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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#275051: Mar 21st 2019 at 7:30:57 AM

They're also doing their darndest to distort her arguments for the Green New Deal: "Ocasio-Cortez wants to take away our hamburgers, cars, non-solar powered homes, and freedom to have kids!" Yes, the last one is apparently a real fear in some circles. Ocasio-Cortez, personally, is going to stop you from procreating.

"Where do you get these guys??"

Edited by speedyboris on Mar 21st 2019 at 9:40:18 AM

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#275052: Mar 21st 2019 at 7:38:20 AM

You know, I had something to say about the statue conversation (managed to miss all of it), but since we've moved on I am not going to try to steer it back.

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#275053: Mar 21st 2019 at 7:56:39 AM

@Tobias: Gotta love when the enemy does all of the work for you.

If the GOP ignored AOC, they'd probably do far more damage.

[up]Take it to the racism thread.

Or make a new thread about it, there's enough to that subject for it.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#275054: Mar 21st 2019 at 7:58:59 AM

People are uncomfortably sympathetic towards attractive people and these statues are of horrible people looking proud, confident, and full of swagger.

Again, this is the kind of statue I'm talking about preserving.

TechPriest90 Servant of the Omnissiah from Collegia Titanica, Mars, Sol System Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Servant of the Omnissiah
#275055: Mar 21st 2019 at 8:25:47 AM

[up] Wow, what the absolute fuck is that??

I hold the secrets of the machine.
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#275056: Mar 21st 2019 at 8:37:56 AM

Wasn't that particular statue erected on private ground? (Not that I get why you would want that particular monstrosity on your property).

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#275057: Mar 21st 2019 at 8:40:58 AM

Can we *please* move the fuck on instead of sliding back into it?

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Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#275058: Mar 21st 2019 at 8:54:13 AM

With the GOP freaking out over AOC and everything about her that is not American (white and speaks English only), I'm surprised they aren't trying to bring back the concept of Freedom Fries.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#275059: Mar 21st 2019 at 8:55:15 AM

As someone who was involved 24 hours ago when this was still going on, I agree. At this point we should probably just holler posts that bring it up if we need mod hats to get the point across.

That said, it seems like there's not much else currently going on to discuss.

It's been fun.
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#275060: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:01:48 AM

Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#275061: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:02:38 AM

A What the Fuck Just Happened Today preview:

Trump is expected to sign an executive order today regarding free speech on college campuses. Earlier this month, Trump said he would issue an executive order "requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research dollars." Details about the policy and how it would work remain unclear. The White House says Trump will sign the order and make a statement about "improving free inquiry, transparency and accountability on campus" this afternoon. (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/trump-free-speech-devos-1230490

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#275062: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:04:47 AM

[up][up]As if I needed another reason to never use it.

[up]Clearly that's meant to protect his Neo-Nazi alt-right fanboys' "right" to have hate-speech marches on college campuses.

Edited by M84 on Mar 22nd 2019 at 12:05:35 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#275063: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:12:05 AM

[up][up][up]Well, firstly, that's utterly terrifying, but secondly, this just makes me glad I've never gotten in Insta account.

i'm tired, my friend
vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
vicarious
#275064: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:18:45 AM

Social media I feel probably is one of the most effective ways of fostering hate connections

Not because it’s inherently pro kill/fuck whomever but because it’s easy to network through those systems

So conversely it also helps people who want to group and fight that. So social media is a tool for spreading a lot of good or evil

It seems more the solution is really strict moderation but based on the impressions I get from here about people running the programs, they’re either not doing it well or at all

danime91 Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#275065: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:28:26 AM

I'm pretty sure an executive order forcing college campuses to promote "free speech" is the exact opposite of free speech.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#275066: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:50:56 AM

[up]It makes far more sense when you realize the right doesn't actually care about "free speech", but they have to call it that because it sounds better than what it actually is.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#275067: Mar 21st 2019 at 9:52:40 AM

On a both horrifying and wonderful note, the Food Summit for Rural Children in America is being held in Louisville, Kentucky now. I've mentioned a few times that my state is food insecure and its been a constant struggle for churches to pick up the slack.

(This is why Mitch is genuinely fucking evil — I don't mince words here due to the fact he's tried to exaggerate the crisis for his own political gain)

https://twitter.com/FeedingKY/status/1108759129789775873

God bless these people.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#275068: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:08:42 AM

With all the flooding and tornadoes going on, my hats off to them for doing something.

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#275070: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:10:14 AM

It makes far more sense when you realize the right doesn't actually care about "free speech", but they have to call it that because it sounds better than what it actually is.
From Trump, it is directly an assault on all those "ivory tower intellectuals" that want to stop the neo-Nazi youth from marching through campus and hurling abuse (and maybe rocks) at minorities.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#275071: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:33:45 AM

[up][up] The next Democrat president with a non-hostile Congress had better reverse all of the Israel-pandering bullshit that this administration has done within the first year of their presidency.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#275072: Mar 21st 2019 at 10:39:21 AM

This is really more for the Israel/Palestine topic, but one quick clarification: Golan, that's in dispute with Syria, right?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#275073: Mar 21st 2019 at 11:26:33 AM

> The next Democrat president with a non-hostile Congress had better reverse all of the Israel-pandering bullshit that this administration has done within the first year of their presidency.

Sure if they want the wrath of the Israel lobby,I'm aghast at how such a lobby attempted to get laws passed to criminalise criticism of their state

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vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
vicarious
#275074: Mar 21st 2019 at 11:37:41 AM

In Israel or the US?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#275075: Mar 21st 2019 at 11:40:16 AM

Both,I think.

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