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Stormtroper from Little Venice Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
#126101: Jun 13th 2016 at 6:47:42 PM

It is ground for finding a good excuse for impeachment, though.

And that's how I ended up in the wardrobe. It Just Bugs Me!
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#126102: Jun 13th 2016 at 6:56:20 PM

he called the paper "phoney and dishonest"... look, I'm British, I know what phoney and dishonest newspapers look like, and that ain't one

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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#126103: Jun 13th 2016 at 6:59:35 PM

Trump is winning the war on PC

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#126104: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:04:38 PM

It is up to Mac to save us all!

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
#126105: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:06:14 PM

Linux motherfucker. Do you know it?

Inter arma enim silent leges
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#126106: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:20:24 PM

bah, we shall install a larger graphics card, up the RAM, and out in a more powerful processor and crush the badly tanned walrus once and for all!

oh, and not being racist/sexist/homophobic/islamophobic/mocking the disabled is not being PC, it's called not being an utter cockwomble

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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#126107: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:28:15 PM

[up] Did you read the article? And while many bigots,like Trump, do use "PC" as a scapegoat, it often gets out of control, especially on college campuses. And of course their is the circular logic some of them use, defending yourself is proof of guilt, and that certain people cannot argue against certain other people taking offense against them, e.g. if a person of color says your racist your racist no matter what. And it is impossible to get them to explain their positions to normal people because to have them do it in a civl way would be "tone policing."

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#126108: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:31:32 PM

*writes down cockwomble for later use*

edited 13th Jun '16 7:54:40 PM by sgamer82

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#126109: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:41:07 PM

Cockwomble: (Britain, slang, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person. A person possessing properties of striking idiocy. Also describes the tendency to rummage in one's underwear massaging one's genitals as if looking for litter to pick up.

I dunno, seems too mild an insult to describe Trump, if ya ask me...

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JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#126110: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:43:10 PM

[up] It describes some of his supporters well enough

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#126111: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:43:30 PM

I'd argue it's the other way around-Trump owes his success partially due to frustration with poorly-executed political correctness.

Trump is not the answer, however, since he's outright bigoted rather than simply having a spine. In fact, he's actually more jellyfish than human. Of course, another problem with bad PC is that actual bigots can claim to be the victims of Political Correctness Gone Mad.

edited 13th Jun '16 7:44:15 PM by Protagonist506

Leviticus 19:34
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#126112: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:44:06 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]Have you, like, actually set foot on a college campus? The "PC college student" meme is rapidly approaching austerity in terms of brain-eating capabilities.

edited 13th Jun '16 7:44:45 PM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
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
#126113: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:53:29 PM

You mean this?

Inter arma enim silent leges
ThePest179 Since: Jul, 2015
#126114: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:55:18 PM

So on the gun control issue, I feel that mass shootings, especially in the United States, are no longer preventable (if they ever were to begin with). The culture of fear, easy access to guns, and fierce opposition against any and all gun control regulation in America make it the perfect breeding ground for mass shootings. Ultimately, as a result, I fear that mass shootings are now unavoidable and impossible to effectively prevent in the United States.

Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#126115: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:03:06 PM

[up][up]Yeah, anecdotes disingenuously presented as fact by people unhappy that they can't say "kill the kikes" in public anymore. And unable to tell when a joke has been run into the ground.

[up]I think that the will exists, but most politicians would rather choose some other hill to die on. If Social Security is considered the third rail of American politics, what analogy would work for firearms?

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#126116: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:12:36 PM

Little thing for fun and since it came up earlier (in fact it lines up with my prior morbid-but-amusing thought), a post on facebook by stand up comic Alonzo Bodden

Well my attempt at staying out of the politics of the Orlando shooting haven't lasted long. I did try. So here's my question Trump people. An American citizen who is Muslim kills members of the lbgt community. How do you decide who to blame? Or who to hate? Muslims? Gays? Both? This has got to be confusing for you. I know you blame President Obama but that's a given oh and I know the gun bought legally 3 days prior has nothing to do with it because if AR-15's weren't sold he'd of killed 50 people with a stick. Ok Go

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#126117: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:20:38 PM

If Social Security is considered the third rail of American politics, what analogy would work for firearms?

Eating the gun? Or playing Russian Roulette?

edited 13th Jun '16 8:24:04 PM by pwiegle

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#126118: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:21:35 PM

I talked to someone today who said that in his view (anthropology professor) a big chunk of the US population is going through active cultural degeneration. Self-destructive behaviour, a total inability to look ahead and try and predict the results of their behaviour, and, of course, a collapsing education system. I...can't really disagree with that, but hopefully there are enough people who aren't going through that process to (mostly) reign in those who are.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#126119: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:31:25 PM

Got linked to this article on the weapon he was using. Don't know if other people have seen it. I'm just glad to have a working name for the damn thing.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#126121: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:37:23 PM

Jack: The whole college thing was blown WAY out of fucking proportion. There was an incident on one college. One famous college. There are hundreds to thousands of colleges across the US where shit like that doesn't happen, or if it does happen it's not even considered news enough to get on the national stage. Don't make that thing bigger than it was.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#126122: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:49:55 PM

Crossing post an article I posted on the LGBT/Religion thread earlier.

After Orlando, time to recognize that anti-gay bigotry is not religious freedom

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/orlando-religion-anti-gay-bigotry-1.3631994

Every religion and segment of society needs to clamp down on this stuff if we don't want another Pulse atrocity.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#126123: Jun 13th 2016 at 9:29:50 PM

[up][up][up]Textbook You Are What You Hate.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#126124: Jun 13th 2016 at 10:00:38 PM

Oh my Lord...

I just saw some Bernie Or Bust supporter share some article on Facebook about how Hillary Clinton knowingly allowed the Orlando shooter to commit the murders.

What the fuck are these people on? One glance at the article shows it was the most pathetic kind of tabloid rumor. Ugh...

Lightysnake Since: May, 2010

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