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I don't know about y'all but... https://twitter.com/missokistic/status/792574248380305408 I'm suddenly very aroused
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gfsincere posted:Good post. Is it ironic if his handle is literally Captain Obvious?
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Oct 31, 2016 04:12
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QuarkJets posted:Jumping in to say that I don't think that the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of white supremacy or a symbol of racism. It's a symbol of good will toward all people, a promise that our country has very often failed to live up to. It is an important symbol because it drives some of us to do better, and an alternate reality where the statue of liberty does not exist would be worse off 
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Oct 31, 2016 04:13
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Crazy Ted posted:I don't know about y'all but...  Those are some quality masks.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:13
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thetoughestbean posted:Is it ironic if his handle is literally Captain Obvious? Captain Oblivious, but no you're right by definition that can't be ironic. That's appropriate.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:14
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Majorian posted:I don't think she'll be blacklisted, but I think her days of actually managing campaigns are probably over. She'll get a Trump News talking head gig out of this. gently caress. I forgot about Trump News. Now that's a thing that shouldn't exist.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:14
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Crazy Ted posted:I don't know about y'all but... My sexuality has never been more confused.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:15
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freckle posted:Those are some quality masks. Majorian posted:My sexuality has never been more confused.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:15
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Crazy Ted posted:I don't know about y'all but... Jesus 
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Oct 31, 2016 04:16
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I have gotten to the point where I am sick of hearing the word "email". I wish there was a real-life word filter so that every time someone said "email" it came out as something else. Like "horse-cock dildo".
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Oct 31, 2016 04:16
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speng31b posted:You'd think the same thing about any POC or female republican but that implies there's any sort of logic to it other than being a machine driven by racism and sexism. The only thing female or minority Rs seem to be able to do to keep themselves relevant is by competing to be a worst/more populist/fascist idiot than the next guy, and at the end of the day there's just no competing for that position with someone like Trump. You're confusing politicians with operatives. Majorian posted:I don't think she'll be blacklisted, but I think her days of actually managing campaigns are probably over. She'll get a Trump News talking head gig out of this. Meh she'll probably go back to the talking head gig she had with one of the major networks to keep her profile up while also maintaing some godawful American Patriots Family's Freedom Super PAC until 2018.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:17
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Crazy Ted posted:I don't know about y'all but... How many states is the Lemon Party on the ballot?
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Oct 31, 2016 04:18
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GalacticAcid posted:How many states is the Lemon Party on the ballot? Not enough, apparently.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:19
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I don't really have anything constructive to say except that I think gfsincere is a good poster. Symbols don't mean the same thing for everyone. How is this controversial? I mean, do most of us like this part of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"? Probably. But it shouldn't be controversial to say that this was penned by some racists. And if that is true it shouldn't be controversial to say that some people might not view that line as some super awesome quote of hope. I mean, gently caress. Do I like the Statue of Liberty. Yea. But I am also 50% Italian American and 50% Irish American. So, my family was the huddled masses that America (reluctantly) accepted. Do I like the DoI? Ya. But that is cause I think it has a good message despite what the original authors intended. Anyway, I have written too much and haven't said anything constructive except I think gfsincere is cool and good even if At the risk of seeming the wrong kind of woke I want to offer up this poem/song that I think is relevant to people seeing symbols differently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBy_ppG4hY edit: fixed the gender pronouns. alpha_destroy fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Oct 31, 2016 |
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Oct 31, 2016 04:19
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farraday posted:You're confusing politicians with operatives. I don't think she'll be out of the game as an operative, but I do think she has to be careful not to piss off the populist movement behind Trump or even in that capacity she's going to have some trouble.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:20
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Pastrymancy posted:Romney cancelled his staff's credit cards before they could get home from the watch party in 2012! I'm not a fan of Romney but why would the staff need campaign credit cards at that point?
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Oct 31, 2016 04:20
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Presto posted:I have gotten to the point where I am sick of hearing the word "email". I wish there was a real-life word filter so that every time someone said "email" it came out as something else. Like "horse-cock dildo". Would you say you are sick and tired of hearing about her drat emails?
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Oct 31, 2016 04:21
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Crazy Ted posted:They are, but yet the Uncle Sam tank top is what really does it for me here There's something about that thing that read to me as a bib until you mentioned it was a tank top.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:22
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Spacebump posted:I'm not a fan of Romney but why would the staff need campaign credit cards at that point?
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Oct 31, 2016 04:22
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alpha_destroy posted:I don't really have anything constructive to say except that I think gfsincere is a good poster. Symbols don't mean the same thing for everyone. How is this controversial? I mean, do most of us like this part of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"? Probably. But it shouldn't be controversial to say that this was penned by some racists. And if that is true it shouldn't be controversial to say that some people might not view that line as some super awesome quote of hope. I mean, gently caress. I'm a black dude, it's Tiny Brontosaurus and Koalas March that are black women, and thanks.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:22
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Spatula City posted:I wouldn't chalk up the most recent argument as a leftist circular firing squad. The civil rights movement has been tied to progressivism, but they're uneasy allies, and that's really what this argument seems to be showing. The Democratic primary was worse. I don't know if they were trolls, but a few people were pushing pretty hard "no war but class war" and calling civil rights issues "distractions" perpetrated by the corporations to occupy the progressive movement's time. I think most of the people now posting in USPOL are some shade of progressive, but some are much less interested in civil rights than others, and many have spent absolutely no effort learning about their own privilege and trying to avoid doing the lovely things that white people do to non-white people all the time. gfsincere seems to generalize about people a whole loving lot which doesn't make it convincing when he says that his personal opinions are important because he is a minority. There are minority Trump supporters and we don't need to value his insight any more than theirs.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:22
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Spacebump posted:I'm not a fan of Romney but why would the staff need campaign credit cards at that point? It is generally accepted practice for your employer to pay for your travel expenses if you travel for work. Romney left a bunch of paid staffers stranded without the means to get home by cancelling their ability to pay through the campaign (who should pay for their traveling expenses). It was abnormal to conventional campaign practices in years past and uniquely petty and lovely of them to do.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:22
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alpha_destroy posted:
That's a real darn good protest song/poem/piece/whatever
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Oct 31, 2016 04:24
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Lightning Knight posted:It is generally accepted practice for your employer to pay for your travel expenses if you travel for work. Romney left a bunch of paid staffers stranded without the means to get home by cancelling their ability to pay through the campaign (who should pay for their traveling expenses). It was abnormal to conventional campaign practices in years past and uniquely petty and lovely of them to do.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:24
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Crazy Ted posted:I don't know about y'all but... Honestly disappointed the chick with the Bernie mask didn't have a sickle and hammer anywhere on her, otherwise A++++. I also really wanna know what her other buttons say.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:25
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gfsincere posted:I'm a black dude, it's Tiny Brontosaurus and Koalas March that are black women, and thanks. poo poo, sorry I had he, but then the "gf" got me tripped up. Sorry. I'm bad at remembering who everyone is... But ya, my point still stands.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:25
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Mercrom posted:The circular firing squad is necessary because leftism isn't an ideology it's a testing ground for really stupid progressive ideas and some good ones. Tell it to your buddies at the Klan meeting..
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Oct 31, 2016 04:25
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Lightning Knight posted:It is generally accepted practice for your employer to pay for your travel expenses if you travel for work. Romney left a bunch of paid staffers stranded without the means to get home by cancelling their ability to pay through the campaign (who should pay for their traveling expenses). It was abnormal to conventional campaign practices in years past and uniquely petty and lovely of them to do. Also depending on the state you're working in outright illegal.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:25
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Squeegy posted:Honestly disappointed the chick with the Bernie mask didn't have a sickle and hammer anywhere on her, otherwise A++++. She's got Che on one boob and...I think an Anarchy symbol on the other? That's gotta be at least as good as a hammer and sickle.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:26
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Lightning Knight posted:It is generally accepted practice for your employer to pay for your travel expenses if you travel for work. Romney left a bunch of paid staffers stranded without the means to get home by cancelling their ability to pay through the campaign (who should pay for their traveling expenses). It was abnormal to conventional campaign practices in years past and uniquely petty and lovely of them to do. If they were flying, they probably should have had their travel plans booked before. If it was just a cab ride home for the night, lol that's a non-issue. It's lovely, but waiting to book airfare until the day of travel doesn't scream responsible.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:27
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Ok I've avoided weighing in on this but I think the time has come for my Statue of Liberty take. Here it is. The Statue of Liberty is for tourists and eyyy im walkin here. Thanks folks.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:27
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Spacebump posted:If they were flying, they probably should have had their travel plans booked before. If it was just a cab ride home for the night, lol that's a non-issue. It's lovely, but waiting to book airfare until the day of travel doesn't scream responsible. Workers shouldn't be punished for the petty shittiness of their bosses. You shouldn't have to plan ahead for the off-chance your boss is a prick.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:28
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Captain Oblivious posted:She's got Che on one boob and...I think an Anarchy symbol on the other?
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Oct 31, 2016 04:28
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Lightning Knight posted:Workers shouldn't be punished for the petty shiftiness of their bosses. You shouldn't have to plan ahead for the off-chance your boss is a prick. I don't know as much about national campaigns, but state and county level ones that I've been around almost never pay for staffer's gas. That's the reality of working on many political campaigns.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:29
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Spacebump posted:If they were flying, they probably should have had their travel plans booked before. If it was just a cab ride home for the night, lol that's a non-issue. It's lovely, but waiting to book airfare until the day of travel doesn't scream responsible. Yeah, because on election day, when they still thought they might win, they definitely knew where they were heading the next day.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:29
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Lightning Knight posted:Workers shouldn't be punished for the petty shiftiness of their bosses. You shouldn't have to plan ahead for the off-chance your boss is a prick. Yeah but they were working for Mitt "I Shut Down Companies for Fun and Profit" Romney.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:30
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i think supporting trump and thinking the statue of liberty sucks are on slightly different wavelengths. just my imho.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:30
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Captain Oblivious posted:She's got Che on one boob and...I think an Anarchy symbol on the other? Think it's a weed leaf, not an anarchy A.
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Oct 31, 2016 04:30
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GalacticAcid posted:Ok I've avoided weighing in on this but I think the time has come for my Statue of Liberty take. Here it is. Lady Lib is a giant green lady. What's not to like about a giant green lady? Spacebump posted:I don't know as much about national campaigns, but state and county level ones that I've been around almost never pay for staffer's gas. That's the reality of working on many political campaigns. I can confirm that even Hillary's campaign doesn't compensate for staffer's gasoline.
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Spacebump posted:I don't know as much about national campaigns, but state and county level ones that I've been around almost never pay for staffer's gas. That's the reality of working on many political campaigns. So it's like working for a start up. Why get paid when you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you helped change the country for the better!
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