck your own farmers was good? Are you a protectionist with tariffs or what?

So many were for Trump because he would not tart wars, was a man of peace. How is that working out? What is going on with Venezuela? WTF is that costing? No where near any sort of ROI on the tiny couple of drug boats they sunk.

Hows that blanced budget coming?

What I'm getting at, and there is way more examples, is that Trump is a populist liar. He has told you he is a conservative and you believed it. He is clearly not one, and only interested in attention and wealth for himself. He is comically stupid, and the lies are not remotely smart and change by the week.

The ask isn't that you vote Dem, or become a socialist. It is that you be a conservative, hold those values and hold your own party accountable. Not be a useful idiot for the MAGA ideocracy because they wear your jersey.


That is actually exactly the same thing that was asked of GH. Stop pretending that Maduro is actually fighting capitalists from his billion dollar palace. Start actually trying to make the Dem party better. Hasn't "primary the bad dems" been said to him 1000 times.

There is no irony, just logical consistency. You might not be used to that given that what Trump tells you is good changes by the week.


edit: Also to your comment to wombat. How often were people called fascists before Trump? Could it not be possible (even likely) that people do not think that conservatives are fascists, but rather they the think Trump and his group are fascists? Have you even bothered to read what a fascist is and does? It is Trump, he hits like almost every point.

+ Show Spoiler +
1. Powerful, often exclusionary, populist nationalism centered on cult of a redemptive, “infallible”
leader who never admits mistakes.
2. Political power derived from questioning reality, endorsing myth and rage, and promoting lies.
3. Fixation with perceived national decline, humiliation, or victimhood.
4. White Replacement “Theory” used to show that democratic ideals of freedom and equality are a threat.
Oppose any initiatives or institutions that are racially, ethnically, or religiously harmonious.
5. Disdain for human rights while seeking purity and cleansing for those they define as part of the nation.
6. Identification of “enemies”/scapegoats as a unifying cause. Imprison and/or murder opposition and minority
group leaders.
7. Supremacy of the military and embrace of paramilitarism in an uneasy, but effective
collaboration with traditional elites. Fascists arm people and justify and glorify violence as “redemptive”.
8. Rampant sexism.
9. Control of mass media and undermining “truth”.
10. Obsession with national security, crime and punishment, and fostering a sense of the nation under attack.
11. Religion and government are intertwined.
12. Corporate power is protected and labor power is suppressed.
13. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts not aligned with the fascist narrative.
14. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Loyalty to the leader is paramount and often more important than competence.
15. Fraudulent elections and creation of a one-party state.
16. Often seeking to expand territory through armed conflict.



Well I didn't vote for him so I did my part to "get him off the ticket" if that's what you want. Again, you have no idea what is said elsewhere.

I have repeatedly said the tariffs are bad, I think they are actually his biggest mistake so far. They a counter-productive at home and they make rallying our allies against adversaries that much more difficult. I wouldn't even tarriff the Europeans! There are other ways of getting them to pay for their own defense.

What's happening with immigration is the natural counter reaction. You have to have rules, and Biden spent four years ignoring them, and now enforcing them is going to hurt. It's always a tough question of how strictly to you start enforcing rules once a pattern of breaking them has emerged. and now some people who previously wouldn't have been deported now will be. probably should have considered that when dems spent years denying there was even anything wrong.

Of course Trump shouldn't accept the plane.

I don't mind helping Argentina.

Trump's foreign policy has been his best aspect so far (tariffs excluded). Dem weak FP as usual is awful.

You seem to be attributing to me a lot of positions I have never offered about Trump? Like again, no Trump doesn't care about a balanced budget, but if dems got their way they'd blow everything out as their projected tax revenue never lived up to expectations, and it would be used to support tons of government growth that I fundamentally disagree with.

Again, and I know you have a special hatred for GH, but you have to realize I am thinking in similar terms. Yes, Trump sucks. Yes, I wish it were a different Republican. No, banging on about it here does nothing.

Which leads to...

On November 05 2025 10:46 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2025 10:03 Introvert wrote:
On November 05 2025 00:37 Billyboy wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:51 Simberto wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


The strategy seems to be to go full-on 1984 doublethink.

It is insane to watch from the outside.

On November 04 2025 23:05 Introvert wrote:
On November 04 2025 22:28 Billyboy wrote:
@introvert
“We have no inflation,” President Donald Trump said in his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday evening. “Our groceries are down.”


You OK with him just blatantly lying? And do you think Republicans will not notice that prices are up because Trump said so?

What a crazy world.


Huh? Why are you asking me about this? No, I don't like lying but people are inured to Trump's... mis-statements. Besides, dems are too busy shutting down the government and arguing about their various issues of concern to talk much about prices. It's no wonder their image is still in the toilet. We'll have to see if they improve on 2024 margins in elections tonight, if they don't... that's yikes. Maybe then they will learn something. But winning will probably hide their problems. Might even elect as AG the guy who wished his opponent's children were shot and killed, so everyone is off their rocker atm


On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

The hope is that at some point the not stupid Republicans will go "Holy shit it is an embarrassment and absolutely terrible for our country that we have a compulsive lying, dumb, narcissistic, nepo baby who openly takes bribes leading out party, this is bad thing."

Hell you do not even need to vote Dem, you could just join the Republicans and against Trump and try to pry your party out of the stupidest era. I can not understand how you Americans treat politics like team sports and support your parties guy no matter how clearly incompetent he is. It is also incredibly stupid that what is "winning" to people seems to be beating the other party and not making the country better.

Your country is on the fast track to becoming a shit hole and you are there cheering for it because you get to beat the dems. It is so painful to watch.


Hard as it may be for you to believe, I do on the whole think Republican policy positions are better for the country than Democrat ones. You have no idea what I say to people on "my side" since there aren't any of them here. It is interesting how you and many other posters continue to think this is just about making sure "my team" wins, as if I couldn't have good reasons for preferring it. You'd hope that people who spend hours upon hours lecturing GH on being a team player might grasp this but I guess it's too complicated.

On November 05 2025 02:42 WombaT wrote:
On November 04 2025 23:44 Introvert wrote:
Breaking news: conservative thinks Democrats a worse party than Republicans. More at 11. What people want is endless "Republican bad" to the point where they tie themselves into logical knots repeatedly. Thr shutdown is just the latest example. The only "acceptable" answer is that it's the GOP's fault even though it only happened because of senate Democrats. There is nothing I could even say at this point that would be accepted.

I mean, trying might help?

In a more generalised sense. Many people want their ‘team’ to win, of course. If one is losing though, so long as the game is played in the right spirit, as it were that goes a distance.

Outside these particular walls, sure it might be different. Within them, I would wager that getting Republicans to go ‘GOP’ bad isn’t a particular aspiration.

It would be conservatives having their own red lines, and acting accordingly. Something like that anyway, some self-regulation.

I mean I must have made similar posts on this theme at least 10 times prior. So expanding much is a bit redundant.

You can collectively do that, and have a slightly more civil wider discourse, or not.

Wider conservatism can’t have civil discourse with those who disagree with that creed if it reflexively defends everything the God King does, even the stuff that contravenes their ostensible principles.

The natural conclusion becomes that conservatives don’t care about stated principles when it suits, so why should I care when they’re invoked against something I want? Or indeed just want to be ruled by a belligerent Orange King (us Norn Irish can understand the appeal)

It’s not necessarily about building bridges across the aisle, it’s that self-policing exists internally. The wider left aren’t exactly great at the former either. But they do tend to criticise their own more.



As I said recently, I don't see the need to spent so much time trashing Trump around here for a few reasons. First, there's no one to actually have a discussion with. Yes, tariffs are bad. Glad we agree! Now what?

Second, I recall having this conversation every so often, including with you. But then I watch people support murder in public, or voting for a man who fantasized about wanting his opponents children shot, and I realize there isn't really that much to discuss. The pushback on those posts is incredibly limited. You've given me crap before for not criticizing Trump more and then when someone is gunned down in the street you shrugged. The level of self-debasement I'd have to put myself through to appeal to such people is not worth it.

And finally, as I said above, I still think that yes, Democrats are worse on basically every metric imaginable. Why I would focus on orange man bad to appease a bunch of murder fanatics who believe all their opponents are closet fascists is going to have to be explained.


So what? Why does any of that matter?

Trump being a complete disgrace of a President can co-exist with those criticisms of other actors.

One can also be a conservative while not supporting Trump, it’s emminently possible, indeed I’d argue that Trump is that divorced from general conservative principles that it should be the default.

You’re supposed to have principles. Me not giving much of a shit that Charlie Kirk got shot shouldn’t upset the applecart too much.

But your cohort evidently doesn’t, so who cares? It’s a battle now, and next time it swings the other way your lot is fucked. Nobody is going to care about catering to the desires of decent conservatives if they’ve spent a cumulative 8 years sucking Donald Trump off and hand waving everything.


You used to say that I should criticize Trump more because it would show that I was being serious and arguing in good faith (paraphrase). Why I am supposed to assume good faith on the part of people who support all the things I mentioned above. Why am I supposed to assume good faith on your part when you are more harsh on me for not criticizing Trump than you are yourself in criticizing those on the left who expound awful views? Is that not what you requested of me?

Are you getting the point yet? In a thread where the median opinion is that Donald Trump is a fascist who will try to serve a third term as president I'm supposed to take the same or more time criticizing him instead of that nutty belief itself. It's a silly thing to ask for from the one conservative in the thread. I have criticized him a lot over the years, all it got was demands that I do it more. meanwhile, people here have lost their minds.
"But, as the conservative understands it, modification of the rules should always reflect, and never impose, a change in the activities and beliefs of those who are subject to them, and should never on any occasion be so great as to destroy the ensemble."
Doublemint
Profile Joined July 2011
Austria8703 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-11-05 02:28:23
November 05 2025 02:24 GMT
#106820
well bugger me sideways, the backlash is way more severe than I thought.

woke is so back.

Election Day live updates: Spanberger is elected Va. governor and Sherrill is elected N.J. governor, NBC News projects

+ Mamdani sweeped it.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before the fall.
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