Social Media becoming more unhinged as Trump leads Biden in the polls

[44nutman]

fan fiction

So was the damn near 800 million Fox paid out, in Fan Fiction dollars?
What is the going conversion rate for Fan Fiction dollars?

 

[BFoe]

Yeah, because thats exactly what I said.

I'd simply like to see journalism without bias. People like you are the problem, because you are happy to be lied to. Its OK if you enjoy your propaganda but recognize it for what it is. You'd agree with me 100% if you suddenly everyone was FOX news. Thats the problem, people in general are OK with something they know is wrong if they feel it may benefit their team in the end.

It’s exactly what you said. In what way am I misrepresenting what you said?

You guys fall back on this sad, “oh you’ve been lied to by the LiBeRaL MSM” nonsense every time.
Trump is running on an openly fascist platform—I’m talking about from his own mouth and in his own words. I don’t need the media to spin shit. Replacing government officials with loyalists (something that has already begun, btw), travel bans, rounding up his political opponents (him he equates to subhuman vermin), “retribution,” is all shit directly from his own mouth.

Any time we don’t get our knees and fellate his fat ass, you guys trot out the old “you’ve been brainwashed by the media“ excuse. Get some new material.

And btw, this pearl of wisdom right here that you dropped is wrong AF too:

No one can "seize power" in this country. Turn off the View.

Someone can absolutely seize power; more likely is that someone could be voted in but then consolidate power in all sorts of fascist, unconstitutional ways. One big misconception I see a lot is this idea that Trump would need the support of the whole US military to do that, and that’s just not true. Aside from the fact that if elected POTUS, Trump would be Commander-In-Chief anyhow, think of 1930s Germany: was it the German military going around rounding up Jews, perpetrating things like Krystallnacht and Night of the Long Knives?
No.
It was the SS and SA, private paramilitary groups with loyalties to Hitler. Something like that is easily replicable, especially as there’s no shortage of right wing wackjob militia psychos who‘d love ro have the job.

And how did the SS and SA start? As small, little groups that provided “private security” at Hitler’s speeches and rallies. Frankly, I’m surprised that Trump hasn’t done the same thing already.

I really thought they would mellow tf out after Trump lost

Now its Trump 24/7 news cycle, and them chasing the carrot. Waiting to exhale

I thought everything would mellow out too, but conservatives doubled down on Trump so here we are again. It’s really as simple as that. They couldn’t move on from him, so now the rest of us can’t either.

 

[ViD]

Donald Trump will bring peace in 2025

 

[44nutman]

Donald Trump will bring peace in 2025

This is how you treat Manlet's with a Napoleon complex. You need to assert your massive height difference on them, so they know you can smash their tiny ass any fucking time you want.

 

[SKYNET]

I thought everything would mellow out too

some of us did mellow out

 

[BFoe]

some of

Hey look! I can quote a small portion of your post and leave everything else out too! Neat.

 

[Spam On Rye]

It’s exactly what you said. In what way am I misrepresenting what you said?

You guys fall back on this sad, “oh you’ve been lied to by the LiBeRaL MSM” nonsense every time.
Trump is running on an openly fascist platform—I’m talking about from his own mouth and in his own words. I don’t need the media to spin shit. Replacing government officials with loyalists (something that has already begun, btw), travel bans, rounding up his political opponents (him he equates to subhuman vermin), “retribution,” is all shit directly from his own mouth.

Any time we don’t get our knees and fellate his fat ass, you guys trot out the old “you’ve been brainwashed by the media“ excuse. Get some new material.

And btw, this pearl of wisdom right here that you dropped is wrong AF too:

Someone can absolutely seize power; more likely is that someone could be voted in but then consolidate power in all sorts of fascist, unconstitutional ways. One big misconception I see a lot is this idea that Trump would need the support of the whole US military to do that, and that’s just not true. Aside from the fact that if elected POTUS, Trump would be Commander-In-Chief anyhow, think of 1930s Germany: was it the German military going around rounding up Jews, perpetrating things like Krystallnacht and Night of the Long Knives?
No.
It was the SS and SA, private paramilitary groups with loyalties to Hitler. Something like that is easily replicable, especially as there’s no shortage of right wing wackjob militia psychos who‘d love ro have the job.

And how did the SS and SA start? As small, little groups that provided “private security” at Hitler’s speeches and rallies. Frankly, I’m surprised that Trump hasn’t done the same thing already.

I thought everything would mellow out too, but conservatives doubled down on Trump so here we are again. It’s really as simple as that. They couldn’t move on from him, so now the rest of us can’t either.

Too much bread and circuses for you bro. Probably best to turn off the news feed for a bit.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

One example of what? You said, "Ever since Obama's [yadda yadda] the country is in freefall...."

You laid the current situation directly at the feet of Obama. Sounds ridiculous to me.

It is kinda true though for a different reason. If Obama wasn't such a rock star the Republicans wouldn't have had to throw the country under the bus in order to try to minimize his impact. It was kind of the turning point in politics where complete, outrageous, incredulous conspiracy theories of all kind of started. The Kenyan Muslim Terrorist Communist Anarchist with a wife that is really a man etc.

Will the day ever come back where a Republican will do a McCain and tell some crazed lady that a person from across the aisle is a decent person and not some idiotic caricature that's been planted in their head by media organizations that when taken to court use a defense of "we're innocent because nobody sane would take us seriously"?

Could be a long time before something like that happens.

Thanks Obama.

 

[Andy Capp]

It is kinda true though for a different reason. If Obama wasn't such a rock star the Republicans wouldn't have had to throw the country under the bus in order to try to minimize his impact. It was kind of the turning point in politics where complete, outrageous, incredulous conspiracy theories of all kind of started. The Kenyan Muslim Terrorist Communist Anarchist with a wife that is really a man etc.

Will the day ever come back where a Republican will do a McCain and tell some crazed lady that a person from across the aisle is a decent person and not some idiotic caricature that's been planted in their head by media organizations that when taken to court use a defense of "we're innocent because nobody sane would take us seriously"?

Could be a long time before something like that happens.

Thanks Obama.

I don't think they started there are all. Don't you recall the 9-11 conspiracies? In fact, I'm sure it goes back a great deal further than that.

[Edit:] I think if there was a true inflection point in the recent history of US politics it's the 2000 general election being decided by a court in Fl.

 

[BFoe]

Too much bread and circuses for you bro. Probably best to turn off the news feed for a bit.

By “bread and circuses” do you mean “an actual knowledge of politics and history”? <45>

Look, we can either be obliviously retarded to the lessons of history, or we can learn from them. Horrific shit that happened in the past can happen again, and the easiest way for it to happen again is for ignorant dumbfucks to let it happen.

Here’s another lesson from history. After WW2 research was done to try and determine how exactly a madman like Hitler got into power. What they discovered is that he didn’t have some massive number of rabid followers; he had a very small number of rabid followers that worked to get him in power, and the majority of Germans just sort of stood by and let it happen. Their justifications for doing so were things like, “oh, he’s not that bad,” “the media lies about everything, you can’t trust them,” “even if he is as bad as some think, that bad stuff won‘t be happening to me and my family anyway….”
All things that seem eerily familiar.

 

[SKYNET]

Hey look! I can quote a small portion of your post and leave everything else out too! Neat.

I highlighted the most interesting part of your post. You don't agree with me that's ok. I have no interest in throwing stones.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

I don't think they started there are all. Don't you recall the 9-11 conspiracies? In fact, I'm sure it goes back a great deal further than that.

[Edit:] I think if there was a true inflection point in the recent history of US politics it's the 2000 general election being decided by a court in Fl.

I think 9-11 time was still a time of country over party, and politicians would not back anyone peddling that kind of crap back like a 9-11 inside job; there was still some decency in the game, even with the incompetence of Bush Jr and his dismal approval ratings. It was because he sucked at this job, not some whacked out theories.

 

[BFoe]

I highlighted the most interesting part of your post. You don't agree with me that's ok. I have no interest in throwing stones.

 

[Spam On Rye]

By “bread and circuses” do you mean “an actual knowledge of politics and history”? <45>

Look, we can either be obliviously retarded to the lessons of history, or we can learn from them. Horrific shit that happened in the past can happen again, and the easiest way for it to happen again is for ignorant dumbfucks to let it happen.

Here’s another lesson from history. After WW2 research was done to try and determine how exactly a madman like Hitler got into power. What they discovered is that he didn’t have some massive number of rabid followers; he had a very small number of rabid followers that worked to get him in power, and the majority of Germans just sort of stood by and let it happen. Their justifications for doing so were things like, “oh, he’s not that bad,” “the media lies about everything, you can’t trust them,” “even if he is as bad as some think, that bad stuff won‘t be happening to me and my family anyway….”
All things that seem eerily familiar.

Yeah your kinda proving my point with the paranoia and zealotry here buddy. Maybe focus on geopolitics so you're not caught up in the dialectics that have lead you to treat politics as sport and a religion that's somehow gonna save us.

 

[ViD]

This is how you treat Manlet's with a Napoleon complex. You need to assert your massive height difference on them, so they know you can smash their tiny ass any fucking time you want.

Unless they’re black belts in judo

 

[SKYNET]

some of us did mellow out

 

[BFoe]

Yeah your kinda proving my point with the paranoia and zealotry here buddy. Maybe focus on geopolitics so you're not caught up in the dialectics that have lead you to treat politics as sport and a religion that's somehow gonna save us.

You haven’t made a point.
All you’ve said “Nuh-uhhhhh!”

And lol @ “caught up in the dialectics.” I’d be shocked AF if you’ve ever read a word of Hegel.

 

[44nutman]

Unless they’re black belts in judo

You are one of those dudes that think Ilia Topuria can beat Jon Jones. Or thinking any like Middleweight who runs through everyone can beat the current Heavyweight Champ.
You know what you cant teach is size.

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[Andy Capp]

I think 9-11 time was still a time of country over party, and politicians would not back anyone peddling that kind of crap back like a 9-11 inside job; there was still some decency in the game, even with the incompetence of Bush Jr and his dismal approval ratings. It was because he sucked at this job, not some whacked out theories.

It seemed to me the 9-11 conspiracies had a plainly partisan origin, but ok, I'm only on the outside looking in. That can add clarity but it can also result in missing pieces of the puzzle. So, agree to disagree until I see some evidence of your assertion, but I will give it some more thought. Oh, and I didn't say the CT's resulted in any change in the outcome of the election, only that I think they served a plainly partisan purpose.

 

[ViD]

You are one of those dudes that think Ilia Topuria can beat Jon Jones. Or thinking any like Middleweight who runs through everyone can beat the current Heavyweight Champ.
You know what you cant teach is size.

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Are you challenged ? You’re talking about professional fighters in different weight categories.

In this case, you have Putin that actually has a black belt and Obama who’s a random dude even though he’s taller