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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I haven't seen much of TYT but it's obvious they are definetly for Sanders. Like Krugman is for Clinton, since he claims "coal is on the way out" is proof that Clinton is undeniably against all fossil fuels and the rest of his arguments are borderline textbook Clinton campaign drivel.
His arguments are not exactly the most logical or honest out there, to say the least.
That was the last straw, Luminosity. You were warned, many times.
Sure both both sides seem to be fighting stupid, even just in this thread you could flip the contents of the many angry pro-Clinton posts and angry pro-Sanders posts and they'd seem pretty much the same.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranOne can discuss the tactics, statements, and policies of the candidates and their supporters without resorting to savage, direct personal attacks on the people in question.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"If anything it highlights how important this election is. Frustrations built over decades are getting out, good or bad.
The fact that the system didn't wash out Sanders or Trump shows a very fundamental crisis at the core of both parties and the nation.
edited 9th Apr '16 7:09:25 AM by TerminusEst
Si Vis Pacem, Para PerkeleUmm, what? Comparing Sanders and Trump is absurd. I would not be ashamed to have Sanders as President. I could wish he had more nuanced policy positions, but that's not even in the same ballpark with the clown car of the GOP race.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I'm not sure that that's what we're doing when we get posts like "The straw-grasping from the Sanderistas is really becoming tedious. It's like Orwell's "transferred nationalism", only transplanted onto a political candidate. Just finished watching Cenk "What Armenian genocide?" Uygur telling his audience that Krugman doesn't know much about economics. And Sanderistas calling Krugman a liar, a VSP (particularly hilarious if you know the history of that term), and saying he has no credibility. It's comical."
We kinda stop talking about tactics and statements when we start throwing around derisive nicknames for those who disagree with us.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranInertia isn't a trait of democracy (indeed, one of the more valid criticisms of democracy is that voters can change their minds on a whim, which can lead to wildly inconsistent policy), it's a trait of bureaucracy. Of course, any government on the national level inevitably has a sizable bureaucracy — civil servants are still the same people regardless of who's holding elected office.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.![]()
Possibly but progress isn't without a few falls.
I was more thinking about the religious nutbags who were too crazy for Britain. Seriously all the social progress that's happened would be thrown out the window and kids would end up being about as smart as they were back then too since he wants to dissolved the Department of Education.
The amount of damage both republican candidates would do could scar the country for decades. *Shrug* It gives me nightmares.
edited 9th Apr '16 8:25:11 AM by Memers

If somebody uses '-istas' to describe supporters, you can usually ignore anything they say, and they are probably on the Right, and don't understand Central American politics (unless they want to describe their opposition as illegally funded by the CIA by corrupt CIA officials selling arms to the US's enemies, with the connivance of advisors at the Whitehouse, in order to impose a right wing dictatorship. If that's you, feel free to call those you disagree with -istas)
edited 9th Apr '16 4:35:54 AM by Last_Hussar