No matter how many times republicans tout ayn rands mental masturbation as intellectual justification for their policies, they are still politicians that are beholden to their religious base and b&m casino mogul donors

They were partners on the television show 'Law and Order'

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First time reading a Mason thread?

Every new President routinely asks for resignations of a previous President's political appointees, especially when from the opposite party. Bill Clinton fired (asked for resignations) 93 politically appointed Federal Attorneys when he took office. This is nothing unusual, except for crackpot fake news outlets like CNN and MSNBC that like to whip themselves into a lather at any opportunity.


Just another day of #MAGA and seeing more precious little snowflake tears as a result. Glorious!

This thread's going to go in the ****** real quick if we start up with the pro-Trump vs anti-Trump nonsense.

This part is not routine

Amazing the Internet and poker were both dominated by America at the start 25 years ago or so, and America is one of the places you can't play poker on the Internet. And it all stopped pretty much in one day.


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I think mod that moved the original "preet got fired" thread had it right.

Full politard mode incoming ITT. #MTPTGA. Sad.

i suppose you're right

i just expect people like mason to be able to exhibit better critical thinking skills than a typical trump supporter. but nope.

LOL at people worried about internet poker wrt Jeff Sessions.

^truth. his opposition to online poker is only like probably the 34th most frightening thing about his views/record on human rights and free democratic elections. guy is a complete ****ing racist scumbag from arguably the worst state in the union who hates freedom and american ideals of inclusion- and trump and his supporters love him for it

he claims it was a joke. hilarious!

and now mason wants to prop this guy up as some hero of the people, defender of online poker in what is likely some convoluted attempt to defend donald and the republican party in anticipation of those sweet sweet tax cuts that "reasonable" republicans and "libertarians" are holding out for. despicable

Lol America

There are plenty of better points to make if you want to convince people not to support Sessions. The most plausible interpretation of that is that he was in fact joking imo. It's the kind of joke you'd be more likely to make if you were a racist, but not something only a racist would say.

It's kind of like if I'm a poker pro and say "I thought Howard Lederer was ok until I found out he supports <insert sports team you dont like>". The joke is that there are much better reasons not to like Howard, and that's not your actual primary motive for not liking him, but it would be silly if it was.

It just bothers me as someone who is probably on the same page as you on this to see the weak arguments get made instead of the strong ones. Someone who is biased in favor of trump would be unlikely to be persuaded by that argument.

um he's already been confirmed, the time to pledge or rescind support has passed

your example is horrific as a thought experiment and in no way compares, btw

This is irrelevant, I'm just talking about whats more effective in persuading his supporters to agree with you.

Would love to hear how its a bad analogy. I consider myself very good with analogies and it seems fine to me, not on the same scale/severity but it doesn't need to be.

Pretty much the uninformed uneducated nonsense I'd expect from someone whose personal avatar is a marijuana bud. Smoke another bowl dude, everything will be alright.

also like, lol you if you really think that jeff sessions being a racist scumbag is some novel idea without a mountain of empirical evidence to go on.

the more important point itt is that he is avidly against playing poker online, just like sheldon (who happened to be one of donald's biggest donors). donald trump is also a failed casino owner and it's no secret that B&M operations look at online poker as a threat to their business. that's why it's so shameful that mason makes an OP like this

Actually it was a bad analogy because some would argue Howard did nothing wrong, whereas you cant argue the KKK does nothing wrong. A better analogy is if I (someone who doesn't like Trump) said "I thought trump was ok until I heard hes a fan of Robert Patterson (twilight star)". There are better reasons not to like trump, so its a silly thing to say. That wouldnt be an example of dark humor but the fact that its an attempt at humor which misleads the audience as to your actual motives in a silly way is what makes it an analogy.

I stand by it being a weak argument to make because not everyone is aware of Sessions' history of racism. If this is the first example they see, and are biased in favor of Trump/Sessions, you're going to have a tough time convincing them its not a joke, especially how anti-PC they tend to be.

ffs i am not gonna go down this rabbit hole with you here, but it is literally so obvious that i suspect you are being deliberately obtuse about it, and we're most definitely not "on the same page"-

one can plainly see why another poker pro would make a lighthearted joke about liking howard lederer.

there is no reason for a person of jeff sessions' stature in govt to make any jokes about liking the KKK. especially in mother****ing alabama. also there's no reason to like the KKK, unless you're cool with violent racism. jfc

his former colleagues have testified under oath to congress that they've heard him use the n-word, when he was denied confirmation for a federal judgeship in the 80s. he's spent his entire life marginalizing minorities through targeted economic and social policy, as well as voter suppression. there is no legitimate debate to be had here, so stop tarding up the thread (or i guess just carry on, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Nope I certainly am not, and I realized a few minutes later that its a poor analogy as explained above. The second analogy I gave is better.

There is if hes into dark humor and hates PC jokes.

Not everyone is aware of that stuff though. The joke alone is bad evidence. And if you know your audience is aware of his history, you don't even need to make further arguments that hes racist, theres enough evidence already and you can move onto other points. Its not like his only problem is being a racist.

Some would also argue Jeff Sessions and the KKK did nothing wrong. There might even be people that argue that being a racist isn't a requirement if you want to become AG of Alabama.

Others will say Jeff Sessions will single-handedly bring back online poker to the US, creating a Department of Online Gaming run by Mason.

Unlikely is not strong enough a word