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Old 07-28-2020, 07:58 PM   #7111 (permalink)
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A break down:
1. The right has historically and currently tries to suppress ideas that they don't agree with. Here's a lot of examples.
2. The left put "Black Lives Matter" on an NBA court and people agree with them. This is bad because conservatives have used messaging in the past.
3. Some diversity training coaches separate groups into race for two of many group activities in some of their nonmandatory training sessions. This is the left attempting to legislate segregation.
4. Some leftist college professors write a letter requesting things like equal pay which is fine, I guess, but they go full retard by referencing critical race theory. None of these requests were granted. This is the left calling for the oppression of us well-to-do white men and submitting to emotional hysteria.
5. A professor from the same college writes a response where he rejects white privilege and calls a student group a terrorist organization, much like the heroic scholars of the past who defended evolution. This was brave and very honourable of him.
6. His coworkers were appalled at calling a peaceful student group a terrorist organization and explained what informs that stance. This is the left attempting to suppress speech that they are too sensitive to deal with under the guise of safety.
7. All of this is bad because the left is smarter than those silly right wingers.
8. Here are two misrepresented scenarios that demonstrate persecution by the left.
9. Rush Limbaugh is an *******.
10. The left has become Rush Limbaugh because some of my coworkers try to talk about politics with me.
11. These are some atrocities that the right has committed.
12. The left is the same as this.
13. Now I'm bummed out because I can't just switch teams all willy-nilly like I used to.

Anything else important to add? This article seems at odds with a lot of what you've posted in this thread, tbh.
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Old 07-28-2020, 08:00 PM   #7112 (permalink)
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I specifically said about him that this is the first time in a long time no one thinks the candidate will "save us." I'm not excited about Biden. No one is. I also said that's a positive thing and then jwb called me Ezra Klein for it.
What inherently is a "good thing" about no one being excited for Joe Biden? Do you think that running unexciting presidential candidates is a successful strategy for political parties?

I suppose I could see the argument of "if you have little to no expectations, it's hard to be dissappointed", but I don't know how you win a presidential election like that.

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My state is super blue, and Hilary got our state in the 2016. I ain't worried. Oh, and despite being super left leaning we have a moderate republican as our Governor. Maryland is a weird ass state where both parties aren't constantly at each other's throats.
Well then your lack of worry is justified. I hope, for your sake, that the parties in your state continue to work amicably together despite the broad national political polarization.
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Old 07-28-2020, 08:00 PM   #7113 (permalink)
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Anything else important to add? This article seems at odds with a lot of what you've posted in this thread, tbh.
How's that?
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Old 07-28-2020, 08:02 PM   #7114 (permalink)
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I specifically said about him that this is the first time in a long time no one thinks the candidate will "save us." I'm not excited about Biden. No one is. I also said that's a positive thing and then jwb called me Ezra Klein for it.
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Old 07-28-2020, 08:02 PM   #7115 (permalink)
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How's that?
You've made a lot of posts bemoaning those who can't tell the left from the right. You're also right wing which I guess isn't at odds with the article, but it's weird to use yourself as an example of what not to do.
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Old 07-28-2020, 08:05 PM   #7116 (permalink)
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A break down:
1. The right has historically and currently tries to suppress ideas that they don't agree with. Here's a lot of examples.
2. The left put "Black Lives Matter" on an NBA court and people agree with them. This is bad because conservatives have used messaging in the past.
3. Some diversity training coaches separate groups into race for two of many group activities in some of their nonmandatory training sessions. This is the left attempting to legislate segregation.
4. Some leftist college professors write a letter requesting things like equal pay which is fine, I guess, but they go full retard by referencing critical race theory. None of these requests were granted. This is the left calling for the oppression of us well-to-do white men and submitting to emotional hysteria.
5. A professor from the same college writes a response where he rejects white privilege and calls a student group a terrorist organization, much like the heroic scholars of the past who defended evolution. This was brave and very honourable of him.
6. His coworkers were appalled at calling a peaceful student group a terrorist organization and explained what informs that stance. This is the left attempting to suppress speech that they are too sensitive to deal with under the guise of safety.
7. All of this is bad because the left is smarter than those silly right wingers.
8. Here are two misrepresented scenarios that demonstrate persecution by the left.
9. Rush Limbaugh is an *******.
10. The left has become Rush Limbaugh because some of my coworkers try to talk about politics with me.
11. These are some atrocities that the right has committed.
12. The left is the same as this.
13. Now I'm bummed out because I can't just switch teams all willy-nilly like I used to.

Anything else important to add? This article seems at odds with a lot of what you've posted in this thread, tbh.
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Old 07-28-2020, 08:10 PM   #7117 (permalink)
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I don't even get what the article in question was meant to be in response to.
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Old 07-29-2020, 02:31 AM   #7118 (permalink)
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American politics is R-word Downy Jr.ed.

Americans are R-word Downy Jr.ed.
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Biden calls for violent protesters to be ‘found, arrested and tried’

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Biden’s call for the prosecution of violent protesters may further alienate leftist politicians uneasy with Biden’s decades of centrist policies.

This week, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said she would not endorse Biden and a co-chair of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner, likened voting for Biden to eating a “bowl of s–t.”
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