GG Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Right. The extreme fringes (left and right) are really getting their 15 minutes right now. Everything in the news is about stimming out about something controversial in a way that is hateful or exclusionary somehow. But out there in the real world, away from PPP, away from all the weirdly insular corners of the internet and the entrenched adversarial elements of the media......people are still living their lives and generally being decent people and not drowning in hatred for all their neighbors. Tell it this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Tell it this guy. Sounds like nobody can tell him anything. He says, "civility is gone." I'm pretty upset about Trump. I think it's Idiocracy come true. But the hyperbole does a disservice. Civility still exists. This idiot, Neal Gabler, sounds like he's not made of very sturdy stuff. It's a case of "Don't Feed The Trolls." This guy is letting himself get trolled hard, so hard that he's becoming a troll too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Preaching to the choir. I've been pointing out that the extremes have been defining the discussion for 12 or so years now? Yes. I think it would be helpful for the media to start ignoring the loudmouth idiots of the world instead of joining them so eagerly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Preaching to the choir. I've been pointing out that the extremes have been defining the discussion for 12 or so years now? We need to call it for what it is, tabloid political rhetoric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 We need to call it for what it is, tabloid political rhetoric. Luckily, none of those tabloid salespeople are near the seat of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 We need to call it for what it is, tabloid political rhetoric. Yellow Journalism. It's been done before. "Remember the Maine!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Simply not true The American left -- that is, the chattering heads, politicians, media, etc. -- is almost exclusively about skin color. How many times in the past eight years have we seen "Fox News is so white" or even recently, from HuffPost, "Mike Pence and House Pose for the Whitest Selfie Ever." Why did Obama have trouble getting things done? Answer from the Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, Boxer, etc? America hates their black president. Yes, the same black president that white American elected into office twice. What happens when a white cop shoots a black suspect? A leftwing schittstorm! What happens when a black cop shoots a black suspect? A leftwing schittstorm...until everyone realizes the cop and his chief are black, at which time they all shut up. What did Van Jones call this election? Whitelash. The American left is simply unable to look at anyone without first looking at color first. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 The American left -- that is, the chattering heads, politicians, media, etc. -- is almost exclusively about skin color. How many times in the past eight years have we seen "Fox News is so white" or even recently, from HuffPost, "Mike Pence and House Pose for the Whitest Selfie Ever." Why did Obama have trouble getting things done? Answer from the Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, Boxer, etc? America hates their black president. Yes, the same black president that white American elected into office twice. What happens when a white cop shoots a black suspect? A leftwing schittstorm! What happens when a black cop shoots a black suspect? A leftwing schittstorm...until everyone realizes the cop and his chief are black, at which time they all shut up. What did Van Jones call this election? Whitelash. The American left is simply unable to look at anyone without first looking at color first. Period. You forgot "White Hispanic." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 The American left -- that is, the chattering heads, politicians, media, etc. -- is almost exclusively about skin color. How many times in the past eight years have we seen "Fox News is so white" or even recently, from HuffPost, "Mike Pence and House Pose for the Whitest Selfie Ever." Why did Obama have trouble getting things done? Answer from the Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, Boxer, etc? America hates their black president. Yes, the same black president that white American elected into office twice. What happens when a white cop shoots a black suspect? A leftwing schittstorm! What happens when a black cop shoots a black suspect? A leftwing schittstorm...until everyone realizes the cop and his chief are black, at which time they all shut up. What did Van Jones call this election? Whitelash. The American left is simply unable to look at anyone without first looking at color first. Period. blah blah blah. Keep buying what the kooks are selling. And keep pretending all the bad guys are on one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 You forgot "White Hispanic." Seriously. A white freaking hispanic, for crying out loud. And you better be afraid, because Joe Biden says they wanna "put y'all back in chains!!!" blah blah blah. Keep buying what the kooks are selling. And keep pretending all the bad guys are on one side. Joe Biden is a kook? Barack Obama is a kook? What about EJ Dione? Sally Kohn? Rachel Maddow? What about the guy who was leader of the US Senate for years? Or the woman in charge of the house? Sheila Jackson Lee? She's a kook? And give up your second point. There are bad guys everywhere. MY POINT is that the American Left is the most racist group period because they see skin color first. You simply can not deny it, or cover it up by trying to marginalize all of them as 'kooks.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Seriously. A white freaking hispanic, for crying out loud. And you better be afraid, because Joe Biden says they wanna "put y'all back in chains!!!" Joe Biden is a kook? Barack Obama is a kook? What about EJ Dione? Sally Kohn? Rachel Maddow? What about the guy who was leader of the US Senate for years? Or the woman in charge of the house? Sheila Jackson Lee? She's a kook? And give up your second point. There are bad guys everywhere. MY POINT is that the American Left is the most racist group period because they see skin color first. You simply can not deny it, or cover it up by trying to marginalize all of them as 'kooks.' Hey, wait a minute...Rachel Maddow IS A kook. As is Pelosi, and Reid. And none of this actually disagrees with my point: the extremes are defining the discussion. The real point you're really making is that the extremes are not just defining the discussion, but are doing so from positions of leadership (which they got to by pandering to the extremes.) It's the same reason we just had to suffer through The Hand That Rocks The Cradle vs. Cheeto Dust Golem, and why their closest competition were Socialist Clint Eastwood and The Zodiac Killer, respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 HThe real point you're really making is that the extremes are not just defining the discussion, but are doing so from positions of leadership (which they got to by pandering to the extremes.) Right. When I think of kooks, I think of Ozy. The people I listed are/were in tremendous positions of power and leadership to ensure their narrative was gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Yes. I think it would be helpful for the media to start ignoring the loudmouth idiots of the world instead of joining them so eagerly. Yes but now their king is president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Yes but now their king is president. I think we should all ignore him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 We'll, the stock market isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 The Mexicans didn't boo during the National Anthem either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 The Mexicans didn't boo during the National Anthem either. Did you see the game in Mexico City the other night? Am I the only one who was surprised to see so many people wearing sombreros in the stands. I thought that was racist, or culturally oppressive, or at worst a really bad idea for a Halloween costume. Maybe Mexico doesn't find it racist like the American left does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Did you see the game in Mexico City the other night? Am I the only one who was surprised to see so many people wearing sombreros in the stands. I thought that was racist, or culturally oppressive, or at worst a really bad idea for a Halloween costume. Maybe Mexico doesn't find it racist like the American left does. It's not racist when Mexicans wear them, since sombreros are Mexican. Playing football in Mexico, however...racist against Caucasian-Americans. Stop culturally appropriating our sports! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 It's not racist when Mexicans wear them, since sombreros are Mexican. Playing football in Mexico, however...racist against Caucasian-Americans. Stop culturally appropriating our sports! Those weren't Mexicans. They were white Hispanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Michigan announces final vote tally. Trump by 10k votes http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/23/donald-trump-wins-michigan-votes/94360852/ Giving Trump an upset victory against the heavily favored home team by a final score of Clinton 232, Trump 306 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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