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Dr Christmas posted:Why are we celebrating Chris Pratt when we should be celebrating our troops? Yeah, I was curious to see what his reaction was and who told him to keep Jesus off the set. You would think that would be pretty big news. But yeah, there ain't anything Pratt's done in that stupid article that's remotely offensive. Aside from not aborting his first born, of course.  But poo poo like this though is still loving annoying: quote:Chris also got the opportunity to share his patriotism when he starred in the Oscar-winning film, Zero Dark Thirty. In liberal Hollywood, it’s very rare to see a famous actor openly support our troops. Ignoring whether the film was accurate or not, it's always irritating to see conservatives say that liberals hate "the troops". I mean, I know it's their inane attempt to conflate wars with the people actually fighting them, but still, it's aggravating.
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I LOL'd when they mentioned that he liked to hunt and could cook and skin his catches then followed it with "I didn’t think men like this still existed in America." Wow, I bet he likes to drink beer and can open his own bottles without an opener, too! What a rare find! (I like Chris Pratt, taking something common and pretending it's amazing in cheap clickbait articles is just funny to me) Mr Interweb posted:Ignoring whether the film was accurate or not, it's always irritating to see conservatives say that liberals hate "the troops". I mean, I know it's their inane attempt to conflate wars with the people actually fighting them, but still, it's aggravating.
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quote:the Oscar-winning film, Zero Dark Thirty. In liberal Hollywood, it’s very rare to see a famous actor openly support our troops. Zero Dark Thirty, a film of such quality that it was awarded an Oscar by the liberal Hollywood establishment, well-known for their sneering disdain of the heroic troops whose dedication to getting the job done is immortalized in such films as Zero Dark Thirty, e: it's such an article of faith in most of the sources I read that Hollywood movies lionize the US military and foreign intervention that I got whiplash from reading that. Kellsterik fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Jun 15, 2015 |
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America makes a lot more sense when I try to view everything as if i was an infallible babyman who projects onto literally everything I come into contact with. Actor guy mentions Christ? Good, he's mine now, he drafted onto our team. Too bad for him everyone on his old team will never talk to him again like I do with my grandchildren with their satanic beetlejuice cartoons. Much like me he is now a heroic figure, bravely waking up each day to catalogue but maybe not combat all the ills in his life. Which satan and democrats caused, obviously. Black people not being treated well? Well they arent on my team. Probably had it coming. Plus those cops are on my team. This looks an awful lot like that Obama police state/FEMA camp/black helicopter poo poo Im always crying about like its a briar patch i dont want to be thrown in...but its my team thats doing it to bad guys so its good. My dick doesnt work anymore and my wife now fully understands what a feckless wuss i am behind all my bluster...this must be something happening to every male in the country. MEN OF ALL AGES! We must join forces against the female oppression in our homes and tv remotes! Arent you tired of being browbeat and emasculated? No? Thats not a real thing? Uhhhhh well maybe we can just fold your inability to get laid in with all this old man fading away poo poo. Okay? Cool. Conservative men unite! We're tired of you bitches not having sex with us for wildly different reasons that apparently have nothing to do with our attractiveness, since we're all perfect specimens here.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:My dick doesnt work anymore and my wife now fully understands what a feckless wuss i am behind all my bluster...this must be something happening to every male in the country. MEN OF ALL AGES! We must join forces against the female oppression in our homes and tv remotes! Arent you tired of being browbeat and emasculated? No? Thats not a real thing? Uhhhhh well maybe we can just fold your inability to get laid in with all this old man fading away poo poo. Okay? Cool. Conservative men unite! We're tired of you bitches not having sex with us for wildly different reasons that apparently have nothing to do with our attractiveness, since we're all perfect specimens here. 
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Intel&Sebastian posted:America makes a lot more sense when I try to view everything as if i was an infallible babyman who projects onto literally everything I come into contact with.  Please never stop posting.
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:It was him saying that his faith was renewed when his daughter was born prematurely and that he quotes scripture on his Facebook page. The article then tries to imply that no on will hire him from now on because of this. No one will attack him for this but expect smug people sharing and liking it to prove that they blah blah blah (I have already had it shared twice.) I mean, there are Christians out there and I'm pretty sure most Americans, whether they're liberal, conservative, atheist, Muslim, Buddhist, whatever, don't give a poo poo if you're Christian. They don't even care if you like quoting scripture or talk about your faith. The only time anyone really cares is if it's intrusive (prayer before your local city council meeting, bible reading at your high school graduation), ubiquitous (oh my god shut the gently caress up about Tim Tebow), or annoying (fetus pictures everywhere!!!). The vast majority of people who care about a public figure mentioning God in a very religious country are angry Internet atheists, movement conservatives, and hyper-evangelical Christians. These people are, surprisingly, a minority. Hell, most conservatives and Republicans are most definitely not any of these things. The movement conservatives and hyper-evangelical Christians are definitely loud as hell, and a lot louder than the Internet atheists, but they're really not all conservatives, or all (even evangelical) Christians. The kind of person who gets upset by or starts crowing about Chris Pratt saying things about Jesus is deeply, deeply confused about many things.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:The kind of person who gets upset by or starts crowing about Chris Pratt saying things about Jesus is deeply, deeply confused about many things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_pCZrt7mCA indicates the basic ingredients are there.
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beatlegs posted:Well, if he turns into Tim Tebow or Kirk Cameron it'll be another story. The fact that he posts stuff like this Yeah but he's not a huge dick about that stuff. He has his faith, he's patriotic, whatever, welcome to half of the human race. He doesn't try to push that poo poo on you and force you to convert. Honestly, he seems chill as gently caress, and actually did a good job for his small role in Zero Dark Thirty.
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Jun 16, 2015 00:42
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Thump! posted:Yeah but he's not a huge dick about that stuff. Neither was Mel Gibson, Kirk Cameron, Patricia Heaton, etc. Give it time.
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In the fullness of time, all actors who do not think as we do will be revealed as lovely and bad all along.
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beatlegs posted:Neither was Mel Gibson, Kirk Cameron, Patricia Heaton, etc. Give it time. Yes but you can see how it might be difficult to come up with the counter list. Let people do the crime before you convict. Which you are, but im speaking generally. Intel&Sebastian fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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Jun 16, 2015 00:58
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Honestly I just think he's a crappy actor (I know that's heresy at the moment, forgive me). The fact that I just now learned he's a teary-eyed religious conservative American patriot kind of brings it all together and makes sense to me personally. But the bland, non-descript acting is what actually offends me.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Game is What Does The Photo Mean? Secret concert at white house with Prince? Honey Badger don't care and neither should you?
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beatlegs posted:Well, if he turns into Tim Tebow or Kirk Cameron it'll be another story. The fact that he posts stuff like this As an atheist lefty, the only thing that offends me about this video is that the person filming is holding their phone vertically. That's the true plague destroying our nation.
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Jun 16, 2015 02:12
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This Week With George Stephanopoulos is the worst of the Sunday talk shows isn't it?
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Mr Hootington posted:This Week With George Stephanopoulos is the worst of the Sunday talk shows isn't it? It has been for a while. What prompted you to say this now? Face the Nation is much better since they kicked Schieffer off. The man was far past his prime, and had no idea about the current political climate. Every editorial segment by him was basically Andy Rooney-esque, "Why can't politics be like it was 30/60 years ago! These Democrats just won't work together with these Republicans, and these Republicans won't work with these Democrats!" It's much better with Dickerson. Meet the Press is also much better since they jettisoned Gregory, but I prefer the new Face the Nation more. edit: All the round tables on them are always terrible, and the only reason you should ever watch them is to see direct interviews with candidates/politicians. ErIog fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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Jun 16, 2015 03:37
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Debating which Sunday talk show is the worst is like debating which kick to the crotch is the worst.
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Most Sunday talk shows are way too boring to be like a kick to the crotch. A better analogy might be comparing them to mild itches in various places, the kind that bugs you but not quite enough to bother scratching.
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Schieffer holds a special sort of contempt with me for comparing the Obamacare website rollout to the Republicans shutting down the government.Master Twig posted:As an atheist lefty, the only thing that offends me about this video is that the person filming is holding their phone vertically. That's the true plague destroying our nation. I'm sorta conflicted about that. On the one hand, he's doing it in the privacy (well, sorta) of his own home. On the other hand, teaching your two year old to recite the Pledge of Allegiance? I dunno..
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The whole point of the pledge is to indoctrinate children at a young age. It'd be hella strange for an adult to choose to say it at some point. You can't complain about someone using the pledge as intended.
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beatlegs posted:Even before today I couldn't understand the appeal of Pratt. He's not that funny, not a good actor, not even that good looking. I've always thought he was crazily overrated. So great. Now I'm going to be annoyed by him even more. Chris Pratt is pretty hot.
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beatlegs posted:Well, if he turns into Tim Tebow or Kirk Cameron it'll be another story. The fact that he posts stuff like this quote:Late Night,Talk Show,Funny,Humor,Comedic,Stand-up,Funny Video,Variety,Highlight, Have youtube descriptions always looked like lovely Craigslist ads? Master Twig posted:As an atheist lefty, the only thing that offends me about this video is that the person filming is holding their phone vertically. That's the true plague destroying our nation. Truer words were never spoken.
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Shbobdb posted:The whole point of the pledge is to indoctrinate children at a young age. It'd be hella strange for an adult to choose to say it at some point. You can't complain about someone using the pledge as intended. I felt like this was a pretty cynical take on the pledge so I turned to Wikipedia and well...gently caress. quote:The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by Francis Bellamy (1855–1931), who was a Baptist minister, a Christian socialist,[5][6] and the cousin of socialist utopian novelist Edward Bellamy (1850–1898). The original "Pledge of Allegiance" was published in the September 8 issue of the popular children's magazine The Youth's Companion as part of the National Public-School Celebration of Columbus Day, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. The event was conceived and promoted by James B. Upham, a marketer for the magazine, as a campaign to instill the idea of American nationalism in students and sell flags to public schools.[7] According to author Margarette S. Miller, this was in line with Upham's vision which he "would often say to his wife: 'Mary, if I can instill into the minds of our American youth a love for their country and the principles on which it was founded, and create in them an ambition to carry on with the ideals which the early founders wrote into The Constitution, I shall not have lived in vain.'"[8] Reminds me of how Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was invented for a Montgomery Ward coloring book. What rules is that the pledge was written by a socialist.
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That's still a pretty cynical take on the guy's words. Like, anyone who wrote a patriotic song probably said something similar to that, it's not 'indoctrination' it's sharing your beliefs and hoping the future generation shares them because ya no poo poo we all hope our beliefs endure the generations. Pratt's just a pretty normal middle american (he's from like Minnesota or Wisconsin or something, right?) doofus who happens to also be charming as gently caress. Like this is a dude who said, when talking about literally having no home while living in Hawaii somehow 'yea it was a pretty cool place to be homeless at least we just smoked a lot of weed and listened to rap music all day'. Like, no one looks to him as a source for brilliant opinions. If he wants to be a patriotic christian good old boy who cares as long as he's not a dick about it. I can think of a billion reasons why he'd post a video like that other than 'he's a jingoistic rear end in a top hat', mainly centered around 'little kids are cute as gently caress and like every father who doesn't suck thinks everything their kids do is the cutest thing ever'.
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beatlegs posted:The fact that I just now learned he's a teary-eyed religious conservative American patriot kind of brings it all together and makes sense to me personally. He really isn't, though? Like he spent five + years on Parks and Recreation and that's one of the most consistently and explicitly left-wing comedies on broadcast television; it's basically The West Wing but for local government. I think you're falling into the team-think trap and doing exactly what the right-wingers pushing this particular bit of politprop want you to do. The whole idea here is to politicize Chris Pratt, to "claim" him for conservatives and to piss off hypothetical, mostly-nonexistent "christian-hating liberals". You seem to be buying into that game and letting yourself become the exact "christian-hating liberal" that the right-wingers want you to be. Don't let this be about team affilliation. If you don't like Chris Pratt, just don't like his acting. His religious affiliation doesn't matter either way. If you care whether or not Pratt said something about Jesus, Allen West has already won. Plus, Pratt already apologized. Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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I'm as outspoken an atheist as should exist, and I'd hang out with Johnny Karate.
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Because my sister likes everything Noted War Criminal Allen West posts, I get to see his into his small mentality world view. Today, I saw "The one question I would ask every person leaving a Hillary rally." After reading several paragraphs about how horrible socialism is which included a Winston Churchill quote, Joe the Plumber and an imaginary discussion about all of the "socialism" that has taken over our country, West finally asks his question: "would you give up your iPhone 6S to poor people?" Or "would Hillary let poor people move into her neighborhood?" Dammit sister.....just dammit.
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quote:RUSH: McKinney, Texas. You heard of that town? You heard of McKinney, Texas? Very nice little town. Police are called to a gated private swimming pool. It seems that African-American kids are sending out text messages to each other about where to go to mob the swimming pool that is not theirs. I mean, they don't have any right to be there, I'm sorry to say, don't fire me, please. They don't have any right to be there. It's not their pool. It's somebody else's pool. It's gated, but they found their way in, they're texting out, "Everybody, come on, join us." quote:RUSH: Let me get to this piece that I have been referencing for the first hour from the website the Federalist. "How to Escape the Age of Mass Delusion." Now, remember, I went searching for this because I was sent an e-mail from a Republican friend who thinks that the Republicans ought to drop the social issues stuff 'cause if they keep on they're gonna keep losing. I've always had a problem with that, and the headline of the story was: "Wall Street Is Getting Tired of Funding Socially Conservative Republicans Running for President." At the end of the day Limbaugh shall have his comeuppance once society realizes the sheer insanity of a man marrying a porpoise!
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I've just been listening to them in podcast form at work. Face the Nation and Meet the Press are both good. While Fox News Sunday is to the right like everything else on Fox the only thing that is terrible on it is Brit Hume. State of the Union isn't very good either, but CNN has set my bar for them lower than Fox. I haven't checked out PBS yet, so it could take the crown. Compared to all of these This Week with George is the worst in presentation, editing, announcer, sound, interview. It isn't a good show. Maybe it loses something in podcast form though.
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Some ammo for your next REAGAN IS RIGHT talking point on facebook: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/sdn/2015/sdn1513.pdf IMF says, "rich people don't stimulate economy, poors do."
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Mr Hootington posted:I've just been listening to them in podcast form at work. Face the Nation and Meet the Press are both good. While Fox News Sunday is to the right like everything else on Fox the only thing that is terrible on it is Brit Hume. State of the Union isn't very good either, but CNN has set my bar for them lower than Fox. I haven't checked out PBS yet, so it could take the crown. http://gawker.com/this-chart-shows-why-sunday-talk-shows-suck-1491625630
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pangstrom posted:I mean maybe they are worth watching in the kayfabe / between the lines sense once in a blue moon when something interesting is making a party change its message but really you shouldn't be that interested in what these people have to say I'm listening for the interviews. The panels are trash, but This Week is a special garbage from what I've listened to.
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I like that "kids go to pool party" has slowly evolved from "they were smoking pot!" to "drug-fueled pool orgy" in the minds of racists.
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kik2dagroin posted:http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/06/15/the_mckinney_swimming_pool_story_is_a_perfect_example_of_massive_propaganda_delusion quote:They mob the area, they jump the fence, get aggressive, unruly, having sex all over the place, screaming curse words, and they do this because there's no place for them to go swim. Holy poo poo. I want this line right here to go viral. I want him removed from every radio station that exists.
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Because my sister likes everything Noted War Criminal Allen West posts, I get to see his into his small mentality world view. I love how the right throws out these hypotheticals that they know drat well they would never go for. Guess years of not being called on your bullshit has that effect on people.
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Takoluka posted:Holy poo poo. I want this line right here to go viral. I want him removed from every radio station that exists. That is some serious "MFer I want more iced tea" poo poo.
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pangstrom posted:I mean maybe they are worth watching in the kayfabe / between the lines sense once in a blue moon when something interesting is making a party change its message but really you shouldn't be that interested in what these people have to say The fact that Bill Kristol is still allowed on their panels is all the reason you should need. But I still watch them. It's like reading Drudge, they discuss what the media is talking about and are a good way to get a feel for the messaging if you aren't already keeping up with everything.
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An unrepentant and repugnant stain upon humanity posted:And today we have a story in the Washington Post, are you ready for the headline? "How the Rise of Gated Spaces like Swimming Pools Can Quietly Perpetuate Racial Tension." Snerdley is laughing in there. See, this is what you do. I read this article. This article is not what he purports it to be. It's about the history of swimming pools in the United States and how swimming pools used to be public. Once segregation kicked into high gear the public pools dried up and instead of public pools, new pools were gated affairs that required membership that was unsurprisingly unobtainable for most black people.
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