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nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
Do you disagree with my last sentence? If so, why? I’d love to hear your argument.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
Do you disagree with my last sentence? If so, why? I’d love to hear your argument.0 -
nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
Do you disagree with my last sentence? If so, why? I’d love to hear your argument.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
Do you disagree with my last sentence? If so, why? I’d love to hear your argument.0 -
nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
Do you disagree with my last sentence? If so, why? I’d love to hear your argument.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
Do you disagree with my last sentence? If so, why? I’d love to hear your argument.Post edited by nicknyr15 on0 -
I am guessing 49.Or, 19.Or, 69.Something with a 9 in it.Doesn't look like Nobody runs away as much as he should. From whomever...a whole bunch of people hitting poor Nobody in the face.Post edited by F Me In The Brain onThe love he receives is the love that is saved0
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F Me In The Brain said:I am guessing 49.Or, 19.Or, 69.Something with a 9 in it.Doesn't look like Nobody runs away as much as he should.0
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nicknyr15 said:F Me In The Brain said:I am guessing 49.Or, 19.Or, 69.Something with a 9 in it.Doesn't look like Nobody runs away as much as he should.There was a purple, limited, but it sold out before officially going on sale.There were only 9 of them.The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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F Me In The Brain said:nicknyr15 said:F Me In The Brain said:I am guessing 49.Or, 19.Or, 69.Something with a 9 in it.Doesn't look like Nobody runs away as much as he should.There was a purple, limited, but it sold out before officially going on sale.There were only 9 of them.0
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nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
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Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:nicknyr15 said:Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:brianlux said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Bentleyspop said:brianlux said:PJPOWER said:tempo_n_groove said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:PJPOWER said:hedonist said:I don’t think social media itself is the issue; it’s the people using it.
The self-absorption, the hate, the gaffes, the sometime-goodness, the need to be seen or known for anything - that already exists. Social media simply facilitates its communication (and the news mistakes this for actual news, but that’s another story).
As to the amplification issue mentioned, I want those with whom I disagree to speak as loudly and freely as those with whom I do concur. That I might be disgusted by another’s words or actions isn’t worth that sacrifice, to me.If you haven’t seen it yet, Social Dilemma on Netflix explains how the program works better than I can.
Also, if you never “liked” any of their posts or just ignored them, then they probably didn’t get labeled as one of your interests.Yes, they are out there, for sure. I think a lot of them might be "going underground" so to speak. This is just a wild guess, but I wonder how many are a bit paranoid that since so many 1/6 rioter have been imprisoned and/ or taken to court, they are a bit afraid of being targeted as extremest (which many are).For much of the latter part of 2020 and 2021, here in strongly-leaning El Dorado County, California, I frequently saw many Trump trucks driving around with their huge Trump flags waving from their antennas or poles attached to the bed of their pick up trucks. I'm seeing far fewer of them. They seem to have lowered their flag and instead are flying American flags from their homes. That's ironic because Trump supporters who put on a show of being patriotic are being totally contradictory.
I think those caravans were obnoxious. I think I only crossed one once or twice, but a flag is not an illegal firearm.
But seeing how that post was from October, it obviously wasn’t about storming the Capitol. It literally is comparing waving a flag of the opposite party to waving illegal guns.
I think those caravans were annoying. But this comparison is just lame.https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-open-carry-laws-legal-protesters-guns-at-state-capitol-2020-5
Boo hoo, people who act like terrorists are being compared to terrorists.
I don’t recall people calling all Biden/Obama supporters terrorists when 1 guy shot up a congressional baseball game. That was clearly a left-wing terrorist act. But we all recognize he represents just a tiny fraction.Many here are quick to judge everyone who didn’t support Biden and call them all terrorists and racist based on the actions of a relatively small portion. All 74 million of them. They are diving the country just as much as Trump did by continuing to do so.
The purpose of that meme by comparing a trump flag to an illegal assault rifle is comparing all trump voters to radical terrorists. Even the 99.99% who were against the storming and kidnapping."Almost no one supported the storming of the Capitol"Surely you're joking? Can we start with the ex POTUS and go from there?
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Seems the only thing that has been "cancelled" is reality. Its going to get worse, way worse, before it gets better.
The acquittal of former president Donald Trump from charges of inciting insurrection brought hints of hope for the Republican future. There was Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) following the facts to a conviction vote. There was Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) bluntly opposing the president’s actions. The circle of GOP resistance to Trump’s influence has expanded beyond the conscience of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah).
But the dominant note of the day was still cowardice. The case presented by the House impeachment managers was so compelling and overwhelming that the extent of Republican cravenness was highlighted in neon. Republicans who knew better tried to hide behind thin technicalities. And most Republican senators did not seem to know better. In the end, we witnessed a historic collapse of moral and political leadership. And it was no less tragic for being expected.
There is a natural process by which political parties renew themselves. Newt Gingrich’s combative, uncompromising Republican revolution in the mid-1990s was a foil for the compassionate conservatism that defined the party in the 2000 presidential election. The rise of tea-party, anti-government populism set the stage for a contrasting reform conservatism, which sought to modernize government in pursuit of populist goals.
This dialectic, however, only really operates in the realm of policy. If Trumpism were merely a set of proposals, there could be an antithesis. But the movement fully revealed by the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol is united by a belief that the White, Christian America of its imagination is on the verge of destruction, and that it must be preserved by any means necessary. This is less a political philosophy than a warped religious belief. There can be no compromise in a culture war. There can be no splitting of differences at Armageddon.
What has emerged within the Republican Party is a debate on the value of democracy itself. In the traditional American view, the democratic process has an essential nobility. It does not always produce the results we seek, yet, in the long run, it protects the rights we value. But the Trumpian view of democracy is purely instrumental. With the stakes of politics so high — with socialists, multiculturalists and child rapists (as the QAnon fabulists would have it) intent on destroying American society — outcomes are the only things that really matter. Not truth. Not civility. Not electoral procedure. Just the gaining and maintenance of power.
A loss of faith in democratic structures does not lead to anarchy. It leads people to invest their hopes in someone who promises to defend their fragile way of life. In a January 2020 survey published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, more than half of Republicans agreed that “the traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it.” More than 40 percent agreed that “a time will come when patriotic Americans have to take the law into their own hands.” This is as close as political theory comes to a mathematical principle: Tribalism plus desperation equals authoritarian thinking.
From one perspective, it is absurd that so many Americans have invested their hopes for the preservation of civilization in a fool. But Trump has been effective in promoting the tribalism of White grievance, as well as desperation about the fate of America. And, unlike any other president, he was happy to step into an authoritarian role, attempting to maintain power through intimidation and violence.
Can the GOP really have a productive debate between people who believe in democracy and those who have lost patience for it? Between those who view politics as a method to secure rough justice in a fallen world, and those who view it as a holy crusade against scheming infidels? Between those who try to serve conservative political ideals and those who engage (in Sasse’s immortal words) in “the weird worship of one dude”?
The greatest need in our politics is a conservatism that opposes authoritarianism. The greatest question: Can such a movement emerge within the framework of the Republican Party?
As it stands, I am skeptical. There are scattered outposts of Republican sanity in Congress, and more in state governments. But in most of the GOP, the rot as reached the roots. Activists feel the anger that Trump has fed rather the contempt for Trump that he has earned. They feel cheated rather than defeated.
At the same time — though I admire the normality and professionalism of President Biden’s administration — it is hard to imagine a future for market-oriented, pro-life conservatives in Democratic Party. A strong ideological current heads in the other direction.
And it is equally difficult to believe that a third-party challenge to the political duopoly would be anything other than quixotic.
This should leave me both homeless and hopeless. But even an exiled conservatism offers this comfort: Nothing human is permanent. And no good cause is finally lost.
Opinion | Trump’s rot has reached the GOP’s roots - The Washington Post
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F Me In The Brain said:I am guessing 49.Or, 19.Or, 69.Something with a 9 in it.Doesn't look like Nobody runs away as much as he should. From whomever...a whole bunch of people hitting poor Nobody in the face.
69? Jeez, man, is anyone here that old? Good gawd, no!
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jesus christ this thread turned to dogshit.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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HughFreakingDillon said:jesus christ this thread turned to dogshit.AMT, my friend,A...M...fuckin' T"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0
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Conservatives also had a much different view of cancel culture when NFL players were exercising their 1A rights.Where were all the free speech advocates back when trump was calling for someone to “get that son of a bitch off the field”? Where was all the conservative hand wringing & pearl clutching about censorship then?Post edited by Merkin Baller on0
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