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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yeah, Williamson would be a democratic Trump. I think a good argument someone once made is that Trump is like your racist grandpa, whereas Williamson is like your hippy aunt.
Leviticus 19:34
Yeah, I think that's the strongest example yet.
Both are dangerously anti-intellectual populists who exemplify the failing's of their respective political parties.
Of course, the fact that Trump is President and Williamson is a nobody with no chance of winning really shows how Bothsides aren't alike
@Fourthspartan 56 Well, with Williamson and Trump, you do have to keep in mind that there's also some differences of circumstances here. Williamson isn't half as famous as Trump (I've never heard of her until the debates), nor does she have as much resources as Trump.
Though to be fair, some other factors in Trump's victory do involve circumstances of the parties they're apart of. The problem with the Republican party as it stands is essentially that they've been trying to distance themselves from more mainstream conservatism ever since W, and their attempts to rebrand themselves have largely made them worse.
Leviticus 19:34Walmart pulls violent video game displays from its stores, but it will still sell guns
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/09/business/walmart-violent-video-games/index.html
A USA TODAY analysis found Trump used words like 'invasion' and 'killer' at rallies more than 500 times since 2017 – Trump often uses words like 'invasion' and 'alien' to describe immigrants. After shootings in El Paso and Dayton, he's facing criticism for his words
Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 9th 2019 at 12:19:54 PM
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Reading the article, though, I can kind of see the point. It's not to prevent the sale of the games (they're still available for purchase), it's to keep customers from panicking from the sound of the guns being fired from a demo version of those games.
"We've taken this action out of respect for the incidents of the past week, and this action does not reflect a long-term change in our video game assortment," said Walmart spokesperson Tara House.
And that isn't the only display effected:
Apparently Walmart is telling its employees to take down displays that show violent video games, specifically shooters, as well as movies and hunting videos. pic.twitter.com/2N3t4B86tf — Kenneth Shepard (@shepardcdr) August 7, 2019
The memo follows a statement from Walmart CEO Doug Mc Millon earlier in the week in which he vowed a "thoughtful and deliberate" response to the shootings. "We will work to understand the many important issues that arise from El Paso and Southaven, as well as those that have been raised in the broader national discussion around gun violence," Mc Millon said in a memo to employees.
Edited by ironballs16 on Aug 9th 2019 at 2:23:17 PM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Basically they're trying to be seen doing something by doing n o t h i n g
And it works every time,as soon as the talk of guns dies down they'll go back to regular business
That's corporate PR for you.
On an unrelated note, it makes my heart sigh in disappointment toward the American people to see that Gabbard's history of schmoozing with dictators and authoritarian tyrants in favor of "Tulsi Gabbard DESTROYS Kamala Harris with FACTS and LOGIC". But I guess that's what people gravitate to, so whatever. It's fine. Everything's fine.
i'm tired, my friendSo I did a little research on the whole Joe Rogan/Bernie Sanders thing (watched parts of the video, watched Kyle Kulinski's take on it) and honestly, if you think that the platform is bad, or that it has a big right-wing audience: That seemed to have been exactly the point.
Sanders wanted to put himself out there, even to a potentially hostile audience. And he succeeded. It was received very positively, there are dozens of comments from right-wingers/republicans who concede that he offers some very good points, or at least presents his point of view in a good way. Hell, some even say this interview is what convinced them to throw in their support for Bernie.
So like him (and this stunt) or not, but Bernie does the exact thing that many other politicans fail at, reaching out beyond his base and come out good-looking. Thats how you win over people from the other side, not by being purely confrontational.
Edited by Forenperser on Aug 9th 2019 at 9:48:55 PM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% Scandinavianits not like the other side consists largely of varying flavors of bigots or anything
Like, have we forgotten who these people are? What reason could there possibly be for trying to reach out to them?
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Aug 9th 2019 at 3:56:12 PM
i'm tired, my friendBernie has done the same on Fox News a while ago. To be fair regarding ^, convincing at least some bigots to not vote for Trump is useful in a presidential election.
Edited by SeptimusHeap on Aug 9th 2019 at 9:55:53 PM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

I think that's a ridiculous reason to call him the Democratic version of Trump, I mean his specific gaffe was about repudiating racism and/or classism.
It was clueless and problematic but that's not a reason to view him as our equivalent of Trump.
Yes, he's a bad candidate who shouldn't win but he's not the Democratic version of Trump.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 9th 2019 at 8:30:50 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang