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This is the stupidest poo poo. 'Oh yeah, we have some washed up actors/singers from decades ago, we can definitely take on the most influential woman on the planet!' https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1752453547600269759?s=20
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The olds seem convinced that John Wayne was not a Hollywood actor but a real gunslinger My ironic favourite Wayne movie is The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. It’s a fun western, but it’s extra spicy behind the scenes. John Wayne plays John Wayne, alongside James Stewart who plays the city-slickin’ lawyer who needs to learn the lay of the frontier. Except irl Stewart was a decorated vet who could’ve done his WW2 service on the movie star circuit but volunteered for combat while Wayne and Reagan stayed home.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:The olds seem convinced that John Wayne was not a Hollywood actor but a real gunslinger Please, no one show Jon Voight's fans a little film called Midnight Cowboy, that was originally rated X and was banned in some states. Hell, for that matter, no one show them Deliverance. BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Jan 31, 2024 |
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Space Fish posted:What is going on with "the DNC is secretly preparing Michelle Obama to run for president when Biden croaks in the immediate future" conspiracy theories? It feels different from the one about Chelsea Clinton continuing the family legacy. Feels like it plays on rightwing-addled minds that assume that would be The Left's wet dream, a black woman with toned arms (The Right's idea of queer-coded?) who writes an inspirational autobio. Or it could just be another round of excuses to bash a perfectly ordinary first lady. This one is very popular over on Freep, with easily an article a day on it with 50+ comments. It seems to be based around three core ideas: 1) that Biden's approval polling numbers and current head-to-head polling numbers; 2) that Biden is more senile than Trump and is one health scare away from dropping out; and 3) the DNC is big and corrupt and can simply replace someone on the ballot after primary season because all of this is gonna magically happen at the convention, you see. The core fallacy is of course believing the polling numbers of him against Trump this far from the election. When you dive in to them there's always a bunch of undecided morons that won't make up their minds until October. They also believe that the approval numbers are a significant worry, but as near as anyone here in reality is concerned, nobody in the Democratic institutions gives a poo poo or they'd actually be doing something about it. It also feeds into the hate-boner they have for all things Obama. The sources feeding Freep are telling them over and over that Obama is really the on in charge of the Biden administration, given that Biden's brain is simply mush, and therefore a Michelle Obama presidency would just be one more way for him to retain control. I'm not sure how prevalent this idea is outside of the MAGA boomer news cycle.
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FlamingLiberal posted:This is the stupidest poo poo. 'Oh yeah, we have some washed up actors/singers from decades ago, we can definitely take on the most influential woman on the planet!' Lol even before I checked I knew Ted Nugent was going to be near the top of their list. The man who poo poo and cried his way out of the draft so he'd have more time to sexually abuse children.
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BiggerBoat posted:I know that whenever I vote and/or form my political opinions, I always check in on pro athletes and mega pop star musicians. These people are full of poo poo anyway. THey worship celebrities far more than any leftist I know of. Christ, two of their biggest heroes in my lifetime are Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. This is incredibly useful because the setting is the only place in the world these assholes can be genuinely punished for lying. Memorize that definition and give them the context of your team, compelled to tell the truth, gave us this. For bonus points, ask them why this is a bad thing or show the absurdity of "FLORIDA IS WHERE the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them GOES TO DIE" Dirk the Average posted:So apparently a right wing org got my e-mail somehow and started to send me their "news" blurbs. Not sure if they just data mined it or if my family signed me up. Regardless, it's hilarious just how transparently everything there is either yellow journalism, or some minor kernel of truth amped up to dwarf Everest. The Islamic Shock fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Jan 31, 2024 |
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So apparently a right wing org got my e-mail somehow and started to send me their "news" blurbs. Not sure if they just data mined it or if my family signed me up. Regardless, it's hilarious just how transparently everything there is either yellow journalism, or some minor kernel of truth amped up to dwarf Everest. It's interesting, because I know folks who eat this stuff up. You have to more or less be marinating in the ecosystem for any of it to make sense, and not come off as blatantly absurd.
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FlamingLiberal posted:This is the stupidest poo poo. 'Oh yeah, we have some washed up actors/singers from decades ago, we can definitely take on the most influential woman on the planet!' they think they're winning the culture wars but we have the certifiably insane 75 year old pedophile racist who accidentally chainsawed himself on his reality tv show, and .. kid rock's young, right? he's got kid in the name. he's bound to be jive fresh with the daddy-o's, right, that's how this works, spring chicken like jon voight over here
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Lol even before I checked I knew Ted Nugent was going to be near the top of their list. The man who poo poo and cried his way out of the draft so he'd have more time to sexually abuse children. 
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:John Wayne plays John Wayne The way I like to put it to people is that Duke Morrison was a weird insecure dude who played a big strong cowboy named John Wayne, to the point where he didn't understand how other tough-guy actors could turn it off when they weren't playing one of those roles.
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He once was griping at Kirk Douglas for playing an artist, Van Gogh. Douglas replied "Duke, we're actors!"
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John Wayne was a giant raging rear end in a top hat so it doesn’t surprise me that the right loves him
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People are very confused about the Taylor Swift backlash but it just loops back to how looney the right has gotten that they've alienated some of their own base.quote:I have 9 kids. I’ve had a teenager under my roof every day since 2007 - almost all girls.
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Panfilo posted:People are very confused about the Taylor Swift backlash but it just loops back to how looney the right has gotten that they've alienated some of their own base. That is to say, they should've known better because it takes a long time if ever to punish a very popular artist when they actually do something wrong. And I believe Taylor's brand image is pretty wholesome.
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tacodaemon posted:I wonder what specifically Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande did They both did a gay, I would assume is the reason
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tacodaemon posted:I wonder what specifically Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande did Billie Eillish is from California and is very different in her music than the others. Therefore, satanist. Ariana Grande is and Italian and I think is a democrat but also talks about sex despite her Nickelodeon star upbringings. So again, Satanist.
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Swift is also exactly what the want in a female culture-hero: white, pretty, heterosexual, no tattoos, no piercings, no pink-and-blue hair, doesn't swear, isn't getting into nightclub fights at two in the morning, doesn't write songs about getting a bucket and a mop for that wet rear end pussy, and so on. If you built the ideal pop star for Red America in a clone lab, it would look exactly like Taylor Swift, someone to point to in opposition to Miley Cyrus and Meghan Thee Stallion and Billie Eillish and Lady Gaga and Beyonce and all the rest. And yet, she's not a chud - in fact, she appears to be a low-key normie Democrat. They see this as a slap in the face and a tremendous betrayal, and, well, here we are. Trump kicking this off by being mad at her for getting the 2023 Time Person Of The Year nod instead of him is so goddamn funny, starting with the fact that it makes such perfect sense that Trump is literally the last person alive who give a poo poo about the Time Person Of The Year award.
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Quorum posted:The real crime is being named Ariana the Great and not even conquering, like, part of Anatolia or Persia. Hey if the English can call Alfred the Great for his staggering accomplishment of "spent a lot of time hiding from Vikings in a swamp," I think we can give Ariana a pass.
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FMguru posted:Swift is also exactly what the want in a female culture-hero: white, pretty, heterosexual, no tattoos, no piercings, no pink-and-blue hair, doesn't swear, isn't getting into nightclub fights at two in the morning, doesn't write songs about getting a bucket and a mop for that wet rear end pussy, and so on. If you built the ideal pop star for Red America in a clone lab, it would look exactly like Taylor Swift, someone to point to in opposition to Miley Cyrus and Meghan Thee Stallion and Billie Eillish and Lady Gaga and Beyonce and all the rest. And yet, she's not a chud - in fact, she appears to be a low-key normie Democrat. They see this as a slap in the face and a tremendous betrayal, and, well, here we are. The Islamic Shock fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Feb 1, 2024 |
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Judges dismisses Disneys lawsuit saying that Desantis changed the law in retaliation because they opposed the Dont Say Gay law controlling how schools discuss gender and removed their self governing status. The same self governing status that The Villages and Daytona have. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/31/1228213346/disney-lawsuit-florida-governor-ron-desantis-thrown-out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGYrWs9xlkY OgNar fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Feb 1, 2024 |
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OgNar posted:Judges dismisses Disneys lawsuit saying that Desantis changed the law in retaliation because they opposed the Dont Say Gay law controlling how schools discuss gender and removed their self governing status. It’s amazing how bad CHUDs are about understanding what the 1st amendment means. The reason given for dismissing the case is exactly the reason why it should be allowed to go forward. You can’t pass laws simply to restrict speech. Particularly political speech.
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tacodaemon posted:I wonder what specifically Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande did Billie Eilish's breakout song was "Bad Girl" - which if you're a red blooded Republican, has some highly objectionable lyrics. Tipper Gore would not approve.
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skeleton warrior posted:It’s hilarious to me that, in reading this article, this guy is clearly a conservative who assumes everyone thinks like him and has made up what a “leftist” is, insisting it is someone who wants to trans everyone and cheers for looting and accuses everyone else of racism all the time, and he still can’t find that guy more insane the GOP mainline Richard hanania is extremely racist and thinks you should be able to buy children for sex, one of the biggest freaks out there quote:Hanania, under the pseudonym, argued for eugenics, including the forcible sterilization of everyone with an IQ below 90.[4] He also denounced "race-mixing" and said that white nationalism "is the only hope".[6] He was opposed to immigration to the United States, saying that "the IQ and genetic differences between them and native Europeans are real, and assimilation is impossible". He cited a speech by neo-Nazi William Luther Pierce, who had used Haiti as an example to argue that black people were incapable of governing themselves.[4] The HuffPost described the persona as "a formative voice during the rise of the racist 'alt-right'".[4] https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1721191213381066880?t=m2wusuEslow0nf-07XdUmA&s=19 SMILLENNIALSMILLEN fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Feb 1, 2024 |
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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:Richard hanania is extremely racist and thinks you should be able to buy children for sex, one of the biggest freaks out there that's some high quality what the gently caress context right there
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I know not all conservatives are like this, but it is really really funny when they get so goddamn defensive about stuff like this. He is getting death threats for teasing them over liking hard shell tacos ffs. https://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1752675728720527857?t=QNQl955bPHs0DFqDR2FwCQ&s=19
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Shooting Blanks posted:Billie Eilish's breakout song was "Bad Girl" - which if you're a red blooded Republican, has some highly objectionable lyrics. Tipper Gore would not approve. Ariana was in that "Bang Bang" song with lots of time-to-gently caress lyrics like "I know you want it, I'll let you have it" that I would understand a parent feeling less than ecstatic about.
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Panfilo posted:I know not all conservatives are like this, but it is really really funny when they get so goddamn defensive about stuff like this. He is getting death threats for teasing them over liking hard shell tacos ffs. the tacos not at home 
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Shooting Blanks posted:Republican…Tipper Gore And people say Democrats have just marched endlessly to the right.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:The olds seem convinced that John Wayne was not a Hollywood actor but a real gunslinger Reading the Wiki article about that film is hilarious. In that the director kept mercilessly mocking Wayne for not going to war to try and get the necessary performance out of him.
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The Question IRL posted:Reading the Wiki article about that film is hilarious. In that the director kept mercilessly mocking Wayne for not going to war to try and get the necessary performance out of him. mildly related, a great DBT song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JevmA_vI4A
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Space Fish posted:Ariana was in that "Bang Bang" song with lots of time-to-gently caress lyrics like "I know you want it, I'll let you have it" that I would understand a parent feeling less than ecstatic about. Okay Tipper
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