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Guest2553 posted:...so the internet shouldn't work as well for blacks and poors? If you haven't noticed, poors can't afford good internet connections so of course they have to be much slower than everyone else. Eventually they'll bootstrap their way up to good quality internet with no need for government interference.
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Picnic Princess posted:
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EXAKT Science posted:I think they're TERFs. those are some second wavers all right
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Guest2553 posted:...so the internet shouldn't work as well for blacks and poors? Uh, yes that's exactly what Ted Cruz believes.
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Nov 12, 2014 06:18
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Well that's what Comcast(I think?) says he should believe.
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RFC2324 posted:I still do this It looks like you survived too! Share with all your friends!
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Met posted:
Can't fit that much stupid on one account.
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It's really effective messaging, since I literally don't know how to argue against it. It is so orthogonal from reality that I don't even know where to start.
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Nov 12, 2014 07:54
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And he's seriously being considered for president.
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Shbobdb posted:It's really effective messaging, since I literally don't know how to argue against it. It is so orthogonal from reality that I don't even know where to start. I think there's probably some term for that sort of tactic. Say something so loving insane and off the wall that it just dumbfounds everyone else and you can basically go "Heh. Checkmate.  "
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Nov 12, 2014 08:06
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karl fungus posted:And he's seriously being considered for president. Does he even have a chance of nomination, though? Republican primaries consist entirely of the craziest motherfuckers you've ever heard, and a white dude so milquetoast you'd think he got built at a factory somewhere. It's always the last guy who gets to run.
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I think he's technically a Canadian, so not even eligible. But, as his core voters will tell you, Obola is a dirty Kenyan, so...
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Yeah, I was under the impression he was born here in Alberta, so doesn't that make him a dirty foreigner?
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McCain was born in Panama. The whole "natural-born citizen" thing only applies to black people, apparently.
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In response to an article that popped up on my Facebook about there being no known cases of Ebola in the US right now, someone posted this picture, and I laughed way harder than I should've...
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 I hate stupid poo poo like this but why is the cat filing its paw? To have super sensitive pads?  Which one of you made this? It came up unironically on my wall
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Ted Cruz also renounced his Canadian citizenship in a blaze of publicity this summer so it wouldn't be an issue even if it were the case that you have to be born in the States to be eligible for the presidency (which it isn't).
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kazil posted:Uh, yes that's exactly what Ted Cruz believes. Well that 'neutrality' Internet welfare stuff sounds a lot like communism and after all we both know who the real racists are. Don Gato posted:If you haven't noticed, poors can't afford good internet connections so of course they have to be much slower than everyone else. Eventually they'll bootstrap their way up to good quality internet with no need for government interference. This guy gets it.
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Dogfish posted:Ted Cruz also renounced his Canadian citizenship in a blaze of publicity this summer so it wouldn't be an issue even if it were the case that you have to be born in the States to be eligible for the presidency (which it isn't). Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but just in case I'm not: to be qualified for president, you have to be a natural born citizen, resident for at least 14 years, and at least 35 years of age. If you were trying to say something else, my apologies.
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Nov 12, 2014 13:55
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CrowsNestMutineer posted:McCain was born in Panama. The whole "natural-born citizen" thing only applies to black people, apparently. McCain was born on a military base. It counts as being a natural-born citizen.
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EZipperelli posted:Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but just in case I'm not: to be qualified for president, you have to be a natural born citizen, resident for at least 14 years, and at least 35 years of age. You're a natural born citizen if you're parent has been a citizen for now than 10 years, even if you aren't born on US soil. Nobody cared about McCain because he was born on an army base, and iirc, army bases are considered US soil by the US for legal purposes (e.g. non-military personnel need to follow US law when in military bases, even if specific actions are legal in the country in which the base is located.)
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Nov 12, 2014 15:28
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Actually, people did care about McCain. Just, not as many people care about Obama.
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Goosed it. posted:You're a natural born citizen if you're parent has been a citizen for now than 10 years, even if you aren't born on US soil. Which in turn makes the "0bummer was born in Kenya, Indonesia!  " even funnier because even if that were true, you'd still have to prove his mom isn't an American citizen or add a fake mother onto the list of conspiracies Obama is involved with.(As I recall there are conspiracy theories where Obama is lying about who his mother is, and his real mother is a dirty foreigner)
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DrProsek posted:Which in turn makes the "0bummer was born in Kenya, Indonesia! There's also one out there that his mother wasn't a citizen long enough or something. Really the answer is because he's black.
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The problem is that "natural born citizen" only appears in the presidential qualifications, and the founders were never clear on what they meant by that. It's also rarely, if ever, come up until Obama (wonder why). The most unambiguous is being born on US soil, regardless of parents' citizenship. Most candidates for president were born here, so it's never been a major issue.
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Regardless, I hope he gets as much poo poo as possible for being Canadian.
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  Yes, Tracy, Jugulator and Demolition got two of the bottom three slots because Tim Owens is a Republican  (The best Priest album is Defenders, gently caress all y'all)
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It's weird how right wingers think calling someone a democrat is somehow the worst insult there is. They interject it into politically neutral topics constantly. Read the comments on any story ever and some idiot will start talking about liberals.
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Leon Einstein posted:It's weird how right wingers think calling someone a democrat is somehow the worst insult there is. They interject it into politically neutral topics constantly. Read the comments on any story ever and some idiot will start talking about liberals. Liberals do this too, they just use different language.
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CeramicPig posted:
It's a clip of Salem from Sabrina. Those are either fake paws or the cat itself is an animatronic puppet.
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Kay Kessler posted:It's a clip of Salem from Sabrina. Those are either fake paws or the cat itself is an animatronic puppet. It's from an ad for milk. Yes, I'm ashamed to recognise it.
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I have a local one here. So the School board here in Montgomery County, MD had a request from Muslim students, parents, and faculty to recognize one of their Holidays, Eid al-Adha. In the past, like any other religious Holiday or civil duty, people who stayed home for the holiday would receive an excused absence. But these kids are still missing school, and also it's not mentioned along with other Christian, Jewish, Civil, and other holidays. So leaders requested (they didn't sue or bring legal action, they just asked) that the school board put Eid al-Adha on the calendar along with Easter, Rosh-hashannah, and Christmas at least, even if they don't close school for the holiday. Well this being a school board in a very rich, very white, suburb of DC, you can probably guess what the reaction was: Holidays’ names stricken from next year’s Montgomery schools calendar Yeah, they took their ball and went home. Didn't even allow it to be put on the calendar. No instead they're trying to alienate the Muslim community even more by making them the bad guys for wanting to be recognized as existing. From the article posted:Christmas and Easter have been stricken from next year’s school calendar in Montgomery County. So have Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. I'm just going to point back to this line again: jerkoff posted:Though those days happen to coincide with major Christian and Jewish holidays, board members made clear that the days off are not meant to observe those religious holidays, which they say is not legally permitted. And give it a hearty  You can try and make the argument that if only 5~5.6% of the school population is Muslim that it's just not worth taking a day off for it. But the Jewish population of MoCo is just 11.6%, and that's not a percentage of students in public school that's just the Jewish population of the county. I can't find a demo for public school enrollment. And of course, it's the Muslims fault. Also the comments are full of: -Conservatives crying -Atheists going "yes, goood" -Think of the children -racism And this is the "Liberal" part of Maryland... 
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Crain posted:And this is the "Liberal" part of Maryland... Note that American liberals are still far, FAR more to the right than most other right wingers in other countries. The actual right wing here is just bugfuck insane in a lot of cases.
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Wow. I thought those kind of tactics went out the window with the Southern response to Brown vs. the Board of Education.
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Leon Einstein posted:It's weird how right wingers think calling someone a democrat is somehow the worst insult there is. They interject it into politically neutral topics constantly. Read the comments on any story ever and some idiot will start talking about liberals. Segmentation Fault posted:Liberals do this too, they just use different language. Fun fact! One of the ways we have been able to measure racism in this country is by asking "Would you let your son or daughter marry outside their race?" In the 1960s, obviously people were a lot less happy about the idea than they are now. However, when they asked the same question, but substituted race for political party, the inverse happened. In 1960, only 5% of Americans really had an issue with the idea of someone marrying outside of their political party. http://jezebel.com/5947176/republicans-and-democrats-are-less-tolerant-of-interparty-marriage Now, 40% of respondents say that they would be displeased with the idea. 50% of Republicans, and 30% of democrats. A fair amount of people also believe that the other party is a danger to America. The USA is growing more and more partisan, the days where Reagan or LBJ are able to sweep the nation are over. Political party is becoming more and more of a social identity, and some political scientists are freaking out about it.
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Eh, when I here the phrase "The country is more partisan than ever before..." I just kind of blink. It's always been this way.
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Tab8715 posted:Eh, when I here the phrase "The country is more partisan than ever before..." I just kind of blink. Not to sound like a conspiracy nut, but that's what party leaders want you to think, because it benefits them for you to either become a radicalized voter, or to think voting isn't worth it. The country hasn't always been this partisan, the south used to tend towards the Democratic Party, and the way things are now are the two sides grabbing demographics pick'n'mix style.
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Triskelli posted:Not to sound like a conspiracy nut, but that's what party leaders want you to think, because it benefits them for you to either become a radicalized voter, or to think voting isn't worth it. The country hasn't always been this partisan, the south used to tend towards the Democratic Party, and the way things are now are the two sides grabbing demographics pick'n'mix style. 
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Crain posted:I have a local one here. So the School board here in Montgomery County, MD had a request from Muslim students, parents, and faculty to recognize one of their Holidays, Eid al-Adha. In the past, like any other religious Holiday or civil duty, people who stayed home for the holiday would receive an excused absence. But these kids are still missing school, and also it's not mentioned along with other Christian, Jewish, Civil, and other holidays. So leaders requested (they didn't sue or bring legal action, they just asked) that the school board put Eid al-Adha on the calendar along with Easter, Rosh-hashannah, and Christmas at least, even if they don't close school for the holiday. Before Greece v. Galloway, I couldn't see that sort of behaviour being accepted. Now… 
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Tab8715 posted:Eh, when I here the phrase "The country is more partisan than ever before..." I just kind of blink. Do you believe 5% and 40% are the same number
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