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On November 12 2016 08:45 AsmodeusXI wrote:Show nested quote +On November 12 2016 08:42 Requizen wrote:On November 12 2016 08:30 TheYango wrote:On November 12 2016 08:03 Requizen wrote:
I didn't want Trump but holy shit the smarmy liberal left is fucking annoying right now. I don't think it's entirely unreasonable for minorities to be afraid for their well-being living in the US atm. Not necessarily because of Trump, but because of some of the hate crimes that are surging due to legitimate assholes who feel empowered by him being elected. I'm not willing to dismiss everyone who wants to leave the country right now as being "smarmy liberal left". Though if you're a cisgender white male talking about leaving the country, yeah you're probably overdramatizing a bit. I'm not saying he's good or that his followers are decent folks but it's just annoying having the internet constantly post things like he's Hitler and Satan's love baby that's going to set the country on fire for kicks. I'll fight for equal rights and against bigotry but the dude isn't even in office and you'd think that the Horsemen were riding out as we speak. Well, there are a lot more hate crimes that have happened in the last few days, and the perpetrators reference Trump directly in many of them. I think there are a lot of people in minority populations that are afraid of getting hurt.
Yea and most of them are confirmed hoaxes. Just as many videos of random "peaceful protestors" attacking trump supporters XD.
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United States47024 Posts
Even if 90% of them are hoaxes, the other 10% is still enough to terrify me. And I don't even have a wife and kids to worry about.
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Didn't expect you to be so irrational Yango lol.
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On November 12 2016 08:30 TheYango wrote:Show nested quote +On November 12 2016 08:03 Requizen wrote:
I didn't want Trump but holy shit the smarmy liberal left is fucking annoying right now. I don't think it's entirely unreasonable for minorities to be afraid for their well-being living in the US atm. Not necessarily because of Trump, but because of some of the hate crimes that are surging due to legitimate assholes who feel empowered by him being elected. I'm not willing to dismiss everyone who wants to leave the country right now as being "smarmy liberal left". Though if you're a cisgender white male talking about leaving the country, yeah you're probably overdramatizing a bit.
I agree, it is the idea of Trump the bigoted figure head and his bigotted following that is scary more than his policies.
That being said, I like to think that is a real small insignificant number. I like to think most Trump voters were just frustrated with a disenfranchising lying system that hasn't been what they've wanted for a while now. Poor people all over the US have been working harder and longer for less purchasing power than ever before. And from the polls I've seen that is the demographic that really cemented trumps victory. Even amongst minority groups that the Democrats usually clean house on, Hillary only won those demographics by a fraction of what the Democrats usually do. Same with the vote of my generation; Obama won that demographic by nearly 50%, and Clinton didn't even win it by double digits. She won it cleanly... but yikes.
Clinton largely is a symbol for the same song and dance of the last 30 years.
That being said, I have nothing really to back that up aside from hope in humanity.
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Czech Republic11293 Posts
Would Hillary Clinton lead a glorious crusade against the German Caliphate of Angela Merkel?
No?
Then America has made the right choice.
DEUS
VULT
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Sorry
Sorry sorry I apologize for starting this shit in this holy ground of chilling out. I just had some beers at work and was feeling annoyed with the internet. I didn't mean to start anything, honest.
I'll post painted shit this weekend as penance.
Anyway, Sun/Moon soon get hype. New train ride meta.
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United States47024 Posts
As I sort of alluded to multiple times though, a lot of this is really dependent on where you live in the US. You don't have to move out of the country to live in a relative liberal safe haven, and the logistics of leaving the country compared to just moving to a different city/state make it very hard to justify actually leaving the US outside of something really drastic happening.
The funny thing about Republican social policy is that they're so entrenched behind the idea of states' rights as a justification for shit that it's actually kind of hard for them to force socially regressive policy on you if you live in a state with a liberal state government.
On November 12 2016 09:11 nafta wrote:
Didn't expect you to be so irrational Yango lol.
You'd actually be surprised. I'm actually quite irrational in ways that tend to surprise people when I tell them lol.
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On November 12 2016 09:13 TheYango wrote:As I sort of alluded to multiple times though, a lot of this is really dependent on where you live in the US. You don't have to move out of the country to live in a relative liberal safe haven, and the logistics of leaving the country compared to just moving to a different city/state make it very hard to justify actually leaving the US outside of something really drastic happening. Show nested quote +On November 12 2016 09:11 nafta wrote:
Didn't expect you to be so irrational Yango lol. You'd actually be surprised. I'm actually quite irrational in ways that tend to surprise people when I tell them lol.
As far as I know you are asian? I am pretty sure even if there were people attacking on minorities you would literally be last on the list.
As the only person who has participated in the Trump movement at least online this shit reminds me of the MSM talking about gamers. Like holy shit are people out of touch.
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His programming is messed up, couple 1s and 0s hot swapped somewhere, that's all, nothing a memory wipe won't fix.
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United States15536 Posts
On November 12 2016 09:12 Requizen wrote:
Sorry
Sorry sorry I apologize for starting this shit in this holy ground of chilling out. I just had some beers at work and was feeling annoyed with the internet. I didn't mean to start anything, honest.
I'll post painted shit this weekend as penance.
Anyway, Sun/Moon soon get hype. New train ride meta.
It's okay man. We're all a bit on edge.
But we can stop this now. There is a thread for it.
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On November 12 2016 09:16 nafta wrote:
As far as I know you are asian? I am pretty sure even if there were people attacking on minorities you would literally be last on the list.
Right now? Sure. But if you look at the general trajectory of China and it's relationship with the US, it's not that hard to envision a political climate within my lifetime where the Asian "model minority" status is trumped by general negative sentiment against China.
Trump's already played into the "China's screwing us over" idea multiple times during his campaign, it's just not the #1 priority for most people.
On November 12 2016 09:18 AsmodeusXI wrote:
But we can stop this now. There is a thread for it.
Yeah sorry, I should know better. I'll stop now.
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On November 12 2016 09:18 AsmodeusXI wrote:Show nested quote +On November 12 2016 09:12 Requizen wrote:
Sorry
Sorry sorry I apologize for starting this shit in this holy ground of chilling out. I just had some beers at work and was feeling annoyed with the internet. I didn't mean to start anything, honest.
I'll post painted shit this weekend as penance.
Anyway, Sun/Moon soon get hype. New train ride meta. It's okay man. We're all a bit on edge. But we can stop this now. There is a thread for it.
Damnit, I had something pertinent and noninflamatory to say. =[
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hmmm I feel that this is a person I should trust
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Yay, we won! President Trump! Music to my ears! We did it guys! :D
Do you think it's possible that the majority of Americans think the left's social and economic philosophies are wrong or at the very least questionable and they're sick of being looked down upon, disregarded, and shamed into silence for disagreeing?
I think you guys should read this article in the Washington Post. A liberal sociology professor from Berkeley decided to move to Louisiana to understand conservatives because she recognizes she lives in a bubble.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/11/02/what-is-this-election-missing-empathy-for-trump-voters/
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On November 13 2016 01:41 Sonnington wrote:Yay, we won! President Trump! Music to my ears! We did it guys! :D Do you think it's possible that the majority of Americans think the left's social and economic philosophies are wrong or at the very least questionable and they're sick of being looked down upon, disregarded, and shamed into silence for disagreeing? I think you guys should read this article in the Washington Post. A liberal sociology professor from Berkeley decided to move to Louisiana to understand conservatives because she recognizes she lives in a bubble. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/11/02/what-is-this-election-missing-empathy-for-trump-voters/
Bruh, we've had political talk ended a few times already.
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I just report his posts and ignore him, he's a terrible troll.
Bleh, finally found some beer that I like and the closest store that sells it is 30 miles away...why must lambics be so hard to find? 
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Poll: Worst memeSonnigton (11) 79% Marmy (3) 21% Trump (0) 0% 14 total votes Your vote: Worst meme (Vote): Trump
(Vote): Sonnigton
(Vote): Marmy
Hots is actually a pretty fun game.
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Hi Wave!
I just figured I'd pop in to give you guys a different perspective and hopefully you guys could think it over for yourself. I think the responses from Crusnik and Ghalo have, insofar, proved the point I'm making. I hope you read that Washington Post article. I think it makes some very salient points and it's coming from a liberal sociology professor from Berkeley.
It's a respected liberal news paper! From a respected liberal professor! Maybe there's something to it! I hope you give it a chance and keep an open mind!
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I think it's far more so the messenger and not the message.
For the record I read the article and found it interesting.
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