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Jasaiga Since: Jan, 2015
#136901: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:18:22 PM

What I don't get about begrudging their support....

The other guy is literally a fucking threat to human civilization and yet you still want to bitch and complain about "Authenticity" and "Corruption", and all these other bullshit buzz words that don't reflect reality?

I know some people irrationally hate Clinton, but to put at risk the entire global status quo and our way of life?!

What the actual fuck?

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#136902: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:20:36 PM

Really it just goes to show how little they think of minorities and how highly they think of fascism and neo nazis.

Oh really when?
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#136903: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:26:05 PM

Yet at the same time, these same people will defend their xenophobia and social class bias by saying that they stand by the bigot in the election.

Good job, America, on yet another example of terrible backwards reasoning. Isn't that a good summary of the Republican side of this election, anyway?

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#136904: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:38:07 PM

Is America the most ironic nation to ever exist in human history?

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#136905: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:40:22 PM

What annoys me is that I know quite a lot of people that believe the whole Clinton body count bullshit, and it's fucking aggravating.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#136906: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:40:27 PM

Before Brexit, I could give an easy yes. Now I don't know what to think.

What body count?

edited 31st Aug '16 10:41:03 PM by golgothasArisen

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#136907: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:43:29 PM

Basically it's a conspiracy that the Clintons have killed a bunch of people.

It started in the 90's and it's the big reason why so many people are hesitant about Clinton.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#136908: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:45:14 PM

Does this include that guy who killed himself right before appearing in court or something?

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#136909: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:45:14 PM

Does this include that guy who killed himself right before appearing in court or something?

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#136910: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:46:59 PM

Yeah it does actually

Oh really when?
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#136911: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:47:06 PM

I have no idea, all I know is some of my friends were saying some people "mysteriously" died, and me having a vast hatred of all things conspiracy theorist related got pissed and tore into them about it.

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#136912: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:52:47 PM

I think the people who believe that shit literally think politics is like House of Cards.

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golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#136913: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:54:04 PM

They're basically just trying to grasp at straws at this point. I'd say to let them have their fun, but I'm worried that might help Trump.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#136914: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:54:36 PM

Most of them don't like Trump either. It's the whole "both sides are equally bad" bullshit that pisses me off.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
golgothasArisen Since: Jan, 2015
#136915: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:57:27 PM

Like, maybe you have legitimate reasons to dislike Hillary. Maybe it's the email scandal, Benghazi, and the Clinton Foundation that have all gotten you pissed at her. At the end of the day though, you have to make a choice on the so called "lesser of two evils" or else you might regret who you help to win.

"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#136916: Aug 31st 2016 at 10:58:14 PM

False Equivalence and the Golden Mean Fallacy is probably my most hate logical fallacy. That's the very first sign I will never EVER take your political opinions seriously.

Hell, I don't even view it as a Lesser of Two Evils. I view it as Black and White. Jedi vs Sith, Day vs Night,

edited 31st Aug '16 11:00:07 PM by TacticalFox88

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#136917: Aug 31st 2016 at 11:17:32 PM

I think the people who believe that shit literally think politics is like House of Cards.

It isn't? Or at least somewhere between that and The West Wing?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#136918: Aug 31st 2016 at 11:35:31 PM

Hell no.

In Real Life, Frank Underwood would've likely failed by episode 4, if he was lucky. Him able to manipulate things to become VP...then brings the sitting President down to become President himself? lmfao.

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#136919: Aug 31st 2016 at 11:39:15 PM

Didn't Lyndon B. Johnson do something like that?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#136920: Aug 31st 2016 at 11:50:34 PM

...Are you saying Johnson had Kennedy shot?

Oh God! Natural light!
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#136921: Aug 31st 2016 at 11:54:52 PM

[up] It's most likely a joke... What really happened with JFK's Assassination is like one of the well-known Conspiracy Theories.

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#136922: Sep 1st 2016 at 12:29:30 AM

[up][up]Sorry, I didn't know Johnson was Kennedy's successor.

But no, I meant Johnson was an unelected president who was also a notorious conniving bastard with an obsession for his own penis.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#136924: Sep 1st 2016 at 5:50:24 AM

Unbelievable. The guy goes to Mexico to make nice-nice with their president, then within the same day, does a complete 180 in Arizona by delivering his most xenophobic address to date.

His deportation force would be a total disaster. In its mad quest to deport as many illegals as possible, it's bound to get things wrong, whether by accident or by design. Perfectly legal citizens who just happen to be brown will be stopped and forced to show their "papers" (sound familiar?). The wrong doors will be kicked in and their house ransacked because the force got the address wrong. Children born in this country will be separated from their immigrant parents. And do you think the Big Brother-esque technology will be limited to Trump's Wall (TM)? Think again.

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
#136925: Sep 1st 2016 at 6:09:08 AM

That said, Trump claims he didn't discuss the wall during his meeting with the Mexican President. The Mexican President insists that he made it clear that Mexico would not be paying for the wall. In other words, it's all but an accusation by the Mexican Government that Trump is lying. Well, Bannon's no stranger to such events...

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

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