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02-18-2017 , 05:32 AM

#11251

Lawnmower Man

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PocketChads

It wasn't uneventful for me, because I realized some of my close family members will never turn against Trump.

Ever.

They would vote for Vlad/Bashar ticket if they could somehow secure the Repub nom.

02-18-2017 , 05:33 AM

#11252

Dilznoofus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PocketChads

My mom's first election, she voted Carter in 76. She voted GOP for POTUS every election since then, none missed, till she voted Hillary in 2016.

She told my dad she'd divorce him if he put a Trump sign in their front yard. Fair play as far as I'm concerned, especially since she's by far the bread winner. You see, she has two university degrees to his one two-year certificate. She went back to school in the early 90s and got her computer science degree suma cum laude and put up with immeasurable bull**** against females in her field forever, and became a legit badass software engineer. We were dirt poor before she did any of this and she was terrified the whole time. I know a lot about programing and she is no basic coder. She's a legit innovator. And she spent years earning less than her male peers despite driving their production while they latched on helplessly.

Anyway, the point is she's a radical revolutionary who refuses to admit it, and she told my dad to stop talking about Trump in her presence until he admitted there was a nonzero chance he was the next Hitler.

And he hasn't talked Trump in front of her once since then.

Despite telling me all kinds of bull**** about the money taxes and ACA take out of HIS pocket.

I don't mean to give you the wrong impression, I have huge infinite respect for my dad. He never wavered from supporting me when he could have a million times. Everything I know about spacial reasoning and carpentry and any other kind of fabrication I owe to him, and I know me coming out as gay was the hardest day of his life but he didn't hesitate to tell me he just wanted me to be safe and happy.

But there's this pervasive toxicity where he has to feel like he's special because of his birth accident.

I am drinking right now and I'm not as smart as you folks to begin with, but if my reading comprehension is not entirely compromised your mom sounds awesome.

Last edited by Dilznoofus; 02-18-2017 at 05:42 AM. Reason: Deleted pointless sentence.

02-18-2017 , 05:42 AM

#11253

JacktheDumb

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Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,427

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sighsalot

I just feel like something is going to go down. The combo of the frum/Rubio tweets plus the comey meeting and all the news shows tonight opening with the russian influence story, I think something might be out there on this orange bastard. This is so serious that you almost have to hope they have it, even if the chance is small. I mean in one month this guy has absolutely proven that he is a dictator and is running the country and talking to the masses like lenin did. Its scary **** and I hope that we have some patriots in our government to stand up for us

Thinking about it, Trump being gone might b bad too. The legislation a Pence lead GOP might push through will set the country back a a century.

02-18-2017 , 05:55 AM

#11254

JacktheDumb

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Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,427

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sighsalot

personally i dont think it has to be anything more sinister then they find evidence his campaign was working with "russian operatives" to beat the DNC. if they find that, it is probably the biggest scandal in the history of this country. easily impeachable at that point and likely going to jail. I do not think it is far out of the realm of possibility that he and others around him were working with intel under putin. I know it seems crazy when you read the words, but when you think about everything that we have seen this person do and say in the defense of russia it really does not seem that impossible.

I would bet that one of the intel people that helped him win might just take him down. Sounds crazy I know, i feel crazy writing it. But I give that scenario a 15-20% chance of being real. imo

What are you talking about? Trump is the guy who in public said the Russians should hack Clintons Mails, which is exactly what happened. There will be a investigation and two years later nothing will have happened.

You guys are delusional. There is no reason to believe that Trump will get impeached over things that weren't standing in the way of his election.

02-18-2017 , 05:58 AM

#11255

Dilznoofus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jalfrezi

Did they admit to missing anything about Trump?

We're those rural whites with that cultural background that FlyWf likes to talk about. He's right though, 100 percent.

02-18-2017 , 06:00 AM

#11256

JacktheDumb

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Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,427

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASAP17

The uneducated are winning the battle for now but that won't be the case forever (one would hope).

And your reason to think that is? It´s not like the US education system or media landscape has become better for young generations and there is no reason to think DeVos will make that better.

02-18-2017 , 06:11 AM

#11257

rtd353

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Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 3,897

trump is the absolute GOAT at changing the narrative to what he wants. he did it many, many times during the campaign, when it looked like he was dead in the water every time. if there are violent protests this weekend, im sure he would greatly enjoy that

02-18-2017 , 06:27 AM

#11258

PocketChads

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Idiot thinks it's adding to the discussion to say that Trump is praying for violence this weekend

Film at 11

02-18-2017 , 06:34 AM

#11259

rtd353

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U forgot one thing: RACIST idiots.

02-18-2017 , 06:35 AM

#11260

PocketChads

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I recognize that you are a human and I love you because we are you

02-18-2017 , 06:42 AM

#11261

rtd353

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Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 3,897

its good to see you found another insult besides just calling somone racist. here are some other ones you can try in the future:

moran
simpleton
Ignorant
Heteronormative

02-18-2017 , 06:44 AM

#11262

PocketChads

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What? I didn't insult you and also the conversation you're referring to in SPORTING EVENTS is not a conversation where I called you racist

Because I've only called the president racist on this website in the last I dunno forever

Good lord you're boring and incapable of reason

02-18-2017 , 06:46 AM

#11263

markksman

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Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 20,921

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeeTheMirage

Voted for Trump exactly because he is so inept. We currently live in a world that is unbelievably unfair, discriminatory, and corrupt

We really need to bring it all to the ground and start over, as it stands we're in too deep without a drastic change. Any of the other primary candidates would have put a band-aid on the bleeding artery of the current world yet through his own ineptitude, Trump was ironically the best option because he offers the quickest path to starting over which is inevitable

Maybe the next thousand years will really suck but as poker players we should be happy to understand that what happens today is a small price to pay for the long term, we shouldn't be playing just to win today's hand, maybe we were just unlucky to be alive in 2017 but can make a difference in the long-term

Maybe 99% of us won't live a full life thanks to Trump but as long as some of us survive, we should be absolutely thrilled if history books in 3017 thank of us for finally moving past this "my side vs your side" attitude and realizing we're all just human and should be treated with equality which neither party in 2017 truly wants

Bad decision

02-18-2017 , 06:46 AM

#11264

PocketChads

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Guys, this dude thought that since I called it unreasonable to say it's oversensitive to have a reaction to Trump's "you know black people since you're black" line, that I called him racist even though he had never before poasted in that thread

02-18-2017 , 06:46 AM

#11265

rtd353

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yeah brah calling someone an idiot is definitely not an insult. #factsdontmatterright

02-18-2017 , 06:47 AM

#11266

PocketChads

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Quote:

Originally Posted by markksman

Bad decision

thumb

02-18-2017 , 06:47 AM

#11267

PocketChads

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rtd353

yeah brah calling someone an idiot is definitely not an insult. #factsdontmatterright

Did I say I didn't insult you

If so I apologize

Because i definitely meant to insult you

02-18-2017 , 06:50 AM

#11268

PocketChads

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This dude thinks trapping a ****faced bro is some kind of concession for his lunacy

02-18-2017 , 06:53 AM

#11269

PocketChads

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Dilznoofus I don't appreciate you deleting your poast

<3

02-18-2017 , 07:05 AM

#11270

Dilznoofus

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I think I tried to share a heart and I ****ed that up so I was embarrassed.

02-18-2017 , 07:08 AM

#11271

PocketChads

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**** happens

02-18-2017 , 07:09 AM

#11272

LostOstrich

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

What do you think is the appropriate response to Trump's FL rally?

Surely a counter rally, miles away from Drumpf's so as to avoid any potential for either inflating the appearance of his crowd size or enabling the TROUBLEMAKERS narrative, would be the most effective form of protest. Let him have his little rally, and get a bigger crowd together elsewhere.

02-18-2017 , 07:11 AM

#11273

Dilznoofus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PocketChads

**** happens

I'm a bumpkin. I love you guys. Lurk every day.

02-18-2017 , 07:22 AM

#11274

batair

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LostOstrich

Another thing that can be done is for organizers to announce and work with the police to hand over any violent protesters.

They hurt the cause bigly and just about all the trump people i know are blinded by them even in the face of the largest peaceful protest in our history.

02-18-2017 , 07:44 AM

#11275

Riverman

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Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 73,135

I still read actual newspapers.

Seriously though, the WaPo and NYT are basically all we have left in terms of legitimate free press that holds politicians accountable. Pay them.

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