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Was Sam Darnold "Benched"
BullBuchanan replied to Captain Hindsight's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Backup QB at University of Dayton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Gruden -
Jets Release Pierre Desir - Ravens Expected To Sign Him
BullBuchanan replied to H2o's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
That's a wild look. Au Natural for sure -
Jets Release Pierre Desir - Ravens Expected To Sign Him
BullBuchanan replied to H2o's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Sup dog? -
Was Sam Darnold "Benched"
BullBuchanan replied to Captain Hindsight's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
i wouldnt be shocked to see him in a pats jersey next year -
The point is in the title and the first sentence. The notion that "the media" is politically biased and thus cannot be trusted is false. They are financially biased. Whether or not you can trust that depends on how well you understand financial motivation. However, conflating the people that work at the corporations with the corporations themselves is likely where things get confused. As I've identified before, the tendency to hold "American conservative" views tends to diminish as education increases. Given that most roles involved within media tend to require advanced education, it stands to reason that those that work in the media will also be less likely to have "American conservative" views. This is also true of Big Tech. The fact that Facebook is made up of predominantly people that would be significantly more likely to have "American liberal" views could lead certain people to believe that Facebook is a "liberal" company, when that is not true in any sense of how they exist in the world. The may say and do some things in order to reap the benefits of appealing to their employees and their customer base, but the corporation itself does not hold a liberal political ideology beyond that. The claim that it does, and the lack of understanding why it doesn't, is what allows anti-intellectualism and crazy conspiracy theories to fester which further draws people to extreme ends of the political spectrum. The idea that a corporation is on any working person's "team" is completely ludicrous, and the sooner we put it to bed the sooner we can start to have meaningful political discussions and compromises as a country. If someone thinks that the best way to increase our economic growth as a country is through a limited tax structure? Great - let's talk about the pros and cons of that. If someone thinks think that there's a liberal sponsored sex cult taking place in the basements of pizzerias and the reason that they haven't gotten a raise in 5 years is because there aren't enough Mexican kids in cages at the border, we can't even pretend we're functionally the same species.
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Fox's recent out of character rebuffing of late-stage Trumpism should be seen as further evidence. They were anti-Trump in the beginning until it served their interests to jump full on the bandwagon, and now they're hedging their bets that they may need to be looked as as a more moderate voice to win over right leaning independents and democrats during a GOP dark age. It all comes down to money.
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I wonder what Jay Ajayi is up to.
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The idea that a corporation and/or news organization would have any sort of intentional political agenda that did not directly correlate to their bottom line has always been absurd at face value. The "media" is just a company like any other and they have a product that they sell in which they wish to get the maximum return for the minimum investment possible. They don't care whether their employees, partners, or customers are fascists or anarchists - only that it serves to generate them money. Certain brands, like Fox and MSNBC have carved out partisan ecosystems for themselves, but that's more a function of market niche in pursuit of the aforementioned financial returns, than any stoic principle they'll proudly stand for in the face of economic demise. In spite of all of that, those on the extreme right have continued to demand that media, big tech, and whatever corporation features a gay couple in a commercial is somehow a liberal institution instead of one that just understands how to maximize returns. They do this, while accused liberally biased companies like Facebook, pull shenanigans like this: "Mark Zuckerberg said banning Steve Bannon from the platform for advocating for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray is 'not what our policies would suggest'" https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-said-banning-steve-172706111.html Zuckerberg, one of the world's richest people, is not anything remotely resembling the kind of "liberal" the right has defined in recent years. He may actually be a "neo-liberal" by definition, but then again so are most of the GOP who support corporatism, either openly or behind closed doors. This idea of "liberal" media is a nice 2 for 1 that tries to vaguely define political enemies in an Animal Farm type structure along with something even more insidious. Anyone that's ever spent time around their racist uncles can remember when The Liberal Media used to run by a different anti-Semitic moniker. Replacing it with the world "liberal" gets the same point across while being a little more socially acceptable at kids birthday parties and holidays. Much the same can be said for the whole George Soros fascination from the right. They can do all of this with a straight face because Fox News & the church told them they should feign support for a corrupt war criminal in Netanyahu and that means that they aren't bigots. Bravo! It's high time we started putting meaning back in words, because as Inigo Montoya would say:
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Bring me up to speed....Wha Happened?
BullBuchanan replied to TH3's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The quote below is the perfect example of what happened here Jackpot to the first person that can define a "communist liberal" -
Anyone else wake up still feeling very optimistic?
BullBuchanan replied to JerseyBills's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
We entered the game 3rd place in the conference and we left it 3rd place in the conference. What's there to feel pessimistic about? I don't think we're a legit SB contender this year. We could maybe get lucky against the good teams if they hand the game to us, but on even footing we aren't there yet, and that's ok. People are going to have to get used tot he fact that even when you're pretty good, you're going to lose games you should have won. It happens to every t4eam in the league - the Chiefs dumped to the Raiders, Baltimore to NE, etc, It happens, and it's not the end of the world. Be happy we have a better team than most. -
If Trump loses and refuses to leave
BullBuchanan replied to Kemp's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
There is a 100% probability that it will be. -
If Trump loses and refuses to leave
BullBuchanan replied to Kemp's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Who's a liberal? If you need a dictionary, hit up Westside as he apparently isn't using his. -
If Trump loses and refuses to leave
BullBuchanan replied to Kemp's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
It's November 16th 2020, and this is a reminder that Donald Trump lost the election to Joe Biden. -
Hi westside3, No additional site needed to be created. This forum was an alt-right echo chamber that promoted alt-right conspiracy theories, accused board members of being sexual predators and suggested throwing others out of helicopters while praising war criminals, fascist dictators and white supremacy groups. They had carte blanche to do whatever they wanted and did so for YEARS. The first time that a mod actually had to get involved, rather than backing down, they went full Charlottesville and got a slap on the wrist. Instead of just letting it go, they had to be a big pile of snowflakes about the whole thing and made other people to blame instead of accepting an ounce of personal responsibility. ***** em. This board has already improved 1000% since they took their ball and cried all the way home. No one will stop you, so feel free to do the same
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New Addition to Top 10 Bills Losses
BullBuchanan replied to corta765's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
TBD, where only the hottest of takes will suffice. -
Did Mitch Morse play yesterday?
BullBuchanan replied to clearwater cadet's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I think Ford is on the bench now when he's healthy. I'd rather have Winters. -
Did you learn how tariffs work yet?
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Apparently, you need a thesaurus too.