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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I think you have to assume some alteration of scale, like with Reepicheep being much larger than an ordinary mouse. There's some semblance of scale between the animals. Like, badgers are bigger than foxes which are about the same size as otters which are bigger than squirrels etc, but it's not as insane as it would be if they were actual-nature-sized. A badger is only like two or three times the size of a mouse. Though in the first book, it seemed a bit more exaggerated, and then the sizes were made a bit less extreme. Also, the first book is the only time the existence of dog is mentioned, as well as other nearby towns that are not Redwall. Ol' Racist Brian clearly made some revisions to the setting once he decided to make the racist animal children's book equivalent of the Wheel of Time. Also, for those who doubt that the books actually have racial overtones, there's one book, Outcast of Redwall, in which a ferret is abandoned as a baby near Redwall and adopted into the abbey. At least a solid third of the book is about him growing up and struggling against his "verminous nature" and eventually succumbing to his inherent racial evil and trying to poison someone. when I was a kid I read every redwall book way too many times. I would go to the library every week and check out three or four of them and read all of them by the time I went the next week. Somehow I am not a huge racist though, so I guess I got lucky. help
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Epic High Five posted:Not a state but Given the name I'd say they nailed it.
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It's been a long time since I read any of the redwall books but I remember badgers/hares/otters/whatevers being larger than the mice and moles and voles. The badgers specifically towered over them. Also shrews were the best.
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I'm having too much fun refreshing this every couple of seconds and watching the original comment more-or-less stagnate while the smackdown goes viral.  http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-tweets-224133
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Maybe I'm not up on the internet these days but I don't really understand how "delete your account" is some kind of epic burn Better make way for the new generation of meme warriors, grandpa.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Maybe I'm not up on the internet these days but I don't really understand how "delete your account" is some kind of epic burn Delete your account.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Maybe I'm not up on the internet these days but I don't really understand how "delete your account" is some kind of epic burn Just a general hyperbolic 'what you said was so bad that you should stop posting forever' sort of thing, but it was judged succinct and chuckle-worthy enough by enough people to become a meme, apparently. The twitter equivalent of  or  basically.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Maybe I'm not up on the internet these days but I don't really understand how "delete your account" is some kind of epic burn Turn on your monitor
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Maybe I'm not up on the internet these days but I don't really understand how "delete your account" is some kind of epic burn It's the twitter equivalent of saying "uninstall" when someone is bad at playing a video game e: f,b like four times
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Rand Paul is offering an amendment this week to repeal the draft, which he says is in memory of Muhammad Ali.
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Joementum posted:Rand Paul is offering an amendment this week to repeal the draft, which he says is in memory of Muhammad Ali. Can't wait til the republicans use that bill and stealthily re-implement it.
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UrbicaMortis posted:Better make way for the new generation of meme warriors, grandpa. BobTheJanitor posted:Just a general hyperbolic 'what you said was so bad that you should stop posting forever' sort of thing, but it was judged succinct and chuckle-worthy enough by enough people to become a meme, apparently. The twitter equivalent of Dr Cheeto posted:Turn on your monitor Rip_Van_Winkle posted:It's the twitter equivalent of saying "uninstall" when someone is bad at playing a video game
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Maybe I'm not up on the internet these days but I don't really understand how "delete your account" is some kind of epic burn I was wondering who Vox's explainer on the tweet was for. I guess it was for you. http://www.vox.com/2016/6/9/11895658/clinton-trump-twitter edit: this post may be Peak Vox.
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I have received several messages from Goons asking about my opinion Re: how Trump will handle the pressure of a real General election. I have (with permission) reprinted one of those messages here so that I can properly address the subject.quote:Unzip and Attack wrote on Jun 6, 2016 1:08 PM: To explain my analysis of what the impending Trump meltdown will look like (I am quite certain we are going to witness the rare instance of a narcissist dropping their mask and revealing their true ugliness, and I think we are going to witness it on live TV) I will first need to elaborate a bit on my perception of who Trump is and how his conflict with Hillary will play out. As mentioned in earlier posts, Trump is a clinical narcissist. While many people understand that this means “a very selfish individual” I would like to explain that clinical Narcissism is a bit more complicated than that. narcissist’s have at a deep psychological level a fundamental disconnect between reality and themselves. Specifically, they are completely unable to perceive themselves. narcissists have no self image, and no concept of a self image. They have no self awareness whatsoever. They are literally unable to think of themselves in the first person as you and I understand it. Their experience of reality is wholly different from our experience of reality as a result. They cannot perceive themselves or acquire information about themselves in any way except in the reactions of people around them. narcissists are often portrayed as obsessively staring into a mirror, and this is honestly a somewhat inaccurate way of portraying them in my view. narcissists are indeed staring intently into a mirror, but that mirror is the faces of the people around them. narcissists are like vampires in that they have no reflection in the mirror, they cannot see themselves. To think of it another way- the only surface that reflects a narcissists image is the faces of other people. And so they stare intently into the faces of others in order to see themselves. If a narcissist is unable to see themselves they experience an unending sense of dread, a terror that they are artificial, not real. To relieve this sense of dread a narcissist is strongly compelled to force those around them to acknowledge them in some way, to react to them. (The stronger the reaction, the better, which is in large part what can compel the narcissist to such extremes of behavior) Watching people react to the narcissist provides them with relief to the immense and indescribable sense of dread the narcissist feels from being unable to think of themselves in a normal first person fashion. Not ONLY does this provide relief, but it can potentially also provide a massive rush of all the natural feel good drugs the human brain can produce. The sensation gained from these natural feel good chemicals being pumped through the narcissist’s body is what is called narcissistic Supply. (Hereafter referred to simply as “Supply”.) All narcissists have a delusional and exaggerated false image of themselves that they cherish internally. While a narcissist is compelled to get a reaction (any reaction will do) from those around them in order to avoid the sense of dread that is the narcissist’ default mode, if the narcissist is able to generate a reaction in others that is consistent with the delusional self image the narcissist carries internally, then the narcissist not only finds relief from their identity crises, but they experience a powerful drug-like euphoria. This euphoric feeling is intensely energizing, the narcissist feels like an invincible Godbeing that can change the entire world according to their personal whim. narcissists are ADDICTS to this sensation first and foremost, and the behavior of a narcissist is best understood as that of an addict. The worst kind of addict at that- the kind of addict that has completely lost themselves to their drug. A narcissist is like an empty shell-human running on autopilot, a complicated meat calculator that exists only to experience pleasure (which can only be experienced while under the effects of Supply) and devotes itself exclusively to that goal. There is nothing else to the world of the narcissist except obtaining Supply, or if Supply is not available, then the narcissist will be instantly overcome by the horrendous sense of dread that is their true existence and will do whatever it takes to force a reaction from those around them in order to find relief from this dread. To understand the behavior of a narcissist then it is important to recognize that what reactions generate Supply vary considerably from narcissist to narcissist. Think of it like this, a narcissist cannot see themselves except by using the faces of others as a mirror. If a narcissist does not have a mirror handy, they experience a tremendous sense of dread, so they will find a mirror (face of another) to stare into and they will do whatever it takes in order to get that mirror’s attention. The reflection the Narcissist sees in the mirror is a reflection of the behavior of the narcissist, and the reflection changes as a result. There is a specific reflection that the narcissist wishes to see, a specific way of seeing themselves reflected in others- the delusional false image that the narcissist carries of themselves. If they can see this particular image of themselves, then they experience the powerful euphoria of Supply. The idea here then is while any mirror and any reflection of themselves will do in order to avoid the sense of dread, seeing the deified version of themselves reflected in the faces of others is what the narcissist is truly seeking- it is their drug. Supply then can be thought of as a potent and astonishingly addictive drug, a drug that generates a sensation of Godlike invulnerability and confidence, but more importantly for our discussion Supply is a drug where withdrawal symptoms set in instantly. That is to say, the very moment the rush of Supply is denied a narcissist, they instantly feel the full weight of the existential dread that is their true existence. They will seek more Supply immediately, and if unable to obtain Supply then they will resort to staving off the dread by generating a reaction in those around them. Think of a narcissist this way: They are a heroin addict that is addicted to a unique kind of heroin. This kind of heroin sets in instantly, and obtains its full euphoric peak instantly. This kind of Heroin has no overdose risk, the higher the dose the greater the pleasure, so cook the biggest dose you can afford every time. The drawback is that as soon as the dose wears off, the full power of opiate withdrawal sets in instantly. So those addicted to this specific kind of heroin go from experiencing the immense euphoria of a heroin high to experiencing the hellish depths of heroin withdrawal in the space of a single heartbeat. Also in the case of our special kind of heroin here, if an addict is experiencing withdrawal they can at least find relief from the withdrawal by abusing another opiate. It won’t get them high, but it will at least allow them to function. One final unique quality to this special heroin is something I will call “peak tolerance”. What this term is describing is the idea that once a certain “peak”, or a certain level of euphoria is experienced on this heroin, tolerance builds in such a way that any lesser of a peak is muted and almost impossible to enjoy. It is sort of like enjoying a really good cookie, and being almost unable to find any pleasure at all from any cookie that is not at least as good for the rest of your life. narcissist experience peak tolerance in that once they have hit a certain peak of euphoria from Supply, they lose the ability to really enjoy a peak that is any less euphoric. It will always feel inadequate, and they will feel slightly cheated and will be driven to seek more Supply of a higher quality very quickly. Returning to the discussion at hand, having the false image they project of themselves validated then is what creates a literal drug like state (Supply) the Narcissist orients their entire existence towards obtaining. Exactly what that false self image looks like varies from narcissist to narcissist, and is heavily influenced by personal power fantasies known only to the individual narcissist. Not every narcissist thinks themselves a hero, some narcissist relish being a villain and obtain Supply by being hated. Broadly speaking then, supply can be either “positive” (adulation) or “negative” (hatred) in nature, depending upon the taste of the individual narcissist. Some narcissists need negative Supply (Martin Shkreli) and base their lives around being publicly despised, some narcissists prefer positive Supply (Trump) and base their lives around having a godlike image of themselves be acknowledged as the truth (In Trump’s case he projects an image of “SUCCESS” without any nuance beyond that), still other narcissists need a balanced mixture (Milo Yiannapolis) of both positive and negative Supply- as a result they base their lives around being worshiped by their friends and hated/feared/loathed by their enemies. Few narcissists are ever able to obtain enough Supply to prevent ever running out, they often live their lives constantly on the prowl for whatever Supply they can scrounge, learning to be patient predators if need be. A cycle of feast and famine comes to typify the existence of a narcissist and their unending quest for Supply, which they consume the first moment they can. Given the opportunity a narcissist will gorge themselves on Supply, they will consume as much as they can whenever the opportunity presents itself, and they will spend all their time and effort looking to obtain more Supply whenever they run out. They are consumption machines without much self control, they simply indulge in their drug whenever and wherever possible. Every once in a while a narcissist will hit upon a vein of Supply that can keep them high as a kite for months strait, and presented with the opportunity a narcissist will binge without hesitation. The binge will last until either the Supply runs out (most common) or the body of the narcissist cracks under the abuse of being constantly high on brain chemicals. Like any other drug addict on a binge, a narcissist bingeing on Supply will eventually crash. The process takes much longer than normal with a narcissist than it does with other drugs for a few reasons, but the process is just as inevitable as it is with any other addict on a binge. First off, understand that to a narcissist their body is nothing but a tool to obtain Supply, and they only care for it insomuch as it is useful towards that purpose. As a result of this a narcissist can tolerate immense pain and easily push their bodies to the point of physical collapse if it is in the service of obtaining Supply. (That is to say, all the normal internal warning bells that would cause a normal person to stop physically pushing themselves can be simply ignored by a narcissist right up until they literally lose consciousness from exhaustion.) Next, another important reason that narcissistic binge can last many months is because it is ultimately caused by the bodies normal feel good chemicals, as a result tolerance builds much more slowly and fatigue sets in at a much more gradual pace. That said, the process is just as inevitable as it is with any other addict on a binge- tolerance will build and the consequences of inadequate sleep will weaken the body. Even with theoretically infinite Supply a narcissist will eventually crash, if from nothing else than from sheer physical exhaustion. Their bodies will at some point simply give out, and leading up to that point is a long period of the euphoria and endless energy of Supply going from a 24/7 sensation, to weakening and then sputtering out to emptiness. As a narcissist begins to crash they make mistakes much more often because they are fatigued, and they become much more aggressive in their pursuit of Supply because they don’t experience even a fraction of the peaks they used too and they are internally panicked at then prospect. Consider for a moment that at the start of his campaign, Trump could still make tactical concessions if he overplayed his hand. Remember this moment when Trump patted Ted Cruz on the back? Trump jumped the gun and attacked Ted Cruz too early, he was roundly rebuffed by everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Anne Coulter. Trump had enough tactical sense to abandon that tactic when it was failing him. Compare this with the present whereby Trump is sticking to his guns on the judge Curiel attack despite it backfiring- Trump has been on a binge for a year now and fatigue is setting in, he is making mistakes because he is tired. Trump has been on the highest high of his entire life for a year solid now- as a result of the Supply he has obtained by running for President. He has probably only been sleeping 4-5 hours per night in that entire time, because he is absolutely compelled to indulge in as much Supply as he possibly can. Why is Donald Trump tweeting up a storm at 3 in the morning? Because Donald Trump is getting his before bedtime fix of Supply, and he is shooting himself up until he blacks out – like he always does. Why is Donald Trump running his campaign like he is the King and his advisers are nobles that must squabble with each other for the King’s favor? Because the whole purpose of Trump’s staff is to provide him with Supply, and nothing else. (Trump isn't building a Presidential campaign, he doesn't know how and he doesn't care.) Trump is building a group of people who will convince TRUMP that he is running a real Presidential campaign. And that is all he is capable of doing. Trump is fundamentally unable to run a real Presidential campaign, he doesn't understand the concept of it anymore than he understands Swahili. So to understand my analysis of the situation at present with regards to Trump and to understand where Trump is going to take all this I had to get all of that out of the way first, its very important to understand exactly what a narcissist is and why they operate in the fashion that they do. At present I perceive signs of fatigue setting in with Trump, both physical fatigue and “Peak Tolerance” as well. Trump has been on the greatest binge of narcissistic Supply in recorded history, but his body is burning out now. He cannot feel the energy or euphoria that he felt for months solid quite like he used too, and he is making unforced tactical errors because he is fatigued. Trump’s fatigue combined with his (subconscious, but real) growing fear that he can’t feel the rush of Supply anymore he will begin to lash out. Whereas Trump was very good at picking targets to fight with in the past, binge fatigue Trump is going to increasingly start to just lash out randomly. Trump the charming nice guy requires high levels of Supply in order to exist, as Trump loses both his access to Supply (Trump needs almost pure adulation, and the press is not cooperating anymore like it used too) as well as his ability to enjoy what dwindling Supply he can acquire Trump is going to spiral out of control. Gone will be the famous charisma/rapier wit and in its place will be hot rage and accusations. Trump will feel cheated on a deep and subconscious level because Trump does not understand why he isn't experiencing the rush of Supply anymore, to Trump the euphoria of Supply is his “True Self”, the birthright he is owed for being such a godlike being. The euphoria if Supply is what Donald Trump bases his sense of identity on, without access to Supply his charisma will wither. He will feel as if he has had his true self forcefully taken from him, and he will seek a target to vent his anger at. The further this goes, the more any old target will do and the less selective he will be. Where then is all this going to end up? I’ve gotten many requests both public and private to elaborate on my thoughts on the endpoint for a Trump campaign, and I have been very reluctant to respond. At this point however I think that events are progressed enough that what I am about to say will not seem nearly as outlandish as it would have sounded 6 months ago. Basically, at this point Trump is in a tail spin that there is no escape from, this will all end very likely with Trump in prison for inciting riots/pockets of civil unrest. Trump has bought into his own hype and has convinced himself that he is the next POTUS, he has drunk deeply of the Supply of believing that he will be the most powerful person in the world. After experiencing that, there is no more getting high on Supply for Donald J Trump ever again. That is the ultimate “peak tolerance”, no Supply will ever be enough again. Trump is basing his life right now on creating an illusion that convinces primarily himself that he is leading a populist revolt against a corrupt political system, and Trump has already promised himself that he will be the amazing hero that sweeps into power and sets things right with but a wave of his talented hands. There is no plan for Trump beyond the expectation that he is the next POTUS, he already feels entitled too it, it already is a possession to him. It belongs to him and no one else. When it is taken away from him, he will react like the manchild addict that he is, he will incite violence. I wish it were not so, but I honestly cannot conceive of any scenario whereby Trump loses without trying to start a civil war. I’m not kidding, I think he will try to start one. I’m certain he won’t come close to succeeding, but he is going be deluded enough to think he can win, angry and entitled enough to try, and it will be the only path to power (Supply) he will see at that point. On top of that, once his defeat is official, shitloads of his supporters + significant portions of the militia movement will be calling for open violence anyways, he will just be echoing what his most vociferous supporters want. What happens after that is hard to predict, because it is hard to know exactly when Trump’s full meltdown will come. It could be election night, it could be after he gets humiliated by Hillary Clinton on live television while 50+ million people watch. (We could see a full narcissistic Rage on the debate stage, Trump physically moving towards Hillary while calling her a oval office and threatening to have her killed is the most extreme scenario here but it has a real chance of happening.) It could be when the GOP does something at the RNC to assert its power over him in some way. Any of these scenario’s are possible, and there are certainly scenario’s that would trigger his full meltdown that I can’t begin to guess at. What happens when Trump does call for violence will depend on what the exact circumstances are that surround the situation when it happens as well as how much those calls are echoed. Various Christian church’s are openly agitating/preparing themselves for civil unrest, and they are being openly egged on by their leaders. See these videos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjjfTbzo3Ic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsY09CJkX3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrPtz4-Ag0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGExtHuLtM4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iGkbGso3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaeJafw9Jms We also have a situation where elected officials are doing the same thing. See Michele Fiore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_HUHOtGM4 Over time we can reasonably expect this trend of all-but-openly inciting violence to continue and progressively worsen as the Trump campaign drags on. So to conclude then we have a coming situation where a leader of an extremist political faction is going to be rebuffed from power and will likely react with calls for violence, and those calls are very likely to be echoed by an unpredictable number of religious leaders and elected officials. What happens then is impossible to say, who knows how many nutballs are really willing to answer the call and how many are just talk? Most of course are just talk, but there may be as many as a few thousand spread across the US that are willing to take it past talk if presented with the right circumstances. I cannot really begin to guess what will happen once Trump’s meltdown occurs, nor can I really anticipate when his meltdown will happen at this point, although I might be able to spot the final warning signs right before it happens. 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Eschers Basement posted:hahahahahahaha holy poo poo, Maryland? He thinks he can be competitive in Maryland? They loving voted for Dukakis even though the Willie Horton thing was about him killing a girl in Maryland. Obama won MD by loving 25 points. There's also a thought running through Western MD and the Eastern Shore/Outhouse that they are the "Real" MD, and that they are somehow getting cheated out of control by those awful people in Baltimore and DC voting with their additional votes. Hell, there's a stupid movement to try to get Western MD to be a separate state because some crazies are apparently allergic to getting support from places that actually have money and hope. I can totally see Trump huffing the farts of some of these types and wasting money or time here while still getting roflstomped, since shock and awe, the metro areas have way more people and they don't care for the white supremacist garbage Trump has been spitting out.
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Joementum posted:Rand Paul is offering an amendment this week to repeal the draft, which he says is in memory of Muhammad Ali. Might as well. Not like we can't just re-institute it if we ever need it.
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CommieGIR posted:Crossposting from the Libertarian thread: I'm so glad I got the gently caress out of Georgia a couple years ago. Deal is terrible and I hope he falls off the side of Stone Mountain during one of their loving Confederacy worship days. MariusLecter posted:Obama to offer a formal endorsement of Clinton; president also meets with Sanders Probably more like "hey I still have my campaign machine from 2008 and 2012, you have millions of new young voters, let's build a campaign apparatus that makes the GOP drink themselves to death in despair after having a talk with Clinton to ensure a few of your best arguments make it in to the official platform." If Sanders, the Clintons, Obama, and the Dem leadership all get together and hash out a big unified strategy they're going to loving bury Trump unless the US economy collapses in the next several months. Sanders might give a "we didn't win the nomination but our voices were heard and we're going to make Clinton fight for us" speech at the convention too unless Clinton's acceptance speech includes her throwing out kudos to Bernie and vowing to fight for X and Y progressive causes his campaign has helped bring to the forefront. Add in a post-speech embrace by the two so that it can get plastered all over the internet and all but the most spiteful Bernie supporters are going to answers his call to unite and beat Trump so that their goals can be pushed by Clinton. Then if the Dems take the Senate we get two years to watch Paul Ryan age rapidly as the Senate and President keep demanding they vote on stuff the senate sent to them and to stop holding up everything (while the Senate confirms every single vacancy the GOP has been forcing). Blue Footed Booby posted:I'm imagining a WW2 epic set in the Redwall universe. Is that a Nazi Cruella De'Ville?
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Rip_Van_Winkle posted:It's the twitter equivalent of saying "uninstall" when someone is bad at playing a video game
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:I guess I'm just confused because that seems like the sort of thing that gets sent by someone who just got super-owned and is trying to pretend their opponent was doing something OP/unfair. But whatever. https://twitter.com/CNBCSocial/status/740988727489495040
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Joementum posted:This one is way better, in my opinion: A polar bear that ran through freshly cut grass
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Warcabbit posted:I am going to repeat the greatest slam of this year. I just adore the idea of him watching as the likes for Hillary's tweet go up and up and up and his just stands there like a tiny flaccid penis in comparison.
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Thank you for this, it's really fascinating. My first reaction is that it's a little reductive (despite being an effortpost), but I think you're definitely onto what makes Trump tick. It reminded me of how in speeches he keeps talking about what a great time he's having. Sane candidates tend to hate campaigning and do it more out of a sense of civic duty. I'm not as pessimistic about the crash either, but you make a compelling case. I think the main takeaway is that we really don't want Trump to be President. I think he may really be the Greg Stillson type who'll burn the world down if that's what it'll take for it to remember him forever.
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Joe Biden again proves that he should just be Vice President for life after penning an open letter to the victim of Brock Turner's vicious assault. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/joe-biden-writes-an-open-letter-to-stanford-survivor?utm_term=.fo01DXZgBg#.knK3d2wmYm quote:An Open Letter to a Courageous Young Woman
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No offense to you, but before I link this to people, since I've been burned before and it does read a bit like armchair psychology, what credentials do you have to speak of this sort of stuff?
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lol 'before I repost this thing I liked, I better ask the anonymous internet poster if she's qualified to be posting this'
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fool_of_sound posted:lol ... yes? Whether you enjoyed reading it or not is not a useful metric for psychological analysis. He's presumably not reposting it for entertainment value.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:I guess I'm just confused because that seems like the sort of thing that gets sent by someone who just got super-owned and is trying to pretend their opponent was doing something OP/unfair. But whatever. Beyond the standard 'internet humor 101' explanation that several people have posted, there's also a legitimate sense of disgust and repudiation in the response that I think a lot of people are resonating with. Barack Obama's current approval ratings are some of the strongest of his presidency and have hovered there for the past year or so. Trump's just come off of a weeklong bipartisan shunning for his Curiel gaffe and he responds to Hillary's spiritual nomination with the sort of sloppy venom that your idiot uncle might start to spout six whiskeys deep on a Sunday afternoon. It's a particularly poor showing for a candidate who's starting to look like he's hell-bent on digging his own grave, without even a shred of wit to defend it, and Hillary basically told him as much and to stop breathing her air in three words.
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RevKrule posted:Joe Biden again proves that he should just be Vice President for life after penning an open letter to the victim of Brock Turner's vicious assault. Biden in full on righteous fury and indignation is always a pleasure to see happen to someone else. *edit* Oh hey, "gently caress rapists in general and this rear end in a top hat specifically" appears to have bipartisan support. quote:On Thursday, Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) took to the House floor, calling out Judge Aaron Persky's sentence for Turner's three convictions for sexual assault. Persky said a long prison sentence would have a "severe impact" on Turner's life. citybeatnik fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Jun 9, 2016 |
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I don't think Donald Trump is gonna try to start a civil war. that's just crazy
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Jun 9, 2016 21:42
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Nah. Donald Trump is not going to be the end of the United States. Unless maybe he wins. But he won't, so it's all fine. There will be lots of bitching and moaning from his supporters, and there will be the usual scattershot incidents of right wing terror, but no uprisings, no civil war, nothing more than we've seen the last eight years, essentially.
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Jun 9, 2016 21:43
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For reference, this is now her most retweeted tweet ever. The previous record was for 135,000, which this blew past in about an hour and a half. It's 4:42 PM EST and we're at 177,416 so far. Trump's got 14,182.
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Jun 9, 2016 21:43
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citybeatnik posted:Biden in full on righteous fury and indignation is always a pleasure to see happen to someone else. Has he ever been mad at you?
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Jun 9, 2016 21:44
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boom boom boom posted:I don't think Donald Trump is gonna try to start a civil war. that's just crazy Yeah, it's really far-fetched that Donald Trump would do something utterly insane and self-defeating.
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Jun 9, 2016 21:45
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djw175 posted:No offense to you, but before I link this to people, since I've been burned before and it does read a bit like armchair psychology, what credentials do you have to speak of this sort of stuff? Prester Jane is a legit crazy person (that's getting treatment) and use to be(?) homeless after she severed from a christian fundamentalist cult family. She's also really good at knowing what makes legit crazy people and christian fundamentalist tick and her posts are always a fun read. boom boom boom posted:I don't think Donald Trump is gonna try to start a civil war. that's just crazy Not like a 1861 civil war, but a bunch of malheur refuge like situations I can totally see happening.
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Jun 9, 2016 21:45
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Dr Cheeto posted:Yeah, it's really far-fetched that Donald Trump would do something utterly insane and self-defeating. Back in 2004 you could find the same kind of essays explaining how Bush was gonna start another war and cancel the election.
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Jun 9, 2016 21:46
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Xanderkish posted:I just adore the idea of him watching as the likes for Hillary's tweet go up and up and up and his just stands there like a tiny flaccid penis in comparison. 200 thousand already. I know twitter retweets dont mean poo poo but that's a loving lot. Especially for her since she seems to always cap out around a few thousand.
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