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PoliGAF 2017 |OT5| The Man In the High Chair
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nature boy
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Member of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff
Oh shit did they blow up the universe?
Finale Fireworker
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I'm happy to see so many people, especially on the right, coming out against Trump today. But we all know talk is incredibly cheap, especially from Republicans.
What are they going to do about it now? What will you do that you haven't done before?
What are they going to do about it now? What will you do that you haven't done before?
Naw. Some bird dropped a baguette in the LHC and sent us to this timeline. It's that shitty bird's fault.
We would only be so lucky.
He's probably making a joke about Steins;Gate, a visual novel/anime where CERN is the bad guys who make a time machine and create a dystopian future.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Worse, they brought us to one where the Nazis won.
UberTag
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Nobody should have believed the first one. Or anything else Trump says.
Except for the time this morning he retweeted that guy who called him a fascist by mistake.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Oh
They must have lost their precog at some point after the Bush article.
http://www.theonion.com/article/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros-464
Wait, was it the same bird that landed on Bernie's podium?
My wife suggested we buy firearms for protection after a Nazi murdered a protester and my wife isn't about guns. I am thinking about tossing a baseball bat in my trunk. :
That was no mistake.
whyamihere
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i'm starting to think this donald trump guy might not be that great
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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There needs to be a rule among political commentators where you wait a week after Trump does a Teleprompter speech before saying "OH MY HE WAS SO PRESIDENTIAL"
The Foot in Mouth Delay.
The Foot in Mouth Delay.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
You jest, but I guarantee there are still a countable number of people who think that every day still.
How it would take this long, I don't know.
nature boy
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WAIT FOR THE PIVOT
Aaron Strife
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Of course not, how else would he be great again?
IggyChooChoo
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I feel you. Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, and there's a big statue of him in the state (commonwealth) capitol which the NAACP is suing to get removed. Hopefully it'll be moved sometime soon. I would be even happier if the 350-ft obelisk at his birthplace were renamed after Lincoln, though: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis_State_Historic_Site
Randolph Freelander
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Oh sure, it's easy to say that now that pigeon already blazed the trail.
UberTag
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I suggested Liberals start stocking up on guns and ammo shortly after Inauguration Day.
I wasn't trying to make a joke then, either.
nature boy
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*runs*
*runs*
That can't be legit. Like, that's a photoshop, surely?
Officerrob
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Van Jones fighting back tears on CNN
Chained Prometheus
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Yeah, holy shit.
FloydtheFathead
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It's real
nature boy
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Memo sent to Rs in Congress:
neurosisxeno
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That Obelisk is like a poor man's Washington Monument. Proving that everything related to the Confederacy was objectively worse.
*runs*
I hate Tucker Carlson. So. Fucking. Much. He's a whiny intellectually depraved shitstain of a human being. Every interview I see of him is like the Olympics of Mental Gymnastics, and he is consistently the biggest piece of shit on Cable News. A pox on his household.
Officerrob
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Memo sent to Rs in Congress:
Good luck with that
balladofwindfishes
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Memo sent to Rs in Congress:
Even the GOP is probably laughing at this nonsense.
Spoiled Milk
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I think this goes without saying, but if you're white you'll be fine. Addendum to that is that you shouldn't protest either, obviously (which is a small loss because protest itself is a largely immaterial act of catharsis anyway). The people you're afraid of have always been there, for your whole life. Some might feel more emboldened by recent national events but remember that even an emboldened political radical has a specific target. This is to say: continue boldly with your own life, because there are not enough ill-begotten mouthbreathers to punish your fearless existence. No one has the right to take away your sense of safety, and they're definitely not powerful enough to do that, either.
I'm reminded of the times in my life when I've really felt unsafe. It wasn't uncommon for me to drive into my neighborhood and get looks from the resident redneckery that I didn't belong there, like some kind of latino invader or a latent criminal (I am not even latino but easily mistaken). I have regretted wearing leather jackets and hoodies. I have had racial epithets hurled at me. I have a small lifetime's worth of these encounters. It helps me understand the world I live in but I can't let it turn me into a paranoid shut-in obsessed with my own safety.
MetalGearZed
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*runs*
"Tucker's Thoughts"
I never want to have a look into what's going on in that man's head
RustyNails
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Conservatives are so intellectually bankrupt it's beyond anything I've seen in life. Pre modern society was completely different than ours. As we slowly evolve as civilization we reject practices that are abhorrent. Like 150 years ago you could marry a 10 year old and nobody would care. That doesn't mean marrying one today is sorta ok. But Tucker gonna tuck.
*runs*
I'm agreeing with David Axelrod moreso than Van Jones right now. Yes we are spiraling away from each other, but it's it's more like decent people are spiraling away from shitbags and quite frankly, I have no interest in ever coming together with the shitbags again.
We're not even a year into this shit and look at where we are. We're living in a powder keg and it's only a matter of time before we get the boom.
We're not even a year into this shit and look at where we are. We're living in a powder keg and it's only a matter of time before we get the boom.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Memo sent to Rs in Congress:
Naw man, nawwwwwwww
You're really stepping up with your "just get along with the Nazis and don't challenge them" plan here.
I just can't understand where such nonsense comes from. No rational thought there at all.
Memo sent to Rs in Congress:
Got to love that last line - "everyone come together and unite in peace and love with the Nazis". Fucking appeasement as Presidential diktat.
*runs*
hot take from next week: "the nazis never had slaves, but [plato, muhammad, aztecs] all did. there's evil on both sides!"
how many months until we get into both sides being applied to nazi ideology with "well all these other groups did bad things too, but that doesn't tarnish their ideas"
also, seems like we're getting back to the time of daily predictions of "will republicans pivot?" to be met with a resounding "no" every evening
CNN is just really disgusting.
RumbleHumble
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*runs*
So when's Tucker just gonna come out and say that he thinks slavery is neat?
*runs*
Are we back to the "slavery is wrong, but..." timeline again?
Bonen no Max'd
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Was slavery actually a thing with Native Americans in North America?
Finale Fireworker
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I will take this into account and try to keep it in mind.
I also want to say that I'm fully aware of the poetry surrounding people like me's newfound anxiety. We are white, live in blue states, and know nothing of what minorities have suffered for generations in environments far more inhospitable than New England. And when you frame it this way, it's pretty pathetic that I often let my fear get the best of me. I owe it to many braver Americans than I to not lose my shit every time I have a new fantasy about getting killed.
I will remain calm.
But I am determined not to be useless. If people are marching and taking to the streets I want to be there. If I have to dress like a buffoon to get the guts to do it, I will. That's why I am researching goggles and vests.
If the time comes, I need to participate. And if the time never comes, I'll at least know I was ready.
But you are right. I have no reason to be afraid for myself, but I am afraid every day for my fellow Americans without my privileges. I think that is what motivates me the most.
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