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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1125 on: November 18, 2020, 09:06:31 PM »
Greetings!

Officer Brandon Tatum just goes off in the program I posted above! Damn! He covers all kinds of things, smacking down weak, cuck Republicans, and corrupt fucking Democrats! Blistering!

He's funny as hell, and *Real*

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« Reply #1126 on: November 18, 2020, 09:09:16 PM »
Greetings!

Salty Cracker and his MAGA KRAKEN REEEE STREAM!

Fucking hilarious!

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1127 on: November 18, 2020, 09:09:26 PM »
Greetings!

You know what? Put some "gender fluid" Trans freak in the bathroom with *my daughter*--and I guarantee you that my response to the Trans freak wouldn't be pretty, nice, or sweet.

I don't care how many of its "rights" I violate, either. The Trans freak is going to have a lot more to worry about than his "rights" being violated.

Oh, is that "escalating violence"? Reee all you want. I make no apologies. These goddamned freaks do not belong anywhere near our women, our daughters, or family!

I would stand rock solid behind any man that felt the same--in or out of a courtroom. I don't give a fuck. There are some things that you know what? Fuck what the cock-sucking society thinks, and fuck what some cucks in government believe. You have to make a stand for what is right, no matter what the cost. Just tell the cuck judge to bring a rope, because you are not backing down, not now, not ever. Let these cuck judges try and judge against people protecting their families. See how fast they see the fucking light when shit gets burned and blood starts flowing in the streets like crazy.

That's right. We know they would shit their fucking pants and change their viewpoints very fast. A rope would be waiting for them right outside their fucking house.

Semper Fidelis,

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I have two close friends who are trans, and one close friend whose child (near adult) is trans or at least trying to figure that question out.

None of them, and I mean none of them in any even vague possible way, would want to use a bathroom with someone else because they want to be near those other people, or leer at those other people, or even look at those other people. The issue has nothing to do with those kinds of things, for them.

All three of these people are nerdy. All three are awkward, even as adults. It's really not about sexuality for any of them. They wouldn't be in a bathroom to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to feel anything about them. In fact, they'd all prefer to be as invisible as possible. They would just...want to go to the bathroom in peace, without anyone giving them a hassle. Without looking out of place.

I think this is one of those topics which seems one way on a theoretical basis, and seems entirely much more innocent when encountered in real life. This isn't about dirty old men trying to pose as a woman to leer at naked women in bathrooms. This is about people who, at least in my limited experience, are just awkward people who feel out of place and they want to just quietly go to the bathroom like everyone else in the place they feel they're "supposed" to be. Without making eye contact, or conversation, or being noticed really at all.

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1128 on: November 18, 2020, 09:13:11 PM »
Greetings!

Ahh, yes. As audits and recounts proceed, it is amazing how thousands of votes for Trump are being found--and cock-sucking Democrat election officials claim, oh, it was just an innocent clerical error.

Lying, corrupt frauds!

Biden's lead in Georgia is disappearing by the hour.

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1129 on: November 18, 2020, 09:18:44 PM »
Greetings!

You know what? Put some "gender fluid" Trans freak in the bathroom with *my daughter*--and I guarantee you that my response to the Trans freak wouldn't be pretty, nice, or sweet.

I don't care how many of its "rights" I violate, either. The Trans freak is going to have a lot more to worry about than his "rights" being violated.

Oh, is that "escalating violence"? Reee all you want. I make no apologies. These goddamned freaks do not belong anywhere near our women, our daughters, or family!

I would stand rock solid behind any man that felt the same--in or out of a courtroom. I don't give a fuck. There are some things that you know what? Fuck what the cock-sucking society thinks, and fuck what some cucks in government believe. You have to make a stand for what is right, no matter what the cost. Just tell the cuck judge to bring a rope, because you are not backing down, not now, not ever. Let these cuck judges try and judge against people protecting their families. See how fast they see the fucking light when shit gets burned and blood starts flowing in the streets like crazy.

That's right. We know they would shit their fucking pants and change their viewpoints very fast. A rope would be waiting for them right outside their fucking house.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I have two close friends who are trans, and one close friend whose child (near adult) is trans or at least trying to figure that question out.

None of them, and I mean none of them in any even vague possible way, would want to use a bathroom with someone else because they want to be near those other people, or leer at those other people, or even look at those other people. The issue has nothing to do with those kinds of things, for them.

All three of these people are nerdy. All three are awkward, even as adults. It's really not about sexuality for any of them. They wouldn't be in a bathroom to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to feel anything about them. In fact, they'd all prefer to be as invisible as possible. They would just...want to go to the bathroom in peace, without anyone giving them a hassle. Without looking out of place.

I think this is one of those topics which seems one way on a theoretical basis, and seems entirely much more innocent when encountered in real life. This isn't about dirty old men trying to pose as a woman to leer at naked women in bathrooms. This is about people who, at least in my limited experience, are just awkward people who feel out of place and they want to just quietly go to the bathroom like everyone else in the place they feel they're "supposed" to be. Without making eye contact, or conversation, or being noticed really at all.
  I have no issue with trans people.  BUT there are lots of gender dysphoric kids who end up not being trans after going through puberty, so the locker room for school age kids is deal breaker for me, and i mean completely broken deal.  For adults, my issue has never been trans people, its the fact it offers cover to male predators to do what male predators do.  If I have to choose between some hurt feelings or extra beatings/assaults/rapes in public restrooms, well I will take 1,000,000 hurt feelings over 1 rape.  Every time. 

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« Reply #1130 on: November 18, 2020, 09:25:50 PM »
Greetings!

You know what? Put some "gender fluid" Trans freak in the bathroom with *my daughter*--and I guarantee you that my response to the Trans freak wouldn't be pretty, nice, or sweet.

I don't care how many of its "rights" I violate, either. The Trans freak is going to have a lot more to worry about than his "rights" being violated.

Oh, is that "escalating violence"? Reee all you want. I make no apologies. These goddamned freaks do not belong anywhere near our women, our daughters, or family!

I would stand rock solid behind any man that felt the same--in or out of a courtroom. I don't give a fuck. There are some things that you know what? Fuck what the cock-sucking society thinks, and fuck what some cucks in government believe. You have to make a stand for what is right, no matter what the cost. Just tell the cuck judge to bring a rope, because you are not backing down, not now, not ever. Let these cuck judges try and judge against people protecting their families. See how fast they see the fucking light when shit gets burned and blood starts flowing in the streets like crazy.

That's right. We know they would shit their fucking pants and change their viewpoints very fast. A rope would be waiting for them right outside their fucking house.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I have two close friends who are trans, and one close friend whose child (near adult) is trans or at least trying to figure that question out.

None of them, and I mean none of them in any even vague possible way, would want to use a bathroom with someone else because they want to be near those other people, or leer at those other people, or even look at those other people. The issue has nothing to do with those kinds of things, for them.

All three of these people are nerdy. All three are awkward, even as adults. It's really not about sexuality for any of them. They wouldn't be in a bathroom to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to feel anything about them. In fact, they'd all prefer to be as invisible as possible. They would just...want to go to the bathroom in peace, without anyone giving them a hassle. Without looking out of place.

I think this is one of those topics which seems one way on a theoretical basis, and seems entirely much more innocent when encountered in real life. This isn't about dirty old men trying to pose as a woman to leer at naked women in bathrooms. This is about people who, at least in my limited experience, are just awkward people who feel out of place and they want to just quietly go to the bathroom like everyone else in the place they feel they're "supposed" to be. Without making eye contact, or conversation, or being noticed really at all.
  I have no issue with trans people.  BUT there are lots of gender dysphoric kids who end up not being trans after going through puberty, so the locker room for school age kids is deal breaker for me, and i mean completely broken deal.  For adults, my issue has never been trans people, its the fact it offers cover to male predators to do what male predators do.  If I have to choose between some hurt feelings or extra beatings/assaults/rapes in public restrooms, well I will take 1,000,000 hurt feelings over 1 rape.  Every time.

But there is no evidence that it's a topic used as cover for raping/assaulting people. That seems a baseless fear. And I've never once heard someone argue it was a rational fear that a gay or lesbian person might assault a same-sex person in the bathroom, so why would you think a trans person is a higher risk for this?

As for locker rooms in schools...I honestly think that whole scene has changed regardless of this topic. The trend is for kids to not be naked around each other in schools...period. Under any circumstances.

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1131 on: November 18, 2020, 09:28:08 PM »
I'm still not gonna waste two hours on anything edited by Project Veritas. But the link below suggests that the recording doesn't add anything to the story prior to that, but adds that the total of "late arriving but postmarked by Nov 3rd" ballots in Pennsylvania were only around 10,000 (not enough to swing the state; I don't even know if they were even counted yet). Further, Erie had only 129 such and the whistleblower's facility had only 2 of these.

https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-a-postal-worker-witness-ballot

I don't intend to single you out, but it sounded to me that the claim was a dig at Veritas rather than at Brad. I totally understand criticizing Veritas - there's a lot there to criticize - but if you're going to make substantial arguments against them, then you have to read them. Dismissing them without reading, and citing liberal sources isn't convincing to anyone who might believe Project Veritas in the first place.

Listening to their two hour edited recording is not reading them; I read a lot of sources, including posts here. So I'm willing to read a variety of opinions on Project Veritas, and even their press releases, but the consensus about their honesty is not good. A 2 hour video is like the immense wall of text posts that I routinely skip over. The summary I link to above? That's from an apparently conservative leaning website, although the factcheck part of it may be pretty even-handed; I didn't form an opinion on that, especially since it wasn't necessary to my point.

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Both parties have had recent opportunity to pass through meaningful election reform with undivided control.

If the Democrats thought that Republicans were hugely cheating, they could have passed election reform legislation during Obama's first two years.

If the Republicans thought that Democrats were hugely cheating, they could have passed election reform legislation during Trump's first two years and/or launched investigations to prove the fraudulent votes in 2016.


Instead, it seems that the existing system is roughly balanced between Republicans and Democrats, and neither are pushing for any major reforms - at most minor tweaks. Rather than constantly bitching only about the other side, we should fix the system.
That would require that Democrats recognized the danger 10 to 12 years ago, before the wave of Republican gerrymandering after the 2010 election. It is a mystery why the all-Republican government of 2017-2018 did not fix the problems (like shortages in the national stockpile for pandemics) the Trump administration has blamed Obama for.

But elections are run by states, not the federal government; Democrats in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania asked for changes to the vote counting to avoid the current issues by counting mailed ballots earlier, and the unrepresentative Republican legislatures refused to do so. If the mailed ballots that are counted last are mostly for Biden, it's because Trump discouraged his voters from using mailed ballots (at least in those states; Florida it was OK, for some unexplained reason).

Gerrymandering is an old and well-understood problem, though, so Democrats should have understood the danger of it. It seems to me that it wasn't a priority. I suspect it's because gerrymandering tends to help those who are ahead. So while Democrats were ahead, they felt that gerrymandering was not a major problem for them.

The scale of gerrymandering after 2010 was much greater than before; the Supreme Court jumped in to toss parts of the Voting Rights Act; Republican-controlled states passed numerous voter suppression laws, like overly strict voter ID and reducing polling places and hours, that would be difficult for federal legislation to forestall; and Republican minority legislatures have routinely acted in lame duck sessions to strip power from incoming Democratic governors. (It's a flaw that Democrats never believe that Republicans will do anything to hold power.)

How would the 111th Congress (2009-2010) have achieved any solution to a problem that they didn't know about yet? I think the Democrats made mistakes then, not least among them trying to get any cooperation from even token Republicans, and they had far more urgent issues (like dealing with the Great Recession and the promised health care legislation).

By contrast, the problems Trump inherited were generally caused by Republican intransigence in Congress; the Obama administration requested funding for the national stockpile in preparation for a pandemic, and Republicans in Congress blocked it. The Trump administration never did anything about it except to blame Obama for something they didn't fix in 2 years of full control. Democrats proposed funding for election security; the Republicans were not interested. The Republican candidate in 2016 (the guy who has never won the popular vote) ran on a platform of certainty that the election was rigged, but he and his party never proposed any legislation to address it.

Do you honestly believe your both-sides-ism, or do you just do that to get along here? I don't think either reflects well on you.

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« Reply #1132 on: November 18, 2020, 09:29:35 PM »
Greetings!

You know what? Put some "gender fluid" Trans freak in the bathroom with *my daughter*--and I guarantee you that my response to the Trans freak wouldn't be pretty, nice, or sweet.

I don't care how many of its "rights" I violate, either. The Trans freak is going to have a lot more to worry about than his "rights" being violated.

Oh, is that "escalating violence"? Reee all you want. I make no apologies. These goddamned freaks do not belong anywhere near our women, our daughters, or family!

I would stand rock solid behind any man that felt the same--in or out of a courtroom. I don't give a fuck. There are some things that you know what? Fuck what the cock-sucking society thinks, and fuck what some cucks in government believe. You have to make a stand for what is right, no matter what the cost. Just tell the cuck judge to bring a rope, because you are not backing down, not now, not ever. Let these cuck judges try and judge against people protecting their families. See how fast they see the fucking light when shit gets burned and blood starts flowing in the streets like crazy.

That's right. We know they would shit their fucking pants and change their viewpoints very fast. A rope would be waiting for them right outside their fucking house.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I have two close friends who are trans, and one close friend whose child (near adult) is trans or at least trying to figure that question out.

None of them, and I mean none of them in any even vague possible way, would want to use a bathroom with someone else because they want to be near those other people, or leer at those other people, or even look at those other people. The issue has nothing to do with those kinds of things, for them.

All three of these people are nerdy. All three are awkward, even as adults. It's really not about sexuality for any of them. They wouldn't be in a bathroom to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to feel anything about them. In fact, they'd all prefer to be as invisible as possible. They would just...want to go to the bathroom in peace, without anyone giving them a hassle. Without looking out of place.

I think this is one of those topics which seems one way on a theoretical basis, and seems entirely much more innocent when encountered in real life. This isn't about dirty old men trying to pose as a woman to leer at naked women in bathrooms. This is about people who, at least in my limited experience, are just awkward people who feel out of place and they want to just quietly go to the bathroom like everyone else in the place they feel they're "supposed" to be. Without making eye contact, or conversation, or being noticed really at all.

Greetings!

Ok, Mistwell. Such examples as you cite seem innocent enough, but I am reminded of how I have heard about trans freaks going into women's bathrooms and fucking little girls.

Are you surprised that such examples make me think of being entirely harsh and ruthless?

Why do you think so many people get crazy about trans men wearing dresses going into women's bathrooms?

Seems like quite a normal reaction to me. Matter of fact, I know many people that are dead set against letting trans men into women's bathrooms. It's not even a subject open for discussion with them.

I think this is just yet another example of the larger cultural divide between Conservatives and Liberals. The enormous divide in how people view reality, the gender norms they embrace, and the social rules they are comfortable with and expect to be maintained. You, and Jhkim are just fine with trans men going into women's bathrooms. Well, there are lots of normal men and normal women that are not just fine with that.

Just one more difference between Liberal progressive states and Conservative states!

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1133 on: November 18, 2020, 09:32:05 PM »
Greetings!

You know what? Put some "gender fluid" Trans freak in the bathroom with *my daughter*--and I guarantee you that my response to the Trans freak wouldn't be pretty, nice, or sweet.

I don't care how many of its "rights" I violate, either. The Trans freak is going to have a lot more to worry about than his "rights" being violated.

Oh, is that "escalating violence"? Reee all you want. I make no apologies. These goddamned freaks do not belong anywhere near our women, our daughters, or family!

I would stand rock solid behind any man that felt the same--in or out of a courtroom. I don't give a fuck. There are some things that you know what? Fuck what the cock-sucking society thinks, and fuck what some cucks in government believe. You have to make a stand for what is right, no matter what the cost. Just tell the cuck judge to bring a rope, because you are not backing down, not now, not ever. Let these cuck judges try and judge against people protecting their families. See how fast they see the fucking light when shit gets burned and blood starts flowing in the streets like crazy.

That's right. We know they would shit their fucking pants and change their viewpoints very fast. A rope would be waiting for them right outside their fucking house.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I have two close friends who are trans, and one close friend whose child (near adult) is trans or at least trying to figure that question out.

None of them, and I mean none of them in any even vague possible way, would want to use a bathroom with someone else because they want to be near those other people, or leer at those other people, or even look at those other people. The issue has nothing to do with those kinds of things, for them.

All three of these people are nerdy. All three are awkward, even as adults. It's really not about sexuality for any of them. They wouldn't be in a bathroom to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to feel anything about them. In fact, they'd all prefer to be as invisible as possible. They would just...want to go to the bathroom in peace, without anyone giving them a hassle. Without looking out of place.

I think this is one of those topics which seems one way on a theoretical basis, and seems entirely much more innocent when encountered in real life. This isn't about dirty old men trying to pose as a woman to leer at naked women in bathrooms. This is about people who, at least in my limited experience, are just awkward people who feel out of place and they want to just quietly go to the bathroom like everyone else in the place they feel they're "supposed" to be. Without making eye contact, or conversation, or being noticed really at all.
  I have no issue with trans people.  BUT there are lots of gender dysphoric kids who end up not being trans after going through puberty, so the locker room for school age kids is deal breaker for me, and i mean completely broken deal.  For adults, my issue has never been trans people, its the fact it offers cover to male predators to do what male predators do.  If I have to choose between some hurt feelings or extra beatings/assaults/rapes in public restrooms, well I will take 1,000,000 hurt feelings over 1 rape.  Every time.

But there is no evidence that it's a topic used as cover for raping/assaulting people. That seems a baseless fear. And I've never once heard someone argue it was a rational fear that a gay or lesbian person might assault a same-sex person in the bathroom, so why would you think a trans person is a higher risk for this?

As for locker rooms in schools...I honestly think that whole scene has changed regardless of this topic. The trend is for kids to not be naked around each other in schools...period. Under any circumstances.
  I do not think a trans person is.  I think it gives a person either posing as trans, or just saying they identify as such the cover.  Assaults by male predators happens now to women in public restrooms.  If the same sort of dude has an easier in to the hunting ground, why would there not be an increase.  I think you are putting words in my mouth, I have no worries about a trans person suddenly becoming a rapist.  I have concerns a rapist will use their cover to get to where he wants to go easier.    This is common sense. 

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« Reply #1134 on: November 18, 2020, 09:32:29 PM »
Greetings!

You know what? Put some "gender fluid" Trans freak in the bathroom with *my daughter*--and I guarantee you that my response to the Trans freak wouldn't be pretty, nice, or sweet.

I don't care how many of its "rights" I violate, either. The Trans freak is going to have a lot more to worry about than his "rights" being violated.

Oh, is that "escalating violence"? Reee all you want. I make no apologies. These goddamned freaks do not belong anywhere near our women, our daughters, or family!

I would stand rock solid behind any man that felt the same--in or out of a courtroom. I don't give a fuck. There are some things that you know what? Fuck what the cock-sucking society thinks, and fuck what some cucks in government believe. You have to make a stand for what is right, no matter what the cost. Just tell the cuck judge to bring a rope, because you are not backing down, not now, not ever. Let these cuck judges try and judge against people protecting their families. See how fast they see the fucking light when shit gets burned and blood starts flowing in the streets like crazy.

That's right. We know they would shit their fucking pants and change their viewpoints very fast. A rope would be waiting for them right outside their fucking house.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I have two close friends who are trans, and one close friend whose child (near adult) is trans or at least trying to figure that question out.

None of them, and I mean none of them in any even vague possible way, would want to use a bathroom with someone else because they want to be near those other people, or leer at those other people, or even look at those other people. The issue has nothing to do with those kinds of things, for them.

All three of these people are nerdy. All three are awkward, even as adults. It's really not about sexuality for any of them. They wouldn't be in a bathroom to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to feel anything about them. In fact, they'd all prefer to be as invisible as possible. They would just...want to go to the bathroom in peace, without anyone giving them a hassle. Without looking out of place.

I think this is one of those topics which seems one way on a theoretical basis, and seems entirely much more innocent when encountered in real life. This isn't about dirty old men trying to pose as a woman to leer at naked women in bathrooms. This is about people who, at least in my limited experience, are just awkward people who feel out of place and they want to just quietly go to the bathroom like everyone else in the place they feel they're "supposed" to be. Without making eye contact, or conversation, or being noticed really at all.
  I have no issue with trans people.  BUT there are lots of gender dysphoric kids who end up not being trans after going through puberty, so the locker room for school age kids is deal breaker for me, and i mean completely broken deal.  For adults, my issue has never been trans people, its the fact it offers cover to male predators to do what male predators do.  If I have to choose between some hurt feelings or extra beatings/assaults/rapes in public restrooms, well I will take 1,000,000 hurt feelings over 1 rape.  Every time.

Greetings!

EXACTLY, Ogg! I agree.

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1135 on: November 18, 2020, 09:35:05 PM »
Interesting thought experiment from Macris

https://macris.substack.com/p/trump-at-the-rubicon

That was an unsettling read. I think the Founding Fathers believed that Congress would quickly enough impeach such a lawless president, and that in general ambition would counter ambition, even if the occasional Cincinnatus would be necessary. Political parties already work against that, and the present Senate Republicans apparently lack any ambition of their own.

Thanks for the link!

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« Reply #1136 on: November 18, 2020, 09:40:45 PM »
When people on this forum dare say they didn't vote for Trump, knowing they are outnumbered 10 to 1, calling them trolls makes it even harder. I've never trolled here once, but people here have accused me of it purely based on my disagreeing. And damn dude, you know how hard it is to "address criticism" when every post of yours gets a massive number of long detailed responses? No, you don't, at least not here. Because you outnumber the "opposition" ten to one. Cut people some fucking slack when you know you have them so outnumbered.

Oh please unlike other posters here your called a troll and disingenuous because you go out of your way to do both. Not because your disagree with others. In the gaming forum in the Thirty Sword Lesbian thread you knew full well how some posters felt about the rpg. Then came into the thread pretending to be both naive and clueless about it. Even when you knew full well how some of use felt about the rpg. So if your going to pretend to be naive and stupid on purpose then expect to be called both a troll and disingenuous on this board and others. Espcially if you can't be bothered to actual read the thread in question.

So stop with the martyr and victim complex because your not fooling anyone here.

No man, you're so surrounded by people who think exactly like you do on those kinds of topics you cannot even imagine that I don't assume people think like that. I was not trolling. I was giving you my honest opinion, but my opinion was so far from your bubble you cannot imagine it was honest because you don't see opinions like those in your life these days.

Then you are, at best, an inconsiderate poster who jumps into a discussion not more than a few days old and doesn't bother to find out what people already have said, and starts thrashing strawmen.

Guilty.

Welcome to Internet message boards? You think people are "considerate" here?

Nope. And note I said "at best". I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt here.
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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1137 on: November 18, 2020, 09:50:21 PM »
If I have to pick hurting a tran's feelings, which normally I don't, or allow little girls to be raped by trans posers I choose the former.  Seriously this should not be a debate and shame on those that question this simple logical wisdom.

Now lets focus on the election.  How many more counties have questionable Dominion software "gliches"?

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1138 on: November 18, 2020, 09:52:43 PM »
If I have to pick hurting a tran's feelings, which normally I don't, or allow little girls to be raped by trans posers I choose the former.  Seriously this should not be a debate and shame on those that question this simple logical wisdom.

Now lets focus on the election.  How many more counties have questionable Dominion software "gliches"?
  I have no doubt they all are.  Did they switch votes? Dont know.  The bathrooms, and as I mentioned critical race theory are relevant to those machines and the vote though.  That gets pushed federally, especially in schools, and bodies are going to hit the floor.

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Re: 2020 Election Commentary
« Reply #1139 on: November 18, 2020, 09:58:29 PM »
Greetings!

Amacris's commentary on the Insurrection Act and Trump crossing the Rubicon is very interesting. With so much fraud, corruption, and conspiracy involved with the corrupt Democrats, invoking the Insurrection Act may be necessary to preserve the Union, and protect America from a Marxist coup.

Semper Fidelis,

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