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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#175126: Feb 20th 2017 at 3:10:59 PM

'sides, the margin in 2016 was only large enough to swing reeeeeealyy close ones.

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
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#175127: Feb 20th 2017 at 3:14:19 PM

Lt. Gen. Herbert Raymond McMaster named as Trump's new national security advisor.

edit- Also, Trump seems to be holding on to Bolton for some as-of-yet-unannounced "important" position.

edited 20th Feb '17 3:16:53 PM by carbon-mantis

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#175128: Feb 20th 2017 at 3:15:22 PM

[up][up][up]So, Trump supporters either accept or don't care about his bigotry and destructive policies, they just want him to do exactly that without being a buffoon...honestly, that is more depressing than the supporters who are "merely" delusional.

edited 20th Feb '17 3:15:55 PM by ViperMagnum357

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#175129: Feb 20th 2017 at 3:17:44 PM

McMaster seems like a decent sort so far. Let's see how long he lasts in the clusterTrump.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#175131: Feb 20th 2017 at 3:40:10 PM

Flynn's replacement looks competent, doesn't seem to be very political, isn't a General Ripper out to wage an ideological war, and speaks truth to power. Great fit for the job, assuming that last feature doesn't cost him the job in short order.

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#175133: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:02:52 PM

[up][up]I am kinda expecting him to reject the offer like many previous officials did, but I am hoping he takes the task to be a counterweight on the amount of insane the Trump administration got in.

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#175134: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:06:19 PM

[up][up][up][up]And nothing of value was lost. grin

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#175135: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:08:26 PM

Breitbart Employees threaten to leave because of Yiannopoulos.

I never imagined the Alt-Right could die (or at the very least, disperse) because of one of it's 'founders' remarks.

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#175136: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:12:19 PM

“If Donald Trump walked in here, within 10 minutes I’d slap him — he’s so arrogant,” Yarber declared. “But we need someone who is going to stand up. We need a man in the White House.”

This is striking to me because the lack of adjective before 'man'. It's not that we need a Strong Man, or a Smart Man, or even a Good Man. Just a man.

Apparently, penis-having is that all important quality in a president. It is also, apparently, the only thing a guy from one of Trump's biggest strongholds could think of as a defence for him.

[up]Really, I suspect that this is more curtains for Milo than for the Alt-Right. Which is still a good thing, but, y'know.

edited 20th Feb '17 4:15:16 PM by Gilphon

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#175137: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:17:48 PM

[up]That naked misogyny really bothered me as well, though it hurt less than I expected, as I have developed a rather thick skin over the last few months. Seriously, just like an onion-every time I peel another layer of that mindset, I want to weep.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#175138: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:34:35 PM

That's just it, though — Trump isn't a man; never has been, never will be. He's an overgrown squalling baby in the body of a fat old fart.

edited 20th Feb '17 4:36:46 PM by pwiegle

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#175140: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:43:20 PM

Anyone else finding it kind of weird that pedophilia is apparently where the alt-right draws the line? Like, anything else, and it's all 'lulz look at those Libtards taking stuff the troll says seriously', but pedophilia makes stop in their tracks?

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#175141: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:50:09 PM

[up]The alt-right doesn't really care about pedophilia, for a reason that is another subject, the regular right and conservatives do.

Since that announcement the term cuck and cuckservative have been popping up a lot over conservative institutions, politicians and other journalists over the it is OK to stick your dick in a 13 years old boy comments.

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Lanceleoghauni Cyborg Helmsman from Z or R Twice Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In my bunk
#175142: Feb 20th 2017 at 4:51:25 PM

it's ethical to say a child should starve to death because their parents are poor, but pederasty is totally beyond the pale.

both are, in fact, awful. However the republicans can't comprehend the first because that'd require The Poors™ to be people

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#175144: Feb 20th 2017 at 5:20:09 PM

I'd say they "care", in the sense that they've been rambling about pizzagate so long, so loudly and so much that making them choose between "throw him under the bus" and "pedophiles are totally OK if they're on our side" strains their doublethink. And they broke for the first, since he's also jewish and gay, so they can in the future use it to further their regressive agenda equating homosexuality or being jewish with pedophilia. I'd assume if it was Bannon or Spencer they could've gone for something like "but shillary did industrial pedophilia, so he's ok since he did less bad".

If that's confusing:

  • They went on a very vicious Pedo Hunt with pizzagate.
  • One of their own being a pedophile forces them to choose to justify either that person or their earlier belief.
  • Yiannopoulos already was "the other", so they went with affirming their belief and may use this in the future to "justify" their prejudices against jewish people and/or LGBT+ people.
  • If it had been a straight white altrighter, they may have gone for backing that altrighter and bending their beliefs to "accept" that person.

edited 20th Feb '17 5:26:01 PM by IFwanderer

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JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#175145: Feb 20th 2017 at 5:22:32 PM

Anyone else finding it kind of weird that pedophilia is apparently where the alt-right draws the line? Like, anything else, and it's all 'lulz look at those Libtards taking stuff the troll says seriously', but pedophilia makes stop in their tracks?

Well, I think Milo only got in trouble because he's gay. Josh Duggar is a child molester, but he lasted a bit longer because he went after girls.

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#175146: Feb 20th 2017 at 5:34:10 PM

Anyone else finding it kind of weird that pedophilia is apparently where the alt-right draws the line? Like, anything else, and it's all 'lulz look at those Libtards taking stuff the troll says seriously', but pedophilia makes stop in their tracks?

Rich white men have children.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#175147: Feb 20th 2017 at 5:35:54 PM

Let's not kid ourselves, there are certain elements of the alt-right that are perfectly fine with it. The Red Pill is the most prominent and some MRA types don't seem to have an issue with it.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#175148: Feb 20th 2017 at 5:36:44 PM

Insert Ernst Rohm comparison here.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#175149: Feb 20th 2017 at 5:50:28 PM

That quote about needing a "man" in the white house also kind of smells like toxic masculinity to me. Because we all know what most people mean they refer to "a man (tm).

"Trump is a stupid boor, but he doesn't take shit from anybody!"

Even if "not taking shit" is just responding in increasingly bombastic, undignified and petty ways to any perceived slight against his person.

You know, the kind of attitude associated with an extremely spiteful and immature person who you wouldn't trust with power by any means.

Woops.

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#175150: Feb 20th 2017 at 6:01:13 PM

It's hilarious since all POTUS have been men....

But I guess a black professorial statesmen doesn't count as a Real Man (tm). sad


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