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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#139877: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:12:06 PM

be glad you potholed that correctly or God help you

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:12:23 PM by Ultimatum

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#139879: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:17:06 PM

Why?

Oh really when?
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#139880: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:20:58 PM

[up][up] I'm thinking that we don't need to spread his propaganda, so I hope you are being ironic. If not, well...

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:21:08 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#139881: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:22:07 PM

[up][up][up] Yeah. That blunder is going to follow her quite a ways.

[up][up]Dissent is healthy for a discussion. As long as it doesn't involve forcing anyone into silence.

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:23:31 PM by nervmeister

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#139882: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:24:04 PM

It's not a blunder, except in as much as truth is not wanted in this election cycle. What happened to all the people accusing her of lying? She says something that is purely factual and they give her hell.

Also, no. We do not need dissenting opinions if they parrot Trump support. Some things have no place in civilized debate and we will not pretend that they do.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#139883: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:24:41 PM

Also, no. We do not need dissenting opinions if they parrot Trump support. Some things have no place in civilized debate and we will not pretend that they do.

Got page topped and Fighteer worded it better than I could anyway.

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:25:45 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#139884: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:26:52 PM

I just don't think you can have a civilized debate over an uncivilized candidate.

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
#139885: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:29:36 PM

Trump supporters called me things like kike, faggot and cuck and every derrogatory slur related to Latin Americans. Hillary was very gentle for calling them only deplorable, and mostly for asking if Trump would ever release his Tax Returns or how they think that Trump Will make America great again even though Trump hasn't made a clear economic policy since he began his campaign.

And it isn't secret, Trump's voterbase is the worse the US population has to offer, he knows it and he actively caters them.

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:33:13 PM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#139886: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:30:36 PM

While I'm no fan of trump major literally just posted a trump ad (sidenote: that ad is fucking hilarious.) and has a long posting history in non-trump things. This doesn't feel like the other guy who was obviously just a troll.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#139887: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:33:01 PM

On riots in Charlotte, NC Representative states in interview "They hate white people because white people are successful and they're not."

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:33:31 PM by carbon-mantis

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#139889: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:33:13 PM

[up][up][up]Something seems fishy and I P Med my suspicions to Fighter. We might want to pretend he's not here for the moment till they're confirmed or refuted..

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:38:24 PM by Elle

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#139890: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:34:49 PM

[up][up]Not much to discuss when it comes to a fascist like Trump. But for the sake of it, why do you support him?

[up][up][up]God I hate this state and our government.

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:36:06 PM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#139891: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:37:26 PM

@thatguy: It's hilarious but it's undoubtedly going to be an effective ad. Conventional political wisdom is that you never directly attack voters. Ever. Even Trump technically abides by that rule insofar as he never really talks about Clinton's voters specifically.

@Fighteer: Did you seriously just ban someone for supporting Trump, or was there a reason within the sites rules that I didn't pick up on? For God's sake, that's not how you change somebody's mind.

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:41:51 PM by CaptainCapsase

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#139892: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:38:39 PM

In the interest of civility, I was going to ask the guy why he supported Trump, but he's been Troll Posted so... Nevermind.

Granted, it probably would've ended in trolling or something in any case, but it seemed more Don't Be Dick-ish to at least hear him out, for better or worse.

EDIT: Just saw Elle's post so it's probably better I didn't risk feeding the troll.

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:40:31 PM by sgamer82

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#139893: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:39:18 PM

It's always amusing seeing old white republican dudes try to tackle race issues. Admitting that maybe, just maybe, black people have a reason to be angry means admitting that racism wasn't solved by MLK and that destroys pretty much the entire republican race mythos.

EDIT: he seemed pretty trolly but in like edgelord 14 year old trolly not disrputive trolly but w/e

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:40:34 PM by thatguythere47

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#139894: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:40:22 PM

NVM.

edited 23rd Sep '16 2:44:15 PM by LSBK

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#139895: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:42:43 PM

The sad part is, it's the race mythos for a lot of americans regardless of whether they're republicans or not. Most people's understanding of race issues is pretty simplistic at best and disingenuous at worst.

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#139896: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:43:57 PM

I know the guy, he's not a troll, he was dead serious about everything he said.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#139897: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:47:44 PM

I saw the guy had a long forum posting history but his wiki edit history threw a red flag for me. It may or may not be a false alarm.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#139898: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:50:13 PM

[up] Tvtropes doesn't strike me as a place where a password database breach is particularly likely to happen.

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#139899: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:54:05 PM

Well his name is (probably) a trump reference so PW hack seems unlikely. Of course trump trolls tend to be incredibly obvious in that trump is the only thing they discuss and they're real assholes about it. Plus his original troper page features his steam ID so either the steam ID is fake, he's a super dedicated troll or more likely 14. We were all 14 and on the internet once.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#139900: Sep 23rd 2016 at 2:56:46 PM

He seemed genuine to me, but he still wasn't acting very mature. He came in, criticized us for not supporting Trump, posted an ad, and then started antagonizing Fighteer.


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