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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#151876: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:05:32 AM

Spooky Mask: That's another thing, it's Trump that has the "take your guns away from you" policy. Not Clinton

“If they see a person possibly with a gun or they think may have a gun, they will see the person and they’ll look and they’ll take the gun away,” Trump said Thursday on Fox News, laying out his vision of how the practice works. “They’ll stop, they’ll frisk, and they’ll take the gun away and they won’t have anything to shoot with.”

And let's face it, the 2nd Amendment only applied to white people anyway.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#151877: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:05:38 AM

[up][up][up][up]According to this, yes.

edited 9th Nov '16 5:06:10 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#151878: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:08:18 AM

Every demographic proved that they were idiots last night.

Going to see if I can't find an upside down Unites Nations flag for an avatar....

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#151879: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:09:16 AM

Russian parliament cheered when they heard the news of a Trump upset...

New Survey coming this weekend!
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#151880: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:12:02 AM

Also you know what else this means:

The GOP won't have to listen to their 2012 autopsy about being more inclusive. They can just now dropped all the bigoted dog whistles and be upfront about it. And the deplorables will eat that up.

Which means that the Democrats will have to move even further to the right.

Fuck this shit.

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#151881: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:15:27 AM

Hmm, so if Trump would actually go full evil dictatorial, he would probably also remove gun rights. I see .-.

Well anyway, I repeat what I noted for rural people before <_< It sounds awfully impolite to say it aloud, but you can't really blame them if they don't have education available. You kinda need education to have good media critcism ability and xenophobia is also a thing that happens due to lack of education since its about ignorance. If you are prone to believing what you are told on tv without questioning it, then you are going easily be influenced to become xenophobe...

I'm much more afraid of people who have good education available and are still bigots.

edited 9th Nov '16 5:16:01 AM by SpookyMask

FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#151882: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:15:37 AM

Apparently Trump's victory speech announced that he'll be The President of All Americans.

You know, I'd laugh, but this is exactly what our (Polish) current President said when he was elected too. There's a pattern.

Another parliamentarist whom I'm going to refer to as Cookies has claimed that Trump's victory is a victory over "political establishment, political corruption of elites and biased medias".

Biased medias. Right. The same medias that are responsible for his win in the first place.

Well, now that he won the election, where's this "Election is rigged" spiel?

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151883: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:16:27 AM

A lot of people are ignorant yes but a very depressing amount understand what they're doing.

They just hate.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#151884: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:17:20 AM

As a non-American citizen, I realize that the following questions may sound naive or even facetious, but I intend them as honest questions.

  • Realistically, what would Trump have to do to be impeached?
  • I read someone on another message board saying that Trump could potentially set America back 70 years. Is this a realistic statement, or is it just exaggeration?

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#151885: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:18:20 AM

Someone will have to inform Trump that he's not President yet. He's only President-Elect, and until he actually takes the inaugural oath, Obama is still in charge.

A lot can happen between now and then. Maybe Trump will have a heart attack from all the junk food he scarfs down...

edited 9th Nov '16 5:19:09 AM by pwiegle

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FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#151886: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:19:01 AM

Can he lose his election now? As in, do something stupid that would make him illegible for presidency?

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#151887: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:19:06 AM

Someone needs to do a pipe organ rendition.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#151888: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:19:09 AM
Thumped: This post was thumped by moderation to preserve the dignity of the author.
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I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#151889: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:19:27 AM

Honestly, I've suspected that the election was rigged in Trump's favor for a while now.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#151890: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:21:25 AM

Apparently Trump's victory speech announced that he'll be The President of All Americans.[[quoteblock]]

We had something like that here in Argentina in the past. What is it with Authoritarian populists and claiming to be "president of all [x]"?

[[quoteblock]]Trump will appoint far-right judges. They will screw everything for decades.

You mean Alt-right, don't you?

edited 9th Nov '16 5:23:34 AM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#151891: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:21:32 AM

If the President-elect dies before being inaugurated, the Vice President-elect takes the job, which would be Pence. So, only a slight improvement.

The chances of Trump being impeached, let alone convicted, are astronomically low given that he's got a Republican House and Senate — unless some kind of miracle happens in the 2018 midterms, this is likely to persist for his entire first term.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151892: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:21:33 AM

I read someone on another message board saying that Trump could potentially set America back 70 years. Is this a realistic statement, or is it just exaggeration?

It's not THAT much of an exaggeration, as I understand it. Theoretically since Republicans are going to control every branch of government there is a LOT of harm that can be done to civil rights. Remember that Trump is riding on a wave of immense bigotry and resentment. The question is just how much, and for how long? The one thing I'd say is guaranteed to take a hit no matter what is LGBTQ+ rights, because of Pence's influence.

There will also very likely be an uptick of hate crimes and other more minor offenses since racists have essentially been emboldened by this move to say whatever, whenever. After all if it can get you elected, does it really matter using dogwhistles anymore?

As far as more extreme stuff like full dictator mode, concentration camps, media censorship, or even nuclear war etc I think it's possible but am not sure that things are going to go that far.

edited 9th Nov '16 5:22:43 AM by Draghinazzo

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#151893: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:21:51 AM

Realistically, how much opposition will Trump have?

Genesisera Archduke of Austria and Patarich of the House of Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#151894: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:22:23 AM

[up][up][up][up][up][up][up][up][up][up]@Spinosegnosaurus77

1) Impeachment is really, really rare. Thus, not likely.

2) Considering the Republicans have the House and the Senate AND Trump may be in charge of appointing a Supreme Court of three in the course of his term, there would be a significant setback to the attempts at social and political progress from Obama's two terms.

edited 9th Nov '16 5:22:57 AM by Genesisera

Karkadinn Karkadinn from New Orleans, Louisiana Since: Jul, 2009
Karkadinn
#151895: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:22:41 AM

If the Democrats actually move to the right in response to this, they're going to fuck themselves over hard. Trump didn't win because he was rightwing, he won because he was anti-establishment and Clinton was extremely establishment.

You know, I went to bed assuming that Clinton was going to slam dunk this. There was never a point at which the internet wasn't trash talking virtually every aspect of Trump's campaign, and even former Sanders strongholds were rallying behind Clinton like it weren't no thing. Instead....

Everyone who defended the existence of the electoral college in this thread, you can go fuck yourselves to exactly the same degree as the voters just fucked this country.

Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#151896: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:23:17 AM

The GOP might constrain his worst excesses on foreign policy.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#151897: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:23:43 AM

I guess now we'll see if the Republicans that refused to endorse him have any moral character.

Genesisera Archduke of Austria and Patarich of the House of Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#151898: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:23:48 AM

[up][up] The GOP are excesses on foreign policy.

[up]Moral character? Is it something you eat?

edited 9th Nov '16 5:24:27 AM by Genesisera

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151899: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:24:19 AM

The paper Krieger linked earlier also said that Trump's economic policy is so vague and outlandish it will have to be toned down to be realistically implemented, for whatever that's worth.

Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#151900: Nov 9th 2016 at 5:24:29 AM

[up][up]Exactly.

Iran Deal is a goner.

Gear up.

edited 9th Nov '16 5:24:36 AM by Eschaton


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