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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#153076: Nov 10th 2016 at 4:55:50 AM

I recall Huckabee back when he was still something suggesting conscripting the entire US prison population as a slave labor force.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#153077: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:12:02 AM

[up]It mostly already is. Think long and hard about who mans the phone the next time you get cold-called. Or, ask yourself what "Made in America" means on a T-shirt. Or, ask who picked the potatoes you're eating.

Because if it's not "illegal immigrant", it's likely to be "prison inmate".

TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#153078: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:16:25 AM

A list of national security primers for the next administration.

I get the feeling there will be very few people in the cabinet who understand anything of this.

edited 10th Nov '16 5:17:30 AM by TerminusEst

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#153079: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:22:40 AM

The wall will be an expensive boondoggle and likely come to naught, it will drag on for years and billions of dollars and die with a quiet whimper under the next President.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#153080: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:29:04 AM

Hope Trump focuses on the wall first instead of trying to get rid of Obama's health care reform.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#153081: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:30:29 AM

[up][up][up][up]Fun fact: the 13th amendment (the one that outlaws slavery) makes an explicit and specific exception for convicts. ie, slavery is still legal as long as it's "punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted".

edited 10th Nov '16 5:31:45 AM by NativeJovian

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#153082: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:30:51 AM

Yeah, the wall is pretty much harmless compared to the rest of his program and Pence's.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#153083: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:36:34 AM

I feel some levity is needed. To the Meme-obile!

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#153084: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:40:09 AM

So, this happened in a suburb of Minneapolis. They're not wasting any time, are they? TFE.

And speaking of Minnesota, this election is familiar to anyone from this state, because almost 20 years ago we elected Jesse Ventura, another outsider. Difference is, I am far less repulsed by Ventura.

edited 10th Nov '16 5:46:50 AM by speedyboris

Raddishes Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#153085: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:54:46 AM

Man, it feels so weird going to Twitter tags and finding out that a huge majority is on Trump's side. Every other site is so-and-so or is on Clinton. This...kinda scares me.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#153086: Nov 10th 2016 at 5:55:54 AM

They're going to come out of the woodwork, and we need to hit them hard. Name them, shame them, Dox them, get them fired from their jobs and ostracized from the community at large. The deplorables have won an important battle and they need to SUFFER for it.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#153087: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:06:27 AM

[up]Please make it genuine racists this time, instead of people who annoyed you once

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#153088: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:07:22 AM

Net Neutrality may be in danger

I was so upset by the racists I completely forgot about this, ugh.

New Survey coming this weekend!
Raddishes Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#153089: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:12:32 AM

I honestly saw a quote on Twitter that "slavery should be back". Why, just....why. It got a lot of retweets too.

[up] It's already Day 3 (Technically Trump doesn't begin in Jan but still) and so many things are happening right now. Jesus, this guy is taking Ameria backwards and not forwards and he's not in the office yet!

ThePest179 Since: Jul, 2015
#153090: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:14:03 AM

[up][up][up][up] It's going to be pretty hard to do that considering that they feel vilified in their beliefs.

edited 10th Nov '16 6:14:22 AM by ThePest179

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#153091: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:14:15 AM

[up][up][up] Shit... we are so fucking screwed. Net neutrality is one of the most important things to communication now, hell its probably the reason Trump won..

edited 10th Nov '16 6:22:15 AM by Memers

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#153092: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:17:58 AM

I'd say it was a bright side but it really isn't bright, but everyone should take notes, record the Trumpists and their overtly racist acts and shove it in the faces of all the pundits who kept denying the correlation between Trump and racism.

Inter arma enim silent leges
InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#153093: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:18:43 AM

I have to call out a sentiment I see on way too many other sites.

Understanding why Trump's supporters voted for Trump does not excuse any of their sentiments or actions. Empathy =/= sympathy. Understanding why people voted for Trump the way they did beyond "lol fucking racists" is key to rebuilding the Democratic party after this shitshow. And yes, that work starts now, not next year, and sure as hell not in 2020.

Yes, this election stings. Yes, it's going to sting in the future. But the best thing we can do for ourselves and the nation is keep our cool, and not let this shit tear us apart as a nation, because this sort of division is exactly what the alt-right wants to see right now.

Raddishes Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#153094: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:21:32 AM

[up][up][up] Would be a real slap on the face and an eye opener by cutting off the media, which plays off a large part of why Trump won.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#153095: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:24:07 AM

[up] Without net neutrality literally every streaming and gaming service will die and as much as I can't wait for all those /pol/ trump supporters to wake up and realize that they can no longer play online games and stream their precious anime... but it means I'm fucked too.

SOPA is going to be a thing too again and/or worse. The Information Age might as well be dead. Every single nightmare of the past is becoming reality.

edited 10th Nov '16 6:28:29 AM by Memers

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#153096: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:25:19 AM

No, the alt-right needs to burn. There are dissaffected Trump supporters who are decent people at heart, but the neo-Confederates, neo-Nazis, and twitter trolls need to be drummed out of society, isolated, branded and marginalized until they make a good faith effort of proving they can function in civilized society.

RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#153097: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:30:01 AM

I getting the sinking feeling that Trump's term is going to end with him being forcibly removed from the White House by a mass mob, because the current riots right now will be nothing compared to the ones that will happen if net neutrality is removed.

Though hopefully public pressure will convince Republicans they're shooting themselves in the foot if they go through with it.

edited 10th Nov '16 6:35:02 AM by RedRob

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Unless I grew it. In that case, throw it in the trash.
Raddishes Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#153098: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:34:19 AM

[up][up][up] With the internet cut off, /pol/ couldn't chat with each other, which pretty much leaves themselves alone.

edited 10th Nov '16 6:34:42 AM by Raddishes

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#153099: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:35:17 AM

They will just put the blame on internet companies we are forced to use.

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#153100: Nov 10th 2016 at 6:35:23 AM

Twitter: The damned place is synonymous with hate speech for a reason. Only reason I still bother with the site is KD Atherton.

And finding out where those porn bot pics were stolen from.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

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