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#100176: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:33:50 PM

I thought populism was an archaic term referring to what farmers wanted because they used to be the most populous profession.

Well I would like to see a country where everybody who could vote, would vote. It'd definitely change politicians' views of their country.

edited 8th Sep '15 2:34:03 PM by Keybreak

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#100177: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:35:09 PM

Laughing at politics is a key sign that you are a beneficiary of some form of privilege.

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#100178: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:36:02 PM

North Carolina. Technically it is illegal but you're making the assumption that the cops aren't in favor of it.

Oh really when?
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#100179: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:37:11 PM

[up][up] Either that or politics has kicked you so hard that you need to laugh or go mad.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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#100180: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:37:41 PM

*backlogs*

So they haven't managed to stop people Granny Farming then?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
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#100181: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:39:40 PM

[up]Granny Farming?

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
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#100183: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:46:07 PM

Jesus, talk about a dick move. That's seriously messed up.

edited 8th Sep '15 2:46:57 PM by Skycobra51

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
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#100184: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:48:56 PM

Laughing at politics is a key sign that you are a beneficiary of some form of privilege.

What if I laugh at everything

Either that or politics has kicked you so hard that you need to laugh or go mad.

"Laugh or cry situation" is a sort of idiomatic expression in my language at least. It can be used to show such an extreme indifference that no reaction seems appropriate, or it is serious enough that taking it seriously would just make you sad so it might be better to just go with levity.

I thought the expression worked the same in english...?

edited 8th Sep '15 2:50:58 PM by Aszur

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#100185: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:49:03 PM

@Garcon How come that stuff doesn't get into the news? I mean you'd think cross burnings would be big for ratings, especially now. Not that I don't believe you, you're confirming what one of my friends who has relatives in the south said,specifically he said they hang black people in effigy because they are pissed it isn't legal to hang actual black people. The only time I have ever heard of a lynching occurring in this country in my lifetime was that incident with some poor black teenager who was caught dating a white woman, and that was never proven, it could have been a lynching or a suicide do to all the community pressure he was facing.

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#100186: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:50:18 PM

Proxy and postal votes are the most common ones to be subject to fraud, such fraud is also totally unaffected by voting ID laws.

[up] I've heard of multiple lynchings just from this thread.

edited 8th Sep '15 2:51:23 PM by Silasw

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#100188: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:53:33 PM

[up]Shame on you, you made me choke on my taco. But seriously, What. The. Hell.

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
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#100189: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:54:26 PM

Westboro Baptist Church blames Kim Davis for the existence of gay marriage.

...Wait, what?

The westboro baptist Church is a hate group, akin to a terrorist group. They want to prey on people's utmost fears. They see the inherent jingoism and patriotism in all of the U.S culture and they believe they can sow fear by telling people god hates them

It is not very effective, because they are so close minded

They see Kim Davis and they are much more familiar with her style of thinking, so they accuse her of the very thing she fears the most: promotiong homosexuality.

Remember they are like. Fear vampires. They feed off this shit. And if they were remotely intelligent, they would be pants shittingly good at it and fat.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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#100190: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:55:01 PM

It's because she's been divorced isn't it?

It's the WBC though, they need to say something crazy if they hope to stay relevant.

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#100191: Sep 8th 2015 at 2:58:42 PM

[up][up]So if WBC are vampires, does that mean they go into glitterball mode when in the sun?tongue

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#100192: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:03:31 PM

They are the sort of vampires even stephanie meyer could write a Your Vampires Suck at them.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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#100193: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:12:27 PM

The WBC decried Davis for having multiple marriages, saying that it was an abomination before God.

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#100194: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:13:41 PM

WBC is an abomination before god and religion in general.

edited 8th Sep '15 3:15:34 PM by Skycobra51

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A nice butterfly
#100195: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:15:14 PM

It's more like "That weird ranting drunken uncle at the meetings everyone just tries to ignore except our cousin Media keeps trying to gossip with us about his latest adventures in asshatery and we're totally sick of this shit oh god mom I told you I did not want to come to this place because of this"

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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#100196: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:15:20 PM

...Please stop making me agree with the WBC on some points. It's not healthy for either of us.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
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#100197: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:29:05 PM

[up]I hope your joking or being sarcastic, because how can you agree with them on anything?

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
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#100198: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:32:24 PM

Calling Davis a hypocrite.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
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#100199: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:36:09 PM

Oh, alright then, I guess I can concede that point to the WBC, though I'd rather eat my own arm first...

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
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#100200: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:39:21 PM

Given everything about who I am do you really think I want to be associated with those people?

"Yup. That tasted purple."

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