LloydDobler posted:

Yeah the right are experts at that.

A friend listened to Peter Schiff on Joe Rogan recently, who is a libertarian rich guy. My friend asked me to help debunk him because "he was making a lot of sense" to someone he knew.

His overarching theme is standard libertarian: Everything bad is the government's fault and private enterprise solves everything. Regulations kill business and businesses would always do the right thing if they just didn't have these mean regulations over them, including charity and fair wages.

Meanwhile he tells the tale of how when the government distributed PPP a whole bunch of corrupt private businesses claimed funds by lying on the forms. But this is somehow still the government's fault because they didn't properly oversee the distribution. He even excused the businesses by saying "if the government says they're giving out free money, of course people are going to lie to get it". And then goes on to say he didn't get any because he would have had to lie on the form and he's too ethical for that. Never mind that policing the applications would require bigger government, and enforcement of regulations.

And he doesn't see any contradiction in anything he's saying.

Dr. Faustus posted:

I saw it on the news walking out of the airport tonight and thought immediately of you and my first thought was, "Will BB's company get paid for all the Trump stuff they've been producing?" I mean that stuff is gross but I'd hate to see you guys get stiffed on that order on top of all the other poo poo.

quote:

Adams sparked outrage when he targeted Nada Merghani, a Sudanese refugee and LGBT student-activist at UNCW, in a September article titled "A 'Queer Muslim' Jihad" in which he said "her claims to be a 'queer Muslim' are probably part of an act designed to fit into as many victim categories." The university said Adams' opinions were protected by the First Amendment.

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Adams' post on Merghani, along with other posts and tweets — in which he called the Black Lives Matter movement a "terrorist organization," compared the acceptance of LGBT individuals to rape, referred to gay people as "fags," and tweeted about killing Muslims "who criticize Danish cartoons"

quote:

Records from the New Hanover County 911 center show that a friend of Mike Adams called after not seeing him for several days, telling a dispatcher that the UNCW professor had been ‘erratic’ for several weeks and ‘under a lot of stress.’ Dispatch records also indicate the cause of death was likely a gunshot wound.

The call came in around 12:26 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. The caller noted that Adams’ car had been parked at the residence for several days but that the caller had not seen him.

Asked if Adams had any physical or mental issues, the caller said friends were concerned because Adams had been “erratic for the last few weeks — not erratic ‘dangerous,’ but just he’s been under a lot of stress.”

Dead dickhead Mike S. Adams posted:

Officials on college campuses across the nation are alarmed at a wave of recent suicides involving Christians who have been harassed by homosexual activists. The main stream media isn’t covering the story so, as usual, I have taken it upon myself to do their jobs for them. None of the following eight cases have been covered by any of the three major news networks.

blah blah blah fake stories.

These eight cases are all true except for one thing: The Christians who were bullied by gays and gay activists are all still alive. Not a single one has committed suicide. That is because they have centered their lives around Jesus Christ, rather than their sexual identity. And no amount of bullying can change my mind about that.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

https://twitter.com/MikeSAdams/status/1266506726351802370
https://twitter.com/MikeSAdams/status/1267920463163985920
https://twitter.com/MikeSAdams/status/1267898628011708417
https://twitter.com/MikeSAdams/status/798567406067154945?s=19
https://twitter.com/MikeSAdams/status/12718091044?s=19
https://twitter.com/MikeSAdams/status/10787438447?s=19






https://twitter.com/theobserver/status/1286440257685159936?s=19

He wrote for MAGA site Townhall.com and was and CPACs and other right wing events.


Update on yesterday story

https://twitter.com/JoeMyGod/status/1287006483008245760

Paolomania posted:

Uh, you are in the thread that explains it. A lifetime of dogwhistles blown over mass media megaphones takes its toll.

Levantine posted:

I really think there's more to it than that. I mean we are exposed to the same media but don't turn into salivating dogs every time the whistle is blown. What is it about some people who are just so susceptible to the brainwashing? I guess some folks are just assholes who like having their biases confirmed and there's nothing more to it.

Levantine posted:

I really think there's more to it than that. I mean we are exposed to the same media but don't turn into salivating dogs every time the whistle is blown. What is it about some people who are just so susceptible to the brainwashing? I guess some folks are just assholes who like having their biases confirmed and there's nothing more to it.

Levantine posted:

God, I'm becoming completely numb. My first thought on finishing that was "Good.". I don't like to ascribe being an awful person to mental illness because I think that's dangerous for people who struggle with it and just serves to further stigmatize people who do. I do wonder where the virulent hate comes from though. But man, the world is categorically a better place without that human garbage in it.

Paolomania posted:

What has it been now? 25 or 30 years of FOX and Rush and their "culture war" sneering at, belittling, scapegoating and dehumanizing anyone that is not a flag waving white conservative? This white nationalist poo poo has momentum of it's own now that they can't backpedal from.

PT6A posted:

I think the nucleus around which that hate can form is an unspecific feeling that you, personally, are being hosed over, as evidenced by the fact your life is not exactly how you wish it to be, and, by God, it's someone else's fault!

If you're being specifically targeted by actual, real things that exist, it's easy to focus your frustration on whatever is targeting you. If your life is just a shambolic mess because you're a fuckup, then you start looking around for things to blame. For example, if your wife leaves because you're an emotionally unavailable, lazy manchild who wishes to be waited upon hand and foot, instead of interrogating your own contributions to the situation, you may decide that, really, the problem is feminism telling women they shouldn't have to put up with that poo poo. If you notice that your D-average failson can't get into a good university because they spent the entirety of high school smoking weed and watching porn, then perhaps you will reason that the problem can't possibly be related to you, but is instead related to affirmative action taking away your son's inherent right to be a useless fuckup with no consequences.

Dirk the Average posted:

This. It's horrifying how much Fox works to channel anger towards the "other." The few times that I do end up seeing it inadvertently, the vast majority of it is hatred. Hell, the defenses of Trump are that if it weren't for that nasty "Deep State" then he would be making the economy great again and all of us could go work in factories for enough money to afford a house! Hate the government, hate immigrants, hate other countries, hate liberals, all of them are holding you back, and never once bother to actually reflect on yourself.

Dirk the Average posted:

This. It's horrifying how much Fox works to channel anger towards the "other."

Levantine posted:

God, I'm becoming completely numb. My first thought on finishing that was "Good.". I don't like to ascribe being an awful person to mental illness because I think that's dangerous for people who struggle with it and just serves to further stigmatize people who do. I do wonder where the virulent hate comes from though. But man, the world is categorically a better place without that human garbage in it.

PT6A posted:

Which isn't to say, of course, that a lot of the dissatisfaction with conditions of living in America isn't well-founded. There's a lot to be pissed off about, but it's the billionaires and their captive politicians causing the problems, not Black people getting into university or people sneaking across the border or feminists.

Levantine posted:

I really think there's more to it than that. I mean we are exposed to the same media but don't turn into salivating dogs every time the whistle is blown. What is it about some people who are just so susceptible to the brainwashing? I guess some folks are just assholes who like having their biases confirmed and there's nothing more to it.

Levantine posted:

I mean we are exposed to the same media

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

https://twitter.com/McNaughtonArt/status/1286327028807905282?s=19

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

https://twitter.com/McNaughtonArt/status/1286327028807905282?s=19

quote:

LEGACY OF HOPE” by Jon McNaughton

I have been discouraged by the times in which we live—a battered economy, a confusing pandemic, civil unrest, riots, and the blind rage of those who seek to destroy our country. What’s even more troubling, is that many in the mainstream media have seemingly joined forces with those who are actively (and seditiously) trying to burn America to the ground.
While thinking about these things, the White House released a photograph—a photograph that gave me… hope.

The photograph shows a group of black religious and political leaders, surrounding President Trump and praying for him—praying for the nation. To say that this image inspired me would be an understatement. Here stood a group of men and women—Americans—praying for God to help President Trump!

It was a photograph of faith and hope for the future.
And as I thought about that hope, I couldn’t help but think about our HISTORY—our legacy of hope. Contrary to what some might tell you, the United States didn’t begin in 1619, with the first importation of slaves. The United States has a specific birthdate—it began in 1776. It began when we not only declared our independence from a system that introduced slavery to the New World, but our country also began when we declared that all men and women are created equal.

From that day forward, great men and women—people like George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Frederick Douglass—have risen up and have fought and died to ensure that this nation lives up to its founding creed. 
As Americans, we share a legacy of hope that should never be forgotten.

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our country also began when we declared that all men and women are created equal.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

but our country also began when we declared that all men and women are created equal.

Vichan posted:

I'd loving love his portraits if the subject matter wasn't batshit insane.

Vichan posted:

I'd loving love his portraits if the subject matter wasn't batshit insane.

Twelve by Pies posted:

So the United States didn't begin?

Hihohe posted:

Im gonna need the dancing one with someone playing the Jug

Twelve by Pies posted:

VitalSigns posted:

Why are Taft and Teddy both on the evil liberals side.

Either he should claim Teddy for the conservatives like he did Lincoln (lol), or if he actually knows enough about TR to hate him for being a progressive, shouldn't he fuckin love Taft

GreyjoyBastard posted:

taft was still good, he was just less-good than teddy

HiroProtagonist posted:

The only good US president was William Henry Harrison, actually.