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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#142201: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:39:22 PM

First off, just because you don't like the coursework doesn't mean they're brainwashing anyone. That's just whining until you can actually prove professors are actually trying to do that. Also, a teacher who has no opinion on what they teach is probably teaching it very well anyway, because they have no interest in the subject. That's not good teaching. I fucking hate it when people complain about "brainwashing" because holy shit, no, that's not happening. That is not what is happening in colleges.

In any case, you don't have to respond to everything right away, if you have a point to make, you can take your fucking time to write a big long post. Lord knows tons of us do that in there already.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#142202: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:40:09 PM

Worth noting that the only other Republican I can remember who regularly posts here (Protagonist) thinks Trump is an utter buffoon even if he doesn't agree with what most other posters think on a lot of issues.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#142203: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:41:32 PM

Oh I'm sure that the new guy is the only Trump supporter, but one can be a Republican and still not support Trump.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
rfindlay from Boston Since: Dec, 2014
#142205: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:42:42 PM

[up][up][up] It would seem you beat me to it. I'd quite look forward to see his rebuttal if he were here at the moment.

edited 7th Oct '16 8:43:41 PM by rfindlay

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#142206: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:43:32 PM

The fact that you seem to think most Mexican immigrants are trafficking drugs is racist.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#142207: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:43:46 PM

[up][up][up] You might not be supporting that project for racist reasons, but you're lying to yourself if you think the big support for that idea is not playing to xenophobic and racist anxieties.

Playing to white nationalism and xenophobia is basically the backbone to the entire Trump campaign.

edited 7th Oct '16 8:44:34 PM by Draghinazzo

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#142208: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:44:08 PM

[up][up][up][up] And who do you think is buying those drugs? It's not the Mexicans...

edited 7th Oct '16 8:44:24 PM by Bat178

Jetyl The Dev Cat from my apartment Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The Dev Cat
#142210: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:46:28 PM

honestly, you guys seem to be unnecessarily cruel to Zesty & treating him like some malicious troll, when from all accounts, reading his posts he's just coming off as a person with right leaning beliefs willing to have a discussion about them, and listen to other people.

I mean, yeah, thinking Trump is a good candidate in any respect is ludicrous, & they seem to have bought into the "crooked Hillary" propaganda, but you should immediately jump to demanding high end research papers, while peppering in aside comments.

its really off-putting, especially since otherwise I consider you guys a relatively level head bunch.

edited 7th Oct '16 8:47:59 PM by Jetyl

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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
#142211: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:46:30 PM

Yes, it is racist, because the deliberate focus on the supply and low-level consumer sides results in disproportionate law enforcement targeting of minorities and immigrants chronically deprived of other economical opportunities by surprise surprise, racism.

On how the Clinton campaign worked to get an employment alternative to Keystone XL.

edited 7th Oct '16 8:46:59 PM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#142213: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:47:01 PM

Guys, I'm pretty sure this guy is a troll, as he seems to be posting to get reactions. If he's sincere, then he's really shitty at getting the point, which I admit I thought he had one he was trying for at first.

But maybe let's just stop responding to him until he says something that isn't complaining about us and is instead about the topic.

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
#142214: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:47:26 PM

Not even Republicans as whole are endorsing Trump, there is a good chunk of the GOP that hates Trump.

Even Reagan Era Republicans are supporting Hillary instead of Trump.

[up][up]Seriously? Making wildly inaccurate statements is now harping about legal and moral legality?

edited 7th Oct '16 8:47:39 PM by AngelusNox

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#142215: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:47:37 PM

Edit: A link, finally, give me a moment.

edited 7th Oct '16 8:50:31 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#142216: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:47:47 PM

Building a wall to keep people from entering the country is kind of blatantly xenophobic and racist. Like, at the end of the day, you're just walling off latinx people because you think it'll fix the country.

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
#142217: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:48:23 PM

So you lied? Funny how you claim the rest of the fucking US population that disagrees with you is lying to you then.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#142219: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:49:59 PM

I'm also fairly sure that it isn't going to do that great a job at stopping drugs from getting into the country.

Not that I'm expert on the drug trade but I'm pretty certain drug dealers are smart enough to work around something like that.

It's an extremely basic, bestial idea playing to white anxieties about minorities, not a carefully planned and considered political project.

edited 7th Oct '16 8:50:31 PM by Draghinazzo

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#142220: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:54:07 PM

A lot of us here are for drastically reducing drug related charges, and the majority seem to be in there for simple possession of small amounts of things like marijuana. And some people here (at least in the past some have been) are for legalizing everything. Some are for putting drug related charges through rehab and the like rather than jail. Some are for eliminating sentences for lesser chargers like simple possession.

We've had this conversation like a hundred times before you, and never has the wall been considered a good solution. Because it's not, it's just an expensive physical object that criminals will be smart enough to get around. You say we're not suggesting solutions, well, you and Trump sure as fuck haven't either. Nice to meet you, kettle.

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.
#142221: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:54:09 PM

[up][up][up] I'd start with not defaulting to sending people to prison for...how long are the sentences for this sort of thing?

edited 7th Oct '16 8:54:22 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#142223: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:54:52 PM

So I'm seeing that someone hung a racist banner on school properly and was made to apologise, who exactly did that become "kid had on a Trump t-shirt and was made to write an apology letter"?

As for drugs, I mean one could legally weed, decriminalise small amounts of other substances and treat addiction like a health problem instead of a crime problem, that would probably fix the issue.

Also I don't see how a wall would work, the drug runners don't just work for the border, they use tunnels, boats, drones, catapults and probably a bunch of other shit (like say regular drug mules who just get a flight). So a wall would do nothing.

[up] I suspect you'll actually find that plenty of Canadians do break US laws, possibly more than Mexicans do due to the greater amount of cross border traffic.

edited 7th Oct '16 8:56:29 PM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
jdj42 Since: Oct, 2012
#142225: Oct 7th 2016 at 8:56:28 PM

Zesty apparently registered just for the purposes of posting on this thread considering that his contributer's page has no edits on it.

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