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De Nomolos posted:These guys just look like THUGS: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biden-takes-selfie-obama-n82626 This would be a little more awesome if they were flashing gang signs or something.
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Joementum posted:Scott Walker took a selfie in the White House. The poor bastard really has no chin to speak of.
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Feb 23, 2015 02:43
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richardfun posted:The poor bastard really has no chin to speak of. I'm counting at least 2.
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Feb 23, 2015 03:04
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Quidam Viator posted:I have a dream. I have a dream where the Republicans of this nation get their way, and their children die directly because of their poor political choices. And lacking any other scapegoat, they have to blame themselves and their policies, and if they grow a conscience, they'll be forced to repent. And then there's a chance we'll get a nation where people believe it's important to contribute to the common good, that public service is a noble profession, and that we, the people create the wealth of this nation and keep it running, not just a handful of oligarchs. This is it. This is where the wheels come off. At this exact moment, the people in your scenario will not suddenly have a redemption moment and claim they were wrong. They will push all the harder. They will insist there was a liberal, somewhere, who bitched it up. There will be witch hunts. I am not saying "lol Repubs are dumb." I am saying that there are reports about how strongly cognitive dissonance kicks in when people are confronted with these kinds of harsh truths. Here's one. Another. A third. People by and large do not change their beliefs when in the face of devastating carnage. They cling all the harder, even if those believes caused that carnage. Your approach will not work.
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Feb 23, 2015 03:18
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"Define 'gormless'." "Thank you, Governor."
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Feb 23, 2015 03:19
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Quidam Viator posted:Give me just a few million like her, willing to risk her life to stand up, take public office, and die in defense of equality under the law for all, and I'll gladly sit down and shut up. You have good taste. In Chicago, a socialist history teacher is a stone's throw behind an incumbent backed by a hedge fund super-PAC. Good candidates are there, and they're starting to win more often.
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Feb 23, 2015 03:55
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The X-man cometh posted:In Chicago, a socialist history teacher is a stone's throw behind an incumbent backed by a hedge fund super-PAC. Good candidates are there, and they're starting to win more often. City council socialists, you say? Surely this will mean much to the uninsured of Mississippi and translate to gains for those living in the poorest states. Cities and non-cities in the US are on different planets.
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Feb 23, 2015 04:06
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De Nomolos posted:City council socialists, you say? Surely this will mean much to the uninsured of Mississippi and translate to gains for those living in the poorest states. "Grassroots support is how successful movements are made...but at the same time, I'm impatient".
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Feb 23, 2015 04:26
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spacing in vienna posted:This is it. This is where the wheels come off. At this exact moment, the people in your scenario will not suddenly have a redemption moment and claim they were wrong. They will push all the harder. They will insist there was a liberal, somewhere, who bitched it up. There will be witch hunts. This is, I believe, entirely accurate, and the core problem with accelerationist philosophy. There _is_ no point of turnaround for many people. The answer to something being broken is to hit it again, harder, then yell at it. If you recall the Bush era's disagreement with reality-based thinking, you can see it at the highest levels. At the lowest levels, you see it in the South's inability to accept their ancestors fought for the wrong side of the war, and their insistence that slaves were happy being slaves.
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Feb 23, 2015 05:02
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De Nomolos posted:City council socialists, you say? Surely this will mean much to the uninsured of Mississippi and translate to gains for those living in the poorest states. "Find me more socialist candidates" "No, wait, they need to be in rural conservative areas" Also, the Northwest Side of Chicago is far from a liberal hotbed. It's working-class, religious, and socially conservative. It isn't Mississippi, but it's closer to that than Berkeley or Seattle.
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Feb 23, 2015 05:19
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All I can see out of that picture is:  Basically nothing going on between the ears at all.
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Feb 23, 2015 05:50
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Yeah, they look really high.
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Feb 23, 2015 06:34
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Quidam Viator posted:So, maybe you can agree with Gnarlyhotep, and think about doing something different. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't namedrop me, because my stance on politics is to not do anything at all.
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Feb 23, 2015 06:45
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gnarlyhotep posted:I would appreciate it if you wouldn't namedrop me, because my stance on politics is to not do anything at all.
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Feb 23, 2015 06:47
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We must bleed the -A Latin Teacher
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Feb 23, 2015 06:51
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:That's a really stupid stance to take. Thanks I'll take that into consideration.
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Feb 23, 2015 06:54
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VitalSigns posted:He's really going with an open-palm arm-extending-up-and-out logo? So they're going with the "zombies" theme again, eh?
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Feb 23, 2015 08:35
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*snort* *snarl* ECONOMIC MOBILITYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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The X-man cometh posted:"Find me more socialist candidates" And this is still a sign of any sort of hope for people living in the poorest corners of America that also have state governments that hate them...because? That's where the true screwjob is occurring. I like how people act like a socialist city council member in Seattle signals some national sea change. Unions are dead and more than likely will be operating in what is functionally going to be a national RTW environment. I read this more as the final hurrah for labor in its last redoubts as it defends itself against its final picking apart. Labor cannot go on offense and protect the long-time unprotected at this point because it is lower in numbers, held down defending itself in northern cities, and run by people who think there's a way to just restore the way things were before 1979 through enough magic and stubbornness. National RTW is coming, and no one has any clue what to do aside from feebly protesting against the inevitable and acting like you can just restore the New Deal in the face of a force dead set on exterminating it that also happens to run a large majority of states at every functional level as well as SCOTUS. But hey, as long as cool white kids that fancy themselves revolutionaries (mostly online) in the worlds most affluent cities can brag about having socialists around. De Nomolos fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Feb 23, 2015 |
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Feb 23, 2015 14:05
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Joementum posted:Scott Walker took a selfie in the White House.
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Feb 23, 2015 14:50
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:That's a really stupid stance to take. Not as stupid as accelerationism
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:Not as stupid as accelerationism
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Feb 23, 2015 16:34
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B B posted:I'm counting at least 2. 
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Feb 23, 2015 17:06
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De Nomolos posted:And this is still a sign of any sort of hope for people living in the poorest corners of America that also have state governments that hate them...because? That's where the true screwjob is occurring. You're dumb & gay as hell hahaha (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Feb 23, 2015 17:14
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Meg From Family Guy posted:You're dumb & gay as hell hahaha Shut up Meg.
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Feb 23, 2015 17:18
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gnarlyhotep posted:Thanks I'll take that into consideration. Noooo you've already compromised "do nothing" by "taking it into consideration". It's a trap to get you to care incrementally!
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Feb 23, 2015 17:21
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Meg From Family Guy posted:You're dumb & gay as hell hahaha Good post, retard.
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Feb 23, 2015 17:29
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De Nomolos posted:And this is still a sign of any sort of hope for people living in the poorest corners of America that also have state governments that hate them...because? That's where the true screwjob is occurring. Did you read my sentence about the Northwest Side of Chicago? Meegan is running in a low-income, ethnically diverse, socially conservative district, he's a union member, and he's literally going up against hedge funds. There are about as many cool white online revolutionaries in the 33rd Ward as there are confederate flags in The Castro.
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Feb 23, 2015 17:33
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The X-man cometh posted:Did you read my sentence about the Northwest Side of Chicago? Meegan is running in a low-income, ethnically diverse, socially conservative district, he's a union member, and he's literally going up against hedge funds. There are about as many cool white online revolutionaries in the 33rd Ward as there are confederate flags in The Castro. And the outcome will be that there might be a socialist in Chicago. As goes majority minority communities in Chicago, so goes...something, I guess. Surely this will revive the labor movement and stop national RTW. There's a total disconnect between major northern cities and everywhere else. I remember when TN banned CBAs with teachers and an NJ friend was like, "yeah, I know what it's like. We're gonna have to pay like $50 more a month for healthcare. FUCKIN UNION BUSTERS!" You can't even comprehend how much more hosed everyone else is. Hell, didn't your governor pretty much just unilaterally make the same decision for public sector union dues that SCOTUS is going to make? De Nomolos fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Feb 23, 2015 |
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Feb 23, 2015 17:42
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So, the answer to incremental change occurring is to get sullen and bitch about how it doesn't really matter because things are tougher in other places? Seems like a winning strategy.
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quote:As she readies her second presidential campaign, Clinton has recruited consumer marketing specialists onto her team of trusted political advisers. Their job is to help imagine Hillary 5.0 — the rebranding of a first lady turned senator turned failed presidential candidate turned secretary of state turned likely 2016 Democratic presidential nominee. Hillary, stop being such a loving failure.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:31
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Pohl posted:Hillary, stop being such a loving failure. I think this branding thing is an important discussion to have, after all: Romney ripped off Aquafresh accidentally. You try selling toothpaste associated with the stink of failure.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:37
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someone please post the Ned Flanders Romney gif
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Feb 23, 2015 18:39
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Nth Doctor posted:I think this branding thing is an important discussion to have, after all: Romney ripped off Aquafresh accidentally. You try selling toothpaste associated with the stink of failure. Maybe Hilary would be better served hitching her star to the Pokemon handbook. Maybe she'll have a better chance than Herman Cain did.
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Eschers Basement posted:So, the answer to incremental change occurring is to get sullen and bitch about how it doesn't really matter because things are tougher in other places?
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Feb 23, 2015 19:43
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Hey is this the "start my post with seeming liberal concern and finish in full glorious sociopathy, advocating gigadeath" thread?
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Feb 23, 2015 19:54
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gnarlyhotep posted:I would appreciate it if you wouldn't namedrop me, because my stance on politics is to not do anything at all. Hell yea bro, let's shotgun this keystone
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Feb 23, 2015 19:57
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SedanChair posted:Hey is this the "start my post with seeming liberal concern and finish in full glorious sociopathy, advocating gigadeath" thread? Welcome to the Republican party.
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Feb 23, 2015 19:59
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Rexicon1 posted:Hell yea bro, let's shotgun this keystone I'm stoked
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Welcome to the
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