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"Republicunts"? Did they get the Animal Nuz guy's cool older brother to write the episode? Anyway it's spelled "Republikkkunt$".
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:So it begins:
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Jul 21, 2014 18:00
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WoodrowSkillson posted:lol what the gently caress is this? This is the thread where people, specifically Republicans, are made of for their views and opinions.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:00
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:This is the thread where people, specifically Republicans, are made of for their views and opinions. I mean your ramblings where you think that "people are complicated" = "the WBC are good people" you have a child's view of the world and its really funny.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:03
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Troll Blood hahaha And the pearl clutching about calling women mean names after this whole last year or so, yeaaaaaah right.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:05
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I'm having a hard time seeing past how blindingly wack some dude would have to be to write down the word "republicunts" and then hi-5 himself for his sickfilthy wit.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:06
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paranoid randroid posted:I'm having a hard time seeing past how blindingly wack some dude would have to be to write down the word "republicunts" and then hi-5 himself for his sickfilthy wit.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:08
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WoodrowSkillson posted:I mean your ramblings where you think that "people are complicated" = "the WBC are good people" you have a child's view of the world and its really funny. Are you just gonna make poo poo up to save face? The conversation was People aren't their opinions -> Yes they are. No one said anything about WBC being good people. We're not talking about Bob the kinda okay guy who bought the Seinfeld biography. Reading a book isn't an opinion and doesn't define you or make you a bad person, but having opinions and views like Penn Jilette's ranting about how female comics are cunts and that the disabled are just lazy moochers and that social concepts like "laws" are insane does make you a bad person. Hiding behind "Well an opinion doesn't make the person" is for simps.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:14
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Are you just gonna make poo poo up to save face? Hahaha
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Jul 21, 2014 18:16
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WoodrowSkillson posted:lol what the gently caress is this? But you see liberals!
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Jul 21, 2014 18:32
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WoodrowSkillson posted:Hahaha You laugh but he's pretty spot on. Penn purposefully spreads his opinions, which are very harmful to a lot of people, while being aware of the fact his opinions are not backed up by anything resembling expertise. He is an active participant in the weakening of the American social safety net. Sure his contribution is small in the grand scheme of things but that doesn't excuse it.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:34
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Squidster posted:Could you elaborate on what a person is made of, apart from their opinions and beliefs, which guide their actions and larger life? I am entirely defined and embodied by my opinions. Of course this is only my opinion. Squidster posted:But also this is the dumbest derail. This is also an opinion I have. Disliking derails defines me as a person. WoodrowSkillson posted:lol what the gently caress is this? It's just, like, his opinion, man. BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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Jul 21, 2014 18:39
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I'd hope it was just "let's do the dumbest, most offensive thing we can, because it'll get Republicans in a tizzy" rather than an actual attempt at wit. That's what it sounds like to me. I don't know what their ratings have been like lately but if they've seen a dip, this would be a reasonable tactic to grab some notoriety.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:46
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Well, gj True Blood writers. I am acknowledging your show exists. I curse you, unto five generations, to write for Disney Channel child star vehicles.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:51
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:That's what it sounds like to me. I don't know what their ratings have been like lately but if they've seen a dip, this would be a reasonable tactic to grab some notoriety. Tanking hard last I heard, but this is their series finale season (I think) so it's not like they have much to worry about.
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Jul 21, 2014 18:55
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paranoid randroid posted:Well, gj True Blood writers. I am acknowledging your show exists. I curse you, unto five generations, to write for Disney Channel child star vehicles. They're already writing what is effectively a World of Darkness: Vampire LARP for pay for view TV.
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Jul 21, 2014 19:18
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The vampire fad could only last so long.
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Jul 21, 2014 19:20
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A while back I read one of Penn's books. About 90% of the book was really fascinating stuff from a seriously eccentric, engaging, charismatic guy who does things exactly his own way and doesn't conform at all. And then there was a chapter on libertarianism that could've been copy-pasted from any given libertarian blog. It's really weird, because he comes off as being incredibly unique in how he looks at the world most of the time, but when it comes to politics he's apparently the most utterly generic libertarian ever.
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Jul 21, 2014 19:22
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:And finally De Beaufort enters the gala proclaiming "Of all the horrible things I've seen in the last hundred years this could be the most disturbing." He is right about that.
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Jul 21, 2014 19:29
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Here's a fun game!quote:"It goes to show that there are elements within our own party that have to be purged … There are elements within our own party that have no business being Republicans. Republicans should not behave in that fashion." Are these "elements"... a) Publicly aired racist statements about blacks b) Publicly aired racist statements about latinos c) Publicly aired concerns that a fellow Republican senate candidate was making racist statements Answer: C, That would be Chris McDaniel saying the party needs to be purged of people who would dare call him out as repellant to minorities thanks to various racial bullshit he's put out over the years. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/212755-mcdaniel-gop-must-be-purged-of-people-who-accuse-fellow-members#ixzz387czN6KU
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Jul 21, 2014 20:19
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I'd hope it was just "let's do the dumbest, most offensive thing we can, because it'll get Republicans in a tizzy" rather than an actual attempt at wit. The characters are vampires. They drink blood, kill people when they aren't keeping them as cattle, sell their own blood as a powerfully addictive drug, and have lots and lots of rough sex. If conservatives are just now getting offended at True Blood, watching the previous seasons will make their heads explode.
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Jul 21, 2014 20:36
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paranoid randroid posted:I'm having a hard time seeing past how blindingly wack some dude would have to be to write down the word "republicunts" and then hi-5 himself for his sickfilthy wit. You have obviously never seen True Blood and I envy you for that.
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Jul 21, 2014 20:40
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I haven't watched it in years, but from what I saw of it, True Blood at least tries to be a solid parody of a conservative fantasy. Vampires are pretty directly portrayed as an oppressed sexually deviant minority (see the "God hates fangs" sign in the intro). The twist is that all the weirdo poo poo that conservatives say about them turns out to be true: they ARE monsters who eat people and force children to become just like them and they even have a shadow government that secretly runs the world.
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Jul 21, 2014 20:44
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Yesterday I was thinking the following tidbit might be a bit distracting or out of place in this thread but after catching up on this thread today... I saw a Pen & Teller tour show years ago where leading up to the intermission they did the swords in the barrel trick with Pen inside. He remained inside during the intermission and they charged people a dollar to come up onstage and peer into the barrel to see Pen inside the barrel. I paid my dollar, walked up to the barrel and looked in to find Pen staring back at me. In hindsight I should have beat him to death with one of the swords while he was stuck in barrel. It would have saved us all from the last few pages and it would have probably been the most significant moment in my life.
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Tender Bender posted:I haven't watched it in years, but from what I saw of it, True Blood at least tries to be a solid parody of a conservative fantasy. Vampires are pretty directly portrayed as an oppressed sexually deviant minority (see the "God hates fangs" sign in the intro). The twist is that all the weirdo poo poo that conservatives say about them turns out to be true: they ARE monsters who eat people and force children to become just like them and they even have a shadow government that secretly runs the world. This. These jabs are very deliberate. The show also has a thinly veiled Evangelical Christian anti-vampire group.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:I'd hope it was just "let's do the dumbest, most offensive thing we can, because it'll get Republicans in a tizzy" rather than an actual attempt at wit. so this basically: 
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Beowulfs_Ghost posted:This. These jabs are very deliberate. The show also has a thinly veiled Evangelical Christian anti-vampire group. The best of them was when the mother corrected her child, "honey, he ain't white, he dead."
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So could someone tell me why True Blood is so terrible? Seems like it's a decent southern gothic show that, at worst, is just some dumb fun. Answer in a pm if the thread hasn't derailed too much already.
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MizPiz posted:So could someone tell me why True Blood is so terrible? Seems like it's a decent southern gothic show that, at worst, is just some dumb fun. Oh Bee-yul. Oh Sook-eh.
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Jul 21, 2014 22:28
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Oh Bee-yul. Basically, it's nearly Twilight levels of  romance. I stopped caring about any of the characters halfway through the first season. Interesting themes. Great cinematography. Excellent production. Wonderful acting. But it's a type of drama I just can't follow. Scratch it up to personal taste.So...how about them idiots in Congress. Eh?
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anonumos posted:So...how about them idiots in Congress. Eh? Who gives a poo poo, this is the magic and vampires thread. Edit: HaitianDivorce posted:Inhuman monsters that stalk the night using arcane and ancient methods to arbitrarily ruin the lives of those they consider lesser than them and enhance their own power is a fair description of our civil servants and the culture that has sprung up around them, yes. MizPiz fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jul 22, 2014 |
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MizPiz posted:Who gives a poo poo, this is the magic and vampires thread. Inhuman monsters that stalk the night using arcane and ancient methods to arbitrarily ruin the lives of those they consider lesser than them and enhance their own power is a fair description of our civil servants and the culture that has sprung up around them, yes.
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Daily Kos just did a post about the current effects of Mitch McConnell supporting Thad Cochran and how the local tea party took that (re: badly), but goddamn if I was Grimes I would be playing that card all day everyday. Depressing the tea party in Kentucky and reminding them they're propping up the head of their supposedly hated GOP-E can do her nothing but good. Even if they are playing the usual chickenshit tea party game of talking crap on the establishment and then propping it up, as long as you continually have them having to prove their rebel credentials they won't be doing much to help other than eventually voting, and they'll often be hurting him right up to that point. And if you sell it hard enough maybe they'll put their money where their mouth is and stay home.
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Jul 21, 2014 23:23
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Someone on Fox News just went  about Putin being a true leader, how he has a true vision for his country and loves it, and Obama being a "LAWYER!"I take it in the 1930's the GOP would be idolizing Hitler's leadership?
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FuzzySkinner posted:I take it in the 1930's the GOP would be idolizing Hitler's leadership? Well back then they often decried the Nazis as too socialist. 
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FuzzySkinner posted:I take it in the 1930's the GOP would be idolizing Hitler's leadership? Bankers of the time led an actual fascist plot to overthrow FDR, so yeah, they most likely would.
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Jul 22, 2014 02:16
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stinkles1112 posted:Jesus fuckin Christ, and people wonder why leftists are completely impotent in modern America. Weird how conservatives can continually throw politically-inspired cultural temper tantrums over such utterly mainstream institutions as Hollywood, the NFL, and the NBA but when liberals dislike a dude it's the end of leftism.
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Jul 22, 2014 02:19
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PostNouveau posted:Bankers of the time led an actual fascist plot to overthrow FDR, so yeah, they most likely would. It's pretty terrifying we have people that would advocate for a "KILL 'EM ALL/COLD WAR II: LET'S GET NUCLEAR" approach over what normal people would advocate in you know...diplomacy.
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Has anyone talked about how hilariously badly Maher managed to defend Israel by saying on Twitter it was like 'dealing with a crazy woman' or something and 'there's only so long you can hold her wrists back before you smack her'?
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FuzzySkinner posted:Someone on Fox News just went They say they hate Obama for being a socialist thug, not because he's black, but then they idolize a white guy who was a literal thug for literal communists. Also Putin courageously oppresses gays, so he has that over Obama.
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