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On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...?
Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield.
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On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield.
It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist.
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On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist.
I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!"
All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm.
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On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm.
I think at this point it must always be pissing matches.
Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS?
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On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS?
As a matter of fact, there is
What ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though.
If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles.
WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House.
www.fox5dc.com
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In all seriousness, Trump's tweet is such a lukewarm shot at LeBron that I'm not surprised that its getting ratio'ed. Its not like he doesn't have hours of material to work off, he just needs to go through Skip Bayless' twitter.
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On August 04 2018 07:53 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 07:31 JimmiC wrote:
Movies and art in general are able to mean different things to different people. You don’t understand, TLJ is objectively bad. Please way my 7 part series on YouTube explaining why and click on my patreon page. Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 07:30 Nebuchad wrote:
For the record, I'd still rather we discuss the whole "now it's not about good vs evil", but please don't fuall for the trap of accepting that a female character being right while a male character is wrong is an emasculating thing? It takes a special type of person to watch those scenes and feel emasculated.
Yes, people have definitely made some bank on tearing TLJ apart. There's a lot wrong with it, though.
Out of curiousity, have you looked into how it's been received in non-Western markets? The Chinese critics' response to the movie is... illuminating. especially considering Force Awakens did reasonably well there.
Star Wars is the closest thing to a protected class in the western film-making industry; critics really do give it free passes on stuff they'd tear 'lesser' movies apart for.
On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there isWhat ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though. If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles. Show nested quote +WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House. www.fox5dc.com
God bless you, internet. Sometimes. Curse you, other times. I really shouldn't have put a question mark there. Of course there was going to be a list.
Still, I didn't realise it had gotten quite that big. I figured it was in the lower triple digits, not pushing towards halfway to four.
Wonder how big it'll be by the end of his Presidency?
Just reading part of that list (I can't handle that much toxicity on a Saturday morning), drives home to me again that a lot of people in America think this is a good way for a President to behave. Whoever comes next is going to have a LOT of work to do in terms of rebuilding the idea of a President.
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On August 04 2018 17:08 iamthedave wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 07:53 Plansix wrote:On August 04 2018 07:31 JimmiC wrote:
Movies and art in general are able to mean different things to different people. You don’t understand, TLJ is objectively bad. Please way my 7 part series on YouTube explaining why and click on my patreon page. On August 04 2018 07:30 Nebuchad wrote:
For the record, I'd still rather we discuss the whole "now it's not about good vs evil", but please don't fuall for the trap of accepting that a female character being right while a male character is wrong is an emasculating thing? It takes a special type of person to watch those scenes and feel emasculated. Yes, people have definitely made some bank on tearing TLJ apart. There's a lot wrong with it, though. Out of curiousity, have you looked into how it's been received in non-Western markets? The Chinese critics' response to the movie is... illuminating. Star Wars is the closest thing to a protected class in the western film-making industry; critics really do give it free passes on stuff they'd tear 'lesser' movies apart for. Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there isWhat ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though. If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles. WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House. www.fox5dc.com God bless you, internet. Sometimes. Curse you, other times. I really shouldn't have put a question mark there. Of course there was going to be a list. Still, I didn't realise it had gotten quite that big. I figured it was in the lower triple digits, not pushing towards halfway to four. Wonder how big it'll be by the end of his Presidency? Just reading part of that list (I can't handle that much toxicity on a Saturday morning), drives home to me again that a lot of people in America think this is a good way for a President to behave. Whoever comes next is going to have a LOT of work to do in terms of rebuilding the idea of a President.
If we're speaking superficially, I prefer Trump. He may be a compulsive liar, but he's the most honest face the US has had in a while.
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On August 04 2018 18:12 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 17:08 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 07:53 Plansix wrote:On August 04 2018 07:31 JimmiC wrote:
Movies and art in general are able to mean different things to different people. You don’t understand, TLJ is objectively bad. Please way my 7 part series on YouTube explaining why and click on my patreon page. On August 04 2018 07:30 Nebuchad wrote:
For the record, I'd still rather we discuss the whole "now it's not about good vs evil", but please don't fuall for the trap of accepting that a female character being right while a male character is wrong is an emasculating thing? It takes a special type of person to watch those scenes and feel emasculated. Yes, people have definitely made some bank on tearing TLJ apart. There's a lot wrong with it, though. Out of curiousity, have you looked into how it's been received in non-Western markets? The Chinese critics' response to the movie is... illuminating. Star Wars is the closest thing to a protected class in the western film-making industry; critics really do give it free passes on stuff they'd tear 'lesser' movies apart for. On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there isWhat ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though. If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles. WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House. www.fox5dc.com God bless you, internet. Sometimes. Curse you, other times. I really shouldn't have put a question mark there. Of course there was going to be a list. Still, I didn't realise it had gotten quite that big. I figured it was in the lower triple digits, not pushing towards halfway to four. Wonder how big it'll be by the end of his Presidency? Just reading part of that list (I can't handle that much toxicity on a Saturday morning), drives home to me again that a lot of people in America think this is a good way for a President to behave. Whoever comes next is going to have a LOT of work to do in terms of rebuilding the idea of a President. If we're speaking superficially, I prefer Trump. He may be a compulsive liar, but he's the most honest face the US has had in a while.
For someone who boasts intellectual superiority over liberals, you say surptisingly stupid s... sometimes. How is someone who lies every time that he opens his mouth more honest than someone who doesn’t?
And seriously. You think Trump is more honest than Obama. Like, really?
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On August 04 2018 19:36 Biff The Understudy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 18:12 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 17:08 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 07:53 Plansix wrote:On August 04 2018 07:31 JimmiC wrote:
Movies and art in general are able to mean different things to different people. You don’t understand, TLJ is objectively bad. Please way my 7 part series on YouTube explaining why and click on my patreon page. On August 04 2018 07:30 Nebuchad wrote:
For the record, I'd still rather we discuss the whole "now it's not about good vs evil", but please don't fuall for the trap of accepting that a female character being right while a male character is wrong is an emasculating thing? It takes a special type of person to watch those scenes and feel emasculated. Yes, people have definitely made some bank on tearing TLJ apart. There's a lot wrong with it, though. Out of curiousity, have you looked into how it's been received in non-Western markets? The Chinese critics' response to the movie is... illuminating. Star Wars is the closest thing to a protected class in the western film-making industry; critics really do give it free passes on stuff they'd tear 'lesser' movies apart for. On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there isWhat ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though. If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles. WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House. www.fox5dc.com God bless you, internet. Sometimes. Curse you, other times. I really shouldn't have put a question mark there. Of course there was going to be a list. Still, I didn't realise it had gotten quite that big. I figured it was in the lower triple digits, not pushing towards halfway to four. Wonder how big it'll be by the end of his Presidency? Just reading part of that list (I can't handle that much toxicity on a Saturday morning), drives home to me again that a lot of people in America think this is a good way for a President to behave. Whoever comes next is going to have a LOT of work to do in terms of rebuilding the idea of a President. If we're speaking superficially, I prefer Trump. He may be a compulsive liar, but he's the most honest face the US has had in a while. For someone who boasts intellectual superiority over liberals, you say surptisingly stupid s... sometimes. How is someone who lies every time that he opens his mouth more honest than someone who doesn’t? And seriously. You think Trump is more honest than Obama. Like, really?
He's not saying that Trump is honest, he's saying that Trump represents what America really was all this time even though it was trying to hide it. Notice in the sentence it's not Trump that's honest (he is a 'compulsive liar') it's "the face of America".
Edit: this must be what IgnE pretends he feels like =)
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On August 04 2018 19:42 Nebuchad wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 19:36 Biff The Understudy wrote:On August 04 2018 18:12 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 17:08 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 07:53 Plansix wrote:On August 04 2018 07:31 JimmiC wrote:
Movies and art in general are able to mean different things to different people. You don’t understand, TLJ is objectively bad. Please way my 7 part series on YouTube explaining why and click on my patreon page. On August 04 2018 07:30 Nebuchad wrote:
For the record, I'd still rather we discuss the whole "now it's not about good vs evil", but please don't fuall for the trap of accepting that a female character being right while a male character is wrong is an emasculating thing? It takes a special type of person to watch those scenes and feel emasculated. Yes, people have definitely made some bank on tearing TLJ apart. There's a lot wrong with it, though. Out of curiousity, have you looked into how it's been received in non-Western markets? The Chinese critics' response to the movie is... illuminating. Star Wars is the closest thing to a protected class in the western film-making industry; critics really do give it free passes on stuff they'd tear 'lesser' movies apart for. On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there isWhat ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though. If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles. WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House. www.fox5dc.com God bless you, internet. Sometimes. Curse you, other times. I really shouldn't have put a question mark there. Of course there was going to be a list. Still, I didn't realise it had gotten quite that big. I figured it was in the lower triple digits, not pushing towards halfway to four. Wonder how big it'll be by the end of his Presidency? Just reading part of that list (I can't handle that much toxicity on a Saturday morning), drives home to me again that a lot of people in America think this is a good way for a President to behave. Whoever comes next is going to have a LOT of work to do in terms of rebuilding the idea of a President. If we're speaking superficially, I prefer Trump. He may be a compulsive liar, but he's the most honest face the US has had in a while. For someone who boasts intellectual superiority over liberals, you say surptisingly stupid s... sometimes. How is someone who lies every time that he opens his mouth more honest than someone who doesn’t? And seriously. You think Trump is more honest than Obama. Like, really? He's not saying that Trump is honest, he's saying that Trump represents what America really was all this time even though it was trying to hide it. Notice in the sentence it's not Trump that's honest (he is a 'compulsive liar') it's "the face of America". Edit: this must be what IgnE pretends he feels like =)
I don’t think that’s what he is saying. Trump is the face of america, and it’s the most honest the country has had for a while. But maybe I am wrong.
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On August 04 2018 19:56 Biff The Understudy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 19:42 Nebuchad wrote:On August 04 2018 19:36 Biff The Understudy wrote:On August 04 2018 18:12 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 17:08 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 07:53 Plansix wrote:On August 04 2018 07:31 JimmiC wrote:
Movies and art in general are able to mean different things to different people. You don’t understand, TLJ is objectively bad. Please way my 7 part series on YouTube explaining why and click on my patreon page. On August 04 2018 07:30 Nebuchad wrote:
For the record, I'd still rather we discuss the whole "now it's not about good vs evil", but please don't fuall for the trap of accepting that a female character being right while a male character is wrong is an emasculating thing? It takes a special type of person to watch those scenes and feel emasculated. Yes, people have definitely made some bank on tearing TLJ apart. There's a lot wrong with it, though. Out of curiousity, have you looked into how it's been received in non-Western markets? The Chinese critics' response to the movie is... illuminating. Star Wars is the closest thing to a protected class in the western film-making industry; critics really do give it free passes on stuff they'd tear 'lesser' movies apart for. On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:
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Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield.
It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there isWhat ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though. If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles. WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House. www.fox5dc.com God bless you, internet. Sometimes. Curse you, other times. I really shouldn't have put a question mark there. Of course there was going to be a list. Still, I didn't realise it had gotten quite that big. I figured it was in the lower triple digits, not pushing towards halfway to four. Wonder how big it'll be by the end of his Presidency? Just reading part of that list (I can't handle that much toxicity on a Saturday morning), drives home to me again that a lot of people in America think this is a good way for a President to behave. Whoever comes next is going to have a LOT of work to do in terms of rebuilding the idea of a President. If we're speaking superficially, I prefer Trump. He may be a compulsive liar, but he's the most honest face the US has had in a while. For someone who boasts intellectual superiority over liberals, you say surptisingly stupid s... sometimes. How is someone who lies every time that he opens his mouth more honest than someone who doesn’t? And seriously. You think Trump is more honest than Obama. Like, really? He's not saying that Trump is honest, he's saying that Trump represents what America really was all this time even though it was trying to hide it. Notice in the sentence it's not Trump that's honest (he is a 'compulsive liar') it's "the face of America". Edit: this must be what IgnE pretends he feels like =) I don’t think that’s what he is saying. Trump is the face of america, and it’s the most honest the country has had for a while. But maybe I am wrong.
You definitely are wrong this time. GH's meaning was pretty clear. It's not like he's made a secret of his loathing for modern American culture, especially liberal culture, because he feels it's play acting at being caring and concerned while secretly being as selfish and self-absorbed as the Republicans.
At least they're honest about it.
I believe I'm correct and GH will agree that he'd rather someone say to his face that they believe he's a filthy animal unable to ever equal a white man than have someone treat him like a king to his face but think that behind his back. To him, liberals in America do the second, while Republicans do the first.
Trump is honest about who he is; he puts it all out there, unfiltered. Everyone else says one thing while doing another, in GH's view. See his views on Obama, whom he doesn't really seem to like anymore than Trump or Bush.
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On August 04 2018 20:33 iamthedave wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 19:56 Biff The Understudy wrote:On August 04 2018 19:42 Nebuchad wrote:On August 04 2018 19:36 Biff The Understudy wrote:On August 04 2018 18:12 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 17:08 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 07:53 Plansix wrote:On August 04 2018 07:31 JimmiC wrote:
Movies and art in general are able to mean different things to different people. You don’t understand, TLJ is objectively bad. Please way my 7 part series on YouTube explaining why and click on my patreon page. On August 04 2018 07:30 Nebuchad wrote:
For the record, I'd still rather we discuss the whole "now it's not about good vs evil", but please don't fuall for the trap of accepting that a female character being right while a male character is wrong is an emasculating thing? It takes a special type of person to watch those scenes and feel emasculated. Yes, people have definitely made some bank on tearing TLJ apart. There's a lot wrong with it, though. Out of curiousity, have you looked into how it's been received in non-Western markets? The Chinese critics' response to the movie is... illuminating. Star Wars is the closest thing to a protected class in the western film-making industry; critics really do give it free passes on stuff they'd tear 'lesser' movies apart for. On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:
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It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there isWhat ever could go wrong with a bunch of white nationalist snowflakes with makeshift weapons on a metro train in a predominately Black (49%) area? I mean DC is segregated for a reason right? I guess it's harder without the "Whites Only" signs up anymore though. If it was up to me I'd shut down the stops and make them walk through Brentwood with their gear oh and no cops for 20 miles. WASHINGTON - Metro officials are considering offering a private train for white nationalists participating in the Unite the Right rally in the District, according to Metro union workers.
ATU Local 689 said sources have told them that Metro officials are considering to provide members of the Unite the Right rally with three private rail cars on one Metro train to participate in their event scheduled for Aug. 12.
The union said the plan being considered would provide the train and police escort from Virginia to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station. The crowd would then march through the District to Lafayette Park near the White House. www.fox5dc.com God bless you, internet. Sometimes. Curse you, other times. I really shouldn't have put a question mark there. Of course there was going to be a list. Still, I didn't realise it had gotten quite that big. I figured it was in the lower triple digits, not pushing towards halfway to four. Wonder how big it'll be by the end of his Presidency? Just reading part of that list (I can't handle that much toxicity on a Saturday morning), drives home to me again that a lot of people in America think this is a good way for a President to behave. Whoever comes next is going to have a LOT of work to do in terms of rebuilding the idea of a President. If we're speaking superficially, I prefer Trump. He may be a compulsive liar, but he's the most honest face the US has had in a while. For someone who boasts intellectual superiority over liberals, you say surptisingly stupid s... sometimes. How is someone who lies every time that he opens his mouth more honest than someone who doesn’t? And seriously. You think Trump is more honest than Obama. Like, really? He's not saying that Trump is honest, he's saying that Trump represents what America really was all this time even though it was trying to hide it. Notice in the sentence it's not Trump that's honest (he is a 'compulsive liar') it's "the face of America". Edit: this must be what IgnE pretends he feels like =) I don’t think that’s what he is saying. Trump is the face of america, and it’s the most honest the country has had for a while. But maybe I am wrong. You definitely are wrong this time. GH's meaning was pretty clear. It's not like he's made a secret of his loathing for modern American culture, especially liberal culture, because he feels it's play acting at being caring and concerned while secretly being as selfish and self-absorbed as the Republicans. At least they're honest about it. I believe I'm correct and GH will agree that he'd rather someone say to his face that they believe he's a filthy animal unable to ever equal a white man than have someone treat him like a king to his face but think that behind his back. To him, liberals in America do the second, while Republicans do the first. Trump is honest about who he is; he puts it all out there, unfiltered. Everyone else says one thing while doing another, in GH's view. See his views on Obama, whom he doesn't really seem to like anymore than Trump or Bush.
Fair enough, I rest my case. And I would agree that even though I think Trump and his administration is by several order of magnitudes more awful than anything we have seen around the WH for decades, he has the merit of being open about how disgusting he is and not even trying to present an atom of decency. (Let’s also be clear, it’s not about honesty and lack of hypocrisy but that he is too stupid and has too little notion of what constitutes decency in the first place that the PR strategy of the WH is essentially non existant and just shows him as the pond scum he is).
Not sure it’s a good thing, though.
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Any sort of one-dimensional relation between nation and leader is going to leave a lot to be desired, but I won't dispute that Trump being in charge does bring with it a certain kind of propriety that hasn't been reflected by prior modern leaders, save maybe Reagan. In some ways, Obama being President was a greater contradiction than Trump, I'd argue.
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A smart democratic successor would act as if trump never existed and operate as if they took over from obama. Trumps legitimacy and power has always come from people overreacting to him. See stealthblue calling America a failed state.
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On August 04 2018 21:02 Sermokala wrote:
A smart democratic successor would act as if trump never existed and operate as if they took over from obama. Trumps legitimacy and power has always come from people overreacting to him. See stealthblue calling America a failed state.
The question is, what happens if Trump's successor is another Republican?
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On August 04 2018 21:31 iamthedave wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 21:02 Sermokala wrote:
A smart democratic successor would act as if trump never existed and operate as if they took over from obama. Trumps legitimacy and power has always come from people overreacting to him. See stealthblue calling America a failed state. The question is, what happens if Trump's successor is another Republican?
We lose another four years denying climate change and digging the hole of future generations deeper, and keep making america awful again through corporate friendly deregulations and so on.
As for the geopolitical fiasco, it will end with Trump. Only him is deranged enough to think that Putin and Duterte are better friends and allies than Merkel and Trudeau. I think on that respect that this administration will be one of those weird sequences, just like the messianism of Bush’s neo cons was an anomaly that ended with him.
What is probably damaged for decades is America’s image in the world. Everybody will think it’s a country of idiots that can elect a Batman villain for president for a very, very long time, and that’s a serious problem because it undermine the country’s credibility in a probably irreversible way. I assume historians will consider his election the moment where world leadership slipped through america’s hand.
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On August 04 2018 21:02 Sermokala wrote:
A smart democratic successor would act as if trump never existed and operate as if they took over from obama. Trumps legitimacy and power has always come from people overreacting to him. See stealthblue calling America a failed state.
aye, this is the best strategy. It's a pity though that the best paths involve not holding people responsible for their actions.
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On August 04 2018 16:35 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2018 16:28 iamthedave wrote:On August 04 2018 14:56 NewSunshine wrote:On August 04 2018 14:35 GreenHorizons wrote:On August 04 2018 14:06 Dan HH wrote:On August 04 2018 13:31 Leporello wrote:
Seriously, though, who the fuck is Mike. Michael Jordan? Because...? Because saying he likes an unrelated black guy means the rest of his tweet has nothing to do with the race of his targets, it's a shield. It's an impressive way to be even more racist while trying to present as not racist. I already saw someone respond to the unthinkable notion that Trump is racist because "see? he said he likes Mike! That's a black person, therefore...!" All I know is I'm looking at 2 grown men. One of them is an actual athlete, and opened an actual school to do something besides scam people. The other one is using his status as POTUS to have a pissing match over Twitter. I refuse to let this nonsense become the norm. I think at this point it must always be pissing matches. Is there a running total of the number of people he's gone after directly on twitter since becoming POTUS? As a matter of fact, there is
This is delightfully illuminating. Of note are his insults against Fox News, which were obviously before he started campaigning and running as Republican, his almost total lack of insults against Robert Mueller himself, and the number of times he goes after Mueller's team instead, calling them "13 angry Democrats" almost exclusively. He is totally hollow as a leader, an empty husk that will say whatever it takes to get people to listen to him, and try to stir whatever outrage he thinks will be most effective for his run on power. It's all a game, until he tapped into the single greatest source of outrage in this country: that of perturbed white privilege. Once he found that, the rest was history. And here we are, with perhaps the most unfit man to fill the Office of the Presidency this country has ever seen. Fascinating.
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On August 04 2018 21:02 Sermokala wrote:
A smart democratic successor would act as if trump never existed and operate as if they took over from obama. Trumps legitimacy and power has always come from people overreacting to him. See stealthblue calling America a failed state.
Ignoring the causes and core issues has been a losing strategy for Democrats. Progressives with a populist economic message could help to change that.
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