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Author Topic: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée  (Read 1570192 times)

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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7440 on: December 07, 2015, 10:59:18 pm »

I keep wondering where his political breakdown point is going to be, if he is even going to have one.
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7441 on: December 07, 2015, 11:13:11 pm »

I keep wondering where his political breakdown point is going to be, if he is even going to have one.
In the general election. On the other hand, it's refreshing to see a candidate who isn't dog-whistling. He's fucking hog-calling.
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The beauty of this campaign season is going to be that by November 2016, you will know which of those people in your family and around your town you want to avoid interacting with at all costs. That's a valuable civic service he's performing.
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7442 on: December 08, 2015, 12:17:17 am »

One would hope it was so benign, but I guess you take what you can get out of it. Fun one I heard during the family thanksgiving gathering: American Muslims don't celebrate the 4th of July and, because of this, aren't real americans! Folks weren't even talking about muslims or anything, it just got kinda' shoved in there.

Still not sure where the hell that little bit of blatant lie came from, honestly. Not that I looked very hard, heh. Googling suggested it may have came from massively misunderstanding an embassy rescheduling of the local celebration.
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7444 on: December 08, 2015, 02:07:00 am »

There's no way that Trump isn't savvy enough to realize that'll help him and schedule a stop at St. Petersburg if it gets viral enough for him to care. Better go ahead and get ready to attend the rally!
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7445 on: December 08, 2015, 07:36:01 am »

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Trump "has gone from making absurd comments to being downright dangerous with his bombastic rhetoric," tweeted Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina.


This is an interesting comment. At what point does normal political discourse become genuine danger? I mean, politicians say things that hurt the American experiment frequently, to say the least.
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7446 on: December 08, 2015, 07:40:40 am »

This is an interesting comment. At what point does normal political discourse become genuine danger?

When someone else does it.  Republicans bang the drums that democrats are dangerous non stop.  Oh no!  Obama is putting our lives at risk by not calling it islamic terror or whatever it is they say.  Oh no!  Obama is putting our economy at risk by destroying business confidence.  Trump isn't part of the republican party team so he is dangerous.
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7447 on: December 08, 2015, 08:07:33 am »

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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7449 on: December 08, 2015, 10:09:13 am »

This is an interesting comment. At what point does normal political discourse become genuine danger?

When someone else does it.  Republicans bang the drums that democrats are dangerous non stop.  Oh no!  Obama is putting our lives at risk by not calling it islamic terror or whatever it is they say.  Oh no!  Obama is putting our economy at risk by destroying business confidence.  Trump isn't part of the republican party team so he is dangerous.

I don't think that's what Strife meant. Theres the usual level of rhetoric that they do and theres the level of rhetoric that Trump, who just happens to be an outsider, does.

Maniac, consider this, by your logic, if Trump was part of the republican party team, would that make his rhetoric not dangerous?

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Would be funnier and make a bigger point if it was done by an American. Not that the Dutch aren't great cartoon makers. Then again, if it was done by an American, it would get lost and ignored in the usual election year discourse.
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7450 on: December 08, 2015, 10:37:49 am »

Maniac, consider this, by your logic, if Trump was part of the republican party team, would that make his rhetoric not dangerous?

In the eyes of the republican leadership, yeah.  I'm not saying I agree with their standards, I'm just saying what I think their standards are.
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« Reply #7451 on: December 08, 2015, 10:56:49 am »

Maniac, consider this, by your logic, if Trump was part of the republican party team, would that make his rhetoric not dangerous?

In the eyes of the republican leadership, yeah.  I'm not saying I agree with their standards, I'm just saying what I think their standards are.

So, you're saying that if he was part of the republican team and he does the demogoguery rhetoric, it wouldn't be dangerous?

I know you're not saying you agree with their standards.
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Re: American Election Megathread- Voting Trump/Wallace in '168
« Reply #7453 on: December 08, 2015, 11:17:35 am »

There's gotta be some really weird methodology in that study. How do they call the massive number of gun deaths in Iraq "nonconflict"  as opposed to ones in Syria?
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« Reply #7454 on: December 08, 2015, 11:20:11 am »

There's gotta be some really weird methodology in that study. How do they call the massive number of gun deaths in Iraq "nonconflict"  as opposed to ones in Syria?

I was wondering on that one as well. Maybe the lines between conflict and non-conflict are extremely blurred there.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to see if I can reproduce those numbers just because I want to look and am having a hard time getting the settings, this interface is rather complicated.
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