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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
x5: That's completely idiotic, though. A Republican president can do untold, generational damage to the progressive cause simply by existing. I mean, sure, they might kill the GOP as a brand even more and appeal to accelerationists who want the country extra chaotic, but after the dust settles, the Supreme Court will still have their nominees, for instance.
edited 2nd Nov '16 10:19:03 AM by CrimsonZephyr
"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."It also doesn't contain a single verifiably true statement. Which is one of the problems with ERB having done this. Between this (and the vaguely misogynistic crap from "Lincoln" about her "creepy smile") and the transphobia of the "Bruce Jenner vs Bruce Banner" rap I'm really losing all interest in ERB.
edited 2nd Nov '16 10:28:25 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar
Yes, there already are claims that this was a false flag.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot![]()
That's why you don't do this shit.
edited 2nd Nov '16 10:34:29 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar
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Are you trying to suggest that the criticism they would have leveled at Sanders would have been rooted in misogyny? Because that seems unlikely.
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And that was still an idiotic, false equivalence criticism. One that, if anything, becomes even stupider coming from Lincoln. Yeah, Lincoln was able to get a lot more of the legislation he wanted passed than Obama did. You know why? It was because most of his opponents had joined the Confederacy.
The Trump supporters hate anything and everything that isn't worshiping their Fuhrer. In any case, this isn't as bad as it could have been but it still gives into false equivalency BS. About the only thing I can say for it is that it's mildly better than Death Battle's attempt on the subject (which has Trump and Clinton die fighting one another and Captain America becoming president-for-life; because nothing says you love democracy like an ending like that).
edited 2nd Nov '16 10:43:40 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar
How is that misogynistic? Regardless of how creepy her smile actually is, it's certainly memetic enough that it would end up in there.
I literally have no idea how calling someone's smile creepy is instantly an offense to women everywhere.
edited 2nd Nov '16 10:48:20 AM by EpicBleye
"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae@Ambar: Yeah, instead he would be complaining about how Sanders is a communist, because that's how Republicans would hit him.
Actually, yeah... Sanders looks like he's could be Doc Brown's understudy.
edited 2nd Nov '16 10:54:39 AM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food BadlyI think his point is that the insult being leveled at her and women in general, is because of misogyny, so them doing it is misogynistic.
Edit: This video goes over it well, I think.
Personally, I've always thought her smiled came off as forced, but not really "creepy" and it's never really bothered me. Some people just can't smile genuinely on command. I'm one of those people two.
But anyway, isn't the point of Epic Rap Battle is to level common complaints about characters/people in rap form. I don't think whether the complaint in question is actually valid is a part of it.
edited 2nd Nov '16 10:55:17 AM by LSBK

She's repeating the same nonsense far-left non-voters told themselves in 2000: that if the far-right buffoon gets elected, it will embolden the left to start a revolution.
Which was bullshit, because the Bush presidency plunged us into two wars and a debt of $10.6 trillion with no liberal revolution in sight.
That's right, boys. Mondo cool.