The Next President is...

[Sim]

On 8/30/2022 at 9:19 AM, ClearedHot said:

he needs to just go away.

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[Prozac]

5 hours ago, Sim said:

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Except that’s not what she said. 

[brabus]

35 minutes ago, Prozac said:

Except that’s not what she said. 

“MAGA republicans are an extreme threat to our democracy…” So yeah, that’s exactly what she said, unless you’re arguing “MAGA republicans” does not refer to people who are Trump voters. 

Edited September 1, 2022 by brabus

[Prozac]

15 minutes ago, brabus said:

“MAGA republicans are an extreme threat to our democracy…” So yeah, that’s exactly what she said, unless you’re arguing “MAGA republicans” does not refer to people who are Trump voters. 

No. Just no. She was stating that right wing extremists (you know, like people who want to storm the capitol & kidnap governors) are a threat to democracy. There’s certainly a portion of the MAGA crowd that falls into that category. Vs what Jack Posobiec and Sim want to twist the words into: i.e. “all Trump voters are a threat to democracy”. Not remotely what was said or implied. 
 

Here’s a hot tip: when you constantly twist your opponent’s words and actions into something that makes them seem much worse than they actually are, you aren’t winning the argument. You are only re enforcing the belief system of the people who already agree with you. This is how we end up with extreme polarization and political gridlock. 

[pawnman]

5 hours ago, Prozac said:

No. Just no. She was stating that right wing extremists (you know, like people who want to storm the capitol & kidnap governors) are a threat to democracy. There’s certainly a portion of the MAGA crowd that falls into that category. Vs what Jack Posobiec and Sim want to twist the words into: i.e. “all Trump voters are a threat to democracy”. Not remotely what was said or implied. 
 

Here’s a hot tip: when you constantly twist your opponent’s words and actions into something that makes them seem much worse than they actually are, you aren’t winning the argument. You are only re enforcing the belief system of the people who already agree with you. This is how we end up with extreme polarization and political gridlock. 

Just a reminder that these people had parents who opposed LGBT curriculum that included graphic depictions of oral sex branded as "domestic terrorists" by the FBI.

 

https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/doj-memo-which-compared-parents-to-terrorists-allegedly-requested-by-education-secretary-miguel-cardona-national-school-board-association-white-house-education-deparment-justice-marrick-garland-nsba-school-board-domestic-doj-doe

[Sim]

7 hours ago, Prozac said:

No. Just no

 

Oh good. And here I thought POTUS and his speaker just called me fascist..... 

[FourFans]

Ah Fascism...

...any students of ACTUAL history here?

Edited September 1, 2022 by FourFans130

[brabus]

@Prozac I literally quoted what she said, and you respond with your own inference of “well what she actually means.” Maybe after the AF you can swing a job as a spokesman attempting to master the art of deflection, backpedaling, and deceit.

[Sim]

3 hours ago, FourFans130 said:

Ah Fascism

[Biff_T]

If you don't agree you're a racist,  sexist, homophobe, fascist, xenophobe and whatever made up words used to vilify the other side.  

It's the American way!

 

 

[Blue]

3 hours ago, brabus said:

@Prozac I literally quoted what she said, and you respond with your own inference of “well what she actually means.” Maybe after the AF you can swing a job as a spokesman attempting to master the art of deflection, backpedaling, and deceit.

Yeah, this.

Holy hell, I appreciate the level of discourse here, but @Prozac, sometimes I wonder if you're a bot, a paid shill, or what.

No offense or nothing.  But at some point, it's quibbling, and/or nonsense like arguing the definition of "is."

[Scooter14]

 
Scooter…wake up it’s meeting time. 
 
ATIS 

“Grandpa ATIS, what did you do in the war?”

Every day at 1500 I would bang on the wall and make sure Scooter was awake for the O&I. Somebody had to do it…

[Sim]

'Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represented extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,'

[BashiChuni]

there he is the great uniter!!!

[tac airlifter]

2 hours ago, Sim said:

'Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represented extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,'

That’s not what he meant to say, just ask Prozac.

[dream big]

On 9/1/2022 at 1:58 AM, Sim said:

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Does she look like someone who got hired out of merit? Of course she is going to say dumb things. It’s at least entertaining to watch her run at the mouth and embarrass the POTUS even further , orange woman was just nauseating. 

[Guest nsplayr]

1 hour ago, dream big said:

Does she look like someone who got hired out of merit?

I'm confused by this, can you explain what you mean? What does someone look like who got hired out of merit? I kinda thought the idea was that merit was unrelated to what you looked like but maybe you have a different philosophy and I'd like to learn more about it.

[ClearedHot]

"Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this:

Bringing America together.

Uniting our people.

And uniting our nation."

President Joe Biden, Jan 20, 2021

So glad POTUS honored his campaign pledge last night and attempted to reunite the nation. 

[kaputt]

The First Order style red and dark background was an interesting aesthetic choice. 

[TreeA10]

Kind of makes you want to give a good 'ol fashioned "Heil FJB" to the Fuhrer der Demenz.

[M2]

The irony...

The administration that just raided Donald Trump's home for old nuclear information hired this to oversee current nuclear information!

[Biff_T]

On 9/2/2022 at 12:20 PM, M2 said:

The irony...

The administration that just raided Donald Trump's home for old nuclear information hired this to oversee current nuclear information!

I think you can currently hire this person to "clean your house" on Craigslist.

[pawnman]

9 hours ago, nsplayr said:

I'm confused by this, can you explain what you mean? What does someone look like who got hired out of merit? I kinda thought the idea was that merit was unrelated to what you looked like but maybe you have a different philosophy and I'd like to learn more about it.

Someone who was hired on merit wouldn't struggle so much with incredibly predictable questions. 

[tac airlifter]

11 hours ago, nsplayr said:

I'm confused by this, can you explain what you mean? What does someone look like who got hired out of merit? I kinda thought the idea was that merit was unrelated to what you looked like…

In this case, somebody hired off of merit would not look like they were reading statements from a book. They would look like somebody professional enough to think on their feet and talk extemporaneously with honesty about the questions that are asked, not somebody who spends 80% of every briefing reading pre-written notes that may or may not answer the actual question.  Count the number of “umms” and “ahhhs” and tell me the average undergrad communications major couldn’t do better. Psaki was a liar but at least she looked competent at speaking in public.

[Guest nsplayr]

^ this is fair, but I’m also not sure that’s what the OP meant. If so…as I was!