Intel&Sebastian posted:

Everything between "legitmate rape" Akin and this poo poo makes me wonder where the breaking point is for married women who aren't 100% in on the subservient wife song and dance. Like what else do they have to do and say before you make a "gently caress you" vote?

Dr. Faustus posted:

It's the other girl's fault for not bootsrapping herself into having a Dad who's some sort of Jack Bauer-type superman.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Presenting the return of Steven Crowder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyotLRHMOIk

Moderate Islam: A Myth (Featuring Dana Loesch)

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Presenting the return of Steven Crowder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyotLRHMOIk

Moderate Islam: A Myth (Featuring Dana Loesch)

pengun101 posted:

I cant watch him without wanting to punch a wall. what kind of poo poo does he spew?

Kelfeftaf posted:

Steven Crowder also does stand-up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSc-VxL_eWo. I wonder who his influences are as far as comedy goes.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Kelfeftaf posted:

Steven Crowder also does stand-up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSc-VxL_eWo. I wonder who his influences are as far as comedy goes.

Mantis42 posted:

Wait, Crowder's from Canada? You bastards, how could you do this to us!?

Makes the fact that all of his jokes are about minorities and immigrants hypocritical in addition to loving terrible.

e: "Its tough not to respect that guy, he's so successful in every aspect of his life" - Talking 'bout Herman Cain.

Mantis42 posted:

Wait, Crowder's from Canada? You bastards, how could you do this to us!?

djw175 posted:

I think Canada just sends us its shittiest people. Cruz was born in Canada, too.

Sir Tonk posted:

Man, gently caress this guy. He's almost at O'Keefe's level, but at least he isn't bringing down non-profits yet.

djw175 posted:

I think Canada just sends us its shittiest people. Cruz was born in Canada, too.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Acropolis posted:

That shirt brings up weird memories...

A couple of years ago I worked at a place with a logo that is disturbingly similar to that shirt. During a yearly company wide meeting/party the "Libertarian" (read: "self made" rich young hip conservative) CEO got up on stage complimented the company on the previous year's amazing growth and wanted to remind us that we, the employees, "Built this company" up to what it was. In the midst of clapping and cheering he clicks to the next slide, a smiling picture of Obama, and shouts us down saying "No you didn't! He (Obama) built this!". During the stunned silence punctuated by nervous laughs from a few employees, he laughs at his joke and continues forth on his spiel about how we as a company sucked at pretty much every initiative we set forth on for the previous year.

It boggles my mind how often I've seen conservatives around me injecting their opinions into presentations and conversations out of the blue. Then they act as if they totally won magic support points from their audience by the confused silence resulting at the non-sequitor of the statement.

pengun101 posted:

I am curious what people think of this article. http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/11/us/james-foley-mother/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Basically james foley's mother is pissed at Obama because he didn't do enough to save her son and we should have negotiated with ISIS. I am sure the right will run this story into the ground.

Acropolis posted:

the "Libertarian" (read: "self made" rich young hip conservative) CEO got up on stage complimented the company on the previous year's amazing growth and wanted to remind us that we, the employees, "Built this company" up to what it was. In the midst of clapping and cheering he clicks to the next slide, a smiling picture of Obama, and shouts us down saying "No you didn't! He (Obama) built this!". During the stunned silence punctuated by nervous laughs from a few employees, he laughs at his joke and continues forth on his spiel about how we as a company sucked at pretty much every initiative we set forth on for the previous year.

It boggles my mind how often I've seen conservatives around me injecting their opinions into presentations and conversations out of the blue. Then they act as if they totally won magic support points from their audience by the confused silence resulting at the non-sequitor of the statement.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

I remember my German TA from last winter doing a slideshow on an in-class activity of describing a celebrity in German, and he had a picture of Obama up, and then he said "be descriptive, like if you want to call this guy a dumbass" and everyone just laughed nervously. He then said "oh, there are no factions in this class!" while ranting about Obamacare the next quarter while subbing in for someone else and crying about how everyone blames Bush for everything.

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

It's far from the worst thing that Fox News et al has done but it really sucks how they've empowered a certain segment of the population to see absolutely everything in a political lens. I feel like I'm walking on eggshells with almost every single topic of conversation in a professional setting now because even the most banal of water cooler conversations with coworkers or clients might now be part of the battlefield. Sports? Liberals trying to take away Are Redskins. Weather? Al Gore is fat. What to get for lunch? Something something pro Chik-Fil-A rant. Called in sick yesterday? Obamacare.

Zwabu posted:

So many right wing Americans live in such a hermetically sealed bubble of media and ideology that it's just not conceivable that an overwhelming majority of other Americans don't share their views, leading to stuff like this.

Especially if they are operating within what they consider a "safe" cultural or demographic sphere. Such as if they are with other white Christians, military people, business colleagues etc. (or in the first example, a captive audience of employees).

A story about one of my old bosses from the military. This was during the early 90's. He was looking for jobs and to get out of the military at a time when the civilian job market for our field was poor and decent jobs were very competitive. He was one of a lot of people applying for a position and was winnowed down to a final few candidates for the single position. There was an interview including the CEO/Board of Director types at the place. Apparently he made some wiseass comment about Bill Clinton or the Clintons (Bill was President at the time) and subsequently learned that the CEO was a major donor and supporter of Clinton. He didn't get the job.

Though I wasn't there I can easily believe the story because I saw this kind of behavior a million times from righties, and it's that much worse after 20 more years of Rush/FOX/Drudge.

It's just super easy for people in the spheres I worked in, then and now, of physicians and the military, to assume that everyone in those areas, and other general conservative areas such as rich corporate boardroom environments, share their views, to the point of doing dumbass poo poo like this without even stopping to consider "what do I really gain by saying this, versus how much do I risk or can I lose by saying this?". The thought is never entertained that they never get challenged on their Rush/FOX talking points at work not because everybody shares them but because many people just aren't interested in fighting those battles at work, or are in an inferior position power wise and just keep their mouths shut.

The problem is, if the guy you don't really know who you share the Clinton/Obama joke with happens to share your views, you don't really gain much, but if they don't, you stand to piss them off. Doubly so if you live or work in an area where everyone is a righty, if you make that joke to the tiny minority of CEOs/doctors/military officers who are NOT a righty, they are probably already annoyed as poo poo all the time having to put up with all the other righties surrounding them, if they are in a position to choose you for a job, contract or promotion and you lay another dose or right wing bullshit on them, it won't go well for you.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

To be honest, I'm incredibly hesitant to talk about my views in real life; I'm always scared of the social repercussions of taking a dump on "job creators" or to make a case for why UHC and a higher top tax bracket are good things, while these people have absolutely no problem saying the most vile poo poo out loud without a care to the company surrounding them.

Venusian Weasel posted:

Reminds me a lot of something I read about the political polarization of Europe in the 1920s. Wanted to read a newspaper? Wanted to join a cycling club? Wanted to support a soccer team? You had your choice of a communist, socialist, conservative, and fascist version of all those things so you never had to encounter an alternative viewpoint. With the internet making it easy to form echo chambers it seems like we're seeing a return to that.

Dr. Faustus posted:

Serious question, sorry I know this isn't exactly the right thread, but I follow this thread a lot and there are some super-smart posters here:

I vote by absentee ballot in NC each election. It's because I can just fax the election board and the ballot arrives in my mailbox. I fill out the ballot, get a coworker to witness it (fun fact: every single time my ballot envelope has been witness-signed by a staunch Republican - oops, I mean Independant who will vote straight GOP every election, who knew I was voting opposite them but signed anyway because we get along ok), and then just mail it back. It's incredibly convenient and doesn't interfere with my work schedule (as evidenced by the fact that I actually fill out and seal and get it witnessed on a break at work.)

I don't know what my party's chances are here in NC this year, especially in light of the voter suppression efforts that seem to be holding just fine for this upcoming election).
A part of me is afraid it's hopeless, like the last elections were; but a little tiny part of me is hoping the efforts to get out the vote might work by just enough. I can tell it's hot in NC because the ads are constant and nasty and misleading (especially the GOP ads, but that's not the point). Either way, I intend to participate.

So, for your consideration:

Am I putting our close election at risk by not voting in person? I'm at the same residence for over 11 years, I've been registered as long at this residence. I have all the proper ID to get the ballot and return it. I've never been charged with a crime and I'm embarrassingly Caucasian (don't get offended, you know what I mean.) The main crime I am guilty of in NC is my party affiliation. Sorry, I don't mean to come off as melodramatic or tin-foil hat-ty, despite the long post.

Is my ballot, cast via mail, more or less likely to affect the outcome of any particular race? Is it possible that NC might discount my ballot for some reason? Should I ask this in another D&D thread instead?

Kelfeftaf posted:

Crowder was fired by Fox News because he said that Hannity lets liberals bully him on his program.

He clarified this statement after being fired by saying that Hannity is just too nice of a guy and feels like he has to play by the rules when he interviews people.

Shbobdb posted:

She decided the best way to bond with potential customers was to talk about politics. ... There are other, less dangerous, ways to establish a connection!

Dr. Faustus posted:

Is my ballot, cast via mail, more or less likely to affect the outcome of any particular race? Is it possible that NC might discount my ballot for some reason? Should I ask this in another D&D thread instead?

Hazo posted:

Crowder is a turd and we all know that.

...But I'm quoting this because it's my beloved home state and I want somebody to help this guy out. Pat McCrory has been making GBS threads on the middle class ever since he took office.

Before GBS 2.0 took over, we even had a dedicated thread for North Carolina's collapse.

Zwabu posted:

The thing that kills me is that if you're going to do what your colleague was doing, it would at least be less risky and damaging if you were "swimming with the current" of your regional environment (i.e. if she were doing sales in Texas or Alabama). But no, she has to run with the Tea Party poo poo in loving San Francisco where even rich business people are much more likely to be liberal compared to other parts of the country. The anecdote I gave about the Clinton bashing guy took place in a reliably Democratic state (both in Presidential elections and statewide elections).

Dr. Faustus posted:

Thank you, Hazo. I miss that thread (as much as it hurt) and I love this state, too; even though I'm a Yankee (not a drat Yankee) transplant. I moved here just before my 10th birthday (gonna be 43 in about 9 days) and I care very much about what's happening here.
Thank you very much.