Crunch Buttsteak posted:

Just going off of the people my dad follows on Facebook, I get the strong impression that most Republicans today believe that Ilhan Omar had a fairly substantial role in organizing 9/11.

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I don't get on FB much anymore. I've been way to busy other projects. However today I have a very important post. Please feel free to share this.......
If you quit your normal life's activities for fear of catching some fatal disease........think about this...... Everybody you know that is breathing today is dying. If you decide to give up your effort to achieve by crawling in a hole with fear, you are then dead. Stay in your cave and be dead. Not me.....I'm going out and live, maybe I'll have no tomorrow, but I'm sure as hell going to live today! My one day of living in the world is worth much more to me than any amount of days hording and cowering in my home in fear.

zeroprime posted:

It would be socialist redistribution of wealth (republicans are never going to let this happen anyways).

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Pay attention folks, there's much more going on here than what meets the eye.

Is it a coincidence that just when the economy is booming, the stock market is setting record highs, we are winning the trade wars, school shootings have stopped, our nation is at peace, the Democratic party is a disaster and so is their likely nominee(Biden).
He hasn't a chance in hell & they're not about to let an outsider(Bernie) destroy their scheme.

It looks like Trump is a sure bet for reelection after fending off 3 years of investigations and impeachment, then all the sudden world crisis pandemic. Stock market tumbles, companies are laying off employees, everything is closed and canceled, CEO's of giant companies are resigning and indictments are coming.

Now they say there are a couple ways a President doesn't win reelection. Those are an unpopular war or a poor economy.

But there is something larger going on here driving this sudden outbreak right after Trump beats an impeachment. Especially the fact that it(Coronavirus)originated in China who we are in a global trade war with brought on by Trump. Let's not forget Biden's back door deals with CHINA as well.

China doesn't want 4 more years of Trump either. It all seems rather convenient for the nations and opponents of our current President and economy 5 months before an election. Couldn't have hit at a more perfect time.
With the Democrats running out of campaign talking points in light of no school shootings, no migrant caravans at the southern border, fighting in Syria winding down, North Korea not firing missiles and Trump beating a sham impeachment. The coronavirus gave them one last hail mary to try and point fingers at Trump with the clock winding down in 2020.

This is almost the perfect fascist playbook. Control the population with fear-mongering and panic, control the media, spread propaganda and the fan-favorite disarm the population.

Sorry but I don't think we are all going to die. Remember when Ebola was what was going to kill us all, and the media kept showing the piles of body bags that were prepared for the fallout. Then a month later it was totally forgotten.

The common flu has killed more people this year already and the media is SILENT!

A handful of deaths out of 320 million Americans and we are in panic tearing down our society and costing our economy billions in the wake. It all just seems fishy, a little too well-timed if you ask me.

Grimdude posted:

Holy gently caress I wish people's immense stupidity could stop actively harming people just once.

Our dipshit president had to do a complete 180 on his virus stance of "it's a hoax" because it became abundantly obvious it was a real thing.

But hey don't worry, according to him he always knew how serious it was so we must just all be remembering that wrong.

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Below is what a police officer has said about what is going on in our country now.
I don’t want any comments on this, I’m just posting.
NOW WHAT THE COP SAID:
I try not to live under a rock, let’s be real. I’m a cop and see things that aren’t reported in media. However, I also try my best to pay attention to my surroundings and with that being said. Our Government is under attack from within. If you don’t believe so, then you probably also believe that this is the first time the Corona virus has been identified.
Think about what’s transpired over the last few months. The government has presented every possible demographic including a self proclaimed socialist as a democratic candidate because they fear something they can’t control.
The impeachment hoax failed and immediately Pelosi vowed to exhaust efforts in overthrowing Trump. If you currently can see this post then until last week you were living in the most thriving economy this nation has ever seen in my lifetime. Only due to the fact that the person in control couldn’t be bought.
If you think for one second this “pandemic” is not media driven, and controlled by the radical people in powerful places....well...go back to sleep under the rock you crawled out from. Oh, and go ahead at this point and click on my name and follow the steps to unfriend or unfollow me as well because you really aren’t going to like this.
This thing has killed less people in the same time frame then cigarettes, cancer, drunk driving, domestic violence, car crashes, cross stitching accidents (j/k on the last one but probably close), stabbings, overdoses, and please don’t get me started on abortion.
Wake up!!! This is what the beginning of socialism looks like! They are controlling what you buy...bc it’s what you think you need, where you go...bc it’s where they tell you not to go, and how to live...bc you now fear the very existence of anything outside of your home and control.
They are leading with fear. Causing you to panic like sheep.
They are crashing the stock market to run on a failing economy, because it’s all they have left. What is this saying to all of the countries that have opposed us for decades but, couldn’t defeat us?
It’s saying...biological war fare will make these idiots glued to CNN and every other liberal news source panic and run for the hills.
You don’t need hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and Lysol. You need common sense, a sense of direction, faith, a will to fight, and of course guns!
Now wash your hands and live the life they don’t want you to have!
You will have to copy and paste.

E-Tank posted:

If someone genuinely believes Donald "back the bus over 'em" Trump would give his life for a child to live, then I don't think there's any possibility for rehabilitation.

Dawncloack posted:

I bet this thread has hashed it to hell and back, but... what are the preferred strategies to deal with fox news-poisoned parents?

My mother has started to share "just asking questions" videos in the family's main communication channel. Questions such as "corona is a CHINESE BIOWEAPON, carefully prepared ina Chinese laboratory, we must counterattack!!1!1".
I have shut that poo poo right down, and called to explain that I don't share fake bullshit, and also that "Oh I didnt make the video, I dont know" is cowardice. And that "well that's a matter of perspective, all data has an agenda" is bullshit, if your argument is that we cant rely on reuters data that criticises china, because it has am american agenda.

So yeah... I've been shooting down all of the stupid Shapiroisms, but what else could I do?

Ferrosol posted:

Biden has no right to expect anyone's vote. He has to earn them. Now he can do that by chasing moderate republicans or he can give reasonable concessions to the left of his own party. When it comes down to it the person most responsible for Joe Biden losing is Joe Biden himself.

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Just stop scrolling for a minute and look at this photo. This is NOT a political post by any means. This is simply something that everyone should stop and think about.
Can you imagine the weight this man is feeling right now? I have only a wife that depends on me daily, yet on some days my stress level is through the roof and I feel like the weight of the world is all on me. When he signed up for this role (without pay) He was willing to take on the job, but the magnitude of what we’re currently experiencing has got to be paralyzing. This is possibly the first time he has ever felt powerless over something. To some, nothing he does is ever right or good enough and i understand that, but do you ever wonder how he must be dealing with it all? When his head finally hits the pillow at night after press conferences, the scrutiny of the media, countless meetings, the endless negative and derogatory comments thrown at him, and constantly trying to defend himself and protect our country.
Does he break down and cry from all the pressure?
Is he scared and confused?
Is he even able to sleep?
Can he shut his mind off at all?
Or does he lay there and talk to God all night praying for strength and answers?
Whether he’s making you proud or not, look at this photo and ask God to soften your heart just a litte bit and lift this man up in prayer. He needs them right now more than ever. He is carrying the weight of OUR country on his shoulders and I don’t think anybody could or would want to be in his position right now.
Feel free to share this post and remind everyone to be kind(to everyone) and to pray for President Trump and for the entire world 🙏🏼❤️
As always... if you don’t have anything nice to say, there’s NO NEED to comment, just keep scrolling. No one wants to hear you crab or your negative comments at a time like this.
#istandwithourpresident

jivjov posted:

Given his diet and physical condition, I'm honestly surprised the stress of office hasn't caused a cardiac event or something

DrNutt posted:

I saw some dumb gently caress post that on my Facebook feed and just reported it as fake news.

Cerepol posted:

You think those are the real birthdays????

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LOTS of puzzling Questions about the Floyd George Incident:
1. Why does one photo from behind show the man on the road is not handcuffed and the video from the front that he is handcuffed?
2. Why is the cop car in the restaurant surveillance video different than the one Floyd was lying behind (different car numbers)?
3. Why were the cops in the surveillance footage that arrested him different than the police in the actual incident?
4. Why does the video show the diesel fuel price as 99 cents instead of the regular price in the area of $2.49?
5. Why does the police car have a non-municipal license plate with "Police" on it?
6. Why does Derek have a completely different police badge on top of a second police badge matching his partner's if they work for the same precinct?
7. Why is it not odd that both Officers Tou Thao and Derek Chauvin have both previously been investigated for excessive use of force and not charged by State AG Amy Klobuchar?
Additionally, Officer Derek Chauvin is married to his partner's sister Kelli.
8. Is there any cop dumb enough to continue kneeling on someone’s neck for 8 minutes when surrounded by people and being video recorded?
9. Is it possible for the deceased’s cousins and fiancé to be completely tearless during interviews?
10. Why does the main cop have one hand in his pocket most of the time he’s kneeling?
11. Why did the kneeling officer appear completely cool and calm, as if he was posing for the camera?
12. Doesn’t it seem strange that Floyd and the officer that kneeled on his neck worked security together on the same shift at the El Nuevo Rodeo Club, the officer for 17 years (both were laid off because of the COVID-19 virus)?
13. Why do the neighbors of this officer say they didn’t know he was a cop and never saw him in uniform?
14. Why has the same attorney been hired as with all the other big supposed police killings of blacks? Attorney Benjamin Crump. The same attorney that worked on previous cases that resulted in busses bringing in rioters from outside the city?
15. Why does store surveillance video show Floyd calmly and submissively walking with the officer and not resisting arrest while the officer gently allowed him to sit down on the side walk, and multiple officers calmly chatting with him? Is this the kind of suspect that a police officer would feel the need to put on the ground and place his knee on his neck?
16. Why did the EMT workers (wearing police uniforms including bullet proof vests) roughly handle and dump the unconscious George on the stretcher? This is not how trained emergency workers lift a person with a possible neck injury. Why did they not attempt triage or try CPR?
17. Can someone really not breathe when someone kneels on his neck and is the victim really able to speak for considerable periods of time if he can’t breathe?
18. Post killing: Why is a white man that looks like an undercover (St. Paul) cop in black and a riot gear mask carrying a black umbrella walking around breaking windows (and others dressed similarly starting fires) and instigating a riot? Is this reminiscent of “umbrella man” during the JFK shooting?
19. Why were almost all the rioters leading the destruction of the neighborhood at the beginning of the riots “white” and not from Minneapolis? In a black neighborhood after a police killed a black man?
20. Why did the Chief of Police make it a point that those inciting the riots and arsonists were not from Minnesota?
21. Why was a CNN News Crew not only detained but also Arrested?

What did I miss???

Faustian Bargain posted:

"Send in Antifa and BLM..."? And how did they get "sent in"? This is some serious gaslighting.

Xarthor posted:

GOONS LOOK!!! Some white lady solved racism on my Nextdoor feed! Why didn't anyone think of this before????

Golbez posted:

pfft, your dad is a bandwagoner. My mom is a true hipster, having made her Facebook banner the actual Confederate flag (like, the 1861-1863 stars and bars) because she's a more intellectual racist than you find in literally 100% of her media and shares, I guess.

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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

A conservative friend of mine on social media. I, and my other friends who know him, don't know what happened to this guy. He's always been pretty conservative but we thought he was pretty intelligent and thoughtful, even if we didn't agree with him on most things. I don't know whether it's shelter-in-place or something else going on but he seems to have taken a real nutty turn in the past few months.

the_steve posted:

My favorite part is when someone points out all the inaccuracies and outright lies, and the person who reposted the OP in the first place is all "Ok, so maybe it isn't factual, but the sentiment is what counts." or "It's close enough to the truth."

ponzicar posted:

And if you corner them on it you get "I just thought it was interesting!"

It really was a mistake to let boomers onto the internet.

Killer robot posted:

A relative just shared that "All lives splatter" meme on Facebook earlier, had it blocked as hate speech, then promptly lost her poo poo demanding to find out who ratted her out.