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I would agree with this and it was the point I was trying to make. You said it better than I did.Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:51 pm In the context of a newsworthy discussion? Sure. Otherwise? Probably not so much.
"Tuck Frump" are the shirts I see kids wearing these days.YellowKing wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:54 pm Just to show there are crazies on both sides, my brother had a customer at his screenprinting company the other day get enraged that they wouldn't print a FUCK TRUMP shirt. The reason wasn't political; the company simply has a policy of not printing profanity. They suggested a number of other alternatives like "Dump Trump," etc.
The guy got furious and told my brother he was a fascist Nazi defending a fascist Nazi.
The irony is that my brother is about as anti-Trump and liberal as you can possibly get. He's a vegan theater hippie who studies African-American history.
Thank you for your vote. I promise that as OO spokesman I will absolutely let the power go to my head and use it completely inappropriately.GreenGoo wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:54 pmI know I voted for Paingod and El Guapo to speak for OO. Who did you vote for?pr0ner wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:44 pm I guess we're at the point where saying "fuck that bitch" is appropriate here on OO.
In any case, I struggle to find outrage for a heated comment in a private meeting about a serious stressor. I use the word "fuck" like 40 times a day about the smallest shit. Is it appropriate? No it is not. Should it be criticized? Absolutely. Should I be outraged? Meh. He should take a PR hit and it sounds like he's going to do so. Should there be blood or a resignation? What do you think is an appropriate response?
Yeah, maybe that's it.
Wow, does any politician in Virginia have a clue about perception,optics, etc.? There maybe a shortage of qualified people for public office that haven’t worn blackface but there sure isn’t a shortage of law firms. I guess things did work out for Bart O’Kavanaugh in the end though so why mess with success.pr0ner wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:32 pm Burn it all down:
https://www.twitter.com/HotlineJosh/sta ... 6496785409
If I understand the system, this either ends her career (if she's a Democrat) or "boys girls will be boys girls ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ " (if she's a Republican).US President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a lower court has said she regrets past comments about date rape.
Neomi Rao, head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, wrote a college op-ed claiming women could avoid rape by staying sober.
In another opinion piece, Ms Rao wrote feminism was "dangerous" for teaching women that they are equal to men.
Facing scrutiny from both parties, Ms Rao said she had "matured" since then.
"To be honest, looking back at some of those writings, I cringe at some of the language I used," Ms Rao, 45, a nominee for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
This sorely lacks her opinions on dwarf tossing.Max Peck wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:38 pm Neomi Rao: Trump court pick 'regrets' blaming women for date rapeIf I understand the system, this either ends her career (if she's a Democrat) or "boys girls will be boys girls ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ " (if she's a Republican).US President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a lower court has said she regrets past comments about date rape.
Neomi Rao, head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, wrote a college op-ed claiming women could avoid rape by staying sober.
In another opinion piece, Ms Rao wrote feminism was "dangerous" for teaching women that they are equal to men.
Facing scrutiny from both parties, Ms Rao said she had "matured" since then.
"To be honest, looking back at some of those writings, I cringe at some of the language I used," Ms Rao, 45, a nominee for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Because of increased demand following the normalisation of racism again under Mr. Clever Nickname Generator?El Guapo wrote: Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:41 pm Any Virginians who held onto their yearbooks can probably sell them for decent money now.
Because now they can sell them either to politicians in blackface in the yearbooks, or to their enemies.
I'm tempted to take a black magic marker to my old high school yearbook and make some quick cash. Although to be fair, the most famous person in my school at that time is only famous because he can eat a lot of hot dogs really fast.El Guapo wrote: Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:41 pm Any Virginians who held onto their yearbooks can probably sell them for decent money now.
And I'm fine with burning those guys at the stake.LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:04 pm No not every one, but enough of them that it's a thing.
Former U.S. Rep. John David Dingell Jr., who was one of the U.S House’s most powerful chairmen and helped write and pass some of the most consequential legislation in the nation's history, died Thursday. He was 92.
Dingell, of Dearborn, served nearly 60 years in the House, making him the longest-serving member in Congress' history. He stepped down in early 2015. His wife, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, confirmed his death for the Free Press at about 9:30 p.m.
After retiring at age 88, Dingell surprisingly embraced Twitter, reveling in the brevity of the form. He had more than 252,000 followers as he made playful, often sarcastic comments on culture (“Staff has now informed me of what a Kardashian is. I'm only left with more questions”), Michigan sports (“Say what you will about the Lions, they've nearly perfected walking backward between plays while the flags are being picked up”) and politics.
Following the conflict in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 in which white nationalists brawled with protesters wanting to pull down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — after which President Donald Trump said there were “very fine people” on both sides — Dingell tweeted, “I signed up to fight Nazis 73 years ago and I'll do it again if I have to.”
He will always be known first and foremost, however, for a remarkable legislative tenure that lasted 59 years — spanning all or part of 11 presidencies — during which time he cast tens of thousands of votes and helped write or otherwise played a role in passing the most significant measures of the era, including Medicare, the Civil Rights Act, the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, the Endangered Species Act and more.
I agree. It's like people are getting so close to the point, without really stumbling into it. These photos show the people involved making extremely poor decisions, to be sure, but treating them just as individual fuck-ups kind of misses the degree to which they illustrate how deep and widespread racism has been in our society.GreenGoo wrote: Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:05 pm It's almost like civil rights took awhile to take hold and for society and culture to transform itself into a less shitty version of itself.
By all means start burning things down because 40+ years ago people were not as enlightened as they are today.
I think it's important to be critical of past actions. I also think it's important to evaluate people based on a lifetime of behaviour.
Don't get me wrong, those pictures are shitty even by the standards of the 70's, and yes, they are an atrocity in 2019, but 40 years is a long freaking time ago. If we aren't going to take peoples' ability to change into account and just burn them at the stake whatever the affront at whatever point in time it occurred, then why even bother to change at all? Once you've made your first mistake and it's recorded, it's game over for you. Luckily it's very easy for people to never make any mistakes or lapses in judgement, so you know anyone who's made a mistake has chosen to be a monster.
I'm frustrated, obviously. These are shitty things that people have done. They deserve ridicule and criticism. A lifetime of change and positive behaviour should be worth something though, shouldn't?
I don't know about the specifics of any one of these cases. I'm fairly confident the internet doesn't know either, yet burn him down seems to be the go-to response. In a time where the president of the United States has admitted on camera to sexually assaulting women based on a life of privilege, I struggle to understand this duality. Particularly ironic is the right media sphere calling hypocrisy on the left over this. This is the same right that defended Moore, defends drumpf, and put Kavanaugh on the SCOTUS.
If it turns out these guys are closet racists and have been all their lives, then have at it. Even if not, I agree some some public flogging in warranted. How much is enough, I guess is where my dilemma arises.
Yes.Smoove_B wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 2:39 pm What's the problem, libs? Hitler just wanted smooth operations. He was proud of being German, is that wrong? What? No, I don't have any comment on genocide. Really, the problem is that he wanted to expand his vision for a perfect Germany to other places. If he just did his thing within the borders of Germany, what's the problem?
Did I paraphrase that correctly?
And nationalism.