Remind me who it was who spent every other waking hour sabre-rattling about sanctioning Chie-nah while he was in office?
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Remind me who it was who spent every other waking hour sabre-rattling about sanctioning Chie-nah while he was in office?
Radicalisation phenomena in other countries are still extremely one-sided. Whether that's in Europe, Latin America, or North America. My country is Canada, where instead we just simply have the major right-wing party embracing literal neo-Nazis to the point they're getting published in major news sites. There might be isolated cases where the extreme faction is "left-wing" oriented (ie in Latin America) but in almost every single case, the "left-wing" party is the conservative one. What we're seeing is the radicalisation of conservative factions around the world into a global anti-democratic movement,, with the Republican Party at the vanguard of this movement. Telling people it's "polarisation" because "people snap at talking about politics" isn't meaningful, you wouldn't describe this behaviour in Iran or a dictatorship as "polarisation" because it's a term specifically reserved for western societies unable to grapple with the presence of mainstream anti-democratic politics.
Also, it's painfully funny that people whp spent the last 8 years doing nothing are saying "see you in the camps" lmao, stop pretending you're in the fight when all you do amounts to hand wringing over having to do anything
It's wacky that you know enough about my personal life to deduce that I spent the last 8 years doing nothing. Are you stalking me?
EDIT: It's also interesting that you think Canadian Nazi researchers or whatever the hell you consider yourself are more affected by this than queer American leftists. I probably won't be seeing you in the camps, fortunately for both of us.
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Not sure what sort of rage or shock you're trying to elicit here, but it doesn't matter because you are just blatantly endorsing terrorism. Not a good look bro.
"I probably won't be seeing you in the camps" correct, I refuse to die like a dog on my knees as you people invade my country. Can you say the same, Yankee?
Lmao the American left is so cooked, kind of like how the femicidal Shining Path boils babies
srry.
Is that really how you feel about the people who died in camps during the reign of the Nazis?
Honestly real talk boo is just incredibly odious and grating and he just put me in the mood to drop that fat stinker in there. Not even because of some inane online liberal vs leftist beef or w/e because I don't get pissed at like RaikouLover's posts, I like that guy. Dude just puts me in a bad mood whenever I see that smug av followed by some histrionic screed. He's a vibe killer
Anyways, four dollars a pound
Do you even know who you're talking to there? That guy studies fascism, you Know-Nothing leftist.
Anyways, four dollars a pound
Do you even know who you're talking to there? That guy studies fascism, you Know-Nothing leftist.
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I don't believe in horseshoe theory but shit like this really challenges me, not gonna lie.
Surely, all of those people in Nazi Germany who were shipped off to death camps didn't have any idea of what was going to happen to them, and your statements couldn't imply anything unseemly about them. After all, it was entirely unprecedented!
I've never been among those joking about going to the camps, but as those people have already pointed out, you know very little about what they have and have not done to combat the rise of the far-right outside of this gaming forum. If you found out that they were fighting Nazis in the streets, would you relent, or would you invent another reason to accuse them of not having the right to be as miserable as you?
His whole gimmick is wanting to constantly relive 2016 Dem primary flame wars with mid 20-somethings on a competitive Pokemon forum. So no, he wouldn't.
This is an entirely fair criticism and I think I will do just that.
"Whatever research you do is not a substitute for living here," correct, it's better. Americans know fuck all about their own country and politics. They're proudly ignorant, uneducated, and uncaring about anyone or anything else. What you're hearing isn't ego, it's disdain for those who want to pretend to be in the fight, ESPECIALLY Americans.
This whole "I'm not going to fedpost and doxx myself" is nothing but grandstanding. If you're unable to talk about your experiences without doxxing yourself then either you don't know how exposure works or you're just simply bullshitting me.
um yes it is often not safe to talk about specifc political activities in an insecure online forum??? even solely from mainstream media you would know that there have been thousands of arrests across the so called us over the past eight months in relation to pro-palestine protests, and obv thats not the only 'front' of struggle + the danger of private doxxing etc in addition to surveillance and criminalization by the State itself.
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discounting any interactions elsewhere, none of us know shit about each other's lives and the idea that anyone knows what each person has or hasnt done in their lives based on some posts in this thread is just preposterous. and the expectation that people should be sharing 'proof' of [whatever political activities boo has in mind which i truly have no idea at this point, not that i want or need to know], in addition to potentially being unsafe is also j pointless
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discounting any interactions elsewhere, none of us know shit about each other's lives and the idea that anyone knows what each person has or hasnt done in their lives based on some posts in this thread is just preposterous. and the expectation that people should be sharing 'proof' of [whatever political activities boo has in mind which i truly have no idea at this point, not that i want or need to know], in addition to potentially being unsafe is also j pointless
I think the above post is a good place to end the current discussion. As stated in the OP, no one here is an expert and no is expected to be, no one needs to prove anything. Also as stated this is not a thread for "Man vs Thread". Further posts regarding "credentials" and further glibness about being thrown into camps and the like will likely just be deleted, this is not a productive area of discussion.
What is productive is discussing what we actually can do as stated in Sablette's post above, I think that's a great idea.
What is productive is discussing what we actually can do as stated in Sablette's post above, I think that's a great idea.
that's clearly a mongoose!
Excuse me that is actually the 45th president of the United States and if he wants to slither his long, snake-like body into the dens of rabbits for a delicious feast he should be able to without the judgement of you dang liberals.
Can you tell us what action you'll be taking against the former ICBB user that wasted no time engaging in personal attacks against other users once one of those infractions expired? Because the rest of us are tired of reading their posts.
I’m still mad at GF for not giving us even one Mongoose Pokemon with a speed stat that lives up to Rikki-Tikki…
…but this one has clearly been gorging on too much fast food burritos, burgers and chicken nuggies to get any higher base speed than it got. Clearly should actually get -30 base Speed, +300lbs. They should also have given it Poson Gas and ability Stench if they really want to convince us on this design.
Fair enough. Take care sister
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100% agree.
I was invited into a political whatsapp chat by a friend, the demographic being most millennial black voters. And while the tone is generally anti-Trump there are a couple Trump sympathizers whose core argument against Biden is that he is old, has dementia, and is dumb. And for some reason people responded by pointing out that Trump is fat and also old.
Point being- there is so much else that can be said about the stark contrast in the vision, policies, and character between the two candidates. Why in the fuck is American political discourse more juvenile than a high school popularity contest?
Trump is a twice impeached, 34X convicted felon found liable of rape, business fraud, and trying to overthrow an election. His stated goal is to turn America into White-ChristoNationalist Ethnostate with himself as supreme leader. But he’s fat and orange!! (Yes, he is funny to look at but the physical appearance attacks are dumb)
The Biden dementia, age related jokes are actually backfiring. Elderly people vote more than any demographic and see themselves through that same lens of ageism. Likewise, President Biden also has a minor speech disability and people are downplaying how many Americans are highly functional with disabilities themselves. Not only are these superficial attacks not funny, they are not electorally effective.
I get all of that, and I generally agree-- and maybe I am just being juvenile-- but the courtroom farting discourse lead by the Meidas Touch guys was a bit too golden for my reptile brain to reject. apologies :poopemoji:
This. Not a lot of folks out there realize how old the average American voter is; one source puts the figure at 63 for registered Democrats. And that's the MEDIAN age. So yeah, ageism is gonna backfire on Trumpers big time, as their inflammatory words and deeds only encourage more senior citizens to get out there and vote for Biden. No one likes to be seen as "less than", especially for something they can't control, their age; and when you say Biden is "demented" because of his slight speech impediment - which he has suffered from since birth - you're essentially committing an ableism and ageism double whammy. That should be enough to give even the most die-hard Republicans some pause.
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Old people do not and are not voting because of ageism. You people need to stop claiming such stupid things without at least providing a source besides "trust me bro."
They vote because they have more time, are recipients of medicare and social security, are represented by groups like AARP, and often have closer ties to their community. That's it. They're not running for president so they don't care if you call Joe Biden old.
They vote because they have more time, are recipients of medicare and social security, are represented by groups like AARP, and often have closer ties to their community. That's it. They're not running for president so they don't care if you call Joe Biden old.
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