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#254201: Sep 6th 2018 at 2:29:45 PM

So this is apparently a thing. Trump's latest meltdown after trying to claim the Democrats are criminals, that everything is fake news, that he is above the law, in what seems to be the dying grasp of a desperate criminal he has resorted to gay shaming. He claims to have a hundred photos of James Comey and Robert Muller hugging and kissing.

He's served up a nice fat softball here and it deserves to be knocked out of the park. Why does he not consider homosexuality shameful for him?

[MOD EDIT: No. Just No.]

Reading through the news whether it be SHS encouraging bullying and harassment of the New York Times or Trump supporters saying they support comments he made when they were actually Hitler quotes (happy to share video on request), and I look at how America has become under Trump and how it affects the rest of the world, pro facist, dictator bingo, anti sjw, and honestly I crap myself. When it has reached the point there is outrage over support for innocent unarmed black people the police shoot in the back, when murder is not considered the wrong thing, then society has failed.

Edited by Deadbeatloser22 on Sep 6th 2018 at 10:37:42 AM

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#254202: Sep 6th 2018 at 2:32:12 PM

that image

why did I have to see that image

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#254203: Sep 6th 2018 at 2:33:29 PM

[up][up]Would you please remove that image? Making fun of people who are anti-gay by putting them in homophobic images is still using homophobia to make a joke.

Edited by wisewillow on Sep 6th 2018 at 5:35:44 AM

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#254204: Sep 6th 2018 at 2:35:11 PM

And that, my friends, is why randomly hotlinked images aren't allowed (I know that's not what that is, but it makes the point nonetheless).

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#254205: Sep 6th 2018 at 2:35:25 PM

[up][up]Seconded, the whole "ha ha Putin and Trump fuck each other which is bad" joke is nothing but blatantly unfunny homophobia.

Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Sep 6th 2018 at 5:37:27 AM

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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
Warder of the damned
#254206: Sep 6th 2018 at 2:40:39 PM

I'm not sure if Doxxing applies to companies/corporate phones, instead of just private phones.

However, it is a harassment campaign on her part.

Also, Trump Photoshop commission on his inauguration day photos. What does a tomato has that Trump doesn't? A fucking thicker skin.

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tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#254207: Sep 6th 2018 at 2:47:33 PM

Apologies for using homophobia to make a point, I think the outrage over it being used for Trump and Putin proves the point that it is shameful for Trump to resort to this for Muller and Comey. He is supposed to be the president of the Divided States. What is the bet he won't back down on this?

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CommanderAce Commander Thor from Planet Earth, United States Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Commander Thor
#254209: Sep 6th 2018 at 3:05:10 PM

Late to the party on Alex Jones, as I got [nja]’ed, but hallelujah!

Edited by CommanderAce on Sep 6th 2018 at 4:08:05 AM

Power of Thor!
Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#254210: Sep 6th 2018 at 3:15:54 PM

Hillary Clinton has spent every single day this week creating twitter threads about why she believes Kavanaugh would be bad for the Supreme Court. Each day, she focusses on a new topic.

Direct links to the threads:

Edited to add:

Edited by Wyldchyld on Sep 7th 2018 at 1:29:26 PM

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#254211: Sep 6th 2018 at 3:20:01 PM

I find it fucking bizarre to see Hillary on Twitter.

Trump, yes.

Hillary? No.

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CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#254212: Sep 6th 2018 at 3:31:57 PM

[up]x11 Last I checked, most of the rest of the world are against Trump.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#254213: Sep 6th 2018 at 3:32:15 PM

She uses Twitter responsibly. It's not a platform designed for responsible use, so it's out of place.

(As one commentator put it, "Twitter is the worst thing to happen to human communication since the brick through the window.)

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#254214: Sep 6th 2018 at 4:40:45 PM

Trump is thinking about a trade war with Japan.

Kauvanaugh called birth control pills "abortion-inducing drugs.

Edited by tclittle on Sep 6th 2018 at 6:42:26 AM

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i'm tired, my friend
#254215: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:06:25 PM

"abortion-inducing drugs"

...that is just... that is a new level of wrong.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#254216: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:10:00 PM

Jury Fines Man $1 For Punching Charlottesville Rally Organizer

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645177784/jury-fines-man-1-for-punching-charlottesville-rally-organizer

For the crime of striking "Unite the Right" organizer Jason Kessler, a Charlottesville, Va., jury says Jeffrey Winder must pay a fine of $1 — far short of the maximum possible penalty. Winder had appealed his original guilty finding, which included a 30-day jail sentence.

A judge had found Winder guilty of misdemeanor assault in February. After Winder appealed, a jury affirmed the guilty verdict this week but decided he should serve no jail time — and pay only a minimal fine.

"They clearly thought about it very sincerely," Winder's attorney, James Abrenio, said of the jury. He also praised the judge and prosecutor in the case, saying, "They were all kind."

Winder had faced a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#254218: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:14:14 PM

It's pretty much the criminal equivalent of an award of nominal damages.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#254219: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:17:33 PM

I mean, it's petty in the right direction. This way they can shrug and say 'look, we punished him. What else do you want?'

Unfortunately, it's the same situation as the cop who was fined $1 for shooting an unarmed black man a few months ago - it's a direct statement that the suffering of the people involved isn't worth anything more than that. Except this situation is different, because it's punching a Nazi instead of systemic police brutality and murder.

It's been fun.
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#254220: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:25:02 PM

Yeah. It's finding him guilty but undeserving of substantive punishment.

Though he does now have a criminal record, which is a punishment in and of itself (just theoretically not one). It's also a don't-do-it-again; if he comes up before a jury for a repeat offense, he might be in hotter water because of a prior.

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Face me now, bitch!
#254221: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:34:17 PM

That headline is Florida Man tier of stupid sounding.

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Friendperson Since: May, 2018
#254222: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:39:52 PM

[up][up] Abortion-inducing drugs? All they do is stop the baby from forming. It's not like they release nanobots to tear a baby apart in the womb. This implies a fundamental lack of understanding of how this shit works.

Edited by Friendperson on Sep 6th 2018 at 5:39:36 AM

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#254223: Sep 6th 2018 at 5:55:15 PM

[up]It might be more accurate to say it's a deliberate unwillingness to understand how it works. I recall that a court case that involved the matter ruled that so long as they believed in their position, it didn't matter that it blatantly contradicted the facts.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#254224: Sep 6th 2018 at 6:04:58 PM

Jury Fines Man $1 For Punching Charlottesville Rally Organizer

What I take from this is that it costs a dollar to punch a Nazi.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#254225: Sep 6th 2018 at 6:10:03 PM

[up] Wonder how much it costs to kick em in the balls?


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