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#1190832
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

My point was that it sounds like a mechanism for squashing all dissenting debate. The very act of discussing a change to a law could be labeled “promoting” illegal activity, and all involved with running the forum where the discussion took place could be criminally charged. That sounds rather patently un-American to me. A dangerous precedent.

It’s dangerous but there have been other things similar to this done to attempt to police the internet. It is usually done under the guise of fighting sexual exploitation (e.g. human trafficking or child pornography) but in reality doesn’t combat that issue and only serves to threaten people that are not guilty of those crimes.

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#1190830
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Handman said:

Indeed. LBJ was complex, Trump isn’t. Part of the reason I said LBJ was worse is because he had that legislative experience and did some terrible things, he knew what he was doing, while Trump doesn’t.

All of these politicians are heartless to a degree. LBJ knowingly did great things that no other president could have done along with some terrible things that many presidents before and after him have done. Trump is just knowingly destroying accomplishments made by this country over the past few decades.

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#1190829
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Handman said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Handman said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Handman said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

How does other people drinking diet pop affect you?

Trump drinks diet pop.

Lyndon Johnson installed a Fresca tap in the White House. Does that make him Trump-like?

I hate Trump, but LBJ was worse.

Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, the Great Society, Medicare/Medicaid. Yeah, sure LBJ was worse.

Many of those were programs JFK wanted to get through but never got the chance to, and lest we forget:

Trump may be an idiot, but he hasn’t knowingly lied about a foreign offensive that never took place so he could send thousands of the nation’s young men to die for a war they never asked for.

LBJ was no boyscout. Anyway, this isn’t the politics thread.

Kennedy failed to get any of those programs passed, wasn’t nearly as liberal on social issues, and was also interested in escalating the Vietnam War but never had the chance to. Trump has no redeeming qualities and LBJ’s accomplishments at the very least are on par with his failures.

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#1190742
Topic
If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Handman said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Handman said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

How does other people drinking diet pop affect you?

Trump drinks diet pop.

Lyndon Johnson installed a Fresca tap in the White House. Does that make him Trump-like?

I hate Trump, but LBJ was worse.

Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, the Great Society, Medicare/Medicaid. Yeah, sure LBJ was worse.

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#1190480
Topic
Last movie seen
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Kes - I had to watch it with the alternate dubbing because the Yorkshire accents were so strong, but it was fantastic. It was a pretty accurate depiction of the human existence, although the Ocampa didn’t look anything like they were supposed to look. Other than that oversight, though, I loved the film and would recommend that everyone watch it.