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They have the Senate, too. They have full control for 2 years. What the gently caress kind of laws are gonna get passed?
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:08 |
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CNN reporting that Putin wants to restore relations with the US Not even 24 hours goddamn
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:09 |
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plushpuffin posted:This is the worst day of my life, and I've attempted suicide on three separate occasions. Just sent this email to my father: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Call 1-800-273-8255 Just in case.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:09 |
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I have never been so afraid for our country or indeed the world. gently caress.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:09 |
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WampaLord posted:They have the Senate, too. They have full control for 2 years. Take every progressive piece of legislation going back to at least LBJ. Wave goodbye
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:11 |
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Gridlocked posted:Why did this happen? Please someone explain It turned out that white people were far more virulently racist than even our wildest expectations, and also a substantial number of white Hispanics desperately want to join the club.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:12 |
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2016 is making me hate democracy.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:12 |
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negromancer posted:Americas problem is what it's always been: white people. You know for someone who complains about racism you seem willing to engage in it. Don't believe me? Try out this sentence. "America's problem is what its always been: Hispanic people."
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:12 |
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Nelson Mandingo posted:You know for someone who complains about racism you seem willing to engage in it. "Stop being mean to white people!" You really want to play this game now?
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:13 |
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uXs posted:And did she even have a campaign slogan? Britain got Brexit, we got Trumpet. Welcome to the best timeline.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:13 |
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Gridlocked posted:Why did this happen? Please someone explain Hypernormalisation.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:15 |
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please do not be racist towards the whites
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:15 |
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Humidora posted:There's a group of liberals who use white voters as a boogeyman for their problems, much in the same way the alt-right does with minorities. Yeah because we know it's minorities that are responsible for: Jim Crow...oh wait no. Reconstruction...drat nope. Slavery...poo poo. Civil War...gently caress. KKK...umm Birmingham Church Bombing? School shootings? Shooting up a church? A school? Ooh, the New Jim Crow? gently caress. The War on Drugs? Oh poo poo looks like minorities didn't do any of that poo poo. Might be one specific solitary group that's constantly making life harder on literally everyone else.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:15 |
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ThePariah posted:2016 is making me hate democracy. Basically, yeah. If your goal is anything other then representation then its only great if the people you franchise have good ideas.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:15 |
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Nelson Mandingo posted:You know for someone who complains about racism you seem willing to engage in it. It's not the fact they have roots in Europe, it's that the "white" identity is almost entirely predicated upon institutional racial supremacy.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:15 |
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Bates posted:I seriously almost had a panic attack last night. I have no idea what this rear end in a top hat is going to do. Hi person who is obviously me. Take care of yourself, be nice to people, pray if you're inclined.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:16 |
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WampaLord posted:They have the Senate, too. They have full control for 2 years. 2018 skews heavily in favor of republicans. This is a 4 year sentence.
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Not counting the 4:00 am preemptive nuke strike which we can pray doesn't happen, the real danger is that I'm guessing we'll be a 6-3 SCOTUS by 2020 combined with all the law enforcement agencies and justice department full of Trumpsters who certainly aren't fond of minority issues to say the least. There's lots of damage that can be done in a short amount of time. That doesn't get into the fact that the seeds have been sowed for open racism in American politics in a way people thought was gone for decades. Look forward to the KKK making a resurgence in areas where they have been laying low for years. Additionally Trump won't be able to fulfill any of his campaign promises leading to more attacks on the people he claims are the "problem." Lastly we are going to get Jim Crow laws full stop. Think NC before the Justice Department but more so, openly racist, and legal. I'm not sure how the Democrats recover from this by 2020. They don't have as many up and comers and the DNC is toast. The only silver lining (and it's super small) is that this will hopefully be the end of the DNC which has been failing since 2000. Obama was an outlier with his charisma but otherwise they have been doing little. Some of that isn't there fault because of the obstruction in congress but their weak rear end 2014 showing should have been a serious wake up call that they were not effective. Maybe the answer is more socialist policies, but I'm not sure how you do that without white people complaining that minorities are getting benefits they don't deserve.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:19 |
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PSA that Hillary is going to win the popular vote.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:18 |
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negromancer posted:Oh poo poo looks like minorities didn't do any of that poo poo. Might be one specific solitary group that's constantly making life harder on literally everyone else.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:19 |
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negromancer posted:Yeah because we know it's minorities that are responsible for:
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:20 |
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plushpuffin posted:This is the worst day of my life, and I've attempted suicide on three separate occasions. Just sent this email to my father: You can get my email if you want to talk. Even a total stranger can be a good source of hope, in dark times. Stay strong, friend.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:20 |
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The Puppy Bowl posted:2018 skews heavily in favor of republicans. This is a 4 year sentence. Won't there be massive D turnout like in 2006?
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:21 |
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Ormi posted:It turned out that white people were far more virulently racist than even our wildest expectations, and also a substantial number of white Hispanics desperately want to join the club. I thought we knew this about white latino's already? Cubans being the ones I can point to easily.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:22 |
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WampaLord posted:Won't there be massive D turnout like in 2006? well a hard right scotus could also repeal all voting protection laws so.......
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:22 |
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WampaLord posted:Won't there be massive D turnout like in 2006? There was supposed to be massive D turnout last night.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:22 |
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Ormi posted:It's not the fact they have roots in Europe, it's that the "white" identity is almost entirely predicated upon institutional racial supremacy. Yes pretty much. None of these assholes knows poo poo about their ancestors from Europe and almost universally cling to the american bastardization of European 'identity'.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:23 |
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negromancer posted:Yeah because we know it's minorities that are responsible for: Christians (and in the case of church bombings, competing denominations)?
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:24 |
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The only real hope is that a reverse Obama effect happens and all the whites who showed up for Trump get mad that their lives still suck after 2 years of full GOP control and get disillusioned while Dems get fired up to vote, but Dems are at a huge structural disadvantage for 2018 so prolly not
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:24 |
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corn in the bible posted:well a hard right scotus could also repeal all voting protection laws so....... The Puppy Bowl posted:
Time to see if accelarationists are right. HAHAHAHA, they're not.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:24 |
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FactsAreUseless posted:One of the things that's been baffling to me about this election is realizing how little I have in common with a huge number of people I share a race with - insofar as "white" is a useful race definition, which is complicated, given that "white" is more defined by what isn't white than what is. I'd always thought of white people as being fairly divided, politically, just based on the fact that they were a majority of the country. Civil Rights era didn't see white people all unite against voting rights, for instance: they were divided in a way that allowed it to pass at a time when the white majority in this country was even larger. But we've seen a huge number of white people all vote the same way this election, especially white men. It's bizarre to realize that, statistically, I don't have much in common with most other white men. It's also bizarre to see every other consideration go by the wayside, and instead see white people, who are a diverse group in terms of economic background, location, etc., largely voting on white identity issues. It turns out if you appeal to white people's feelings that everyone is ganging up against them, lots of them will vote for you.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:25 |
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corn in the bible posted:well a hard right scotus could also repeal all voting protection laws so....... They absolutely will. The effect that the gutting of the VRA had on minority turnout this election (in places like Georgia, for example) is going to be magnified in all future elections at least until the Supreme Court manages to get out of the clutches of conservatives.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:27 |
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Nelson Mandingo posted:You know for someone who complains about racism you seem willing to engage in it. Wow this coming from someone who is ok with the result? Who would have guessed???????
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HorseRenoir posted:The only real hope is that a reverse Obama effect happens and all the whites who showed up for Trump get mad that their lives still suck after 2 years of full GOP control and get disillusioned while Dems get fired up to vote, but Dems are at a huge structural disadvantage for 2018 so prolly not Yup. Also it's clear that the populace, while loving assholes that gently caress them over when they are conservative and place the blame on "others", have lost all patience with neoliberal Democrats. Anyone that thinks Cory Booker is still a rising star is crazy. The next two years needs to a frantic search for people that can speak to white voters to get them back on board while also not allowing themselves to go down the dark path of social benefits for whites only. IAmUnaware posted:They absolutely will. The effect that the gutting of the VRA had on minority turnout this election (in places like Georgia, for example) is going to be magnified in all future elections at least until the Supreme Court manages to get out of the clutches of conservatives. It's sad to say but this may not be for more than twenty years. Eggplant Squire fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Nov 9, 2016 |
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:27 |
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HorseRenoir posted:The only real hope is that a reverse Obama effect happens and all the whites who showed up for Trump get mad that their lives still suck after 2 years of full GOP control and get disillusioned while Dems get fired up to vote, but Dems are at a huge structural disadvantage for 2018 so prolly not Being mad at those in charge seems to only apply to dems anymore so good luck with that
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:29 |
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Radish posted:Yup. Also it's clear that the populace, while loving assholes that gently caress them over when they are conservative and place the blame on "others", have lost all patience with neoliberal Democrats. Anyone that thinks Cory Booker is still a rising star is crazy. The next two years needs to a frantic search for people that can speak to white voters to get them back on board while also not allowing themselves to go down the dark path of social benefits for whites only. The problem is that these two groups are incompatible. This was not a referendum on neoliberalism, no matter how hard white leftists wished it was.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:30 |
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HorseRenoir posted:The only real hope is that a reverse Obama effect happens and all the whites who showed up for Trump get mad that their lives still suck after 2 years of full GOP control and get disillusioned while Dems get fired up to vote, but Dems are at a huge structural disadvantage for 2018 so prolly not Could happen, especially if the economy fails. its what happened in 2006 and 08. Its just that the dems need to be competently lead and we're likely going to have to purge the DNC before that can happen.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:30 |
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This goes beyond domestic policy and healthcare. This touches worldwide stability. Think about our embassies. How they are going to go out today and tomorrow and in the future and assure people that we stand by our alliances. Think about China, a nuclear armed Japan (that btw HAS NO ARMY), a South Korea without US troops in it. Think about climate change. We are guaranteed complete inaction and possibly an acceleration of warming due to ramped up coal production and fracking. Think about how seriously 4C of warming is going to destabilize the world, as coastal cities are overwhelmed and food production collapses. This is really, really scary.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:31 |
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Nelson Mandingo posted:Presidential elections happen. lovely candidates get in. Donald Trump isn't the first, and he won't be the last. Time has a way of erasing problems of the day. In 10 years we're gonna look back on this day and find things are pretty wildly different. I hope SA is still around in that time, because I hope this post gets archived. It's not about the candidate. It's about the shitsuckers that latch on.
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# ? Nov 9, 2016 13:32 |
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Holy poo poo. Hillary Clinton is currently leading in the popular vote. How could this horror happen twice in a lifetime? And it's only getting worse and worse. In 16 years the electoral college will give us president Anthropomorphized swastika.
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