JDHillFan Posted February 3 Posted February 3 1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said: You do compile throwaways like some kind of Mega Hoarder. Somehow I missed your "personal leave" from this board. Now what am I gonna do with all those avocados? Shame on me for believing Trump. What kind of pinhead goes to the “house closing” well more than once or pretends, again more than once, that they went to school with a United States senator? It’s weird. At least in the case of your “he’s mentally fit” routine it can be blamed on complete hackery. If you want to discuss your old and preposterous claim that Top Gun 2 was “woke”, that will be another discussion altogether. How in the living hell did you dream that one up? 1
All_Pro_Bills Posted February 3 Posted February 3 2 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: If USAID is bad, well, go ahead. Encourage Congress to defund/eliminate it. Republicans have both Houses of Congress and the President. Breaking the law by failing to execute the law of the land should not be an option. I understand the provisions creating the original version of USAID was signed by President Kennedy through executive order 10973, November 3, 1961. If so, no act of Congress is required to revoke the order. 1
The Frankish Reich Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Just now, JDHillFan said: Top Gun 2 was “woke” How many not hormonally ready for combat XXs did you see flying in Top Gun 1? Just now, All_Pro_Bills said: I understand the provisions creating the original version of USAID was signed by President Kennedy through executive order 10973, November 3, 1961. If so, no act of Congress is required to revoke the order. OK, well, then defund it. Congress has the power of the purse; Republicans have both Houses of Congress. 1
JDHillFan Posted February 3 Posted February 3 2 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: How many not hormonally ready for combat XXs did you see flying in Top Gun 1? You win. You stand as the only person on the planet to view Top Gun 2 as woke. That’s a distinction you hold on another, oft-pronounced matter too. Impressive! 1
The Frankish Reich Posted February 3 Posted February 3 (edited) 7 minutes ago, JDHillFan said: You win. You stand as the only person on the planet to view Top Gun 2 as woke. That’s a distinction you hold on another, oft-pronounced matter too. Impressive! Oh no, I'm not letting this one go. You mean how in Top Gun 2 the enemy is pretty clearly Iran, but it is never mentioned by name lest we offend someone? Sounds pretty woke to me. You're like the proverbial frog in the pot: they've conditioned you so slowly over time that you passively accept the creeping wokeness right in front of your eyes. Here's some reddit rando who says it better than me: 2x female pilots were top in their respective classes; one of them (Pheonix) outperforms her male peers and gets selected for the final mission; everyone accepts this decision More BIPOC individuals in this film in general, at all ranks Hangman is sexist and cocky, and gets called out for it by Bob (another white male) in front of the group; his attitude also costs him his chance to be on the final mission Penny is a single mom, who owns her own business and has a healthy relationship with her teenage daughter (she's also gasp close in age to Maverick both on screen and in real life, and has some wrinkles) Penny sets the pace of the relationship, and Maverick doesn't pursue her like a creep (there's also no more conflict of interest storyline), rather he respects her boundaries without complaint Maverick finally accepts that his trauma is holding him back, learns to communicate with Rooster, and commits to Penny , showing personal growth in a genre that typically sees one-dimensional characters completing one Herculian task after the next We also don't see this movie praising all the cheesy stereotypes about men and their need to constantly be better than each other quite like we did with Maverick and Iceman in the first one. Way less peacocking. TL;DR: diversity, personal growth, healthy communication/boundaries Edited February 3 by The Frankish Reich 1
JDHillFan Posted February 3 Posted February 3 1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said: Oh no, I'm not letting this one go. You mean how in Top Gun 2 the enemy is pretty clearly Iran, but it is never mentioned by name lest we offend someone? Sounds pretty woke to me. We’ve been over this. You will need to make your argument how the enemy is “pretty clearly Iran” and not North Korea. You can’t but since you’re one that cannot admit even the possibility of error (see Karen Bass for the most recent example) I look forward to your attempt. 1
The Frankish Reich Posted February 3 Posted February 3 1 minute ago, JDHillFan said: We’ve been over this. You will need to make your argument how the enemy is “pretty clearly Iran” and not North Korea. You can’t but since you’re one that cannot admit even the possibility of error (see Karen Bass for the most recent example) I look forward to your attempt. read the rest of my cut and paste job and see how woke you've become ... and you didn't even realize it. That's how cultural Marxism works, comrade! 1
JDHillFan Posted February 3 Posted February 3 1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said: read the rest of my cut and paste job and see how woke you've become ... and you didn't even realize it. That's how cultural Marxism works, comrade! Thank you for not attempting to refute the idea that it could have easily been No Ko. You are showing some real growth! Now talk to Roundy and see if you can calm his nerves a bit. 1
The Frankish Reich Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Just now, JDHillFan said: Thank you for not attempting to refute the idea that it could have easily been No Ko. You are showing some real growth! Now talk to Roundy and see if you can calm his nerves a bit. That's not the point, comrade. The point is the dared not mention the name of any evil regime. Cultural relativism. Sell the product worldwide. Woke, woker, wokest! If you can't see the differences between the 1980s original and the 2020s reboot, you have been brainwashed to ignore them. We are all woke now. 1
JDHillFan Posted February 4 Posted February 4 3 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: That's not the point, comrade. The point is the dared not mention the name of any evil regime. Cultural relativism. Sell the product worldwide. Woke, woker, wokest! If you can't see the differences between the 1980s original and the 2020s reboot, you have been brainwashed to ignore them. We are all woke now. You also claimed the movie to be a flag-waving USA-fest. It wasn’t. It was an action movie with a side of men’s relationship issues. You don’t (can’t) have to admit you are wrong. Everyone knows. 1
JDHillFan Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Seems likely. Hard to believe there are people that don’t want to root out waste and corruption but here we are. 1
Orlando Buffalo Posted February 4 Posted February 4 USAID is exactly what most of government has become, a good idea that is so bloated and backwards that dishonest people are taking advantage of it more than any actual good is happening. The fact that they don't want to be audited should be pissing everyone who pays taxes off and is most likely due to the fact that 80% of the budget is waste and bribery. 2 hours ago, daz28 said: All the maggats were saying Biden was corrupt withholding money for Ukraine, but now trump can withhold money from anyone he wants, and it's "what he campaigned on". LOLZ Are you talking about when Biden got the guy investigating his son fired? 1
daz28 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 1 hour ago, Orlando Buffalo said: Are you talking about when Biden got the guy investigating his son fired? If you want to frame it in a completely incorrect way, then yes that guy, Shokin. The point being, what's stopping trump from doing exactly what everyone was in horror that Biden supposedly did, except with every penny that leaves the country. 1
Orlando Buffalo Posted February 4 Posted February 4 7 hours ago, daz28 said: If you want to frame it in a completely incorrect way, then yes that guy, Shokin. The point being, what's stopping trump from doing exactly what everyone was in horror that Biden supposedly did, except with every penny that leaves the country. Only to a dishonest person is a statement of fact, "framing". As for the second part, you do have a point since I doubt there is anything to stop Trump from doing exactly what Biden has done when he was vice president and president. 1
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