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Mendrian posted:Why is it that when you click onto some right wing jerk on Twitter, their own Twitter is always just pages and pages of right wing memes? Never like a single, "Oh man check out this hot dog!" or "Sitting in line at DMV, this sucks" or anything, it's just memes and memes for days? Assuming they're not a bot, it's because that's the entire point of nationalism, especially white nationalism. You're in the cool kids club and everyone else is an other to be feared/derided/persecuted. Being that hateful requires 24/7 effort and very few distractions. That's why even when these assholes are enjoying recreation, like playing a video game, they can't help but bring up their ideology and start spewing that hateful filth. EDIT: Tax https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/1114332421166698496
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Mendrian posted:Why is it that when you click onto some right wing jerk on Twitter, their own Twitter is always just pages and pages of right wing memes? Never like a single, "Oh man check out this hot dog!" or "Sitting in line at DMV, this sucks" or anything, it's just memes and memes for days? That's a bot.
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Apr 7, 2019 05:07
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Taerkar posted:That's not a factual claim, that's just an opinion. You're not going to make any progress against "Taxation=Theft" Slugworth posted:That it's a dumb claim with no basis in reality? Otteration posted:Why should they not have been taxed in the first place again? Unoriginal Name posted:Of course they owe it. Do they not receive the benefit of (public education\federal highways\national defense\pick your statist poison of choice)? Well, they say companies shouldn't pay taxes because they create jobs. But I'm not really interested in the "taxation is theft" angle, as that's just a waste of time. I'm more interested in the "tax breaks aren't subsidies" part of the argument.
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Apr 7, 2019 05:16
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Mr Interweb posted:Well, they say companies shouldn't pay taxes because they create jobs. If this person is a family member, just ask not to talk about this stuff. If interacting with them is optional,  because that's just stupid. And sometimes, you can't fix stupid.
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Apr 7, 2019 05:23
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Mendrian posted:Why is it that when you click onto some right wing jerk on Twitter, their own Twitter is always just pages and pages of right wing memes? Never like a single, "Oh man check out this hot dog!" or "Sitting in line at DMV, this sucks" or anything, it's just memes and memes for days? Kind of like anti-vaxxers to be honest.
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Apr 7, 2019 05:25
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When I read this, the outro really stuck out to me: quote:At the very least, I see how hard they are pushing to be the last line of defense against greater bigotry and deprivation of rights. I can only hope that Israel’s liberal Zionism will somehow be repurposed, reimagined in a way that recognizes its predecessor’s audacious achievements while abandoning its deficiencies. That true solidarity with Palestinian liberation can be found among Israeli patriots. That thesis and antithesis will, in defiance of doubt, become synthesis. The whole article reminded me so much of the emotional ups and downs we've been through watching what the Democratic Party has and has NOT done to oppose Trump. The endless debates over Pelosi and Schumer and who is and is not a bad Dem and what moves they or others made were betrayals while which others were sound political strategy. The Left in Isreal is going through the same thing, but so far they're still in their 2017 doldrums. There's no 2018 wellspring of Good Results to help them along. I think we're all nervous about what the D Primary is going to bring. If a more center candidate prevails, will the left stay home? If a more left candidate wins will the center stay home? Will we get a candidate that can flip the Senate? A candidate that can protect the House? A candidate that can't do either but can still reclaim the White House? A candidate who will lose it all? A candidate that will win it all but then produce nothing of value because of infighting and doom us to worse than Trump in 4 years as the pendulum swings? It's comforting to think that in a situation that's as bad if not worse, similar people are facing similar fears and still trying their best. That there's still optimism among them that the product of their good intentions and will to make their country a better place isn't just going to be another circular firing squad while Evil Triumphs.
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Apr 7, 2019 05:27
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Mr Interweb posted:Well, they say companies shouldn't pay taxes because they create jobs. https://www.backgroundchecks.com/community/Post/5836/Top-10-Largest-Employers-in-the-USA The top 10 private companies in the US employ about 5,499,000 people. There were 21,995,000 employed by federal, state and local government in the United States in August, according to BLS. The GOP believes government jobs don't count. There are roughly 153.34 million people employed in the US, meaning that government workers account for roughly somewhere around 15% of all workers in the US. The top 10 private companies account for at best, 4%. 21,995,000 to 12,329,000: Government Employees Outnumber Manufacturing Employees 1.8 to 1 (lol look at this right wing schlock website) https://www.businessinsider.com/percentage-workforce-employed-by-government-every-us-state-2019-1  RuanGacho fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Apr 7, 2019 |
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Apr 7, 2019 05:34
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Nice when you can hear the brain worms speaking directly into the mic
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Apr 7, 2019 05:42
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What is the appropriate term for a straight man who is obsessed with how big, muscled, handsome, and beautiful other men are (especially generals, troops, police officers etc)? other than "extremely insecure"
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Apr 7, 2019 05:56
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Pellisworth posted:What is the appropriate term for a straight man who is obsessed with how big, muscled, handsome, and beautiful other men are (especially generals, troops, police officers etc)? Vince McMahon Syndrome
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Apr 7, 2019 06:01
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Stereotype posted:This is why Trump's whole border thing is completely backwards and horrible and a humanitarian crisis but one that is entirely 100% his fault and would probably have been solved already if there was a Democratic controlled Federal government. This is entirely ahistorical and incredibly naive fantasy posting about a Democratic Party that nominated a woman in 2014 saying children of undocumented people must be sent back for President. “We have to send a clear message, just because your child gets across the border, that doesn’t mean the child gets to stay,” the former secretary of state said. “So, we don’t want to send a message that is contrary to our laws or will encourage more children to make that dangerous journey.” Yeah, that uh, sure sounds like it would have been “solved” under a Democratic executive branch.
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Apr 7, 2019 06:13
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Party Plane Jones posted:doing them takes me about an hour to an hour and a half since I gather from a rather large feed and try to find the most relevant/timely things for a conversation Oh, I don’t doubt that your tweetdumps are a lot of work. I appreciate and enjoy them, but I totally understand that you probably have better things to do. That’s why I’m glad someone else is filling in for you. Incidentally I don’t see why anyone would insist these dumps be in the very slow USNEWS thread. They often generate interesting discussion in here.
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Apr 7, 2019 06:16
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SocketWrench posted:Remember back about 4 years when even sliding near saying this meant the end of your political career? lol Steve King has been a US Representative for 16 years.
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Apr 7, 2019 06:18
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Taintrunner posted:This is entirely ahistorical and incredibly naive fantasy posting about a Democratic Party that nominated a woman in 2014 saying children of undocumented people must be sent back for President. Yes, Hillary sucked. She also would not have created the disaster at the border we have now. No Democrat would have, and any Democrat would instantly undo the policies which have created it. Which is what Sterotype said.
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Sanguinia posted:Yes, Hillary sucked. She also would not have created the disaster at the border we have now. No Democrat would have, and any Democrat would instantly undo the policies which have created it. Which is what Sterotype said. This is yet again, fantasy posting. Nasty poo poo with ICE was happening at the border before Trump, and none of the senior democrats have a single care in their heart for poor people of color of any kind. Schumer at AIPAC legitimizing genocide because the Palestinians don’t believe in the Torah. Feinstein talking down to young climate activists in a frankly disgraceful matter. Hillary declaring she need to be sending immigrant kids back to these same countries to be killed. Obama saying we need to respect cops more. You cannot forget that Hillary backed the right-wing coup in Honduras. These are all things that have happened in the past 10 years and none of what you want them to do is anything they have considered doing.
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Taintrunner posted:This is yet again, fantasy posting. Nasty poo poo with ICE was happening at the border before Trump, and none of the senior democrats have a single care in their heart for poor people of color of any kind. What is the point of this exactly?
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Apr 7, 2019 06:28
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The Biden thing made a round on the Radio and it was infuriating listening to the morning crew (Frosty Heidi and Frank) go at it. One dude was excusing the gently caress out of it and telling people to get over it. Ok dude, let's see your daughter's middle school Bio teacher Biden her up and see how cool you are about it. Like gently caress, body autonomy shouldn't be crazy some moon concept. Throwing Turtles posted:I'm a guy and I've had to tolerate a couple of bosses who liked to give morale boosting shoulder rubs. I hated it, always tensed up and then had to awkwardly explain why I hated being touched which is a dumb conversation at work, and I always felt like I was the one in the wrong because how hard is it to not loving touch somebody. Eventually at a staff lunch it came about again and I just blurted out "how do you know people like that haven't had some kind of trauma or abuse?" It got reeeeeeeeeal quiet after that.
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Sanguinia posted:Yes, Hillary sucked. She also would not have created the disaster at the border we have now. No Democrat would have, and any Democrat would instantly undo the policies which have created it. Which is what Sterotype said. Actually, establishment Democrats are scumbag imperialists and capitalists beholden to moneyed interests just as much as the GOP. Democrats are the somewhat less bigoted party of capital. There is not a "disaster" at our southern border. There a ton of Central American families fleeing violence (in large part US-engineered) who are seeking asylum. The border "crisis" is the result of decades of American foreign policy. Which you can bet Our Lady Hillary, PBUH, would have continued.
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Taintrunner posted:This is yet again, fantasy posting. Nasty poo poo with ICE was happening at the border before Trump, and none of the senior democrats have a single care in their heart for poor people of color of any kind. Would Hillary Clinton have established a zero-tolerance family separation policy for every single undocumented immigrant AND legal asylum seekers for the explicit purpose of using fear of permanent loss of your child as a detterent from trying to enter the country, designed the current literal concentration camp system to house those stolen children which includes a lack of record keeping and tracking to enable reunification of those families as FEATURES so that those children could be handed over to religious extremists for abuse and brainwashing, or proposed the complete elimination of the ENTIRE legal asylum system on the grounds that "America is full," while also cutting off all foreign aid to the countries these people are coming from? Yes or no will do.
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Sanguinia posted:Would Hillary Clinton have established a zero-tolerance family separation policy for every single undocumented immigrant AND legal asylum seekers for the explicit purpose of using fear of permanent loss of your child as a detterent from trying to enter the country, designed the current literal concentration camp system to house those stolen children which includes a lack of record keeping and tracking to enable reunification of those families as FEATURES so that those children could be handed over to religious extremists for abuse and brainwashing, or proposed the complete elimination of the ENTIRE legal asylum system on the grounds that "America is full," while also cutting off all foreign aid to the countries these people are coming from? 
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The Texas Tribune posted:The activist, Chris McNutt
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Sanguinia posted:Would Hillary Clinton have established a zero-tolerance family separation policy for every single undocumented immigrant AND legal asylum seekers for the explicit purpose of using fear of permanent loss of your child as a detterent from trying to enter the country, designed the current literal concentration camp system to house those stolen children which includes a lack of record keeping and tracking to enable reunification of those families as FEATURES so that those children could be handed over to religious extremists for abuse and brainwashing, or proposed the complete elimination of the ENTIRE legal asylum system on the grounds that "America is full," while also cutting off all foreign aid to the countries these people are coming from? Would Hillary Cinton have covfefe? Serious question. Yes or no will do.
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FilthyImp posted:I've had friends that basically said "she supported American policies that created those circumstances that the refugees are fleeing so she's just as bad" This is the ultimate point. Nobody is disputing that Hillary, Obama, Bill, the entire democratic establishment are complicit in creating the BROADER immigration crisis and the atrocities in Latin America that triggered them. The only thing anyone ever said is that nobody in the Democratic party would have ever done the ACUTE horrors Trump has, and therefore would be objectively better.
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Apr 7, 2019 06:48
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I guess I don't understand this thing. Do people touch each other in the workplace? I've never touched another person at work or had anyone touch me. That is outside of situations where it was literally safety related. I mean I'm going to help the old lady climb down the dangerous ladder from the bunker barge to the launch boat. What the gently caress is this?
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BrandorKP posted:I guess I don't understand this thing. I mean, I'll give a reassuring pat on the shoulder here or there? I've been known to offer a hug if somebody looks like they could use it. I wouldn't do it WITHOUT asking first though.
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Apr 7, 2019 06:51
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Americans are so loving weird when it comes to physical contact and "personal space" and the like.
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Apr 7, 2019 07:00
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I was abused alot as a kid and I tense up hard when people touch me. Luckily in today's environment as a woman, most people ask to touch or hug now. I've had to explain why I am not a hugger to a few folks who pressed the issue though.
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Apr 7, 2019 07:15
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enraged_camel posted:Americans are so loving weird when it comes to physical contact and "personal space" and the like. People can decide for themselves exactly what level of personal contact is ok. Nothing is 'weird.' Joe Biden fingerfucking them on camera is probably uncomfortable for most people. It's a matter of consent -- and Joe Biden feels like he can gingerly touch any female without asking. You don't see him giving dudes shoulder massages or sniffing their hair. He's a loving creep, even if he isn't a rapist.
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enraged_camel posted:Americans are so loving weird when it comes to physical contact and "personal space" and the like. Not as weird as the Fins. 
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Mr Interweb posted:Well, they say companies shouldn't pay taxes because they create jobs. Slave owners created jobs. Billionaires sometimes created jobs. Both to siphon wealth out of the labor of others.
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enraged_camel posted:Americans are so loving weird when it comes to physical contact and "personal space" and the like. It is a 20th century phenomena. Look at photo's of the 19th century. Personal space straight up did not exist.
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Creating jobs isn't a worthy goal or achievement unless those jobs benefit society as a whole and not some loving billionaire that keeps the lion's share of the wealth generation instead of sharing it with the workers/society. Making people work just so they "have a job" and can afford to stay alive is bullshit.
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LeeMajors posted:People can decide for themselves exactly what level of personal contact is ok. Nothing is 'weird.' Joe Biden fingerfucking them on camera is probably uncomfortable for most people. It's a matter of consent -- and Joe Biden feels like he can gingerly touch any female without asking. You don't see him giving dudes shoulder massages or sniffing their hair. He's a loving creep, even if he isn't a rapist. Exactly. The fact that he acts this way towards women and not men shows that he knows it's inappropriate on some level whether or not he understands it. Watching him with women it's apparent to me that he sees them as less than himself and less than men. He obviously objectifies them and treats them as less than an equal.
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Comrade Fakename posted:Oh, I don’t doubt that your tweetdumps are a lot of work. I appreciate and enjoy them, but I totally understand that you probably have better things to do. That’s why I’m glad someone else is filling in for you. Your wish is my command 1. One is too many, one in four is insanity. https://twitter.com/jonrosenberg/status/1114561661690630144 2. Why do we say cherry picking, rather than use some other fruit? https://twitter.com/NoOneIsAboveLaw/status/1114598372038598656 3. Maybe combing the two names into Butman would have been better? https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1114601620023726085 4. Is this a new policy initiative? I don't recall seeing it before. https://twitter.com/IAStartingLine/status/1114532017096548353 5. Disgusting https://twitter.com/JonathanCohn/status/1114622769201856513 6. Dude might be legitimately stupider than Trump. https://twitter.com/pklinkne/status/1114667208146288647 7. They just don't care https://twitter.com/AndyKindler/status/1114703027934388224 8. This is a real bad sign https://twitter.com/liamstack/status/1114515560329633792 https://twitter.com/liamstack/status/1114517695649783809 9. The most moving thing I've seen on twitter in a while https://twitter.com/ABC7/status/1114390459160203264 10. He belongs in a museum! https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1114780468019433473 11. Holy poo poo! https://twitter.com/MrFilmkritik/status/1114584997879533575 12. Greedy bastards https://twitter.com/ChrisLu44/status/1114553717083246593 13. Christ... https://twitter.com/ericswalwell/status/1114719443622428672 14. Missed this incident, glad he got caught https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/1114570067893784577 15. Huh, even though I knew that congress had many more wild swings in the past, I thought that was because people just didn't choose to stay in government as long. Not that incumbency didn't have a major advantage. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1114586074842640384 16. WTF!? https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI/status/1114587707962003456 17. It's all tortured whatabout... https://twitter.com/alexburnsNYT/status/1114670481418915841 18. I don't think this can be done without a constitutional amendment https://twitter.com/BrennanCenter/status/1114684965319581696 19. They're just going to keep kicking the can down the road until these kids die or grow up https://twitter.com/DianeRandle2/status/1114616384489775105 20. Embezzled? https://twitter.com/amanbatheja/status/1114569207251972097 21. Fox https://twitter.com/hourlyFox/status/1114788661604835328 (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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RandomBlue posted:Exactly. The fact that he acts this way towards women and not men shows that he knows it's inappropriate on some level whether or not he understands it. Watching him with women it's apparent to me that he sees them as less than himself and less than men. He obviously objectifies them and treats them as less than an equal. He touches men like crazy, too. Multiple dudes have spoken to it, and I saw a collage of pictures of him doing it earlier this week Can't find it now because GIS-ing Biden gets you the same 4 pictures now, but he's weird with everybody
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theflyingorc posted:He touches men like crazy, too. Multiple dudes have spoken to it, and I saw a collage of pictures of him doing it earlier this week The moral here is just don't touch people you don't know very well. Like, do you know this person well enough to know whether or not they're okay with being touched? If not, then you shouldn't be touching them.
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theflyingorc posted:He touches men like crazy, too. Multiple dudes have spoken to it, and I saw a collage of pictures of him doing it earlier this week Yeah he hugs dudes, but he doesn't give them back rubs while smelling their hair and pecking them on the cheek and grabbing their faces. At least not that I've seen but I'm open to clarification
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:The moral here is just don't touch people you don't know very well. Like, do you know this person well enough to know whether or not they're okay with being touched? If not, then you shouldn't be touching them. The problem is some people like being touched and will be offended if you don't hug them when you meet. There needs to be a way for people to advertise whether they want to be touched or not, like maybe some kind of pin they can put on their suit. Maybe people who don't like being touched should wear spiked clothing like a porcupine.
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theflyingorc posted:He touches men like crazy, too. Multiple dudes have spoken to it, and I saw a collage of pictures of him doing it earlier this week Are there any pictures of him smelling men's hair?
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