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Author Topic: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!  (Read 31236 times)

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #285 on: September 02, 2021, 06:58:46 PM »
Meanwhile the first Taliban land in the USA ::):



  Nope.  I am pretty sure no one in Texas will prevent anyone from leaving and getting whatever procedure they may want.

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #286 on: September 02, 2021, 07:34:14 PM »
Meanwhile the first Taliban land in the USA ::):



How is this about Biden's presidency?

He was taken flatfooted twice and both times women rights plummeted?

Considering that this law...

"...Leaves enforcement up to individual citizens, who could collect cash bounties of at least $10,000 for bringing successful lawsuits against women who seek abortion after their sixth week of pregnancy or those who help them."

...Expect for every crypto-Taliban around to start fapping. Who needs Afghanistan when you can have it right at home? ::)
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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #287 on: September 02, 2021, 10:10:14 PM »
Meanwhile the first Taliban land in the USA ::):



How is this about Biden's presidency?

He was taken flatfooted twice and both times women rights plummeted?

Considering that this law...

"...Leaves enforcement up to individual citizens, who could collect cash bounties of at least $10,000 for bringing successful lawsuits against women who seek abortion after their sixth week of pregnancy or those who help them."

...Expect for every crypto-Taliban around to start fapping. Who needs Afghanistan when you can have it right at home? ::)

     I just want all the "pro choice" people to say out loud they are simply pro abortion.   I am not a religious person, or spiritual.  But I do wonder that if there is an afterlife, how that particular issue will be judged.    I never understood how it was made a blanket "right" for the entire country based on a woman who lied about being raped to get an abortion.   I say if women want to end a life, go right ahead, probably best for the terminated fetus anyway. 

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #288 on: September 02, 2021, 11:42:28 PM »
Meanwhile the first Taliban land in the USA ::):



How is this about Biden's presidency?

He was taken flatfooted twice and both times women rights plummeted?

Considering that this law...

"...Leaves enforcement up to individual citizens, who could collect cash bounties of at least $10,000 for bringing successful lawsuits against women who seek abortion after their sixth week of pregnancy or those who help them."

...Expect for every crypto-Taliban around to start fapping. Who needs Afghanistan when you can have it right at home? ::)

Alright. I'm pretty sure American conservatives are not fundamentalist Muslim terrorists. And the law does not appear to target the people who get abortions.

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The provision cannot be used against pregnant people, but reproductive rights advocates warn it can be used to target abortion providers and abortion-rights activists.
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/998237349/the-governor-of-texas-has-signed-a-law-that-bans-abortion-as-early-as-6-weeks

So you're wrong on the specifics of the law, and making a dumb analogy that doesn't work.

Plus, you're being transphobic, in using the term woman instead of pregnant person.

https://www.healthline.com/health/transgender/can-men-get-pregnant

Do better.

On top of all that, I'm pretty sure Biden didn't have any input on a law passed in the state of Texas. Which makes your analogy even dumber.
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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #289 on: September 03, 2021, 12:31:17 PM »
Meanwhile the first Taliban land in the USA ::):



How is this about Biden's presidency?

He was taken flatfooted twice and both times women rights plummeted?

Considering that this law...

"...Leaves enforcement up to individual citizens, who could collect cash bounties of at least $10,000 for bringing successful lawsuits against women who seek abortion after their sixth week of pregnancy or those who help them."

...Expect for every crypto-Taliban around to start fapping. Who needs Afghanistan when you can have it right at home? ::)

     I just want all the "pro choice" people to say out loud they are simply pro abortion.   I am not a religious person, or spiritual.  But I do wonder that if there is an afterlife, how that particular issue will be judged.    I never understood how it was made a blanket "right" for the entire country based on a woman who lied about being raped to get an abortion.   I say if women want to end a life, go right ahead, probably best for the terminated fetus anyway.
Same questions, thoughts.

Not particularly religious or spiritual and wonder the same. If I had an objection to abortion it would likely be around naturals rights.

I do find it amusing the left tries to equate the right to the Taliban? False equivalency really. As yet I haven’t seen the right acting in the same manner as the Taliban or cases of homosexuals being hurled off buildings.

Seems quite a stretch for those making the assertions.

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #290 on: September 05, 2021, 02:46:55 PM »
I do find it amusing the left tries to equate the right to the Taliban? False equivalency really. As yet I haven’t seen the right acting in the same manner as the Taliban or cases of homosexuals being hurled off buildings.

Seems quite a stretch for those making the assertions.
One might compare it to idea of a "Taliban" hurling babies off buildings.





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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #291 on: September 07, 2021, 06:48:45 PM »
https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/1035-the-zogby-poll-one-fifth-of-likely-voters-and-democrats-regret-voting-for-biden

20% of Biden voters regret voting for him. Considering that 20% of 80 million is 16 million, and the last last election was decided by a few tens of thousands of votes in key states, it's not looking good for Team Blue in the midterms.

The demographic breakdown also has shows softening in Biden's traditional base. Black and young voters were more likely to regret their vote (25% and 27%), and it's highest of all among Hispanics (33%). Regret is unexpectedly high among urban voters, as well (28%).

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #292 on: September 07, 2021, 09:34:30 PM »
https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/1035-the-zogby-poll-one-fifth-of-likely-voters-and-democrats-regret-voting-for-biden

20% of Biden voters regret voting for him. Considering that 20% of 80 million is 16 million, and the last last election was decided by a few tens of thousands of votes in key states, it's not looking good for Team Blue in the midterms.

The demographic breakdown also has shows softening in Biden's traditional base. Black and young voters were more likely to regret their vote (25% and 27%), and it's highest of all among Hispanics (33%). Regret is unexpectedly high among urban voters, as well (28%).

I don't know about the accuracy of this particular poll but I agree with your premise that it's not looking good for Democrats in the midterms.

And in general that's how I prefer things: one party in control of Congress, and the other party in control of the Presidency. This tends to lead to the least amount of damage to society, other than it provides for zero hope to ever fix things like campaign finance reform and lobbying, because those are topics both parties can corruptly agree on together.

That said, the USSC better get to dealing with that Texas abortion issue well before the midterms. Nothing riles up the Democratic base more than the abortion issue. It is to Democrats what a total handgun confiscation and ban would be to Republicans.
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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #293 on: September 07, 2021, 10:32:21 PM »
https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/1035-the-zogby-poll-one-fifth-of-likely-voters-and-democrats-regret-voting-for-biden

20% of Biden voters regret voting for him. Considering that 20% of 80 million is 16 million, and the last last election was decided by a few tens of thousands of votes in key states, it's not looking good for Team Blue in the midterms.

The demographic breakdown also has shows softening in Biden's traditional base. Black and young voters were more likely to regret their vote (25% and 27%), and it's highest of all among Hispanics (33%). Regret is unexpectedly high among urban voters, as well (28%).

I don't know about the accuracy of this particular poll but I agree with your premise that it's not looking good for Democrats in the midterms.

And in general that's how I prefer things: one party in control of Congress, and the other party in control of the Presidency. This tends to lead to the least amount of damage to society, other than it provides for zero hope to ever fix things like campaign finance reform and lobbying, because those are topics both parties can corruptly agree on together.

That said, the USSC better get to dealing with that Texas abortion issue well before the midterms. Nothing riles up the Democratic base more than the abortion issue. It is to Democrats what a total handgun confiscation and ban would be to Republicans.
10 years ago I would have agreed with you, but considering how destructive the Democratic party has become and how the Republican's idea of resistance is giving the progressives half what they want instead of all of it, gridlock isn't what it used to be. Look at how many trillions the Republicans just acceded to. So I'm torn between keeping the progressives away from any levers of power at all, and giving them full control and letting them run everything into the ground. Is it better to slowly pull off the bandage, or rip it off?

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #294 on: September 08, 2021, 07:42:28 AM »
https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/1035-the-zogby-poll-one-fifth-of-likely-voters-and-democrats-regret-voting-for-biden

20% of Biden voters regret voting for him. Considering that 20% of 80 million is 16 million, and the last last election was decided by a few tens of thousands of votes in key states, it's not looking good for Team Blue in the midterms.

The demographic breakdown also has shows softening in Biden's traditional base. Black and young voters were more likely to regret their vote (25% and 27%), and it's highest of all among Hispanics (33%). Regret is unexpectedly high among urban voters, as well (28%).

I don't know about the accuracy of this particular poll but I agree with your premise that it's not looking good for Democrats in the midterms.

And in general that's how I prefer things: one party in control of Congress, and the other party in control of the Presidency. This tends to lead to the least amount of damage to society, other than it provides for zero hope to ever fix things like campaign finance reform and lobbying, because those are topics both parties can corruptly agree on together.

That said, the USSC better get to dealing with that Texas abortion issue well before the midterms. Nothing riles up the Democratic base more than the abortion issue. It is to Democrats what a total handgun confiscation and ban would be to Republicans.
10 years ago I would have agreed with you, but considering how destructive the Democratic party has become and how the Republican's idea of resistance is giving the progressives half what they want instead of all of it, gridlock isn't what it used to be. Look at how many trillions the Republicans just acceded to. So I'm torn between keeping the progressives away from any levers of power at all, and giving them full control and letting them run everything into the ground. Is it better to slowly pull off the bandage, or rip it off?
And if the consequences landed solely on their heads, I'd agree.

But how many innocents will be caught up in the gears of the fuck up brigade?

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #295 on: September 08, 2021, 07:48:01 AM »
https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/1035-the-zogby-poll-one-fifth-of-likely-voters-and-democrats-regret-voting-for-biden

20% of Biden voters regret voting for him. Considering that 20% of 80 million is 16 million, and the last last election was decided by a few tens of thousands of votes in key states, it's not looking good for Team Blue in the midterms.

The demographic breakdown also has shows softening in Biden's traditional base. Black and young voters were more likely to regret their vote (25% and 27%), and it's highest of all among Hispanics (33%). Regret is unexpectedly high among urban voters, as well (28%).

I don't know about the accuracy of this particular poll but I agree with your premise that it's not looking good for Democrats in the midterms.

And in general that's how I prefer things: one party in control of Congress, and the other party in control of the Presidency. This tends to lead to the least amount of damage to society, other than it provides for zero hope to ever fix things like campaign finance reform and lobbying, because those are topics both parties can corruptly agree on together.

That said, the USSC better get to dealing with that Texas abortion issue well before the midterms. Nothing riles up the Democratic base more than the abortion issue. It is to Democrats what a total handgun confiscation and ban would be to Republicans.
10 years ago I would have agreed with you, but considering how destructive the Democratic party has become and how the Republican's idea of resistance is giving the progressives half what they want instead of all of it, gridlock isn't what it used to be. Look at how many trillions the Republicans just acceded to. So I'm torn between keeping the progressives away from any levers of power at all, and giving them full control and letting them run everything into the ground. Is it better to slowly pull off the bandage, or rip it off?
And if the consequences landed solely on their heads, I'd agree.

But how many innocents will be caught up in the gears of the fuck up brigade?
All of them, but I don't see it as a choice between harming innocents and not harming innocents. I see it as a bad situation that will only be ended by an even worse situation. In that case, do you continue along in indefinite misery, or do you let everything blow up?

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #296 on: September 08, 2021, 07:50:00 AM »
https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/1035-the-zogby-poll-one-fifth-of-likely-voters-and-democrats-regret-voting-for-biden

20% of Biden voters regret voting for him. Considering that 20% of 80 million is 16 million, and the last last election was decided by a few tens of thousands of votes in key states, it's not looking good for Team Blue in the midterms.

The demographic breakdown also has shows softening in Biden's traditional base. Black and young voters were more likely to regret their vote (25% and 27%), and it's highest of all among Hispanics (33%). Regret is unexpectedly high among urban voters, as well (28%).

I don't know about the accuracy of this particular poll but I agree with your premise that it's not looking good for Democrats in the midterms.

And in general that's how I prefer things: one party in control of Congress, and the other party in control of the Presidency. This tends to lead to the least amount of damage to society, other than it provides for zero hope to ever fix things like campaign finance reform and lobbying, because those are topics both parties can corruptly agree on together.

That said, the USSC better get to dealing with that Texas abortion issue well before the midterms. Nothing riles up the Democratic base more than the abortion issue. It is to Democrats what a total handgun confiscation and ban would be to Republicans.
10 years ago I would have agreed with you, but considering how destructive the Democratic party has become and how the Republican's idea of resistance is giving the progressives half what they want instead of all of it, gridlock isn't what it used to be. Look at how many trillions the Republicans just acceded to. So I'm torn between keeping the progressives away from any levers of power at all, and giving them full control and letting them run everything into the ground. Is it better to slowly pull off the bandage, or rip it off?
And if the consequences landed solely on their heads, I'd agree.

But how many innocents will be caught up in the gears of the fuck up brigade?
All of them, but I don't see it as a choice between harming innocents and not harming innocents. I see it as a bad situation that will only be ended by an even worse situation. In that case, do you continue along in indefinite misery, or do you let everything blow up?
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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #297 on: September 09, 2021, 08:00:40 AM »
Speaking of people who need helicopter rides.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/08/antony-blinken-taliban-cabinet-inclusive-diversity-women-afghanistan/

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“Yesterday, the Taliban named a new interim government. We are assessing the announcement, but despite professing that a new government would be inclusive, the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the Taliban or their close associates, and no women,” Blinken said.

Jesus Christ. We are being led by absolute morons. Why the fuck would anyone think the Taliban give a shit about diversity?

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« Reply #298 on: September 09, 2021, 03:12:42 PM »
Speaking of people who need helicopter rides.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/08/antony-blinken-taliban-cabinet-inclusive-diversity-women-afghanistan/

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“Yesterday, the Taliban named a new interim government. We are assessing the announcement, but despite professing that a new government would be inclusive, the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the Taliban or their close associates, and no women,” Blinken said.

Jesus Christ. We are being led by absolute morons. Why the fuck would anyone think the Taliban give a shit about diversity?

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It's always a joy to view the stunned, uncomprehending deer-in-headlights expression on weak fucking Liberal's faces when they are confronted by someone or a group that has a gun pointed at the Liberal's head, and they command the Liberal to get on their knees and suck cock, or die.

The world is full of fierce, savage people that don't agree with you, don't value you, or want much of anything that you value. They have their own culture, their own religion, their own values and goals--and also their own methods of seizing whatever they want, too.

Diversity? Women? Democracy? Here is an AK-47. That is their answer to all of that, and a sword.

Fucking Liberals are such naïve morons. They always have been. Remember Jimmy Carter? "We can negotiate with the terrorists!" As the terrorists take our people hostage, and dance in the streets chanting "Death to America!" "The Soviets want peace. We can negotiate with them out of good faith, love, and human rights"--Soviet paratroopers seize Kabul, and Soviet armies roll into Afghanistan.

Fucking morons.

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Re: Biden's Presidency, all hail the Taliban!
« Reply #299 on: September 09, 2021, 04:15:32 PM »
Because leftists think based on how they want things to be rather than how they really are.

And regarding abortion- isn't it unjust that the father has no say? If he's ready and willing to raise the child too bad, but if she has the child he is stuck with child support? It's darkly amusing to hear the very people who insist "gender is a social construct" suddenly point out that women get pregnant, not men.
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