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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The Trump Boss fight is basically Quercus Alba on steroids.
Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on Jul 7th 2018 at 1:37:36 PM
Watch SymphogearRe: Alt-right imploding on itself: I remember reading about both the trailer park punchout and the whole Nazi furries thing in a Cracked article.
Said article also included a quote from a high-ranking Alt-Righter (head of The Daily Stormer, apparently) admonishing his followers to improve their personal appearance and practice 'Chad Nationalism' to make 'girls want to be [their] groupies'. Yes, he said this. See for yourself.
I wonder if he knows there's a country actually called Chad. :V
Edited by PresidentStalkeyes on Jul 7th 2018 at 6:42:22 PM
Those sell-by-dates won't stop me because I can't read!What did they see?
A Kansas GOP hopeful decided to share his wisdom; including everything outside of Western culture (as if that's a single thing...) being barbarism, Planned Parenthood being worse than Nazi death camps, and general nonsense about Christianity being under attack.
The federal and state parties have told him to knock it off, but we all know that the GOP has been totally incapable (and unwilling) to truly rein in the nutters in their ranks.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.I had to roll my eyes at his hate-boner for Planned Parenthood. For the 1,000th time: Abortions are only a tiny fraction of the services they provide. Declaring them an evil organization that must be destroyed for that, despite all the other non-abortion related services they provide for women, is like throwing out the baby with the bath water.
Edited by speedyboris on Jul 7th 2018 at 3:03:50 AM
Essentially. But the fact that it also (at least theoretically) prevents poor men from getting ahead, even if to a much lesser extent, is surely intentional. Whether the primary target is women or the poor in general, the fact that both are harmed is a feature, not a bug.
Edited by TroperOnAStickV2 on Jul 7th 2018 at 5:23:07 AM
Hopefully I'll feel confident to change my avatar off this scumbag soon. Apologies to any scumbags I insulted.
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
Don't think this has been posted. Fox News gave this very softball interview where he stated that his critics were a threat to America.
How? How is pointing out North Korea escalating their nuclear weapons program thanks to Trump and the Russia helping him win the election a threat? Much less when Trump encouraging racism and hatred that would constitute even more of a threat than a comment that hurts his feelings?
Edited by tsstevens on Jul 17th 2018 at 11:44:59 PM
Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
It might be business as usual but maybe this will get through to even the most tribalistic fanatical Trump cultists that he is a dictator.
Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours![]()
That has zero chance of occurring, because they're Trump supporters they're going to excuse this away. For the simple fact that the authoritarianism alongside the racism is the entire point, it's a feature not a bug to them.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jul 7th 2018 at 6:35:47 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

It’s too bad Mueller is out of the prime of his life.
I’d have love to see what kind of Job offers he would’ve had for taking down trump
New Survey coming this weekend!