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#1161794
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

They voted for a budget extension in exchange for a non-binding promise to just keep talking?

Ah, there’s the spineless Democratic Party I know!

I think it’s more of a matter of holding a finger to the wind and changing their position when it doesn’t seem to be popular. Same conclusion.

The New York Times and MSNBC were laying the blame pretty squarely at the Democrats’ feet, though.

Hey wait, I thought Mrebo proved that all media were just Democratic Party lapdogs though.

Maybe he just reads different articles. There’s lots of Op-Eds out there. Also, there was an infuriating amount of meaningless “Who will the voters blame?” articles, which leaned toward the Republicans without the media having to take a position at all.

Right. And I didn’t think I proved anything. I stated my observations that the media is generally biased against Republicans.

Well I was using a bit of everyone’s favorite thing called hyperbole, but you get my point. Which is that I disagree with yours.

Sometimes your use of hyperbole can be very annoying, and also sometimes it comes across as insulting.

Ok, seriously what is with the Sanchez pics?

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#1161747
Topic
The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
Time

dahmage said:

Which would cause you more emotional trauma.

  • Father who you never knew and who you thought was dead, and just found out he is this evil man, and you found this out right after getting your hand sliced off and while you dangling over big hole hanging on for dear life, all while being tempted to turn to the dark side.
  • Facing this same father again and at the same time facing an all powerful emperor, while thinking the rebellion is about to be slaughtered, while knowing the fate of the whole galaxy hangs in the balance, all while being tempted to turn to the dark side.
  • Seeing the murdered bodies of those whom were the equivalent of your parents and later on seeing the death of someone that just became like father figure to you and having your best friend as a kid die as well(Biggs).
  • Nephew who you knew from birth, and whom your sister (who was with you through all the previous trama about your vader daddy) entrusted to you to train correctly, is a dark dark soul, and you FAILED to save him.

Fixed.

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#1161601
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

CatBus said:

Disagree. IMO media has lots of biases, and they all affect political coverage:

  1. Laziness: Analysis is hard, transcription is easy. Got a divisive topic? Call up representatives from both sides and repeat what they said. Even if one or both sides are provably lying, don’t call them out on it. Let the audience decide. The audience you’re helping them misinform.

in area is also if you are bias on side X of divisive topic, Get someone sane and very intelligent to argue side X and get a nutcase to argue side Y. The result of said debate will make side Y look wrong, stupid and insane and side X look right, intelligent, and sane.

People voted for side Y even though the person arguing for side Y was made to look wrong, stupid, and insane by a right, intelligent, and sane side X.

True I suppose.

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#1161599
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

CatBus said:

Disagree. IMO media has lots of biases, and they all affect political coverage:

  1. Laziness: Analysis is hard, transcription is easy. Got a divisive topic? Call up representatives from both sides and repeat what they said. Even if one or both sides are provably lying, don’t call them out on it. Let the audience decide. The audience you’re helping them misinform.

in area is also if you are bias on side X of divisive topic, Get someone sane and very intelligent to argue side X and get a nutcase to argue side Y. The result of said debate will make side Y look wrong, stupid and insane and side X look right, intelligent, and sane.

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#1161597
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

They voted for a budget extension in exchange for a non-binding promise to just keep talking?

Ah, there’s the spineless Democratic Party I know!

I think it’s more of a matter of holding a finger to the wind and changing their position when it doesn’t seem to be popular. Same conclusion.

The New York Times and MSNBC were laying the blame pretty squarely at the Democrats’ feet, though.

Hey wait, I thought Mrebo proved that all media were just Democratic Party lapdogs though.

Maybe he just reads different articles. There’s lots of Op-Eds out there. Also, there was an infuriating amount of meaningless “Who will the voters blame?” articles, which leaned toward the Republicans without the media having to take a position at all.

Right. And I didn’t think I proved anything. I stated my observations that the media is generally biased against Republicans.

Well I was using a bit of everyone’s favorite thing called hyperbole, but you get my point. Which is that I disagree with yours.

Sometimes your use of hyperbole can be very annoying, and also sometimes it comes across as insulting.

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#1161518
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Well said, ender.

Particularly how certain views take on a popularity that shuts out dissent.

As for ignoring important issues, this caught my eye.

If the Republicans want me to judge them fairly, they need to stop supporting Trump.

ender’s point that I agree with goes far beyond treating Republicans fairly. It’s about debating global warming, net neutrality, religious practices, abortion, feminism, etc. I care about that more than a hang up with a particular politician.

The politicians make the laws and hire the judges though. You can’t ignore the politicians if you want to debate the things the politicians have a say in.

Right. I’m just contesting Warb’s idea that treatment of Pence or whoever hinges on Trump. Clearly you’re judging Pence for his positions and that’s fine.

Well he also calls his wife “mother” and thinks it’s impossible to have a female friend, which is pretty fucked up.

I think the calling his wife “mother” was something that people did years and years ago.

Exactly! Just like hating gay people and women!

I’m not sure you can compare it to hating homosexuals and females.

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#1161496
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Well said, ender.

Particularly how certain views take on a popularity that shuts out dissent.

As for ignoring important issues, this caught my eye.

If the Republicans want me to judge them fairly, they need to stop supporting Trump.

ender’s point that I agree with goes far beyond treating Republicans fairly. It’s about debating global warming, net neutrality, religious practices, abortion, feminism, etc. I care about that more than a hang up with a particular politician.

The politicians make the laws and hire the judges though. You can’t ignore the politicians if you want to debate the things the politicians have a say in.

Right. I’m just contesting Warb’s idea that treatment of Pence or whoever hinges on Trump. Clearly you’re judging Pence for his positions and that’s fine.

Well he also calls his wife “mother” and thinks it’s impossible to have a female friend, which is pretty fucked up.

I think the calling his wife “mother” was something that people did years and years ago. I think it is pretty silly to think it impossible to have a female friend.

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#1161493
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

darth_ender said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Well said, ender.

Particularly how certain views take on a popularity that shuts out dissent.

As for ignoring important issues, this caught my eye.

If the Republicans want me to judge them fairly, they need to stop supporting Trump.

ender’s point that I agree with goes far beyond treating Republicans fairly. It’s about debating global warming, net neutrality, religious practices, abortion, feminism, etc. I care about that more than a hang up with a particular politician.

America elected Trump. I have problems with him as you all seem to. But the idea that fairness is dead unless we eject the president from office is absurd.

Sorry but it is the way I feel. I can be fair and debate with you and Ender. But I refuse to be fair and refuse to debate with those that still support Trump. This has nothing to do with whether or not Trump has small hands, whether or not he and his wife share a room, whether or not his Vice President calls his wife “mother”, wears cheap deodorant, or picks his nose. This has to do with Trump being a complete and total disgrace to this nation and its history. Everyone that supports him and everyone that voted for him should be ashamed of themselves. You want to support conservative viewpoints? Fine. You want to support Trump, not fine.

My last post on the matter: Hate Trump! That’s fine! I don’t like him either! But hate him because he’s a disgrace, not because he picks his nose. Hate him because of his misogyny, not because he only brushes his teeth once a day. Hate him for his policies, not his quirks. Hate him because of his decisions, not his unique preferences. Hate him for his words, not his idiosyncrasies. That is my point!

I thought I made it clear that my hatred for Trump has nothing to do with him picking nose or only brushing his teeth once a day and what not.

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#1161491
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Well said, ender.

Particularly how certain views take on a popularity that shuts out dissent.

As for ignoring important issues, this caught my eye.

If the Republicans want me to judge them fairly, they need to stop supporting Trump.

ender’s point that I agree with goes far beyond treating Republicans fairly. It’s about debating global warming, net neutrality, religious practices, abortion, feminism, etc. I care about that more than a hang up with a particular politician.

America elected Trump. I have problems with him as you all seem to. But the idea that fairness is dead unless we eject the president from office is absurd.

Sorry but it is the way I feel. I can be fair and debate with you and Ender. But I refuse to be fair and refuse to debate with those that still support Trump. This has nothing to do with whether or not Trump has small hands, whether or not he and his wife share a room, whether or not his Vice President calls his wife “mother”, wears cheap deodorant, or picks his nose. This has to do with Trump being a complete and total disgrace to this nation and its history. Everyone that supports him and everyone that voted for him should be ashamed of themselves. You want to support conservative viewpoints? Fine. You want to support Trump, not fine.

Do you have any friends or family members (who you like) who support Trump? If so, do you tell them how you feel about them?

If I do, I don’t know about it.

Post
#1161484
Topic
NFL
Time

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

yhwx said:

dahmage said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

There’s only two symbols. Which was the one shrugging, the square or the penis?

obviously, it didn’t show up as intended. I posted it from my new Ipad. On the Ipad, just looked like a guy shrugging. On my pc it looked like a guy shrugging plus the symbol for males. I guess on your device it must shown up like a square plus penis. I tried to delete just the symbol for males, but it only let me delete both or neither. Like I said, I have now edited the post.

yeah, from my older desk, this looks like a football play. Not a very good one either.

You Windows heathens.

no, i mean my physical desk, the think that holds papers, monitors, laptops, etc.

What is with your obsession with Mark Sanchez.

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#1161463
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Mrebo said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Well said, ender.

Particularly how certain views take on a popularity that shuts out dissent.

As for ignoring important issues, this caught my eye.

If the Republicans want me to judge them fairly, they need to stop supporting Trump.

ender’s point that I agree with goes far beyond treating Republicans fairly. It’s about debating global warming, net neutrality, religious practices, abortion, feminism, etc. I care about that more than a hang up with a particular politician.

America elected Trump. I have problems with him as you all seem to. But the idea that fairness is dead unless we eject the president from office is absurd.

Sorry but it is the way I feel. I can be fair and debate with you and Ender. But I refuse to be fair and refuse to debate with those that still support Trump. This has nothing to do with whether or not Trump has small hands, whether or not he and his wife share a room, whether or not his Vice President calls his wife “mother”, wears cheap deodorant, or picks his nose. This has to do with Trump being a complete and total disgrace to this nation and its history. Everyone that supports him and everyone that voted for him should be ashamed of themselves. You want to support conservative viewpoints? Fine. You want to support Trump, not fine.

Post
#1161442
Topic
NFL
Time

TV’s Frink said:

There’s only two symbols. Which was the one shrugging, the square or the penis?

obviously, it didn’t show up as intended. I posted it from my new Ipad. On the Ipad, just looked like a guy shrugging. On my pc it looked like a guy shrugging plus the symbol for males. I guess on your device it must shown up like a square plus penis. I tried to delete just the symbol for males, but it only let me delete both or neither. Like I said, I have now edited the post.

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#1161431
Topic
NFL
Time

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

dahmage said:

Warbler said:

http://www.eventcountdown.com/super-bowl-countdown-clock.html#y_2018_m_2_d_4_h_0_mn_0_z_0_n_Super Bowl 2018

I really hope this signifies that you won’t be posting daily countdowns in this thread. But if you feel so led, please continue. (I really should put “don’t listen to me” in my signature)

we’ll see.

You do realize that Mark Sanchez is no longer with the Eagles, right?

🤷‍♂️

I don’t know what that means.

JEDIT: Is it a football play? Needs more players.

It was supposed to be a person shrugging his shoulders. I don’t know why it added the extra symbol. I have edited the post.